# Perplexity rank checker > Check where your business ranks in Perplexity answers: named or not, your place when it gives a list, who it names instead and the sites it read. Type your business and what you sell. We put 3 buyer questions to Perplexity through its API and show whether each answer named you, your place when it recommends you in a list, who it named instead and the sites it read. - Page: [Perplexity rank checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/perplexity-rank-checker) - Free, with no account and no email. ## How the check works You give your business name and what you sell, and the place if buyers name one, and your website if you want a link to it to count. The check asks Perplexity 3 questions with web search on, the way a customer's question reaches it: 1. Rank the top project management software for architects options from best to worst, citing a source for each. 2. What are the five highest-rated project management software for architects right now, in order, with sources? 3. If I could only try one project management software for architects, which should it be, and what are the runners-up? (Shown with the page's example values; the check fills in yours.) For each answer it shows whether Perplexity named your business, who it named instead, and which sites it read. An answer to the same question is shared for 7 days, and the report says when it was given. ## Questions where Perplexity puts names in order People use Perplexity to skip reading ten review articles. They ask for a ranked, sourced answer, and the first two or three names it gives are the ones they open next. - Rank the best accounting software for a construction company, with sources for each pick. - Which three time tracking apps do reviewers rank highest for freelancers? - What is the best-rated home insurance company in Florida, and who comes second? - List the top cybersecurity firms for a mid-sized hospital, best first. - Which standing desk brands come out on top in independent tests? - Order the leading email marketing tools by deliverability, citing tests. - Who are the best-reviewed estate planning attorneys in Phoenix? - Which language learning apps rank highest for adult beginners, according to studies? The check asks 3. On Growth, Rankli asks 50 of yours every week on ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. ## How to read a Perplexity ranking Perplexity does not keep a fixed index of positions the way a search results page does. Each answer is written from the pages it fetched for that question, so a rank is a reading of one answer. ### Your place in a sourced list When Perplexity recommends you inside a numbered or bulleted list, the check reports your place, such as #3. A name that only appears in passing is reported as named, with no place in the list. ### The pages behind each answer Perplexity searches before it answers. The check lists the sites each answer read, so you can see whether your own pages were in the mix or the answer leaned on other people’s write-ups. ### Who it names instead of you Each answer shows up to five other businesses it named, and the report counts how many answers named each. When the same rivals keep coming from the same review sites, those sites are where to be listed. ### Why the order shifts Perplexity searches again each time it is asked, so a new review, a fresher article or a reworded question can change the order. A single run is a snapshot, not a standing position. ## What one Perplexity ranking check can and cannot show - The check asks through Perplexity’s API. The Perplexity app has its own modes, such as deeper research, and can use a signed-in person’s history, so one buyer can see a different order. - Three questions on one day is a snapshot. Rankli asks Perplexity your questions every week on Scale and above, and reports how often you are named and where. - A place is only reported when the answer recommends you inside a list. Enter the name customers know and your website, so a link to your site counts as a mention even when the name is spelled differently. - If Perplexity cannot answer at that moment, Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT answers instead, and the report says so above the results. ## Questions ### Does this checker ask Perplexity itself? Yes, through Perplexity’s API. If Perplexity cannot answer at that moment, Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT stands in and the report names the assistant behind each answer. Rankli’s plans that cover Perplexity ask it every week. ### Is a Perplexity rank the same as a Google ranking? No. A Google result has a position on a page of links. Perplexity writes a fresh answer and may name a handful of businesses in it, so your rank is whether you were named and where in that list. Rankli tracks it as a share of answers over many weeks. ### Why does Perplexity rank a competitor first? The pages it found for that question describe the competitor as the best fit, in words it could quote and cite. Often those are review sites or comparison articles rather than the competitor’s own site. Rankli shows which sources each answer used and writes the page that answers the question for you. ### How do I rank higher in Perplexity answers? Let PerplexityBot read your site, answer the buyer’s question in the first lines of a page, and get listed on the review sites Perplexity already cites for your market. Rankli writes those pages and asks again 7 and 14 days after each one goes live. ### Which Rankli plan tracks my Perplexity rank every week? Scale and the plans above it ask Perplexity your questions every week, beside ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial that asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini up to 50 of your questions. ## Related checks - [Perplexity visibility checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/perplexity-visibility-checker): See whether Perplexity names your business and links your site when buyers research a purchase. - [Gemini rank checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/gemini-rank-checker): See whether Gemini names your business when it searches Google for a buyer, and at which place in its list. - [ChatGPT rank checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/chatgpt-rank-checker): See whether an AI assistant names your business for a buyer’s question, and at which place in its list. - [LLM brand mention checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/llm-brand-mention-checker): See whether an AI model mentions your brand when buyers ask for a recommendation, how, and which brands it mentions instead. - [AI visibility checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/ai-visibility-checker): Ask AI three questions your customers ask and see whether it names you, or who it names instead. - [Claude visibility checker](https://www.rankli.io/tools/claude-visibility-checker): See whether Claude names your business when buyers ask it for advice, and who it puts forward instead. - [Every free tool](https://www.rankli.io/tools) ## About Rankli Rankli is an answer engine optimization (AEO) tool that gets businesses recommended by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Every week it asks the questions your customers ask AI. It publishes an article for each question you are losing, then asks again 7 and 14 days after it goes live. Find the questions customers ask AI. Publish the answers. See if AI starts recommending you. - [How it works](https://www.rankli.io/how-it-works) - [Pricing](https://www.rankli.io/pricing) - [Everything about Rankli, for AI assistants](https://www.rankli.io/llms.txt)