--- title: "The AEO Graveyard: AI Visibility Tools That Shut Down · Aeonav" description: AI visibility and AEO tools that shut down, pivoted, or were acquired, with what happened to each and what to do if your tracker disappears. canonical: https://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/graveyard --- [AI Visibility Tool Directory](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools) # The AEO Graveyard Nearly 50 AI visibility tools have disappeared in the last two years. Most shut down, and the rest pivoted to something else or were bought and folded into another product. When a tracker disappears, its customers have to adjust to a new system or start from scratch. Open source is the safety net When a hosted tracker goes under, your history goes with it. Aeonav is open source, so you can always keep running it yourself. [Learn more about Aeonav →](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/) ## Tools That Shut Down - Absorbed ### XFunnel Acquired · Oct 30, 2025 --- ![XFunnel's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/xfunnel.jpg) --- Answer-engine visibility with a dedicated analyst and an experimentation platform --- Acquired by HubSpot, which now sells its own AEO product; XFunnel's site only takes sign-ups for updates. --- [Aeonav vs XFunnel](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-xfunnel)[Source](https://www.hubspot.com/company-news/hubspot-to-acquire-xfunnel) - Absorbed ### Hall Acquired · Jul 21, 2026 --- ![Hall's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/hall.jpg) --- AI brand visibility tracker, acquired by Tracksuit --- Acquired by Tracksuit; new signups go to Tracksuit's waitlist. --- [Aeonav vs Hall](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-hall)[Source](https://usehall.com/) - Absorbed ### Meridian Acquired · Sep 2026 --- ![Meridian's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/meridian.jpg) --- AI visibility platform acquired by Searchable in 2026 --- Acquired by Searchable; customers are being moved to Searchable. --- [Aeonav vs Meridian](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-meridian) - Absorbed ### Trajaan Acquired · Dec 11, 2025 --- ![Trajaan's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/trajaan.jpg) --- Paris search intelligence platform tracking brands across search engines, marketplaces, social and GenAI assistants --- Acquired by Cision; its search and GenAI-assistant tracking is being folded into Brandwatch, CisionOne and PR Newswire, which now sells an AEO & GEO report built on it. --- [Source](https://www.aap.com.au/aapreleases/cision20251211ae40356) - Absorbed ### Vizby Acquired · Oct 1, 2026 --- ![Vizby's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/vizby.jpg) --- Shopify-native app that audits a store's visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and Copilot --- Acquired by Swap Commerce, its first acquisition; the product now runs as Swap Discovery and vizby.ai redirects there. --- [Source](https://www.mofo.com/resources/news/261007-mofo-advises-swap-commerce) - R.I.P. ### Scope Pivoted · 2026 --- ![Scope's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/scope.jpg) --- Agent analytics: tracks AI coding agents' journeys through your docs, API, and checkout --- Pivoted to analytics for how AI coding agents move through a company's docs, API, and checkout. --- [Source](https://www.tryscope.com/) - R.I.P. ### Lorelight Shut down · Oct 31, 2025 --- ![Lorelight's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/lorelight.jpg) --- Discontinued AI visibility startup with a public postmortem --- Shut down by its founder, who published a postmortem: customers signed up, but tracking alone didn't keep them. --- [Source](https://growwithless.com/shutting-down-lorelight/) - Absorbed ### AI Rank Checker Acquired · 2026 --- ![AI Rank Checker's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/ai-rank-checker.jpg) --- AI rank tracker now part of Cognizo's content-led AI visibility platform --- Acquired by Cognizo; its pay-as-you-go wallet was retired in favor of Cognizo's plans. --- [Aeonav vs AI Rank Checker](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-ai-rank-checker) - R.I.P. ### Jarts Shut down · May 4, 2026 --- ![Jarts's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/jarts.jpg) --- Persona-based visibility tracker, acquired and shut down --- Acquired by AI Trust Signals, then shut down; the operating company went into liquidation. --- [Source](https://jarts.io/) - R.I.P. ### Bear AI Pivoted · 2026 --- ![Bear AI's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/bear-ai.jpg) --- Pivoted from AI visibility to enterprise workflow datasets for AI agents --- Pivoted away from AI visibility to building workflow datasets for AI labs and agent builders. --- [Aeonav vs Bear AI](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-bear-ai)[Source](https://www.usebear.ai/) - R.I.P. ### Genwolf Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Genwolf's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/genwolf.jpg) --- Daily prompt tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity --- The hosted app has been paused. Its MIT-licensed core is still on GitHub, but it hasn't been updated since February 2026. --- [Source](https://github.com/OskarWieckowicz/genwolf-oss) - R.I.P. ### SearchAttention Shut down · Sep 1, 2026 --- ![SearchAttention's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/searchattention.jpg) --- Content optimization for AI search, with relevancy scores and attention heatmaps showing what models focus on in a page --- Its founders shut the product down, citing expensive GPU capacity, a crowded GEO tool market, and no product-market fit, and moved on to a new venture called Betalyra. --- [Source](https://searchattention.com/) - R.I.P. ### Eldil AI Pivoted · May 2026 --- ![Eldil AI's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/eldil-ai.jpg) --- GEO suite for SEO agencies that monitored and improved brand mentions on ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude --- The agency-focused GEO suite was taken down in spring 2026, and the domain now advertises a service that sources rare print media as training data for frontier models. --- - R.I.P. ### Visalytica Pivoted · Apr 2026 --- ![Visalytica's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/visalytica.jpg) --- AI visibility monitor that scored how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity described a brand --- By April 2026 the AI visibility monitor had been replaced by a general directory of SaaS and AI tools on the same domain. --- - R.I.P. ### Rankly Pivoted · 2026 --- ![Rankly's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/rankly.jpg) --- Answer engine analytics that tracked brand visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini and tied it to conversions --- Launched as an AEO analytics platform in November 2025 but now sells itself as an 'Agentic Commerce Experience' platform at tryrankly.com, and the rankly.ai domain is listed for sale. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45852176) - R.I.P. ### Exanimo.ai Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Exanimo.ai's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/exanimo.jpg) --- AI engine optimization and brand-visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, with white-label dashboards for agencies --- The white-label GEO platform had been in open beta since mid-2025, and its hosted app has since been taken offline. --- - R.I.P. ### BrandJet AI Pivoted · Feb 2026 --- ![BrandJet AI's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/brandjet-ai.jpg) --- Brand monitoring platform combining social listening with AI search intelligence --- It moved from brand monitoring with AI search intelligence to a multi-channel cold outreach platform for B2B sales. --- - R.I.P. ### Radix AI Shut down · 2026 --- ![Radix AI's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/radix-ai.jpg) --- Visibility software tracking brand mentions, citations and competitors across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity --- The site now returns Framer's 'Site Not Found' page; it was last archived live in January 2026. --- - R.I.P. ### OverVeo Shut down · 2026 --- ![OverVeo's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/overveo.jpg) --- Data-driven tools for winning placement in Google AI Overviews --- The site no longer loads; it was last archived live in December 2025. --- - R.I.P. ### LagRank Pivoted · 2026 --- ![LagRank's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/lagrank.jpg) --- Tracked and optimized business visibility across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI search engines --- The domain now hosts a remote-work talent network for AI and technology roles rather than an AI search tool. --- - R.I.P. ### AEOSpy Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![AEOSpy's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/aeospy.jpg) --- Cross-engine AI prompt and query discovery --- The domain now shows a parked, for-sale page. --- - R.I.P. ### Visble Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Visble's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/visble.jpg) --- AEO experimentation lab with affordable pricing ($29 starter) --- The domain now shows a parked, for-sale page. --- - R.I.P. ### Thirdeye Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Thirdeye's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/thirdeye.jpg) --- Visibility spike alerts and negative mention detection --- The website is gone and returns a 'Site not found' page. --- - R.I.P. ### Peasy Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Peasy's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/peasy.jpg) --- Server-side AI traffic analytics, privacy-first and cookie-free --- The domain registration expired and the site shows a parking page. --- [Aeonav vs Peasy](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-peasy) - R.I.P. ### AllSearch Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![AllSearch's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/allsearch.jpg) --- GEO opportunities with prompt intelligence and actionable alerts --- The hosted app has been paused and the product has no remaining web presence. --- - R.I.P. ### Anvil Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![Anvil's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/anvil.jpg) --- AEO platform for brands --- The website is gone and returns a 'Site not found' page. --- [Aeonav vs Anvil](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/ai-visibility-tools/elmo-vs-anvil) - R.I.P. ### ChatGEO Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![ChatGEO's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/chatgeo.jpg) --- Hybrid SEO+GEO engine with entity density optimization --- The app's deployment no longer exists and the site returns a 404. --- - R.I.P. ### SearchOne Shut down · Oct 2026 --- ![SearchOne's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/searchone.jpg) --- GEO proxy and AI crawler visibility checker --- The application is offline and the site returns a 404. --- - R.I.P. ### GenRankEngine Shut down · 2026 --- ![GenRankEngine's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/genrankengine.jpg) --- GEO platform that tracked B2B SaaS visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude --- Went offline after February 2026; the domain no longer resolves. