Free check · ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · Gemini
When customers ask ChatGPT who's best, does it name you?
We ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini what your customers ask. You see who they name. Free. About a minute.
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Perplexity
- Gemini
Real answers, asked live. The customer question never names you.
For any business customers ask AI about: local services, law firms, software and B2B companies, online shops and agencies.
Not sure this matters to you? Keep reading. It’s already happening.
Right now
Your next customer is asking AI who to pick.
Not Google. Not a friend. An AI app. Here’s what that looks like.
11:40 p.m.
A dad's son has a toothache. He opens ChatGPT and types:
“Which dentist near me can see my son tomorrow morning?”
It gives him three names. He books the first one before bed.
Local service
Tuesday, 2 p.m.
A company with 200 staff needs a new IT support firm. The office manager asks Perplexity:
“Which IT support companies are best for a 200-person office in Chicago?”
It names four. She asks the first three for quotes.
B2B services
Lunch break.
A woman wants a gift for her sister. She asks Claude:
“What are the best soy candle brands that don't use cheap fragrance?”
It lists five brands. She orders from the second one.
Online shop
Monday, 9 a.m.
A sales manager needs a scheduling tool for his team. He asks ChatGPT:
“Compare the top three scheduling tools for a sales team.”
He picks one and signs up. He never visits the other websites.
Software
The day after a car accident.
A woman asks Perplexity:
“Who's the best injury lawyer in Denver?”
It names two firms. She calls the first one.
Law firm
Friday afternoon.
A founder wants help with her ads. She asks Claude:
“Which marketing agencies are best at Meta ads for online stores?”
It names five. She books calls with the top two.
Agency
None of them saw ten blue links. None of them went to page two. They saw a short list and picked from it. If you weren’t on it, you didn’t lose the sale. You were never in the running. And you’ll never know it happened.
These scenes show how people use AI to choose. They aren’t real customers. The results below are real.
Real checks · October 2026
We checked real businesses. Half weren't named once.
| Business | The customer question | Named by |
|---|---|---|
| A dental practice in New York | “Who is the best dentist in New York, NY?” | 0 of 4 |
| A scheduling software company | “What are the best scheduling tools for managing appointments effectively?” | 0 of 4 |
| My own marketing agency, in Canada | “What are the best performance marketing studios in Canada for media buying and creative strategy?” | 0 of 4 |
| A real estate brokerage in Los Angeles | “Who is the best real estate agency in Los Angeles, CA?” | 1 of 4 |
| A personal injury law firm in Denver | “Who is the best personal injury attorney in Denver, CO?” | 2 of 4 |
| A candle brand in Brooklyn | “What are the best candle brands known for artisanal and eco-friendly products?” | 3 of 4 |
A business can be great at what it does and still be invisible to AI. You can’t tell from the outside. You have to ask.
A real check · October 10, 2026
And the four rarely agree.
We asked all four the same question: “Who is the best roofing contractor in Austin, TX?” ChatGPT named three companies. Claude named seven. Not one company was on both lists.
ChatGPT
named 3- Kidd Roofing3 of 4
- Ja-Mar Roofing & Sheet Metal
- KangaRoof
Claude
named 7- LOA Construction and Austin Roofing
- Austin Roofing Company
- Tarrytown Roofing
- HD Roofing and Repairs
- Power Home Remodeling
- Legends Roofing
- Clear Choice Roofing Austin
Gemini
named 5- LOA Construction and Austin Roofing
- Kidd Roofing3 of 4
- Altair Austin Roofing Company
- Wilson Roofing
- Clear Choice Roofing Austin
Perplexity
named 4- Kidd Roofing3 of 4
- Altitude Roofing
- HD Roofing and Repairs
- Austin Roofing Company & Water Damage
Gemini named five. Perplexity named four. No company made all four lists. The closest was named by three of four. Being named by one assistant didn't mean being named by the others. That's why we check all four.
Company names as each assistant gave them, with directories left out. Answers change from day to day. These are the answers we got on October 10, 2026.
Why it hurts
This is worse than ranking low on Google.
