Rival Cortex tracks which brands ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend in your market. Get AI-powered SWOT analysis, generative engine optimization insights, and a strategic edge over competitors.
40%
of product research
now starts with AI assistants instead of Google
1 in 3
users trust AI picks
and go with whatever brand the AI recommends first
0
visibility for most brands
because they don't know AI is sending customers to competitors
Rival Cortex combines AI competitive analysis, generative engine optimization, and strategic intelligence in one platform.
We ask AI models the exact questions your customers ask — “best agency in Amsterdam”, “top CRM software” — and track which brands get recommended. You see citation counts, market share percentages, and source URLs.
AI doesn't just generate keywords — it searches the web to find what real people search for, scores each keyword by intent, difficulty, and relevance, then suggests ones you missed.
The Ghost Strategist agent runs a live SWOT analysis with fresh web research — competitor pricing changes, Reddit sentiment, market shifts — and writes you a CEO memo with specific actions for this week.
Type your brand name, pick a city, and choose your AI model. Takes 10 seconds.
Supports GPT-5, Perplexity Sonar, Claude, and Gemini. English, Portuguese, and Dutch.
The model searches the web to build a competitive profile — what you do, who you compete with, how you're positioned.
OpenAI and Perplexity models use real-time web search. You review the research before continuing.
AI finds the exact queries your customers type, each scored by search intent (commercial, informational, transactional), difficulty, and relevance.
You can edit, remove, or ask AI to suggest more. Each keyword gets a reasoning note.
For each keyword, AI searches like your customer would and records which brands get recommended, how many times, and from which sources.
Results stream in real-time. You see progress for each keyword as it's analyzed.
See dominance charts, citation tables, and source URLs. Then hit 'Run Agent' for a full SWOT analysis with live market intelligence.
The agent searches for competitor news, pricing changes, and customer sentiment. Saves a Strategic Memo with priority actions.
Your on-demand AI strategy agent
Most tools give you data and leave you to figure out what it means. The Ghost Strategist reads your competitive data, searches the web for the latest moves from your rivals, and writes you a strategic memo.
Example output
“You dominate commercial queries but are invisible in the discovery phase”
While your brand leads in “best [service] in [city]” searches, competitors X and Y own the educational content that drives 60% of the customer journey. Meanwhile, X just dropped their price 30% and Reddit threads are buzzing about it.
Priority actions
1. Create “[your brand] vs [competitor]” comparison content this week
2. Publish 3 how-to articles targeting informational keywords where you're absent
3. Highlight premium support in ads to counter competitor's low-cost positioning
SWOT Analysis
4-quadrant breakdown
Live Web Search
Fresh competitor data
Strategic Memo
CEO-ready insights
Run History
Track changes over time
You bring your own API keys — so you only pay for features, never for AI usage. Start free, upgrade when you need more.
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For marketers and SEO professionals
$348/year · billed annually
For teams managing multiple brands
$948/year · billed annually
For agencies with multiple clients
$2388/year · billed annually
All plans require your own API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or Perplexity). You pay providers directly for AI usage — we never mark it up.
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Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing your brand's visibility in AI-generated responses. Unlike traditional SEO which targets search engine rankings, GEO focuses on how AI models like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini recommend and cite your brand when users ask for product or service recommendations.
Rival Cortex queries AI models with the same questions your potential customers ask — like "best agency in Amsterdam" or "top CRM software". It analyzes which brands get recommended, counts citations, tracks source URLs, and shows your competitive positioning with dominance charts and detailed breakdowns per keyword.
Yes, Rival Cortex uses a Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) model. You connect your own API keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or Perplexity. You pay providers directly for AI usage — we never mark it up. This keeps your costs transparent and our pricing focused on features.
The Ghost Strategist is an on-demand AI agent that performs a live SWOT analysis. It reads your competitive data, searches the web for the latest competitor moves, pricing changes, and customer sentiment, then writes a Strategic Memo with a headline insight and specific priority actions you can execute this week.
Traditional SEO tools track how you rank in Google search results. Rival Cortex tracks how AI models recommend your brand. As more people use AI assistants for product research, your visibility in AI-generated answers is becoming as important as your Google ranking. Rival Cortex is the only tool built specifically for this new channel.
Rival Cortex supports GPT-5, GPT-4.1, Perplexity Sonar (with built-in web search), Claude Sonnet, Claude Haiku, Gemini Pro, and Gemini Flash. You can choose different models for different analyses, and OpenAI and Perplexity models include live web search capabilities.
Bring your own API keys. First analysis takes about 3 minutes.
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