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Citehound compared with IndexFast
DetailCitehound logo CitehoundIndexFast logo IndexFast
What it doesFree AI-readiness scan, then fix what holds your site back from AI assistants SEO indexing automation and diagnostics for teams that ship pages fast
StageMVP Startup
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: 1 website, 500 URLs tracked, daily sitemap checks. Pro: $19/month for 10 websites, 10,000 URLs per site, hourly checks, MCP + API (20k calls/month). Unlimited: $99/month for unlimited websites, 50,000 URLs per site per sync, unlimited MCP + API calls, priority support. All plans prepaid for 30
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
  • Hourly sitemap checks that catch new URLs and pages with updated lastmod
  • Automatic submission to IndexNow network including Bing, Yandex, Naver, Seznam and Yep
  • Deduplication across sitemaps to prevent duplicate pings
  • MCP integration for Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf
  • Indexability diagnostics including noindex, canonical and HTTP error detection
  • Bing Webmaster API key integration for direct submissions on Pro and Unlimited
  • Issue alerts for failing sitemaps and rejected submissions
  • Free SEO tools: Google Index Checker, Bulk Index Checker, Sitemap URL Extractor, IndexNow Key Generator
  • Automatic retries for failed submissions
  • Graceful plan downgrade after expiry with 3-day grace period
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
  • Two-minute setup with automatic sitemap discovery
  • Runs automatically with no ongoing configuration needed
  • Works directly inside AI editors through MCP without leaving your workflow
  • Monitors and diagnoses indexing blockers beyond just submission
  • Free tier with full core features for one site forever
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check2 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)2017
Referring domains (Majestic)415

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