- What is Surfaceable?
- Surfaceable is a complete SEO + AI Visibility platform. It covers technical SEO audits, keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, competitor intelligence, brand mentions — plus tracks how your brand appears across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok. One tool for the full picture of your search and AI presence.
- What is AEO and why does it matter?
- AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation — the practice of structuring your content so AI assistants recommend your brand when answering queries in your category. As more searches happen inside ChatGPT and Perplexity rather than on Google, AEO is becoming as important as traditional SEO. Surfaceable measures your AEO performance and tells you exactly what to fix.
- How is Surfaceable different from Semrush or Ahrefs?
- Those tools focus on traditional SEO. Surfaceable adds an entire AI visibility layer on top — tracking your brand across five AI platforms, showing you volume-weighted visibility scores, and identifying which competitor AI mentions are costing you the most traffic. It's the only tool that ties SEO and AI visibility together in a single dashboard.
- What SEO data sources does Surfaceable use?
- Surfaceable uses DataForSEO for keyword research, rank tracking, backlinks, and traffic estimates, and the Google Ads API for official search volume data. AI visibility data is collected directly from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok via their APIs.
- Is Surfaceable free to use?
- Yes. There's a permanent free tier — no credit card required. You can audit sites, run AI visibility scans, and detect your tech stack for free. Paid plans start at £29/month for keyword research, backlinks, rank tracking, and automated scheduled runs.
- What is the Surfaceable MCP server?
- Surfaceable exposes all its SEO and AI visibility tools via an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. This means you can run audits, check visibility scores, and pull keyword data from inside Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible AI environment — without leaving your editor.