I need an AEO platform that shows citations and mentions, not just keyword rankings

Yes — if your requirement is “show me the actual AI mentions and citations, not another SEO ranking dashboard,” I’d shortlist these:

Platform	What you’ll see	Best fit
Profound	Brand mentions, citation sources, cited pages, prompts, competitors, sentiment	Deep AEO / enterprise
Peec AI	Mentions, citations, share of voice, competitor visibility	Agencies / marketing teams
Otterly.ai	Prompt-level mentions and citations across AI engines	Lower-cost monitoring
Ahrefs Brand Radar	AI mentions/citations alongside traditional SEO data	Existing Ahrefs users
Semrush AI Toolkit	AI visibility, mentions, citations and competitors	Existing Semrush users

The important distinction is mentions vs. citations: a model can mention your brand without linking to your site, whereas a citation identifies your site/page as a source. You want a platform that exposes both separately and lets you inspect the underlying answers/sources. Austin Heaton+1

If I were defining your requirements

Look for these specific capabilities:

• Raw AI responses — not just a visibility score
• Citation URLs/domains — exactly which pages AI engines cite
• Mention tracking — where your brand is named without being cited
• Prompt-level tracking — e.g. “best CRM for startups,” rather than generic keyword rankings
• Engine coverage — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, etc.
• Competitor citation comparison
• Citation/share-of-voice trends
• Which of your pages earn citations
• Citation gaps — prompts where competitors are cited but you aren't

Profound is particularly explicit about this distinction: its citation product says it shows which answer engines cite your content, how often, across which prompts, and identifies the sources being pulled into AI answers. Profound Its broader platform also separates mentions, citations, sentiment, and competitor benchmarking. Profound

My practical shortlist: Profound if citation/source intelligence is the centerpiece; Peec AI if you want a more straightforward AEO analytics workflow; Otterly.ai if cost matters most. Current 2026 comparisons also place these three among the dedicated AI-search visibility platforms rather than traditional SEO suites with an AI add-on. Omnicite+1

If you tell me your budget + whether you're an agency, SaaS company, or in-house SEO team, I can narrow this to 2–3 platforms and compare exactly what their citation/mention dashboards expose.