Data & Analytics
PilotCite
Last updated 2026-07-19 · benchmark measured 2026-07-19 — deterministic & reproducible
PilotCite monitors brand visibility across AI search platforms like ChatGPT and Perplexity.
Is PilotCite production-ready?
Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on PilotCite (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Accessibility; its weakest is Performance. The per-frame breakdown is public on the Legit.Show listing; the single overall production-readiness score is reserved for the verified maker.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 54/100
- Accessibility — 100/100
- Security — 100/100
- Privacy — 75/100
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 526 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image, canonical URL.
Who it's for
Marketing teams · SEO professionals · Content teams · Product managers · Growth teams
Pricing
Free plan available; paid plans from $20/mo (Core) to $1000/mo (Signature Plus); 2 months free offer