Free LLM Citation Gap Analyzer

AI engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overviews) cite a small set of "winning" pages for any given query, usually 3-5 sources. If you're not one of them, optimizing in the abstract doesn't tell you what to fix. Comparing your page against the pages that ARE being cited reveals the concrete gap: maybe their author bylines are stronger, or their schema coverage is wider, or their direct-answer opener is tighter. Citation gap analysis turns "improve AEO" into "close these three specific gaps".

Our tool fetches your URL plus up to 3 competitor URLs server-side and audits each one on six citation-relevant signals: source authority (author + date + outbound citations), factual density (stats + definitions + references), direct answer (does the opening paragraph answer the implied query in 40-120 words?), structured data (JSON-LD schema coverage), entity clarity (named-entity density and topic anchoring), question coverage (FAQ + question-shaped H2s). Each URL gets a 0-100 score per signal, surfaced as a column in the comparison table.

The headline output is the comparison table with your domain in the first column and each competitor in adjacent columns. Below the table, we compute the gaps: every signal where the best competitor beats you by 10+ points. Each gap row tells you (a) the signal name, (b) your score vs. the competitor's score, (c) which competitor URL is leading, and (d) a tactical fix. Failed competitor URLs (timeout, 404, robots block) are surfaced as a column with an error indicator instead of breaking the whole comparison.

For SEO Consultants

• Turn "improve your AEO" into a concrete punch list: 3 signals × 1 fix each
• Use the comparison table directly in client reports, since competitor benchmarking is half of consultant value
• Spot the rare case where you're already ahead of cited competitors and need a different fix (likely backlinks or rank, not on-page)

For Content Teams

• See exactly which signal the cited competitors are winning on; often it's just one (schema, or author byline)
• Hand the gap list to the right team: schema gaps go to dev, content gaps go to editorial

Why Use the Citation Gap Analyzer

• Comparison is the hero, not your score: The table is the answer. Your isolated score doesn't tell you what to fix; the competitor delta does.
• Per-URL failure tolerant: If one competitor URL fails to audit (timeout, robots block), the other columns still render and the gap analysis adjusts.
• Gap-ranked fixes: The advice list is ordered by gap size, so close the biggest deficits first. Each fix maps to a concrete change you can ship today.
• Free, no signup: Up to 4 audits per request. Per-IP rate limit (3/hour, 10/day) and a fair global budget keep capacity sustainable.