Getting Started
Quick Start
Get your first workspace live and start tracking AI visibility in under five minutes.
1. Create Your Account
Go to citatra.com/signup and create an account with your email address or Google. No credit card is required to get started — the free plan lets you immediately begin tracking.
2. Create a Workspace
A workspace is a monitoring environment centred on one primary domain. After signing up you'll be prompted to create one:
- Enter a workspace name (e.g. your company name).
- Enter the primary domain you want to monitor — just the domain, without
https://(e.g.acme.com). - Click Create Workspace.
You can create additional workspaces later from the workspace switcher in the sidebar.
3. Add Your First Prompts
Prompts are the AI search queries Citatra monitors on your behalf. From the Prompts tab on the dashboard:
- Click Add Prompt.
- Type a question your audience would ask — e.g. "What's the best project management tool for remote teams?"
- Choose the target location and which AI engines to track (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini).
- Click Add.
Citatra will begin fetching results immediately. The first batch typically arrives within a few minutes.
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4. Add Competitors
From the Competitors tab on the dashboard, add the domains of competitors you want to benchmark against. Citatra will track how often each competitor appears across your monitored prompts and compare their positions with yours.
5. Review Your Dashboard
Once the first results come in, the Dashboard shows:
- Appearance rate — what percentage of prompts include a citation to your domain
- Average position — where your citations typically rank
- Competitive overview — side-by-side comparison with tracked competitors
- SoV & Sentiment — your share of voice and whether AI responses frame your brand positively or negatively
6. Connect Analytics (Optional)
For traffic attribution, go to Connectors in the sidebar and link your Google Analytics 4 property. Once connected, Citatra correlates AI citation events with real traffic data so you can measure the business impact of your visibility.