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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AI Visibility & Sentiment

ZeroSettle

ZeroSettle is a subscription revenue platform for iOS apps that enables developers to bypass Apple's 30% App Store fee by offering direct billing through web checkout. Acting as a Merchant of Record, they handle payments, tax compliance, refunds, and receipts while developers keep significantly more revenue.

Active Monitoring

zerosettle.io

Software & Technology YC25-26

AI Visibility Score

0/100

Invisible

Sentiment Score

75/100

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 ZeroSettle today.

ZeroSettle faces a striking 'recognition paradox' where AI models clearly identify the brand during direct inquiries yet fail to recommend it in any functional or category-based searches. While competitors like RevenueCat and Paddle dominate high-intent queries regarding Apple commission avoidance and Merchant of Record solutions, ZeroSettle remains an isolated entity in the AI knowledge base, disconnected from the very problems it solves.

Working in your favor

Absolute brand recognition across all major platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and AI Overviews during direct 'brand vibe check' queries.

High factual consistency in AI responses when the brand is queried by name, indicating that foundational data about the company exists in training sets.

Gaps to close

Total absence from the 'Maximizing App Profitability' and 'Merchant of Record' query clusters, which are currently being captured by Stripe and FastSpring.

Zero resonance with the 'ROI-Driven CFO' and 'Solo Developer' personas, despite these being primary stakeholders for alternative billing solutions.

Complete lack of visibility in comparison-based queries where users are evaluating iOS subscription management SDKs.

Opportunities

Capitalize on the 'Apple Tax' discourse by creating authoritative technical content specifically addressing web checkout workarounds for iOS apps.

Bridge the gap between brand identity and category utility by optimizing for 'Merchant of Record' and 'Global Tax Compliance' semantic clusters.

Disrupt the current dominance of RevenueCat and Adapty by positioning ZeroSettle as the primary alternative for developers specifically seeking to bypass the 30% commission.

Highest-Impact Actions

Execute a semantic SEO campaign targeting 'avoid apple 30% commission' and 'ios web checkout SDK'.

Competitors are currently owning this high-intent traffic; ZeroSettle must link its brand name to these specific pain points to appear in AI-generated recommendations.

Develop and publish comprehensive 'ZeroSettle vs. RevenueCat' and 'ZeroSettle vs. Paddle' comparison guides.

AI models rely on comparative data to populate listicles; currently, the models see ZeroSettle in a vacuum rather than as a market alternative.

Publish technical 'How-To' documentation focused on SDK integration for solo developers.

ZeroSettle currently has 0% visibility with the Bootstrapped Solo Developer persona; technical documentation is a high-authority source for LLM training and retrieval.

Value Proposition

Keep up to 25% more of your iOS app revenue by switching from Apple's 30% fee to ZeroSettle's 5% + 50¢ per transaction, with a simple SDK that integrates in 15 minutes and handles all compliance, tax, and payment processing.

Overview

Mission

Help iOS developers keep more of what they earn by providing compliant direct billing infrastructure that bypasses excessive platform fees.

Products & Services

Direct billing SDK for iOS appsMerchant of Record payment processingSubscription migration and retention toolsTax compliance and remittance servicesStripe Express and BYOS payment integrations

Current State

Visibility Landscape

A high-level view of how ZeroSettle 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	97	97	97	97
“What do you know about ZeroSettle? What do they do and what's their reputation?”	#1	#1	#1	#1
Core5q Product/service category queries	0	0	0	0
“how to avoid apple's 30% commission for my ios app subscriptions”	No	No	No	No
“compare ios subscription management sdks for a growing startup”	No	No	No	No
“best merchant of record for ios developers to handle global sales tax”	No	No	No	No
“what are the best reviewed revenue platforms for mobile apps other than revenuecat or paddle”	No	No	No	No
“best ways to offer web checkout for ios apps without getting rejected by apple”	—	No	No	No
Growth Areas Adjacent, aspirational & visionary	—	—	—	—

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

“how to avoid apple's 30% commission for my ios app subscriptions”

“compare ios subscription management sdks for a growing startup”

“best merchant of record for ios developers to handle global sales tax”

“what are the best reviewed revenue platforms for mobile apps other than revenuecat or paddle”

“best ways to offer web checkout for ios apps without getting rejected by apple”

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Competitive Landscape

Stripe

29 mentions

Paddle

29 mentions

RevenueCat

25 mentions

FastSpring

15 mentions

Adapty

15 mentions

Qonversion

11 mentions

PayPal

9 mentions

Glassfy

9 mentions

Stripe Billing

9 mentions

Apphud

8 mentions

ZeroSettle

1 mention

Analysis

Insights & Recommended Actions

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

Key Findings

Strength

Absolute brand recognition across all major platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and AI Overviews during direct 'brand vibe check' queries.

Strength

High factual consistency in AI responses when the brand is queried by name, indicating that foundational data about the company exists in training sets.

Gap

Total absence from the 'Maximizing App Profitability' and 'Merchant of Record' query clusters, which are currently being captured by Stripe and FastSpring.

Recommended Actions

Execute a semantic SEO campaign targeting 'avoid apple 30% commission' and 'ios web checkout SDK'.

Competitors are currently owning this high-intent traffic; ZeroSettle must link its brand name to these specific pain points to appear in AI-generated recommendations.

Develop and publish comprehensive 'ZeroSettle vs. RevenueCat' and 'ZeroSettle vs. Paddle' comparison guides.

AI models rely on comparative data to populate listicles; currently, the models see ZeroSettle in a vacuum rather than as a market alternative.

Publish technical 'How-To' documentation focused on SDK integration for solo developers.

ZeroSettle currently has 0% visibility with the Bootstrapped Solo Developer persona; technical documentation is a high-authority source for LLM training and retrieval.

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

Maximizing App Profitability(2 queries)

“how to avoid apple's 30% commission for my ios app subscriptions”

0/4 platforms mentioned

Core

ChatGPT

1.Stripe

2.PayPal

3.Braintree

4.Paddle

5.FastSpring

+3 more

Claude

1.Slack

2.Spotify

3.Netflix

4.StoreKit 2

Gemini

1.Netflix

2.Spotify

3.Stripe

4.Paddle

5.AltStore PAL

+7 more

AI Overviews

1.Passion.io

2.Stripe

3.ElcomSoft

4.Netflix

5.Spotify

+3 more

“best ways to offer web checkout for ios apps without getting rejected by apple”

0/3 platforms mentioned

Core

The Bootstrapped Solo Developer · Founder & Lead Developer

Claude

1.Stripe

2.PayPal

3.RevenueCat

4.StoreKit 2

Gemini

1.Stripe

2.StoreKit

3.RevenueCat

4.Stripe Checkout

5.Adapty

+6 more

AI Overviews

1.Superwall

2.Stripe

3.PayPal

4.Verestro

5.BuddyBoss

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.

Avoid Apple's 30% App Store Cut: A Creator's Guide - Passion.io

passion.io

ZeroSettle

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