Cite Me: AI SEO for AI Search vs Cited
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Cite Me, Oct 14, 2026 for Cited.
The short answer
- Only Cite Me lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Cite Me and $19/month for Cited.
- Cite Me lists 11 features Cited’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, ALT text, Analytics.
Head to head
Free
- · 1 free blog post to start (18 credits)
- · AI-visibility scan, re-scan on demand
- · Predicted scores + 9-signal breakdown
Pro
- · 150 credits/mo (~10 blog posts)
- · Approve & write back to your store
- · Everything in Free
Studio
- · 450 credits/mo (~30 blog posts)
- · Everything in Pro
- · Your Search Console + AI traffic (GA4)
Starter
Growth
Pro
Plus
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShoppers increasingly ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews before they buy. Cite Me checks whether 16 AI crawlers can reach your store and names what is blocked. A scan reads up to 100 storefront pages per run and gives each scanned page a predicted, heuristic citability score with a prioritized fix. It then drafts citable Q&A and structured data grounded only in your own catalog.
Shoppers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity what to buy, and they answer from Shopify's Global Catalog. Cited measures whether your products surface for the buying questions that matter and shows where competitors outrank you. It rewrites a product's title, tags and description for how AI retrieves products — applied to your catalog in one click, no theme edits or exports.
- See if GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended can read your store
- Predicted citability score for every page, with a one-line fix per signal
- Draft citable Q&A and JSON-LD from your own catalog; review, apply, reversible
- AI-written blog article drafts, grounded in your own catalog
- Measure if AI assistants recommend your products for real buying questions
- See which competitors win the buying questions you're missing
- One-click catalog optimization applied natively — no theme edits or exports
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Cite Me |  Cited |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Cite Me | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 1 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Cite Me and Cited: common questions
- Is Cite Me or Cited cheaper?
- Only Cite Me lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Cite Me and $19/month for Cited. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Cite Me lists 11 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, ALT text, Analytics, Content analysis. Cited lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Rank tracking. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 13, 2026 for Cite Me, Oct 14, 2026 for Cited; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 13, 2026 for Cite Me, Oct 14, 2026 for Cited. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.