What does "AI visibility" mean for my business?

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini "what is the best..." or "where can I find...", AI gives specific recommendations. AI visibility is a measure of how often — and how positively — these AI platforms mention your business. It's the new version of being on the first page of Google, except now there are no pages — just one answer.

Which AI platforms do you monitor?

Pendium monitors ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Google AI Overviews — seven major AI platforms that consumers use to research local services. We run real queries that your customers actually ask and analyze the responses for mentions of your business, competitors, and industry topics.

How does Pendium improve my visibility?

Three ways. First, we identify the exact queries and topics where you're invisible. Second, we generate AI-optimized content — articles, guides, social posts — designed to help AI agents understand your business and recommend your services to the right people. Third, we continuously monitor to track improvement and find new opportunities. Most clients see measurable improvement within 60 days.

How long until I see results?

You'll get your first visibility report within minutes of signing up. Actual visibility improvement varies, but our clients typically see a 47% average improvement within 60 days. Some see results faster — it depends on your current online presence and how competitive your local market is.

Do I need to be technical to use this?

Not at all. Enter your website URL and Pendium handles everything: scanning AI platforms, analyzing your visibility, generating content, and tracking improvement. The dashboard is designed for business owners, not engineers. If you can check your email, you can use Pendium.

What makes this different from SEO?

Traditional SEO optimizes for Google's search rankings — blue links on a results page. AI visibility is different: AI doesn't show links, it gives direct answers. Even if you rank #1 on Google, ChatGPT might recommend a competitor. Pendium optimizes for the new paradigm — making sure AI platforms know about, trust, and recommend your business.

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Consensus

Visibility59

Vibe77

Businesses/Artificial Intelligence / EdTech/Consensus

AI Visibility & Sentiment

Consensus

Consensus is an AI-powered academic search engine that helps users analyze and synthesize information from over 250 million peer-reviewed research papers. It streamlines literature reviews for researchers, students, and clinicians by providing evidence-based answers and visual insights.

Active Monitoring

consensus.app

Artificial Intelligence / EdTech

AI Visibility Score

59/100

Moderate

Sentiment Score

77/100

Score by Priority

How often this business is recommended to users across different types of conversations — from direct product queries to broader open-ended conversations where AI could recommend this company's products and services

core

AI Perception

Key Takeaways

How AI platforms collectively perceive and describe Consensus today.

Consensus dominates the evidence-based decision support landscape, securing top-tier positioning within AI Overviews that cements its status as a trusted research authority. While the brand performs exceptionally well for high-intent queries, there remains a critical opportunity to capture broader research-automation audiences currently drifting toward competitors like Elicit and Semantic Scholar.

Working in your favor

Secures the #1 spot in AI Overviews for high-intent, evidence-based decision support queries.

Consistently surfaces in Claude for tool selection and research evaluation requests.

Strong brand recognition and presence for direct 'vibe check' inquiries across Gemini and AI Overviews.

Gaps to close

Inconsistent presence in literature review automation queries, leading to missed visibility for academic researchers.

Underperformance in the EdTech Procurement persona, where the brand fails to demonstrate sufficient utility compared to specialized competitors.

Occasional total omission in critical research-synthesis queries, creating entry points for competitors like Elicit.

Opportunities

Optimize content for literature review automation to capture the high-volume 'how-to' queries currently yielding inconsistent results.

Expand messaging for the EdTech Procurement persona to emphasize scale, verification, and institutional value.

Leverage the strong #1 ranking in AI Overviews to create 'authority hubs' that preemptively answer adjacent research synthesis questions.

Highest-Impact Actions

Develop and index high-authority content specifically targeting 'how-to' literature review automation workflows.

The data shows inconsistent presence in these queries; bridging this gap will capture the largest cohort of your target academic audience.

Execute a targeted SEO and content strategy for EdTech procurement decision-makers.

The current 31% mention rate for this persona is a significant missed opportunity for institutional growth and long-term recurring revenue.

Formalize a 'Comparison/Versus' content library that highlights why Consensus is superior to Elicit and Semantic Scholar.

Competitors are successfully occupying space in the research-synthesis query category; directly addressing these alternatives will help shift market share.

Value Proposition

Automates and accelerates the literature review process by providing instant, evidence-based answers from trusted, peer-reviewed sources.

Overview

Mission

To supercharge literature reviews and provide fast, trusted, and academic-grade answers without sacrificing rigor.

Products & Services

Deep SearchMedical ModeConsensus MeterNatural Language Filtering

Current State

Visibility Landscape

A high-level view of how Consensus performs across AI platforms, broken down by strategic priority level — from core brand queries to growth opportunities.

