Methodology

Six platforms. One score.
Complete visibility.

The SIX Score is a composite measure of how your brand appears across every major AI platform — from competitive positioning to recommendation rate.

The Dimensions

Five dimensions of AI visibility

The SIX Score isn't a single metric — it's five distinct dimensions that together tell you how AI sees your brand. Each one reveals a different layer of your visibility.

Competitive Positioning

Where AI ranks you relative to named competitors in your category. Are you the leader, a contender, or absent from the conversation?

Source Authority

Which sources AI cites when discussing your brand — and whether those sources are ones you influence. The upstream signals that shape AI's narrative.

Topic Coverage

The breadth of topics AI associates with your brand vs. your competitors. Gaps here mean AI is sending buyers elsewhere for key use cases.

Sentiment & Accuracy

Whether AI's characterization of your brand is positive, neutral, or negative — and whether it's factually correct. Misrepresentation costs deals.

Recommendation Rate

How often AI explicitly recommends your brand when buyers ask "who should I use for X?" The highest-value signal in AI visibility.

The Process

How we measure it

Our methodology is systematic, repeatable, and built for enterprise rigor. Enough to be credible. Designed to produce data you can act on.

Step 1
Prompt Simulation
We run structured prompt sets across all 6 LLMs, simulating real buyer questions in your category. Not one-off queries — systematic, repeated, controlled testing that produces statistically meaningful results.
Step 2
Competitive Comparison
Every data point is measured against your top competitors. Your SIX Score only means something in context — and we map the full competitive landscape so you know exactly where you stand.
Step 3
Source Authority Mapping
We trace which sources each LLM cites, map influence pathways, and identify where your brand is — and isn't — present in the AI's knowledge base. This is where optimization begins.
Platform Coverage

Six platforms. Each one different. All of them matter.

Monitoring one AI platform is meaningless. Your buyers use all of them — and each surfaces different information, from different sources, with different biases.

ChatGPT

OpenAI

The default for most enterprise buyers. Largest market share and the platform most likely to shape initial vendor perceptions.

Gemini

Google

Integrated into Google Search and Workspace. Increasingly how buyers discover and evaluate vendors through AI-enhanced search.

Claude

Anthropic

Preferred by technical and research-oriented buyers. Growing enterprise adoption across teams that value analytical depth.

Perplexity

AI-Native Search

AI-native search that explicitly cites sources. The most transparent platform for tracking which content drives brand visibility.

Copilot

Microsoft

Embedded in Microsoft 365. Reaches buyers inside their daily workflow — where vendor recommendations carry immediate weight.

Grok

xAI

Emerging platform with real-time data access. Early but growing — and increasingly referenced in technology buying conversations.

The Difference

Anyone can measure. We measure and move.

Monitoring tells you where you are. It doesn't move you. Moving AI visibility requires content that AI cites, customer voices that amplify your brand, and strategic influence across the sources AI trusts.

Capability Monitoring Only SIX Optimize
DeliverableMonitoring-only tools give you a score. SIX pairs that score with a prioritized action plan your team can execute immediately — or we execute for you. Score report
FrequencyPoint-in-time reports go stale fast — AI narratives shift weekly. Continuous monitoring means you always know where you stand and can respond in real time. Quarterly reports
ApproachKnowing your score is step one. Moving it requires content strategy, advocacy activation, and competitive positioning — the full influence stack, not just a dashboard. "Here's where you are"
What you getData alone doesn't change outcomes. SIX Optimize pairs measurement with the motions that actually move your score — original content, coordinated advocacy, and strategic influence across all six platforms. Data

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