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Citehound compared with OpenSEO
DetailCitehound logo CitehoundOpenSEO logo OpenSEO
What it doesFree AI-readiness scan, then fix what holds your site back from AI assistants Open-source SEO tools you can run yourself, read every line of, and hand to your AI agent
StageMVP Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inTR Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Open source
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. Hosted app: free, all features unlimited. Self-hosted: free, open source under MIT licence. Search data from YepAPI: paid per lookup. Examples: keyword overview $0.47–$0.57, keyword ideas $0.07–$0.25, SERP checker $0.25–$0.26, rank check $0.02–$0.10, backlink checker $0.30–$0.34. New YepAPI accounts
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
  • Keyword research with difficulty, volume and top 10 results
  • SERP checker for any location with desktop and mobile options
  • Rank tracking to top 20, 50 or 100 by country, city or coordinates
  • Backlink checker with monthly link history
  • AI visibility tracking across 120+ AI models with web search
  • Local rank checker with geo-grid maps
  • MCP server with 76 tools for AI agents
  • Google Search Console integration
  • Self-hosting with Docker on your own server
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
  • MIT licensed open-source code you can read and modify completely
  • Self-hosted option keeps all your data on your own server
  • Pay per lookup with spending limits controlled by you
  • AI agents have spending ceilings to prevent overspending
Community votes01
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check5 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)2013
Referring domains (Majestic)41

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