Citare Tools · 23 free tools

Free SEO + AI search tools

23 free tools across 6 categories — check whether AI search engines can see and cite your site, validate the structural signals they read, and look up real keyword + backlink data. Tools that call third-party data APIs require a free signup; local-only tools work without one.

AI readiness

Check if AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) can see and cite your site.

LLM Quote Extractor

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Parse any pasted AI response for brand mentions + cited URLs

Paste a ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / Perplexity / AIO response. Get back structured brand mentions, cited URLs, ranked recommendations, platform fingerprint. Pure-CPU regex parse, no LLM call. Sign-in required.

Brand Radar Free Sample

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Check if Gemini recommends your brand for a buyer query

Single-platform spot-check. Paste a brand name + a buyer's question. We ask Gemini Flash and parse the response — recognition, position, competitors named, context quality. 0-100 score + 5-axis breakdown. Free, sign-in required.

AEO Score Checker

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Score any page 0-100 on AEO signals

Paste any URL — we run 17 deterministic Answer Engine Optimization checks (JSON-LD schemas, JTBD H1, definitional lead, llms.txt, AI bot allows, FAQ structure) and return a 0-100 score with top recommendations.

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llms.txt Validator

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Validate any domain's /llms.txt against the spec

Paste a domain — we fetch /llms.txt and run 12 spec-compliance checks (presence, content-type, H1 title, sections, link format, encoding, file size). Returns 0-100 score + parsed structure.

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AI Robots.txt Checker

Check if robots.txt is blocking AI crawlers

Paste any URL — we fetch robots.txt and report allow/block across GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, OAI-SearchBot, Google-Extended, and 20+ more.

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AI Bot UA Detector

Identify which AI bot is hitting your site

Paste a User-Agent string — we tell you which AI crawler it is, who runs it, and whether it's verified-good.

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llms.txt Generator

Generate an llms.txt for AI ingestion

Paste your site URL — we draft a starter llms.txt with your key pages, ready to deploy at the root.

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AI Citation Score

Score how citable your site is to ChatGPT + Perplexity

We run 6 readiness checks (schema, sitemap, llms.txt, robots, freshness, brand entity) and score 0-100.

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Brand Disambiguation

Check if AI knows which 'you' is you

Searches Wikidata + Wikipedia for entities matching your brand — surfaces namesake collisions and recommends sameAs URLs.

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Structured data

Inspect + generate JSON-LD schema for richer indexing.

JSON-LD Inspector

Validate every JSON-LD block on a page

Paste a URL — we extract every JSON-LD block, validate each against schema.org, and flag warnings.

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JSON-LD Generator

Generate JSON-LD for any page

Pick a schema type (Organization, LocalBusiness, Article, FAQPage) and we generate paste-ready JSON-LD.

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Sitemaps + bots

Sitemap parsing, robots.txt rules, bot user-agent identification.

Sitemap Health Checker

Validate sitemap.xml structure + lastmod coverage

Auto-detects sitemap from robots.txt, parses XML, follows index nesting, reports lastmod coverage + AI-readiness flags.

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robots.txt Generator

Generate a starter robots.txt — AI-friendly defaults

Pick which AI crawlers to allow + paste your sitemap URL — we generate paste-ready robots.txt.

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AI Crawler Tracking

Track which AI bots actually visit your site

Drop-in script for Vercel / Cloudflare / WordPress logs every AI crawler hit, verified against published IP ranges.

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Keyword research

Volume, difficulty, SERP, and ranking lookups.

Free Keyword Generator

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Find 50+ keywords + monthly volume

Enter a seed term + country — we return 50 related keywords with volume, KD 0-100, and CPC. DataForSEO-backed.

Keyword Difficulty Checker

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Score keyword difficulty 0-100

Paste a keyword + country — score 0-100, volume, CPC, competition, search intent, 12-month history. DataForSEO native KD.

SERP Checker

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See top 10 results for any query × country

Paste a keyword + pick a country — we return the live top 10 with positions, titles, URLs. scrape.do + SerpAPI for double free-tier.

Keyword Rank Checker

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Check your domain's position for any keyword

Domain + keyword + country → your live top-10 position + the full top-10 SERP for context. Subdomains matched.

SERP Overview

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Top 10 + per-URL authority + your/competitor highlighting

Live top 10 enriched with OpenPageRank authority on every ranking domain. Optional inputs to highlight your domain + competitor domains in the result table. Free.

Backlinks + authority

Backlink counts, broken links, domain authority equivalents.

Free Backlink Checker

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See top 20 backlinks to any domain

Enter a domain — we return the 20 strongest backlinks (one per referring domain) with anchor, source page, rank, dofollow/nofollow.

Broken Link Checker

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Find broken backlinks pointing at you

Enter your domain — we surface 4xx pages that still receive inbound links. Reclaim with a 301 redirect or page restore.

Website Authority Checker

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Get a DR-equivalent score for any domain

Enter a domain — we return its authority score 0-100 + PageRank + global popularity rank. Powered by OpenPageRank (free).

Utilities

Quick checks that don't fit anywhere else.

Word Counter

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Count words, characters, reading time, Flesch

Paste any text — words, characters (with/without spaces), sentences, paragraphs, reading + speaking time, Flesch score. 100% client-side.

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