Citely ‑ AI SEO & Visibility vs Visby
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 Citely, Nov 6, 2026 for Visby.
The short answer
- Only Citely lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Citely and $79/month for Visby.
- Visby lists 25 features Citely’s listing doesn’t mention, including 404 pages, ALT text, Analytics.
Head to head
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
Starter
- · 1 Domain
- · 1 Seat
- · 15 Tracked Prompts
- · 45 AI Answers Analyze/Month
- · 5 Article Generations/Month
- · Automated GEO Task Generation
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureMore 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?
Visby tracks how often your store appears in AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. Most store owners have no idea whether AI platforms recommend their products or send traffic to competitors instead. Visby shows you exactly where you stand, which prompts trigger your brand, and what to do about it.
- 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.
- Track your store's visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
- See which AI prompts mention your brand and which send traffic to competitors.
- Get automated SEO and GEO tasks to improve your AI search rankings.
- Monitor competitor AI visibility and identify gaps in your own performance
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 |  Citely |  Visby |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Citely | Visby |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Citely and Visby: common questions
- Is Citely or Visby cheaper?
- Only Citely lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/month for Citely and $79/month for Visby. 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?
- Visby lists 25 the others don’t mention, such as 404 pages, ALT text, Analytics, Automations. 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 Citely, Nov 6, 2026 for Visby; 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 Citely, Nov 6, 2026 for Visby. 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.