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46541028) - R.I.P. ### GrowthOS Pivoted · Oct 2026 --- ![GrowthOS's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/growthos.jpg) --- Helped brands become visible in AI answers --- The AI-search visibility platform's domain now redirects to Agentrail, a product for analyzing how AI agents use websites and APIs. --- - R.I.P. ### Mudra Shut down · 2026 --- ![Mudra's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/mudra.jpg) --- 'AI research lab' that measured and improved how often LLMs mention, cite and recommend a company --- Went offline after April 2026; the site now returns a 404 page. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45093708) - R.I.P. ### CoThou Pivoted · Dec 2025 --- ![CoThou's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/cothou.jpg) --- Company profiles designed to become the cited source of truth for AI answer engines --- It launched in December 2025 as a way to control what answer engines say about a business, was relaunched a week later as a personal AI agent, and its domain no longer resolves. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46191764) - R.I.P. ### oParse Shut down · Dec 2025 --- ![oParse's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/oparse.jpg) --- Tracked what ChatGPT, Gemini, Llama, Claude, and other models said about a brand --- The brand-perception tracker launched on Show HN in February 2025, and its domain is now listed for sale. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078273) - R.I.P. ### GPTScore Shut down · Nov 2025 --- ![GPTScore's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/gptscore.jpg) --- Free 30-second test of whether ChatGPT and other assistants know and recommend a business --- The quick AI-visibility test launched on Show HN in August 2025, and its domain now serves a 'deployment not found' page. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44890930) - R.I.P. ### LLMContentReady Shut down · Aug 2025 --- ![LLMContentReady's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/llmcontentready.jpg) --- Scores and optimizes website content so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude cite it --- The tool launched on Show HN in May 2025, and its site now no longer loads. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44042904) - R.I.P. ### GPT Rank AI Shut down · Apr 2025 --- ![GPT Rank AI's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/gpt-rank-ai.jpg) --- Tracked keyword and brand rankings across AI search engines --- The rank tracker for AI search engines was live in early 2025, and its Framer site now returns 'Site Not Found'. --- - R.I.P. ### Propensia Shut down · 2025 --- ![Propensia's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/propensia.jpg) --- Free GEO audit tool that checked how discoverable a site was on ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity --- Went offline after July 2025, and the domain registration has lapsed. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44384297) - R.I.P. ### LLMMM Shut down · 2025 --- ![LLMMM's homepage while it was live](https://nynjceth7hnajxhe.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/screenshots/llmmm.jpg) --- LLM Marketing Monitor that tracked how ChatGPT, Gemini, Meta AI and Perplexity perceive and rank a brand --- The domain no longer resolves; the site was last archived live in April 2025. --- * R.I.P. ### Deepserp Pivoted · Nov 2025 --- GEO and AI visibility platform with modules for AI-readiness audits, AI crawler monitoring, prompt discovery, and citation measurement --- The GEO platform's domain now redirects to Deepsona, a synthetic-audience market research product. --- * R.I.P. ### ModelMonitor.ai Shut down · Oct 2026 --- Brand monitoring across AI models such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Perplexity --- The site has been unreachable since early 2026, and it returns a server error. --- * R.I.P. ### CiteAnalytics Shut down · Sep 2025 --- Tracks when AI systems cite or reference a website's content --- The tool launched on Show HN in April 2025 after winning a Supabase hackathon, and its domain now serves a 'deployment not found' page. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43743166) * R.I.P. ### MonitorLLM Shut down · 2026 --- Budget 'LLM SEO Monitor' that tracked product mentions and citations across AI platforms --- Went offline after May 2026, and the domain registration has lapsed. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44344320) * R.I.P. ### VisibleInAI Shut down · 2026 --- Done-for-you AI visibility service that monitored and pushed ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI to recommend a brand --- Launched in February 2026 and went offline after May 2026; the app now returns an 'Application not found' page. