Frequently asked questions.
Timing, fit, how Monroya compares to SEO and monitoring tools, what a draft actually contains, and what's in the free plan.
Updated: October 2026
By Jeremy Unruh, Founder, Monroya · Reviewed October 2026
Answers to what businesses ask before they start.
Getting started
- What does Monroya do?
- Monroya checks what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode tell your customers, shows who they recommend instead of you, gives you ranked moves with drafts ready, and proves when it works.
- Who is Monroya for?
- Local businesses, real estate agents, startups, marketing teams and agencies: any business whose customers ask AI who to hire or buy from.
- Do I need technical skills?
- No. Every move comes with plain steps and a draft built from your own facts.
- How many questions should I track?
- Free tracks 10, Starter 50, Growth 150, Intelligence 400. Monroya suggests them from your site, your Google searches and the questions your competitors win.
Results and proof
- How quickly will I see results?
- Your first results arrive in minutes. AI assistants that read the live web can pick up new or corrected pages within days; facts inside a model's training change on its refresh cycle, which takes longer. Monroya shows each question's progress (Missing, Considered, Named, Recommended, Cited) so you see movement before a win lands.
- What if AI doesn't name me at all yet?
- That's the starting point for most businesses. You'll see who AI names instead, the pages it trusts, and the closest question to win first.
- What's the difference between named, recommended and cited?
- Named means the assistant mentions your brand in its answer. Recommended means it suggests you as the choice to go with. Cited means it links to one of your pages as a source. Monroya tracks all three separately for every question.
- How do you know a win is real?
- Same question, same assistant, named consistently across repeated checks after not being named before. Every result links to the saved AI answer.
- What if competitors already dominate?
- That's when Monroya is most valuable. Competitor dominance shows exactly where the gaps are and which specific questions you're missing from. Your buyer journey maps every stage where competitors outperform you — each gap is a prioritized opportunity with moves ready to act on, most realistic first.
- Is AI visibility tracking worth it?
- Yes, because the shortlisting has already moved. Across the 152,606 assistant answers Monroya has recorded, assistants name at least one brand in 56.7% of them — and in decision-stage questions, the stage where buyers ask what to buy and what it should cost, a brand is named in 64.9% of answers. Your buyers are getting vendor shortlists from AI tools whether you track it or not; the only question is whether you are on them. Source: Monroya scan data, June 16, 2026 to September 17, 2026.
- How do I prove the ROI to my CFO?
- Bring four numbers, not a pitch: how often buyers in your category ask AI tools for recommendations, how often any brand is named in those answers, how often yours is, and what one recovered buyer is worth. Connecting Google Analytics shows how many visitors and how much revenue come from AI assistant traffic. Our CFO Guide to AI Visibility ROI (/cfo-guide-ai-visibility-roi) walks through exactly that framing with a worked example, and the ROI calculator (/roi-calculator) runs the numbers for your own deal size. Both are built from our measured scan data, not industry averages we cannot verify.
Plans and billing
- What do I get on the free plan?
- 10 questions checked weekly, 1 competitor, your best move each week, and 1 draft a month. Never expires, no card.
- What does Monroya cost?
- Starter is $79/month, Growth is $199/month, and Intelligence is $299/month, with annual billing saving two months. For context on what that buys: in our 2026 benchmark of 158 B2B companies, the average AI readiness score is 50.9 out of 100 — most teams have visible, fixable gaps, and the benchmark page shows where the typical company stands.
- Can I cancel anytime?
- Yes, plus the 30-day money-back guarantee on your first payment. See the refund policy (/refund).
- Can my whole team use it?
- Yes: invite your team as job owners, assign jobs with due dates, and share progress with anyone by link using the "Share progress" button.
Compared to other tools
- How is this different from SEO tools?
- Traditional SEO tools measure Google rankings. Monroya measures AI visibility, which is a different signal tracked differently: a page can rank well and still never be named in an answer, because the assistant is choosing which sources to quote rather than which links to list. Monroya sits alongside your SEO stack, not instead of it.
- What does a draft include?
- A ready-to-edit draft built from your facts library: pages, profiles, outreach messages and replies. Anything only you know is marked [in brackets]. Drafts per month follow your plan: 1 on Free, 15 on Starter, 50 on Growth, 150 on Intelligence.
- Is my data private?
- Your scan data is yours. We send your buyer questions to the AI assistants to read their answers, and we don't sell or share your account data.
- Does Monroya work for agencies with several clients?
- Today it's one account per client. Contact sales@monroya.ai for multi-client setups.