There's no page two.
Google shows ten links. AI gives a short list. In our Austin check, ChatGPT named three companies. Three. If you're not on the list, you're out.
You can't see it.
You can Google yourself. You can't open your customers' chats. No visit, no call, no demo request, nothing in your analytics. It happens in private.
It's growing fast.
45% of US consumers used AI tools to find local businesses in 2026, up from 6% a year earlier. Business buyers too: 51% of B2B software buyers now start their research with an AI chatbot more often than with Google, up from 29% in 2025. (BrightLocal, G2)
Someone else gets the yes.
When the AI doesn't name you, it names someone else. Your customer doesn't wait. They call them, book a demo with them or buy from them.
So the question isn’t “Does AI matter for my business?” It’s “Who is it sending my customers to?”
- 41%of 10,000 US local businesses were never recommended by ChatGPT when researchers asked customer-style questions that didn't name them.Insites
- 69%of B2B software buyers chose a different vendor than they planned, because it was in a chatbot's answer.G2
- 50%of US adults say they would use an AI tool like ChatGPT to research lawyers.iLawyerMarketing
Local shops, software companies, law firms: different studies, same story. Buyers ask AI first. But an average isn’t your business. Check your own answer.
Do the math
What is one lost customer worth to you?
example
If AI sends just one customer a month to someone else, that’s you never see.
The monthly report is $49 a month.
Your number, your math. Nobody knows how many customers AI sends anywhere. That’s exactly why you check.
Check my business freeFair question
“Can’t I just ask ChatGPT myself?”
You can. Try it. Three things get in the way.
- 1
Your ChatGPT knows you.
It remembers your chats and where you are, so it answers you differently. We ask like a stranger would.
- 2
Your customers use different apps.
Some ask ChatGPT. Some ask Gemini or Perplexity. In our Austin check, no company made all four lists.
- 3
Once tells you nothing.
Answers change. Doing it right means 8 questions on 4 apps, every month. That's 32 chats, plus copying every name and website, plus comparing with last month.
We do all of that for $49 a month.
From the founder
I’m Joel. I built Prompt Visible, and I also run a marketing agency.
I ran the full monthly report on my own agency: 8 customer questions on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. 32 answers. We were named in none of them. Not one.
If it can happen to people who do marketing for a living, it can happen to anyone.
Check yours. It’s free, and it takes about a minute.
Joel, founder of Prompt Visible
The monthly report
See who AI recommends instead of you. Every month.
The free check is one question, once. The monthly report is the full picture. We ask the same 8 customer questions on all four assistants, every month. That’s 32 real answers, read for you and sent to your inbox.
What you get every month
- 1Where you stand.All 32 answers, marked named, not named or no answer. See at a glance where you show up and where you don't.
- 2Who's taking your spot.Every business named instead of you, ranked by how often.
- 3Where AI gets its answers.The websites the assistants read. That's your list of places to be listed and reviewed.
- 4What changed.Answers that started naming you, and ones that stopped. By email. No login.
- 5Bonus: a website check.In your first report: what makes your site hard for AI to read, in plain words your web person can fix.
Here’s a real one: my agency’s report, October 2026.
What it would take by hand
32 chats a month. Copying every name and website. Comparing with last month. A couple of hours, every month. We do it for $49.
If it helps you win one customer a year, it pays for itself.
Founding price $49 a month, locked for lifeFor the first 100 businesses.
All four assistants included. No credits, no add-ons, no contract. Cancel in one click from any monthly email. No call, no form.
Your first month is risk-free. If your first report isn't worth $49 to you, reply to the email and we refund your first payment. No questions.
Free check
One customer question, asked on all four assistants.
- A customer question that doesn't name you
- Whether each assistant named you
- Who was named instead
- A copy by email
No card. No account. No fix list.
Monthly plan
per month
The same 8 customer questions on all 4 assistants, every month: 32 answers.
- Where you stand
- Who's taking your spot
- Where AI gets its answers
- What changed
- Bonus: a website check
All four assistants included. No credits, no add-ons.
Cancel in one click from any monthly email. No call, no form.
