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Citehound compared with CrakSEO
DetailCitehound logo CitehoundCrakSEO logo CrakSEO
What it doesFree AI-readiness scan, then fix what holds your site back from AI assistants Not given
StageMVP Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inTR Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingScan: free. Pro: $39/month or $390/year (first month free for first 10 early-access users). Fix: from $299 fixed quote (includes 3 months of Pro). Beyond: $490/month with 3-month minimum (includes Pro). Early-access pricing; payments open soon. Pay-as-you-go API model: API credit top-ups from $5, $20 or $100. Link Network subscription: $49/month or $470/year. Force indexing uses separate URL credits with quote-based pricing.
Key features
  • Scan 16 technical and trust signals across AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and 7 others)
  • 100-point readiness score weighted across Discoverability, Technical foundation, and Content & trust pillars
  • Evaluate canonical, language, title, description, Open Graph and structured data signals
  • Test AI crawler robots.txt and sitemap access, plus llms.txt
  • Pro citation check: test if Claude (ChatGPT coming) names your brand in response to buyer questions
  • Weekly homepage re-scans with email alerts for up to 5 domains (Pro)
  • Fix service applies technical changes by hand or delivers files with instructions
  • Beyond service writes 4 edited content pieces monthly approved before publishing
  • Free generators for schema, robots.txt and llms.txt
  • Public API and integrations: Claude connector, MCP, n8n node, command-line tool
  • Live Google and Bing search results
  • Keyword search volume and CPC data
  • Backlink and referring domain analysis
  • Google rank tracking for keywords
  • On-page and technical SEO audits
  • Google Maps rankings
  • AI visibility tracking
  • Free Google Search Console integration
  • OAuth and API key authentication
  • Integration with Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT
What makes it different
  • Free scan requires no email or signup and runs in browser using publicly visible site data
  • Benchmarks grounded in 219 scanned sites across 6 categories with category-specific playbooks
  • Fix price is fixed quote that does not change once agreed, with before-and-after verification
  • All four steps in one workspace so nothing gets lost between scan, report, fixes and content
  • Founded by Andaç Üzel with 10 years of content editing, content marketing and technical team collaboration
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing with no subscription required
  • Direct integration with AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT
  • Free Google Search Console and Bing data access
  • Live real-time SEO data instead of estimates
  • Multiple MCP servers and REST API with same pricing
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check8 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)2028
Referring domains (Majestic)418

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