About Citare
Citare is the AI search intelligence platform built in Bangalore for the world. We measure how brands rank in ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity — alongside a complete Ahrefs-class SEO suite. Two jobs, one subscription, half the price.
What we do
Two-job framing: traditional SEO didn't go away when AI search arrived. Both surfaces matter; both need measurement; both need optimization. Citare covers Site Explorer, Keywords Explorer, Rank Tracker, Site Audit, and Content Explorer — the Ahrefs intent groups — plus Brand Radar across the five AI engines that Ahrefs doesn't ship.
The wedge: most teams pay two vendors — an SEO suite for Google + an AI-search-pure tool (Profound, Otterly, Brandwatch) for AI. Citare bundles both at less than the SEO suite alone costs. INR pricing native via Razorpay, GST invoicing included, free forever tier.
Why we built it
The median AI search surface rate across 30+ Indian brand audits we ran is under 5%. Almost no Indian competitor is investing deliberately. The asymmetric opportunity: the first business in any category to optimize for AI search dominates the AI consideration set for years. We built Citare so Indian businesses (and global SMBs / B2B SaaS / agencies) have the tooling to act on that opportunity at a price that matches their ARPU.
Founder
Solo founder. Building Citare in public from Bangalore. Writes practitioner notes on AI coding tools, LLM infrastructure, GEO, and case studies from shipping real AI SaaS — including Citare itself — at Ravi’s blog on AI SaaS, GEO, and infrastructure (rikuq.com).
Stack + infra
Next.js 16 + TypeScript strict + Cloudflare Workers + Supabase Postgres + Hyperdrive edge caching. Brand Radar uses Cloudflare Browser Rendering for AIO screenshot capture, Haiku's vision API for parsing, persona-anchored Sonnet dispatch for query generation. 42 REST endpoints + 37 MCP tools + 9 webhook events expose the platform to agents and pipelines. Razorpay-native checkout (UPI / NetBanking / Cards) for India; Paddle as MoR for international.
Try it free
Free tier covers 1 project + 20 tools + monthly Brand Radar dispatch. No credit card.