What does AI Audit check for a local business?
AI Audit checks AI visibility, citation readiness, crawl access, answer-engine source quality, source-page support, and owner actions for a small business.
AI visibility audit scope
AI Audit
Know Whether AI Systems Can Find, Trust, and Cite You.
AI Audit reviews your website and source pages for answer-engine visibility, citation readiness, crawl access, source quality, and owner actions that improve how AI search systems understand the business.
Direct answer
AI Audit is a monthly visibility and citation-readiness audit for small businesses. It combines public crawl evidence, connected Search Console data when available, source-quality checks, and owner-action recommendations into a client-readable report.
Answer Snapshot
AI Audit at a Glance
| System type | Monthly AI visibility and citation readiness audit for small businesses. |
|---|---|
| Price | $30/month, or $50/month when paired with SEO & GBP Audit. |
| Best fit | Businesses that want to know whether AI search, answer engines, and LLM-style systems can find, trust, and cite their website. |
| Outputs | Overview score, quick metrics, source quality findings, AI visibility gaps, owner actions, dashboard report, and branded email summary. |
| Citation URL | https://scalesmall.ai/products/ai-audit/#answer-snapshot |
AI Audit and SEO & GBP Audit paired subscription offer
Paired audit option
Pair AI Audit with SEO & GBP Audit for $50/month total.
AI Audit remains its own $30/month service. When a customer also wants monthly website SEO and Google Business Profile visibility checks, the two audit products can be selected together for one discounted paired price.
$50/month for both auditsSave $10/month versus buying both separately
Client-readable summary
One Overview Score, Then the Metrics That Explain It
The audit is meant to be readable in under a minute: a combined overview score, three or four priority metrics, and visual change from the prior month so a client can see whether visibility is improving.
Overview Score
0-100
A combined read of citation readiness, crawl access, source quality, and answer-engine fit.
Citation Readiness
Tracked
Shows whether pages have clear facts, supported claims, and useful answer-ready passages.
Source Quality
Reviewed
Checks whether the site provides enough visible evidence for AI systems to trust the page.
Prior-Month Change
Visual
Shows whether visibility, crawlability, and source quality improved or declined.
What gets delivered
Built for Action, Not a Static PDF
Each audit is supposed to point to what changed, what is blocking progress, and what the owner or ScaleSmall system should do next.
AI Visibility Review
- Checks answer-ready pages, business facts, services, locations, and source clarity
- Reviews whether crawlers and AI systems can reach the important pages
- Flags thin, duplicate, stale, blocked, or unsupported source pages
Simple Client Summary
- Combines the core findings into one overview score
- Shows three or four quick metrics below the score
- Uses visual prior-month movement so the client can see progress quickly
Owner Actions
- Prioritizes the fixes that matter most first
- Separates owner actions from ScaleSmall-managed work
- Keeps a dashboard history so each month has context
Collect
Use connected and public sources to collect the current month evidence.
Score
Create a combined overview score and explain it through quick metrics.
Compare
Show prior-month change visually so movement is obvious.
Deliver
Send a branded email summary and keep the full report in the dashboard.
Buyer intent map
Buying Questions This System Answers
These answer targets map AI Audit to pricing, fit, comparison, implementation, and AI citation questions that buyers and answer engines naturally ask.
How much does AI Audit cost?
AI Audit is listed at $30 per month, or it can be paired with SEO & GBP Audit for $50 per month total.
pricing lookup
Does AI Audit guarantee AI citations?
No. AI Audit identifies citation-readiness gaps and practical fixes, but it does not guarantee how Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing, or another AI system will cite a business.
buyer risk and expectation
What does the AI Audit report show each month?
The monthly AI Audit report should show one overview score, quick AI visibility metrics, source quality findings, owner actions, and prior-month movement in the dashboard and branded email summary.
reporting output
Which businesses should buy AI Audit?
Businesses that want to know whether AI search and answer systems can find, understand, and trust their source pages should start with AI Audit.
fit and starting point
Related Resources
These resources explain AI visibility, citation readiness, source quality, and crawler access for small businesses.
AI Search Optimization for Local BusinessesHow local businesses can structure source pages for AI search and answer engines.Read resourceLLM Citation OptimizationHow visible evidence and source clarity support LLM citation readiness.Read resourceAI Citation Fidelity and Source QualityWhy cited pages need to support the claims an answer system repeats.Read resourceAI Crawler Access and Robots.txtHow crawler rules, WAF behavior, and status codes affect AI discovery.Read resourceStructured Data and Rich-Result ReadinessHow visible copy and structured data need to stay aligned.Read resourceSEO & GBP AuditThe monthly website SEO and Google Business Profile audit that can be paired with AI Audit.Read resource
Common Questions
What does AI Audit measure?
It measures whether the site gives AI and answer systems enough crawlable, trustworthy, clearly supported information to identify the business, understand its services, and cite the right pages.
Does AI Audit guarantee AI citations?
No. It identifies citation-readiness gaps and owner actions. No audit can guarantee how Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Bing, or another AI system will cite a business.
What connections improve the report?
Website/source page access and Google Search Console are the most important. GA4 and social or business profile access can improve context and attribution.
How often does it run?
The offer is monthly. The report should compare the current period with the prior month so the client can understand movement.
Can this pair with SEO & GBP Audit?
Yes. AI Audit is $30/month by itself, and the paired audit option with SEO & GBP Audit is $50/month total.
Make AI Visibility Measurable.
Start with the audit, then use the dashboard, report email, and owner-action list to decide what should happen next.