# outshone

> outshone helps small software companies get named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google for a tool like theirs. Each week it picks up to five jobs that would help, does most of them, and tells you honestly whether you're being named more often.

Who it's for: small software companies (about 2 to 50 people) with a founder or a small marketing team and no SEO specialist, and the agencies that look after them.

What it does each week: it asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews the questions buyers in your category ask, and shows which products they name instead of yours. Then it picks up to five jobs that would help you get named and does most of each one: it finds the "best of" lists and review pages AI draws on and drafts the outreach email (sent only after you approve it, from your own address), fixes pages AI tools can't read (such as a pricing page that only loads with JavaScript), and drafts comparison and answer pages for you to approve before anything is published.

How it counts: AI answers change every time, so it asks each question many times a week and counts how often you're named ("named in 6 of 20 answers, likely 3 to 10"). It says what it can't measure, such as the sign-ups or revenue that came from an answer. It never promises a spot in AI answers. It covers AI visibility, Google search (SEO) and content. Agencies can run it for several client products.

This file is a plain summary for AI tools. It is not a ranking signal; every page below is plain HTML anyone can read.

## Product

- [How it works](https://tryoutshone.com/how-it-works): a week with outshone, how jobs are chosen, and outreach you approve
- [AI visibility](https://tryoutshone.com/ai-visibility): getting your product named when buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews
- [SEO](https://tryoutshone.com/seo): the fixes that keep Google from sending you buyers
- [Content](https://tryoutshone.com/content): comparison and answer pages, drafted for you to approve
- [How we measure](https://tryoutshone.com/how-we-measure): which questions, how many answers, what counts as named, the likely range, and known limits

## Start

- [Check my product](https://tryoutshone.com/check): a free check of what AI tools say about your product and its category, with no sign-up
- [Pricing](https://tryoutshone.com/pricing): plans priced in the work done each week, every AI tool on every plan, no card to start
- [For agencies](https://tryoutshone.com/agencies): several client products in one login

## Resources

- [Guides](https://tryoutshone.com/guides): plain answers for small software teams
- [Compare](https://tryoutshone.com/compare): four ways to get named by AI, with dates and sources
- [Glossary](https://tryoutshone.com/glossary): GEO, AEO, AI Overviews and other terms
- [Research](https://tryoutshone.com/research): which tools AI names, by category
- [Changelog](https://tryoutshone.com/changelog): what changed, by date

## Company

- [About](https://tryoutshone.com/about)
- [Facts about outshone](https://tryoutshone.com/about/facts): what it is, who it's for, which AI tools it covers, what it never does
- [Contact](https://tryoutshone.com/contact)