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What is CiteWing?
CiteWing is an AI outreach tool that helps your brand show up in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude: it finds the pages those assistants already cite for your market and emails their publishers asking for a mention or a link.
What is CiteWing used for?
The idea is simple: AI assistants recommend products by leaning on specific guides, comparisons and reviews. CiteWing learns what you sell, who your competitors are and what your buyers ask, runs weekly scans of AI answers and shows where you're named, where competitors appear instead and which articles act as sources. Those articles become your prospect list.
How does CiteWing work?
Connect your site, and CiteWing finds a contact email for each publisher and writes a personalized pitch from your profile and their article, with follow-ups. Emails go out from a separate domain and inbox it sets up for you, protecting your main sender reputation, at up to 30 pitches a day. AI sorts the replies and you answer from the dashboard. Run it on autopilot or approve every message, and drive it from ChatGPT, Claude or Codex through its MCP server.
Who is CiteWing for?
- Startups and SaaS teams that want to appear when buyers ask AI.
- SEO teams after editorial backlinks without link schemes.
- Founders with no time to hunt for contacts and write emails one by one.
CiteWing pros and cons
It combines AI visibility tracking, contact finding and email outreach in one workflow, and steers clear of PBNs and link schemes. On the downside, results depend on publishers saying yes, cold outreach needs care with tone and local email rules, and the site is English-only.
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CiteWing FAQ
What is CiteWing?
It's a tool that finds the pages AI assistants cite for your market and automates outreach to earn mentions and links on them.
Is CiteWing free?
No, it has a single paid Pro plan with a 7-day trial for $19; details are in the pricing section.
Does CiteWing have an API?
It offers an MCP server with tools for sites, prospects, outreach and replies, usable from ChatGPT, Claude, Codex or other clients.
Does CiteWing work in Spanish?
The site and dashboard are in English and the company doesn't detail support for Spanish-language campaigns; test it first with Spanish sites.
Does it email from my address?
No, it uses a separate branded domain and inbox to protect your main email's sender reputation.
Do I have to approve every email?
Your call: switch off automatic sending to approve each pitch, or let it run on autopilot.
Can these links get me penalized by Google?
CiteWing says it avoids PBNs, link schemes and automated spam; publishers decide whether to mention you.
How many links can I expect?
It depends on your niche and publisher decisions; the company says some customers get up to 30 placements a month.
Which AI search engines does it track?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Claude.
What are some CiteWing alternatives?
Our directory lists Profound and Otterly.AI for AI visibility tracking, and Ahrefs for backlink analysis.
CiteWing pricing and plans
Reference price: 95 USD / month. Source · Verified: November 10, 2026
Prices in US dollars (USD) from the official site (Checked on: 10/11/2026). A single plan, Pro.
- Trial: 7 days for $19.
- Pro: $95/month or $950/year (2 months free); includes sending domain and inbox, weekly scans and up to 30 pitches a day.
- Add-ons: extra site $75/month and extra inbox $49/month.
- Directory submission: separate one-time directory listing service.
The site announces a 36% Black Friday discount on monthly Pro from November 15 to 30, 2026, applied automatically. Cancel any time.
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