From our Product Hunt launch
What early users told us
“Honestly love that you cover all four major models in one pass instead of making people run separate audits, super practical move.”
“This looks awesome.”
Ingrid Tan asked for “something I could actually act on and revisit each month.” That’s what the monthly plan is.
Straight answers
No promises. Just what they said.
- Real answers from the assistants themselves, asked live with web search on. Not estimates, and not a score.
- If an assistant doesn't answer, we show “No answer”. We never count it as “not named”.
- If a check fails, it re-runs automatically within minutes.
- We don't promise that any assistant will name your business. Nobody honest can.
- No contract. Cancel in one click from any monthly email.
- Prompt Visible is independent and not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity or Google.
Before you check
Fair questions
Is this another AI SEO pitch?
No. “AI SEO” (also called GEO or AEO) is work meant to get assistants to mention a business. We don't sell that work, and we don't promise results. We ask the assistants a question a customer would ask and show you what they said. What you do next is up to you.
Can you get ChatGPT to recommend my business?
No. We don't promise that any assistant will name your business. Nobody can. We don't “teach” ChatGPT about you either. We only ask it questions and show you the answers.
Most of my customers find me on Google. Why check ChatGPT?
They may well. But more buyers ask AI first, and it's growing fast. 45% of US consumers used ChatGPT or other AI tools to find local businesses in 2026, up from 6% a year earlier (BrightLocal). 51% of B2B software buyers now start their research with an AI chatbot more often than with Google, up from 29% in 2025 (G2). Showing up on Google and being named by an assistant are two different things. Google shows a page of results. An assistant answers with a few names: in our Austin check, 3 to 7 each. The free check shows you the second one.
Does this work for my kind of business?
Yes, if customers might ask an assistant to recommend a business like yours. That covers local services, law firms and other professional firms, software and B2B companies, online shops and agencies. Serve one area? Add your town and we ask the way a local customer would: “Who is the best roofing contractor in Austin, TX?” Sell online, nationwide or to other businesses? Leave the town blank and we ask the way a buyer would, for example “What's the best CRM for a small business?” Agencies can run it on a client's website. Each business is its own $49 plan.
Will my customers see the same answers you show me?
Not always. Answers can change with the wording, the day and the person asking. We ask each assistant directly, with web search on and no account history, and we keep your questions the same every month, so you compare like with like.
Why do you need my business name?
To look for it in the answers. It's never in the customer question, because a customer looking for someone new doesn't know your name yet.
Is the free check really free? What happens to my email?
Yes. No card, no account. You get one customer question on all four assistants, and we email you a copy. After that we send a few short emails about your result and the $49 plan. Each one has an unsubscribe link. We don't sell or rent your data.
What does $49 a month include?
The same 8 customer questions on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini every month: 32 answers, and an email of what changed. The report shows, for each question and assistant, named, not named or no answer. It also shows what changed since last month, who was named instead, and which websites the assistants read. Your first report also has a website check for your web person. We start after checkout and email your first report as soon as it's ready.
How do I cancel? What if a report fails?
Cancel in one click from any monthly email. No call, no form. Cancelling stops the next run. If a report fails, we re-run it automatically within minutes. If it fails again, we refund that month's $49. Not being named isn't a failed report. Your first month is risk-free. If your first report isn't worth $49 to you, reply to the email and we refund your first payment. No questions.
Can I pay yearly?
Yes: two months free, for the same report every month. Founding price: $490 a year, locked for life, for the first 100 businesses. Yearly plans are never more than monthly. Your first month is risk-free. After that, cancel any time and we refund what's left after $49 for each month started. Cancel in your fourth month and you get $294 back.
Who's behind Prompt Visible?
I'm Joel, and I built Prompt Visible. We're small, new and independent, and not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity or Google. The Austin check above is real, and so is yours.
Your customers are asking right now. See what they hear.
One customer question on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. About a minute. No account, no card.
P.S. If they already name you, great. Now you know, and you can keep it that way. If they don’t, you’ll see who they name instead. Either way, it’s free and it takes a minute.