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I built a free AI visibility tracker because I got tired of paying hundreds a month for them

I've been doing more AEO / AI search work recently and testing tools like Peec, Otterly, Profound, PromptWatch etc.

They're useful, but the pricing can get expensive pretty quickly once you want to track a decent number of prompts across multiple AI engines.

So I ended up putting together Llumo.

The idea is pretty simple:

The platform is free. You bring your own API keys and pay the underlying usage costs directly.

It tracks things like:

Brand mentions / AI visibility

Share of voice vs competitors

Citations and the URLs AI engines are using

Prompt-level responses

Query fan-out

Sentiment

Visibility changes over time

Content / AEO opportunities

We're currently supporting tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews, with more being worked on.

It's a combination of open-source technology and functionality we're building ourselves, so I'm not pretending we invented AI visibility tracking from scratch.

The main thing I wanted to change was the pricing model.

Rather than paying another SaaS subscription just to get more prompts, you can run Llumo and pay the API/search costs yourself.

I'm also using the data for managed AEO work — figuring out why competitors are appearing, which sources are influencing AI answers, what content is missing and where a brand needs more third-party mentions/citations.

Would genuinely be interested in feedback from people doing SEO/AEO.

What features do you actually find useful in AI visibility tools, and which ones are mostly dashboard fluff?

Llumohq it is

Iv tried a fair few and all make me feel lightheaded especially when walking and vertigo like my soul is about to leave my body

Any tips on stopping this

I've been working increasingly in AEO/AI search and kept running into the same problem with tools like Peec and Otterly:

They're useful, but the SaaS costs can get pretty high once you're tracking lots of prompts across multiple AI engines.

So I launched Llumo:

https://www.llumohq.com

Llumo combines existing open-source technology with functionality we're building ourselves to track how brands appear across AI search.

The slightly unusual part is the business model:

The core platform is free. Users bring their own API keys.

Rather than charging $200–$500+ a month based on prompt limits, projects or usage, users pay the underlying providers directly.

That means we're deliberately not trying to make the monitoring software itself the main revenue source.

Instead, I'm looking at monetisation around the platform — AEO consulting/services, managed hosting, white-label setups and potentially premium functionality where it genuinely adds value.

The thinking is that a genuinely useful free tool can become the acquisition channel rather than the product we constantly try to squeeze subscription revenue from.

It's early, but I'd be interested in thoughts from people here who've built businesses around free/open-source products.

Would you keep the core product completely free and monetise services around it, or eventually introduce a paid tier?

I've been doing more AEO work lately and started using tools like Peec and Otterly to track how brands show up in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other AI engines.

They're useful, but I kept running into the same problem: **the pricing gets expensive very quickly when you want to track lots of prompts.**

So I ended up building something I wanted to use myself:

**Llumo — https://www.llumohq.com\*\*

I didn't want to pretend we'd built every component from scratch. Llumo combines existing open-source tech with functionality we're building around it.

The main difference is the model:

**It's free. You bring your own API keys.**

Instead of paying us hundreds per month for bigger prompt allowances, you pay the underlying providers directly and use Llumo to do the tracking and analysis.

Currently it can track things like:

* Brand visibility across AI engines

* Competitor visibility

* Prompts

* Citations and sources

* Historical performance

* Individual AI responses

* Multiple projects/brands

Still lots I want to add, but it's at the point where I'm using it for actual AEO work, so thought I'd share it here.

Would genuinely appreciate feedback, especially from anyone doing SEO/AEO.

**What would you build next?**

I've been doing a lot more AEO work recently, and one thing kept frustrating me: the cost of AI visibility tracking tools.

Platforms like Peec, Otterly and others are useful, but once you start tracking a decent number of prompts across multiple AI engines, the pricing can climb very quickly.

I wanted something I could use without constantly thinking:

"How many prompts do I have left?"

"Do I need to upgrade again?"

"Why am I paying hundreds every month just to run more checks?"

So I launched Llumo:

https://www.llumohq.com

The idea is slightly different from most AEO SaaS platforms.

Rather than pretending we've reinvented everything from scratch, Llumo combines existing open-source technology with functionality we're building ourselves around it.

And the model is deliberately simple:

Llumo is free. You bring your own API keys.

Instead of us marking up AI/API usage and putting features behind increasingly expensive plans, you pay the underlying providers directly.

Run 20 prompts or 2,000. Track one project or multiple projects. You're not forced onto a bigger SaaS subscription simply because you want more data.

It already covers much of what I was using paid platforms for:

AI visibility and share of voice

Prompt tracking

Competitor monitoring

Citation and source tracking

Historical visibility trends

Individual AI responses

Multiple AI/search engines

Brand mention analysis

We're continuing to build our own functionality while also working with and contributing to the open-source side.

The goal isn't to build yet another $300–$1,000/month AEO platform.

I'd rather see Llumo become a genuinely useful toolkit for SEOs, marketers, agencies and founders who want to understand how their brands appear in AI search without paying a huge SaaS premium.

That's why I'm posting here.

If you were using Llumo, what would you want us to build next?