	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	AI Overviews
Reputation1q Brand recognition & direct queries	70	70	97	97
“What do you know about Consensus? What do they do and what's their reputation?”	Yes	Yes	#1	#1
Core3q Product/service category queries	35	74	68	94
“help me automate my literature review process for a master's thesis, what tools can scan thousands of papers for me”	—	No	#3	#4
“i need to verify the consensus on a specific treatment protocol, what tools help me see the strength of evidence across many papers”	Yes	Yes	Yes	#1
“what are the best AI search engines for academic papers that actually provide evidence-based summaries, not just generic chatbot answers”	No	#1	No	#1
Growth Areas Adjacent, aspirational & visionary	—	—	—	—

“What do you know about Consensus? What do they do and what's their reputation?”

Yes

“help me automate my literature review process for a master's thesis, what tools can scan thousands of papers for me”

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“i need to verify the consensus on a specific treatment protocol, what tools help me see the strength of evidence across many papers”

Yes

“what are the best AI search engines for academic papers that actually provide evidence-based summaries, not just generic chatbot answers”

Competitive Landscape

Elicit

34 mentions

Rayyan

26 mentions

Covidence

23 mentions

Semantic Scholar

19 mentions

Zotero

17 mentions

Consensus

17 mentions

DistillerSR

15 mentions

Paperguide

14 mentions

Scholarcy

14 mentions

Mendeley

14 mentions

ResearchRabbit

12 mentions

Analysis

Insights & Recommended Actions

What's working, what's not, and specific steps to improve Consensus's AI visibility.

Key Findings

Strength

Secures the #1 spot in AI Overviews for high-intent, evidence-based decision support queries.

Strength

Consistently surfaces in Claude for tool selection and research evaluation requests.

Strength

Strong brand recognition and presence for direct 'vibe check' inquiries across Gemini and AI Overviews.

Recommended Actions

Develop and index high-authority content specifically targeting 'how-to' literature review automation workflows.

The data shows inconsistent presence in these queries; bridging this gap will capture the largest cohort of your target academic audience.

Execute a targeted SEO and content strategy for EdTech procurement decision-makers.

The current 31% mention rate for this persona is a significant missed opportunity for institutional growth and long-term recurring revenue.

Formalize a 'Comparison/Versus' content library that highlights why Consensus is superior to Elicit and Semantic Scholar.

Competitors are successfully occupying space in the research-synthesis query category; directly addressing these alternatives will help shift market share.

Content Engineering

Content Ideas

Content designed to help AI agents learn about your category and recommend your brand.

Programmatic Testing

Sample Conversations

We programmatically analyze questions that real customers are asking to AI agents and chatbots, extract brand mentions and sentiment, analyze every response, and synthesize the data into an action plan to increase AI visibility.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

AI Overviews

Literature Review & Research Automation(3 queries)

“help me automate my literature review process for a master's thesis, what tools can scan thousands of papers for me”

2/3 platforms mentioned

Core

Claude

1.Paperguide

2.Elicit

3.Semantic Scholar

4.Litmaps

5.ResearchRabbit

+4 more

Gemini

1.Elicit

2.Semantic Scholar

3.Consensus

4.SciSpace

5.ResearchRabbit

+13 more

AI Overviews

1.ResearchRabbit

2.Litmaps

3.Connected Papers

4.Paperguide

5.Elicit

6.Consensus

+4 more

“how do i quickly synthesize findings from multiple peer-reviewed studies without reading every single abstract”

2/4 platforms mentioned

The Tenure-Track Academic Researcher · Principal Investigator

ChatGPT

1.ASReview

2.RobotAnalyst

3.RobotReviewer

4.Rayyan

5.Abstrackr

+7 more

Claude

1.ASReview

2.Rayyan

3.DistillerSR

4.LASER AI

5.Scholara

+13 more

Gemini

1.DistillerSR

2.Covidence

3.Rayyan QCRI

4.ASReview LAB

5.Elicit

+4 more

AI Overviews

1.Sourcely

2.Paperguide

3.Scholarcy

4.Consensus

5.SciSpace

“i need to find evidence for a medical hypothesis, how can i use AI to filter studies by clinical significance specifically”

0/4 platforms mentioned

The Tenure-Track Academic Researcher · Principal Investigator

ChatGPT

1.PubMedBERT

2.BioBERT

3.BioLinkBERT

4.ClinicalBERT

5.TrialSieve

+9 more

Claude

1.ASReview

2.DistillerSR

3.Covidence

4.JBI SUMARI

5.RevMan

+4 more

Gemini

1.DistillerSR

2.Covidence

3.Cochrane

4.SciSpacy

5.spaCy

+6 more

AI Overviews

1.OpenEvidence

2.Dyna AI

3.DynaMedex

4.Scite.ai

5.Elicit

+5 more

Source Intelligence

Citations

The sources AI platforms cite when recommending this brand. Pendium reverse-engineers what's already proven to be catnip to AI agents, then engineers content that fills gaps and helps agents do their job — which means more citations for you.

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Sample Conversations

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Brand Voice & Style

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Consensus

Key Takeaways

Visibility Landscape

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