Buyers ask AI for a shortlist. Your category answer already exists.
Software evaluation now begins with "what are the best tools for X" — and the assistant answers with three products. AnswerSignal measures whether you are on that shortlist across category, alternative and comparison questions, and which competitors are being recommended instead.
- Products in a typical shortlist answer
- 3–5
- Step in most modern software evaluations
- First
- To measure your product
- 60 sec
Products in a typical shortlist answer
Step in most modern software evaluations
To measure your product
Every answer that names someone else is a customer you never hear from.
There is no ad slot and no second page. Assistants name a short list, and the businesses on it receive the enquiry.
- Category questions produce a shortlist and your product is not on it.
- "Best alternative to [competitor]" answers send high-intent buyers to whoever documented the comparison.
- Integration and compliance questions are gatekeepers, and yours are buried in docs.
- Pricing opacity gets you filtered out of answers before a human reads a word of your site.
The questions we test for saas companies
Real buying questions, generated for your city and services, then run against leading assistants. Every business named in every answer is recorded.
What are the best tools for {category}?
Best alternative to [competitor] for small teams?
Which {category} platform integrates with Salesforce?
Is [your product] or [competitor] better for enterprise?
Cheapest {category} software with an API?
Which {category} tools are SOC 2 compliant?
What AnswerSignal measures
Category shortlist presence
How often you appear when assistants answer the core category question buyers start with.
Comparison and alternative share
Head-to-head and "alternative to" questions where switching intent is highest.
Qualifier coverage
Integrations, compliance, pricing and deployment details that decide whether you survive the filter.
Example report · illustrative saas business
Cadence Ops — Remote · United States
AI Customer Acquisition Score™
Grade B · 68
33% recommendation share across 60 tested questions
Estimated revenue opportunity: $420,000 ARR
Recommendation share
- Northstack71%
- Relayworks49%
- Cadence Ops (you)33%
- Pilotdesk24%
Top 5 recommended actions
What was observed, why it matters, and what to do — ordered by expected impact.
Publish comparison pages for your top three competitors
Every comparison question measured resolved to a competitor-authored page.
Make pricing public and machine-readable
Answers routinely exclude products with no visible pricing.
Create an integrations directory page
Integration qualifiers filtered you out of otherwise winnable shortlists.
Add a security and compliance page
Compliance is the most common enterprise gatekeeping question.
Add SoftwareApplication schema
Structured product data clarifies category, platform and pricing.
How it works
- Step 1
Add your business
Name, website, city and competitors. Thirty seconds.
- Step 2
We read your site
Measured evidence from your pages — never assumptions.
- Step 3
We ask the assistants
Dozens of real saas buying questions, run and recorded.
- Step 4
You get the report
Score, competitors and a prioritized action list.
Plans
Start with a free audit. Upgrade to monitor, compare and improve every month.
Starter
See whether AI recommends your business today.
Free
- 1 business profile
- 3 tracked competitors
- Monthly AI recommendation check
- AI Customer Acquisition Score™
- Top 3 recommended actions
Professional
Win more customer questions than your competitors.
$99/month
- 5 business profiles
- 10 tracked competitors
- Weekly AI monitoring
- Competitor intelligence
- AI citation monitoring
- Full growth opportunity roadmap
Agency
Manage a portfolio of client businesses.
$499/month
- White-label reports
- Unlimited businesses
- Team accounts
- Client dashboard
- API access (coming soon)
Enterprise
Multi-market coverage with procurement support.
Custom
- Unlimited markets and locations
- Custom question sets
- SSO and role controls
- Security review support
- Dedicated success manager
SaaS Companies: frequently asked questions
See where you stand in AI answers today.
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- Results in about 60 seconds