Cited: AI Search Visibility vs Citely ‑ AI SEO & Visibility
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Cited, Oct 13, 2026 for Citely.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Cited and $19/month for Citely.
- Cited lists 7 features Citely’s listing doesn’t mention, including AI generation, Analytics, Content optimization.
Head to head
Free
- · 3 visibility checks every 30 days
- · AI visibility score
- · Checks ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity
- · Full per-prompt results
- · See which competitors AI names
Pro
- · AI-generated FAQs + FAQPage schema
- · ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity
- · One-click apply to publish fixes
- · Unlimited AI visibility checks
- · Visibility trend history
FREE
- · 1 AI visibility check
- · 1 AI-written product listing a month
- · Store audit for AI
- · Your 5 weakest products, ranked
- · agents.md and llms.txt files
PRO
- · 20 buying questions of your own
- · 30 AI-written listings a month
- · 600 AI answers a month
- · All your products, ranked
- · History and weekly email report
Pro (annual)
- · 20 buying questions of your own
- · 30 AI-written listings a month
- · 600 AI answers a month
- · All your products, ranked
- · History and weekly email report
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureShoppers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity what to buy — but most merchants can't see whether AI recommends them. Cited runs the buyer questions your customers actually ask ("best [product] for...", "alternatives to [competitor]") through the real AI assistants and scores whether you're cited, and who beats you.
More and more shoppers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude what to buy before they open Google. Most stores are invisible in those answers and never find out. Citely checks whether AI recommends your store, shows the exact sentence it wrote, and names the competitors it picks instead. Still behind a password?
- See if ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity recommend your store for buyer questions
- Find which competitors AI names instead of you, and where you're missing
- Publish AI-written FAQs + FAQPage schema to your storefront in one click
- Track your AI visibility score over time as you make changes
- See if ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini recommend your store, on demand.
- See which brands win your category in AI answers and your share of voice.
- Citely builds and helps publish the file that tells AI what you sell.
- AI writes the fix: improved descriptions, SEO titles and image alt text.
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 |  Cited |  Citely |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Cited | Citely |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | Not published |
| App Store reviews | Not published | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
Cited and Citely: common questions
- Is Cited or Citely cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $29/month for Cited and $19/month for Citely. 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?
- Cited lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as AI generation, Analytics, Content optimization, Insights and tips. Citely lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Metadata optimization. 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 14, 2026 for Cited, Oct 13, 2026 for Citely; 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 14, 2026 for Cited, Oct 13, 2026 for Citely. 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.