Own your brand's presence in AI search results

AI visibility refers to how (and whether) your products are surfaced inside AI-generated answers on platforms like ChatGPT Shopping, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Gemini. As more shoppers use conversational AI to research and make purchase decisions, appearing (and appearing well) inside these answers is becoming a direct revenue channel. Brands that don't actively manage their AI presence risk being invisible at the exact moment a buyer is ready to act.

SEO optimizes your content to rank in traditional search result pages. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) optimizes your content to be cited and surfaced inside AI-generated answers. Instead of competing for a blue link, you're competing to be the product or brand that an AI engine recommends when someone asks "What's the best moisturizer for dry skin under $50?" The signals that drive AEO are fundamentally different: structured Q&A content, product-level data completeness, and third-party citation authority matter far more than traditional ranking factors.

The highest-priority platforms today are ChatGPT (including ChatGPT Shopping), Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Gemini. Each has different citation behaviors and product rendering formats. Alhena monitors all major AI engines simultaneously, so you get a consolidated view of your visibility across the platforms your shoppers are actually using — rather than optimizing in the dark for each one separately.

Most AEO tools check whether your brand name or domain was mentioned somewhere in an AI response. Product-level tracking goes much further: it measures which specific SKUs are recommended, how those products are rendered (with or without pricing, ratings, and imagery), and how that visibility translates into actual revenue. If your Vitamin C Serum is invisible in AI search while your Retinol Night Serum is being recommended, you need to know that.

Generic AEO platforms are built to track brand mentions and domain citations. They weren't designed for product catalogs. They can't track individual SKUs, they have no visibility into how products are rendered inside AI answers (pricing, ratings, positioning), they can't attribute AI-driven revenue, and they operate entirely outside your storefront. Alhena is ecommerce-native: it connects to your live store, understands your catalog, and ties AI visibility directly to the revenue metrics you already track.

Alhena can deliver an AI Visibility Audit that maps your catalog across major AI engines from the outset. You'll see which SKUs are appearing, how they're being rendered, where competitors are outranking you, and which content gaps to close first. Most brands see their first actionable insights within days of connecting their storefront.