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47054773) * R.I.P. ### Surchee Shut down · Dec 2025 --- Showed how ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude summarize a site and tracked AI bot visits --- The AI search optimization platform launched on Show HN in September 2025, and its domain no longer resolves. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45346047) * R.I.P. ### LinRush Shut down · 2025 --- Early-access analytics platform for tracking when ChatGPT and other AI systems recommend your products --- Pitched on Hacker News in June 2025 as 'Ahrefs for AI search results'; the site was last archived live in July 2025 and the domain no longer resolves. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44173058) * R.I.P. ### Winglytics Shut down · 2025 --- AI visibility tool for tracking prompt rankings and brand discovery in AI search --- Went offline after mid-2025 (last archived live in August 2025), and the domain now redirects to a for-sale listing. --- [Source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44285171) * R.I.P. ### Looptic Shut down · 2026 --- Generative engine optimization platform for visibility in ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini --- The domain no longer resolves; the only archived live snapshot is from March 2026. --- * R.I.P. ### Prompttracker Shut down · 2026 --- Tracked and improved a website's visibility in ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI search engines --- The domain now redirects to an unrelated gambling site; the product was last archived live in November 2025. --- * R.I.P. ### Project 40 Shut down · 2026 --- AI visibility score tracker across GPT, Gemini and Claude --- The domain no longer resolves; the site was last archived live in January 2026. --- Screenshots were taken while each tool was live. Dates are when the shutdown, pivot, or acquisition was announced, or the month we found the site offline. ## Your AI visibility tool shut down. Now what? 1. Step 1 ### Export everything while you still can Shutdown notices often give a few weeks. Pull your prompts, competitor list, and as much history as the tool will export: CSV, API, or screenshots of the charts if that's all there is. 2. Step 2 ### Write down how your numbers were made Note which engines you tracked, how often, and in which countries. Visibility scores are not portable between tools, so you need this to explain the jump when you switch. 3. Step 3 ### Re-baseline instead of stitching Start the new tool on the same prompts and treat its first few weeks as a fresh baseline. Grafting one vendor's numbers onto another's makes the trend line meaningless. 4. Step 4 ### Pick a tool that can't disappear Check whether the code is open source and under which license, whether you can self-host it, and whether your data leaves through an API. A permissive license means the software outlives the company. 5. Step 5 ### Move your prompts over In Aeonav you can paste a list of prompts in one go, add your competitors, and pick the engines to track. The first runs land within minutes. ## Frequently Asked Questions - What happens to my data when an AI visibility tool shuts down? Usually it goes with the tool. Hosted trackers keep your prompts, answers, and history on their servers, so once the service is switched off there is nothing left to export. That's why it pays to export regularly, or to use a tool you can self-host so the data lives in your own database from day one. - How does open source protect me if a tool shuts down? With a permissive open-source license like MIT, the code stays available and usable whatever happens to the company behind it. You can keep running your own copy, fix it, or fork it, and because a self-hosted install stores data in your own database, your history doesn't depend on anyone else's servers. Copyleft licenses like AGPL and source-available licenses like FSL still protect you from a shutdown, but they add conditions on how you can modify or offer the software. - Can an open-source tool go closed source? Yes. A company can stop publishing new code, as Notra did in October 2026 when it took its AGPL repository private. What it can't do is take back code already released under an open-source license: anyone who has a copy can keep using and forking that version. That's another reason to prefer a permissive license and an active community over a single vendor's goodwill. - My AI visibility tool was acquired. Should I switch? Not necessarily, but watch the roadmap. Acquired tools are often folded into the buyer's product, repriced, or put on a waitlist, as happened when Hall joined Tracksuit. Export your data now so you have the option, and re-evaluate when the new owner announces its plans. - Is Aeonav going to shut down? Aeonav is MIT-licensed and bootstrapped, and everything it does is on GitHub. Even in the worst case, you could keep running your own copy indefinitely, with your data in your own PostgreSQL database. ## Ready to track your AI visibility? Deploy Aeonav in minutes and start monitoring how ChatGPT, Claude, and Google AI Overviews talk about your brand. Open source, self-hosted, free. [Deploy Aeonav](http://www.aeonav.fivecoder.com/docs/getting-started)[View on GitHub](https://github.com/orbitrepos/aeonav)