What are you currently paying Peec, Otterly, Profound or another platform for that you'd want in a free/BYOK alternative?

And more interestingly: what AEO functionality do you wish existed that nobody has built properly yet?

Would love to steal some good ideas from the comments 😄

Recently launched https://www.llumohq.com to use myself as got fed up of using companies like peec, otterly etc with ridiculous prices, its basically a free version, you put your own API keys and can use as much as you want

Has all the features of the big boys and continuing to build out both the open source side and custom functionality ourselves

Let me know any useful other features you need

Recently launched https://www.llumohq.com/ as got fed up of using companies like peec, otterly etc with ridiculous prices, its basically a free version, you put your own API keys

Has all the features of the big boys and continuing to build out

Let me know any useful other features you need

I got this added about one and a half weeks ago to my fluoxetine for severe anxiety and depression

I think it works well for anxiety still waiting on the depression side

Iv been on it 10 days now but im getting side effects likes

Very dizzy and lightheaded especially when walking like out of body or something

My body and limbs feels so heavy and then feels sedated and my speech gets slurry

Did you have these when starting? I feel like MS makes me sensitive to all meds

So my depression and anxiety has been severe for months

Iv tried so many meds with no success

I have just added 2.5mg olanzapine to my prozac 40mg which I have been on 3 weeks and 5 weeks on 20mg before that and clonazepam which I am trying to taper off

A few things

- Is that a good combo? As I have yet to feel much relief I actually feel really zombie since starting olanzapine and actually my depression seems even worse, along with heavy limbs and dizzy I also have MS

- My depression and anxiety seem weird when I say overdo it.. which is not even overdoing like something like hear lots of noise, or walk too much.. My depression crashes and it gets really dark and I just cant speak and speak really slow.. I also have these jerks in my body stomach chest like myopic jerks when I sit to rest like its so overwhelmed something comes out

Iv had severe anxiety for months really bad

I started low dose olanzapine 2 days ago added to my prozac and have taken hardly any klonopin

However I am extremely tired in day and my limbs feel heavy floaty when walking.. is this normal?

Still waiting to see if it helps the depression

Anyone else on this?

I dont know if this is related to my MS or not but

Anytime I take H1 blocker had it on mirtazipine now same on olanzapine I have this weird sensation in my body when walking like its a step behind my brain like a disconnect or numbness sort of its hard to describe

Is it because its slowing down nerve firing which are already slow from MS? As I cant find any info on this or is it just making fatigue worse causing it

Its very odd sensation but these meds work well for anxiety if this wasnt there

Oh and some dizzy

I feel I can never get back to real reality after months of torture dpdr anxiety and depression

Like even when I dont experience dpdr in some moments I think about it.. like imagine when you was looking at something didnt feel real.. is world real.. are we in simulation am I real

Like I will look at nice view and start thinking about dpdr even if its not fully there

Like it feels like I have an itch to answer question about reality since I saw it different

Anyone else have this how did u cope?

Dr gave 2.5mg olanzapine to go with my 40mg prozac today as still not relief from depression or anxiety

Anyone done this combo?

20mg for 5 weeks and now 2 weeks on 40mg

I still feel awful.. anxiety still super high and relying on klonopin

Depression is still severe plus im tired all the time

Please I need this to work im so severe and tried so many meds with no success.. I really dont have it in me to go through another withdrawal and startup

I probably feel 3-5% difference then when starting

Was on 20mg for 5 weeks barely helped anxiety tiny bit improvement depression

Now almost 2 weeks on 40mg but still feel awful.. maybe increase of side effects too but either so much anxiety or so tired or depression just worsens

How long do increase side effects last and improvement show?

Iv been total on for 7 weeks now, shouldn't I be seeing much more improvement

Iv been stuck in this constant anxiety for 8 months

Its made me lose my mind its so intense 247 feeling, its crippling all day feeling

Iv got huge depression from it and lots of derealization. So started prozac to try get rid of that too but also got put on klonopin at the same time

Now Klonopin is the only thing after trying so many antidepressants that even slightly takes the edge off

Yes I know all this talk about addiction etc but surely its better then putting the body through intense anxiety after intense anxiety 247

Iv been stuck in this crap for 8 months along with anxiety all day and severe depression

Tried so many meds the only things that helps abit is klonopin

Am on prozac but yet to see any benefits

I read so many things where people say oh anxiety is gone

Does this only help with mild anxiety, anyone used it for debilitating anxiety

For example 247 I feel anxiety in stomach and chest all day. I can barely do anything without taking klonopin

5 weeks on 20mg felt zero anxiety relief

Now 9 days on 40mg still zero if anything its worse but maybe side effects

If it did help what dose and timeframe

Iv literally tried so many meds lexapro the longest and that didnt rid of the constant anxiety in body too

Only thing that works is klonopin

Iv been in really bad depression and anxiety for months

But the depersonalisation is what gets to me, like I feel iv lost contact with reality.. e.g walk my dog is my dog real am I real

Looking at environment it looks different is it even real or am I just brain damaged

The whole concept of reality ontop of depression.. its driving me crazy