When a buyer asks ChatGPT "which part replaces this reference?" — what is the answer? Competitive Visibility combines Share of Answer and Category Authority across the major LLMs. Available in Mode 1 with zero client data. Cost: €0.50 in API calls.
AI responds by citing your competitor as the recommended equivalent. Your SKU doesn't appear. The buyer never types your brand name. The buyer never lands on your distributor page. The transaction never reaches your funnel.
For a given category question, how often is your brand mentioned in the LLM answer? Across 6 frontier models, 4 question types, locale-stratified. Reproducible run-over-run.
Which brand is named first when the question is open-ended? Which brands appear in the top-3 "recommended" list? Authority is sticky — once captured, it compounds.
That sentence is what converts a CDO. The Diagnostic produces an example of the same shape on day one — no catalogue disclosure required.
Mode 1 — Blind Audit on a single category. 2–3 weeks. No catalogue required.