AEO tools that close the loop: see it, act on it, prove it.

AEO tools, short for answer engine optimization tools, help a brand appear in the answers AI engines give, not only in a list of links. They track which buying questions name the brand across engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI and Reddit, show which sources those answers cite, and point to the work that earns a citation. Mentionova adds the rest of the loop: agents that do that work with your approval, and measurement that shows what it changed.

Answer engine optimization (AEO) and generative engine optimization (GEO) describe the same goal from two angles: AEO focuses on being the answer a buyer gets, GEO on being a source a generative model cites. In practice a good generative engine optimization tool and a good answer engine optimization tool measure the same things, mentions and citations across AI engines, and pull the same levers: pages worth citing, presence on trusted sources and accurate facts about the brand.

A visibility score on its own cannot tell you what to do next or whether last month's work helped. Closing the loop connects the three parts: the gap you saw, the action you approved and the change in the same prompts afterwards. That record is what lets a team repeat what works, drop what does not, and show a stakeholder why the number moved.

An AEO tool measures whether your brand appears when buyers ask AI engines for recommendations, shows why you are or are not cited, and tells you what to publish to win the answer. Mentionova does this across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI and Reddit, then puts agents to work on the gaps and measures the result.

SEO tools measure positions in a list of links. GEO tools measure whether a generative answer mentions and cites you, which can differ by engine and change from one run to the next. The work overlaps, since pages that rank well are often the ones AI engines quote, but the measurement is different.

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI and Reddit, the community source the models trust most. Starter and Launch plans cover three engines; every other plan covers all six. Each engine is tracked separately, so you can see where you win the answer and where you slip.

It re-measures the same prompts you targeted after the work ships and shows the lift by engine. Changes such as a refreshed page going live or a new citation are marked on the trend, so you can see what came before the move instead of guessing.

Not in Mentionova. Agents research and draft the refresh, the Reddit reply, the counter-page or the outreach, then each action waits for a person to approve, edit or reject it. Replies disclose affiliation, and nothing posts, publishes or ships on its own.

No pixel, no code and no tag. You give Mentionova your domain and your category's buying questions, and the agents handle the runs across the answer engines. Nothing touches your site, so you are live in minutes, and the first growth signal lands in about two minutes.