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Citehound vs IndexDoctor

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Citehound compared with IndexDoctor
DetailCitehound logo CitehoundIndexDoctor logo IndexDoctor
What it doesFree AI-readiness scan, then fix what holds your site back from AI assistants See which pages Google and AI crawlers never reach
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. Free: public checker, no account needed. Starter: $9/month for one site with weekly checks and AI crawler probes. Pro: $19/month for five sites. Agency: $49/month for twenty-five sites.
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 crawler probes for Google, ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity
  • HTTP status and redirect tracking
  • robots.txt rule checking per user-agent
  • noindex meta tag and X-Robots-Tag detection
  • Canonical URL validation
  • Sitemap listing verification
  • Firewall block detection (403 errors)
  • Weekly monitoring and email alerts
  • Plain-English fix prompts
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
  • Read-only checks that never request Google indexing or change your site
  • Checks AI crawlers like GPTBot and ClaudeBot separately from Google
  • Free public check with no account or sign-up required
  • 7-day money-back promise on paid plans
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)200
Referring domains (Majestic)40

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