CiteShop vs FoundGPT: AI Visibility & AEO
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 CiteShop, Nov 8, 2026 for FoundGPT.
The short answer
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for CiteShop and $19/month for FoundGPT.
- FoundGPT lists 17 features CiteShop’s listing doesn’t mention, including ALT text, APIs and webhooks, Audits.
Head to head
- United States
- Canada
- Germany
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · Audit up to 3 products, GEO health score
Starter
- · Full-store GEO audit, 50 AI optimization
Business
- · 500 AI optimizations/month
- · Gemini AI, batch mode
Enterprise
- · 2,000 AI optimizations/month
- · extended history, and priority support
Free
- · 25-point AI-readiness audit
- · 4 AI visibility checks a month
- · AI revenue attribution
- · Auto-fix 50 products a month
- · Auto-hosted llms.txt,schema & robots.txt
- · Track 3 competitors in AI answers
Lite
- · 15 buyer queries + 10 custom prompts
- · 2 off-page citation opportunities
- · 25 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 6 AI-visibility checks per month
- · AI engines: ChatGPT, Gemini
- · See your AI-driven revenue
Starter
- · 18 tracked buyer queries
- · 4 AI engines adds Perplexity & Claude
- · 60 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 8 AI visibility checks a month
- · Citation finder + AI-crawler tracking
- · Track 5 competitors
Pro
- · 150 AI-ready articles & pages a month
- · 20 AI visibility checks
- · 27 tracked buyer queries, full coverage
- · All 5 AI engines, adds Google AI Mode
- · Every catalog fix
- · Priority Support
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureScore your store for AI search, generate llms.txt, monitor GEO health over time, and fix products with one-click AI. Preview every change before you apply. Free audit for 3 products. Paid plans from $9/mo.
Your rankings haven't moved, but clicks are down. Shoppers now ask AI assistants instead. FoundGPT shows the AI sessions and sales your analytics miss, your visibility on 27 buyer queries across 5 AI engines, and who's cited instead of you.
- GEO Health Score — instant AI-readiness rating for your entire catalog
- Automatic background audits — stay current without manual rescans
- 8+ audit rules — titles, descriptions, SEO fields, content depth & structure
- AI content generation — optimized titles, descriptions & meta fields
- Instantly generate your llms.txt file, auto-hosted on your store domain
- Get an AI Readiness Score showing exactly which content gaps to fix first
- Your store content is structured so AI chatbots can read and recommend it
- Track your AI visibility progress with a live content audit dashboard
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 |  CiteShop |  FoundGPT |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | 32 |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | +4 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | 4 |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Apparel & Accessories, Health & Beauty, Home & Garden |
| Top store countries | Not published | United States, Canada, Germany |
Reviews
| Measure | CiteShop | FoundGPT |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 9 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
FAQ
CiteShop and FoundGPT: common questions
- Is CiteShop or FoundGPT cheaper?
- Both list a free plan. Paid plans start at $9/month for CiteShop and $19/month for FoundGPT. 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?
- CiteShop lists 2 the others don’t mention, such as Metadata optimization, Tracking. FoundGPT lists 17 the others don’t mention, such as ALT text, APIs and webhooks, Audits, Backlinks. 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 CiteShop, Nov 8, 2026 for FoundGPT; 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 CiteShop, Nov 8, 2026 for FoundGPT. 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.