CiteMetrix vs Temso
CiteMetrix tracks how AI platforms — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and 5 others — describe your brand. We detect hallucinations, quantify visibility with ModelScore™, and give you the remediation tools to fix what’s broken. Here’s how we stack up against Temso, the AI-search visibility platform out of Wilmington, Delaware.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | CiteMetrix | Temso |
|---|---|---|
| Target Market | SMBs, Agencies, Consultants | Solo marketers, Startups, Agencies |
| Starting Price | $79/month — all 9 platforms included | $29/month — Basic (tracking-only) |
| Public Pricing Tiers | ✓ $79 / $199 / $499 + Agency | ✓ $29 / $199 / $499 + Enterprise |
| AI Platforms Covered | 9 — incl. DeepSeek + AI Overviews | 8 — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Grok, Mistral, AI Overviews* |
| Platforms at Entry Tier | ✓ All 9 at every tier | Only 3 engines on Basic ($29) |
| Self-Serve Signup | ✓ Instant access | ✓ 7-day free trial |
| Advanced Intelligence | ||
| Composite Visibility Score | ✓ ModelScore™ (0–100, 4 pillars) | ✗ |
| Hallucination / Accuracy Detection | ✓ Five-way verdict vs. verified Brand Facts | ✗ |
| Sentiment Analysis of AI Citations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Competitive Intelligence / Share of Voice | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Mention / Citation & Source Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conversational AI Analyst | ✓ Ask-the-Analyst | ✓ |
| Remediation & Content | ||
| Built-in Remediation Tools (llms.txt, Schema, FAQ, Robots, Trust Audit) | ✓ 10+ built-in generators | Action plans / recommendations, not generators |
| AI Content Creation | ✓ Content Engine (WP + Shopify publishing) | ✓ Content briefs, drafting, CMS publishing |
| Content Gap Analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Agent (Agentic Execution) | ✗ | ✓ 20–50 actions/mo (Growth+) |
| Backlinks / Outreach & Image Generation | ✗ | ✓ |
| Monitoring, Mobile & Developer | ||
| AI Crawl / Bot Visit Tracking | ✓ Crawl Intelligence (log analysis) | ✓ |
| Multi-Channel & Real-Time Alerts | ✓ In-app, email + mobile push | ✗ |
| Installable Mobile Dashboard (PWA + push) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Developer REST API | ✗ Not yet public | ✓ OpenAPI 3.1.1 (Growth+) |
| MCP Server Integration | ✗ | ✓ Live OAuth MCP (read/write) |
| Looker Studio / BI Integration | ✗ | ✓ Looker / Data Studio (Growth+) |
| Data, Attribution & Access | ||
| Data Privacy Model | BYOK — you own your data & API costs | Proprietary infrastructure |
| Revenue / Traffic Attribution (GA4 + GSC) | ✓ Native OAuth integrations | ✗ |
| Security (2FA, Team RBAC, Audit Logging) | ✓ | ✗ Not identified |
| White-Label Reports & Agency Workflow | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free Entry Point | ✓ Free Score Check (no signup) | 7-day free trial |
* Temso’s platform count varies across public sources; the most complete third-party listing confirms 8 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Grok, Mistral, and Google AI Overviews). DeepSeek coverage was not identified in any Temso source. CiteMetrix covers all 9, including DeepSeek, at every tier. Temso pricing ($29 / $199 / $499, billed yearly) is sourced from third-party review sites rather than a directly verified pricing page. Comparison data as of August 2026.
✓ Where CiteMetrix Wins
- All 9 platforms at every tier — including DeepSeek — CiteMetrix covers 9 AI platforms on the $79 entry plan. Temso’s $29 Basic tier is limited to just 3 engines and 15 prompts, and Temso covers no DeepSeek at any tier.
- Hallucination & accuracy detection — CiteMetrix flags when AI states something factually wrong about your brand, using a five-way verdict system checked against your verified Brand Facts. No equivalent was identified at Temso — it tracks whether AI mentions you, not whether what it says is accurate.
- ModelScore™ composite scoring — a single 0–100 visibility metric across four pillars (Mention Score, Brand Demand, Authority Transfer, Technical Readiness). Temso has no composite score equivalent.
- Revenue attribution & mobile alerts — native GA4 and Search Console OAuth tie AI citations to sessions and conversions, plus an installable PWA with push notifications. Neither was identified at Temso.
- BYOK data model + enterprise security — bring your own API keys to own your data and control costs, with 2FA, Team RBAC, and audit logging. Temso runs on proprietary infrastructure with no BYOK identified.
⚠ Where Temso Wins
- Lower entry price — Temso’s Basic plan starts at $29/month (vs. CiteMetrix at $79), a genuine on-ramp for solo marketers and early-stage startups — with the tradeoff that Basic is tracking-only, capped at 3 engines and 15 prompts.
- AI Agent (agentic execution) — Temso’s agent autonomously runs content, outreach, and on-page actions within guardrails (20 actions/mo on Growth, 50 on Professional). CiteMetrix’s remediation suite is human-in-the-loop, not autonomous.
- Developer API + MCP server — Temso ships a documented REST API (OpenAPI 3.1.1, Growth tier and up) and a live OAuth MCP server with read/write for tools like Claude and Cursor. CiteMetrix has no public API yet.
- Looker Studio / BI integration — native Looker and Google Data Studio connectors for teams that build custom BI dashboards.
- Content-adjacent execution — built-in outreach/backlink workflows and AI image generation for content, which CiteMetrix does not offer.
The Bottom Line
Temso and CiteMetrix are close competitors on core AI-search tracking, and Temso deserves credit for a low $29 entry price, an agentic AI Agent, and a real developer platform (REST API + MCP) that CiteMetrix hasn’t shipped yet. But price and platform count aren’t the same thing: Temso’s $29 Basic tier is tracking-only, capped at 3 engines and 15 prompts, while CiteMetrix’s $79 plan includes all 9 platforms (DeepSeek included), hallucination detection, ModelScore™, the full remediation suite, GA4/GSC revenue attribution, and mobile push — at every tier. If you want the cheapest way to watch a few engines, Temso Basic is worth a look. If you need to see — and fix — how AI describes you across the whole landscape, with accuracy detection Temso doesn’t offer, CiteMetrix delivers materially more for $79.
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