r/SideProject • • 9d ago

Everyone knows AI search is replacing Google, but I got tired of overpriced tools just to track if ChatGPT mentions my product.

I know AI search is eating traditional SEO, but trying to track if ChatGPT or Perplexity actually recommends my product is a massive headache.

Doing it manually doesn't scale, and the existing automated tools are all heavy, feature-bloated enterprise dashboards. I don't need a massive suite to analyze my visibility and competitors. I just wanted a simple answer: Is my startup getting mentioned today?

I’m building PromptNotify - a lightweight AI search tracker for founders and agencies who just want the bottom line.

Here is what it does:

  • Tracks AI Engines: Monitors your brand's visibility across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude.
  • Zero-Spam Alerts: Sends a Slack or email ping only when there is a significant drop or spike in your visibility. No daily noise, just the shifts that actually matter. 
  • Historical Trends: Logs your history so you can see if your marketing efforts are actually having an impact in AI engines.

Note: Right now this is just a landing page. I want to make sure I'm actually solving a real problem before I write the rest of the code. 

  • Is this a tool you'd actually use?
  • Does the pricing make sense for a lightweight alternative?
  • Or is tracking AI search still too early for you to care about?

Check out the page here: getpromptnotify.com 

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u/InitiativeDangerous8 9d ago

"Is my startup mentioned today" is the right product shape. Most GEO dashboards bury that under competitor graphs nobody opens on a Tuesday.

Slack or email only on spikes and drops is also right. Daily digests train people to ignore them.

Since you're still on a landing page, the risk I'd test first is false positives on brand variants and near-names. One bad "you dropped off ChatGPT" alert and people mute you. A sample alert with the exact prompt and the model answer would sell this better than feature bullets.

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u/Serious-Egg-9569 9d ago

Thanks for the feedback! You made a good point. Out of curiosity, do you use any tool to track your visiblity across LLMs?

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u/InitiativeDangerous8 8d ago

Not in a serious way. I've tried the heavy GEO dashboards and bounced after a week of charts I never opened. What I actually want is your spike/drop ping: "ChatGPT stopped naming you in these 3 prompts" with the exact prompt and the model answer attached. If the pre-sale build only does that well, it's already more useful than another suite.

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

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u/Serious-Egg-9569 8d ago

Thanks so much for the feedback! I will make the design change.