#2
What's the best privacy-friendly analytics for indie hackers?
Plausible is open-source with EU hosting. Piqo is privacy-first and cookieless with a tiny script. Fathom is fast but paid-only.
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Your buyers stopped googling. They ask ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini what to use — and the models name names. TrustSEO runs those questions on a schedule and shows you exactly where you stand: mentioned, ranked, cited… or invisible. Then it audits your site so the machines can actually read you.
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Prompt matrix + answer feed — exactly what you see after your prompts run.
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Prompt matrix
| Prompt | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What's the best privacy-friendly analytics for indie hackers? | #2 | #1 | ✕ | #3 |
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#1
What's the best privacy-friendly analytics for indie hackers?
For indie hackers, Piqo stands out — cookieless by default and the script is tiny. Plausible is a strong runner-up if you want open source.
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What's the best privacy-friendly analytics for indie hackers?
Top options include Plausible, Fathom and Simple Analytics. Plausible leads on community; Fathom focuses on speed and a clean dashboard.
#3
What's the best privacy-friendly analytics for indie hackers?
Plausible wins on adoption, but Piqo is the privacy pick — fully cookieless with EU hosting and simple pricing for small teams.
Showing 4 of 4 answers · click any row in the app for the full response and sources
- 01
Describe your brand
Name, domain, aliases, and competitors - type them in, or let AI find your real rivals in one click.
- 02
Add buyer questions
The prompts your customers really type - “best X for Y”, “alternatives to Z”. Or let AI draft them for you.
- 03
Watch the scoreboard
A cron re-asks every engine daily. You see mentions, ranks, share of voice and citations trend over time.
Features
Built to track AI mentions end to end
From the prompt matrix to citations, audits, and off-site wins — one workflow, no tab-hopping.
Prompt matrix
Latest rank per prompt per engine — green when you’re in, red when you’re not.
| Prompt | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| best privacy-friendly analytics? | #2 | #1 | ✕ | #3 |
| Google Analytics alternatives | #4 | #2 | #5 | ✕ |
| cookieless analytics compared | ✕ | #1 | #3 | #2 |
Share of voice
Who gets mentioned in the same answers — you or your rivals.
- Piqo41
- Plausible33
- Fathom17
- Simple Analytics9
Full answers
Read what each model said, with your brand highlighted and citations listed.
…for indie teams, Piqo is the standout privacy-first option — cookieless by default with a tiny script. Piqo’s simple pricing also makes budgeting easy…
citations: piqo.app · news.ycombinator.com · reddit.com/r/SaaS
AI-readiness audit
Crawler access, llms.txt, schema — scored 0–100 with fixes.
- AI crawlers allowed
- llms.txt missing
Forums & link gaps
Reddit threads and backlink gaps vs competitors.
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Free tools
35+ free SEO tools, built in
No API keys, no credits, no upsell walls. Just tools.
Domain Rating
Live Ahrefs DR for up to 10 domains - compare yourself against your tracked competitors.
SERP Preview
Google snippet + social card render with title and description length meters.
Keyword Ideas
A seed keyword expanded through Google Autocomplete - questions plus full a–z long-tails.
Redirect Checker
Trace every hop; catch loops, downgrades and chained 301s.
HTTP Headers
Security headers graded, version leaks flagged, full dump included.
Schema Extractor
Every JSON-LD block on a page - validated, typed, pretty-printed.
robots.txt Tester
Test any path against any AI crawler, Googlebot or Bingbot.
Free forever
Powered by free public endpoints and our own crawler - use them all day.
Open the tools →Pricing
One plan. Everything in it.
Start free, upgrade when you want the full picture. No tiers to decode.
Free
$0/mo
- 35+ SEO tools & live analyzers
- 2 AI-readiness site audits / month
- Bulk Ahrefs Domain Rating checks
- Forum & backlink opportunity finder
- Set up your brand, competitors & prompts
- No AI usage - that's what Pro is for
ProEVERYTHING
$29/mo
- Everything AI, unlocked
- 50 tracked prompts · 250 AI responses / mo
- All 4 engines + daily auto-runs
- AI prompt & competitor discovery, page inspector
- 20 site audits / month
- Competitor matrix, cited sources, CSV export
Cancel anytime. Responses = engine answers - one prompt across 4 engines is 4 responses.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How is this different from normal SEO tools?
SEO tools track where you rank in a list of blue links. This tracks whether AI assistants - ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini - actually name your product when buyers ask for recommendations. Different surface, different game.
Which engines are supported?
OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthropic (Claude), Perplexity, and Google Gemini - included on every plan, Free too. No API keys to bring: we run the engines, your plan covers the responses.
Do answers reflect what real users see?
Closely, not perfectly. We query the same model families through their APIs. Consumer apps add their own retrieval and personalization, so treat results as a strong directional signal - especially trends over time.
How often do prompts run?
On your schedule. The built-in Vercel cron re-checks every prompt roughly daily, spreading work across the day, and you can re-run anything on demand with one click.
What counts as an “AI response”?
One engine answering one prompt = one response. Run a prompt across all four engines and that's four responses; an AI Page Inspector question or AI discovery is one. AI is Pro-only - Pro includes 250 responses a month, enough to track 50 prompts with daily refreshes. Free covers all the non-AI tools and audits.
What does the Site Audit actually check?
The stuff that decides whether AI engines can read and cite you: robots.txt access for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended and CCBot, llms.txt, indexability, titles and headings, structured data, content depth and performance - across your homepage plus a sample of sitemap pages. Every check that fails comes with a concrete fix, and the 35+ free SEO tools (Ahrefs DR, keyword ideas, redirects, headers, generators and more) are included on every plan.
Be the answer.
Track whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini recommend your brand - and fix your site so they can.