Quickstart

Get your first AI brand visibility results in under 5 minutes. No code, no complex setup — just your brand name and a few questions your customers ask.

Time to complete 5 minutes. You'll see real AI responses with your brand visibility data by the end.

Step 1: Sign up

Go to llmmonitor.com and create an account. You'll start on the Free plan with 10 scans — enough to run your first scans across multiple LLMs.

After signing up, you'll land on the Dashboard. It'll be empty until you complete setup, so let's fix that.

Step 2: Configure your brand

Go to Settings in the sidebar. Fill in:

Brand Name — Your company or product name as you want it tracked. Use the exact name AI models would use.
Brand URL — Your website. LLMMonitor uses this to match citations back to your domain.
Positioning Statement — A short description of what you do. This helps the AI analysis understand your market position.
Pursue / Avoid Keywords — Optional. Terms you want to track or exclude from analysis.
Brand Aliases — Alternative names (e.g., "Apple" might also be "Apple Inc." or "Apple Computer"). Crucial for accurate detection.

Don't skip aliases If your brand is "AcmeCorp" but AI models sometimes say "Acme Corporation", add that as an alias. Without it, you'll miss mentions.

Step 3: Add your first prompts

Go to Prompts in the sidebar. Prompts are the questions LLMMonitor asks AI models — they should mirror what your customers actually ask.

Click Add Prompt and enter questions like:

# Customer research questions
What's the best project management tool for creative agencies?
Which CRM works best for sales teams under 50 people?
Compare the top email marketing platforms for e-commerce.

# Brand-specific questions
Who are the top competitors to [Your Brand]?
What do users say about [Your Brand] vs [Competitor]?
Is [Your Brand] a good choice for enterprise teams?

# Too vague — won't trigger brand mentions
project management
CRM
email marketing tools

Enter one prompt per line. Start with 3-5 prompts focused on your core product categories. Click Add to save.

Prompt writing tip Use natural, conversational language — the same way your customers speak. AI models respond better to questions than keywords. See Prompt Best Practices for more guidance.

Step 4: Add competitors

Stay in Settings and scroll to the Competitors section. LLMMonitor will auto-suggest competitors based on your industry, but you can also add them manually.

Add 3-5 competitors you want to benchmark against. For each competitor, add their brand name and any aliases (e.g., "Salesforce" might also be "Salesforce.com").

LLMMonitor detects competitors automatically in AI responses — you don't need to list every possible competitor. The ones you add here become your primary benchmarks on the dashboard.

Step 5: Run your first scan

Go to Scan in the sidebar. Select which LLMs to scan:

LLM selection On the Free plan, select at least one LLM to start. ChatGPT and Gemini are available to all plans. Claude and Perplexity tracking requires at minimum a Lite plan.

Click Start Scan. You'll see a terminal-style log showing each prompt being sent to each LLM. Depending on the number of prompts and LLMs selected, this takes 30-90 seconds.

[14:32:01] Scan started — 5 prompts × 2 LLMs = 10 scans
[14:32:05] [ChatGPT] Sending: "What's the best CRM for small teams?"
[14:32:18] [ChatGPT] Response received — 342 words, brand: YES, sentiment: positive
[14:32:19] [ChatGPT] Competitors found: Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive
[14:32:22] [Gemini] Sending: "What's the best CRM for small teams?"
[14:32:35] [Gemini] Response received — 287 words, brand: NO
[14:32:38] Scan complete — 5/10 prompts mentioned your brand

Step 6: Read the dashboard

Once the scan finishes, go to the Overview dashboard. You'll see:

Visibility Score — The big percentage at the top. This is your brand visibility across all scanned prompts. A score of 60% means your brand appeared in 6 out of 10 scans.
Presence by LLM — Horizontal bars showing your visibility split by AI platform. You might find you appear more in ChatGPT than Gemini — that's actionable data.
Rankings Table — Sortable list of all brands mentioned, with visibility %, sentiment, and position.
Recent Mentions — The actual AI responses where your brand appeared. Click any card to read the full response.
Top Domains — Which external websites the AI models cited in their answers.

What's next?

Run more scans — Go to Settings and enable automated daily scanning to track changes over time.
Add more prompts — Cover all your product categories for comprehensive coverage. Pro plans allow up to 100 prompts.
Check Actions — Visit the Actions page to see your SRO Score, Battlecards, and Citation Opportunities.
Explore Source Analysis — Go to Sources to see which domains AI models trust in your industry.
Understand your metrics — Read Metrics & Scores for a deep dive into every number on your dashboard.

Pro tip The real power comes from tracking trends over weeks and months. Set up automated daily scanning and check your dashboard once a week to spot emerging patterns before your competitors do.