Free AEO Report Card: See Where AI Search Skips Your Brand
Most free AI visibility audits are SEO graders with a new label. Austin Heaton's Free AEO Report Card scores the five layers a CMO should demand before hiring: crawl and LLM access, citation share, money-page gaps, entity signals, and multi-engine coverage.
Distinct from the free AI SEO audit grader and the AEO ROI calculatorWhat to know before you submit
- 1Graders score fetchable HTML. Report cards score citation risk.
- 2Five layers: crawl, citation share, money pages, entity, engines.
- 3G2 2026: 51% of B2B buyers start with an AI chatbot.
- 4Distinct from the free AI SEO audit browser grader.
- 5Use the scorecard as a go/no-go before you hire.
Request your Free AEO Report Card
Share your domain and commercial prompts. Austin Heaton's team reviews crawl/LLM access, citation share, money-page gaps, entity signals, and multi-engine coverage, then returns a scored gap list.
Prefer a direct link? Open the Tally form.
Five layers a real Free AEO Report Card must show
If a free offer skips two of these, you are looking at a lead magnet, not a buying diagnostic.
Robots, sitemaps, llms.txt, and whether answer engines can fetch shortlist pages.
Who gets named on a fixed commercial prompt set, including review sites.
Comparison, alternatives, pricing, and integrations pages buyers cite.
On-site and off-site signals that keep brand, category, and claims aligned.
Same prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.
Not a duplicate of the other free tools
- Free AI SEO audit is a self-serve browser grader.
- AEO ROI calculator estimates revenue impact of hiring.
- This Free AEO Report Card is a hire-intent diagnostic via Tally, reviewed by Austin Heaton's team.
- Deeper reading: what a real AI visibility audit should show.
What happens when citation gaps get fixed
On live accounts Austin Heaton has run: Lumanu 656 AI-sourced clicks and 101 conversions in 60 days; Riseworks 288% organic and 575% AI search expansion over 12 months; iSpeedToLead 310.8% AI-sourced click growth and 7.79 citation share.
Next paths: technical AEO audits, AEO for B2B SaaS, AEO for B2B, and fractional SEO.
Austin Heaton's take: treat the Free AEO Report Card as a go/no-go for hiring, not as the hire. If crawl access is broken, money pages are missing, and review sites own your category answers, you need a scored gap list, then a pilot that rewrites commercial pages and tracks citation share by engine. As of Q3 2026, teams that skip that sequence keep buying AI SEO packages that never change the shortlist.
Named downside: a free report card is not enough if you already know the gaps, need CMS-level fixes this month, or run a multi-brand program that needs a production bench. Then start with a technical AEO audit or scoped pilot. It is also wrong if your buyers never use AI assistants.
Free AEO Report Card FAQ
What is a Free AEO Report Card?
A Free AEO Report Card is Austin Heaton's scored first look at crawl/LLM access, citation share, money-page gaps, entity signals, and multi-engine coverage before you hire.
How is the Free AEO Report Card different from the free AI SEO audit tool?
The free AI SEO audit is a self-serve browser grader. The Free AEO Report Card is a human-reviewed hire-intent diagnostic.
What should a real free AEO audit show before you hire?
Technical crawl/LLM access, citation share vs review sites, money-page gaps, entity consistency, and coverage across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews.
Who is a free report card not enough for?
Teams that already know the gaps, need deep CMS fixes, or need multi-brand production capacity should start with a technical AEO audit or 90-day pilot.
Should you get the Free AEO Report Card before a paid technical audit?
Yes, when you want a low-risk go/no-go. Skip it if you already have a clear gap list.
Where do pricing and next steps live after the report card?
Scope on AEO for B2B SaaS or AEO for B2B, bands on pricing, and a 30-minute Calendly call.
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