AI visibility and growth for solo SaaS founders
ShubHQ finds where your next users are: X and Reddit posts to reply to, directories worth listing on, ads worth testing first. Then it checks what worked.
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Example ShubHQ dashboard showing the road to $1,000 MRR, this month's plan, competitors and AI visibility.
Why most founders stall
A hundred ways to lose a year.
What works, every month
Six steps, done every month.
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vs AI agents Ahrefs · Semrush 
“I’ll just ask an AI agent.”
“Ahrefs or Semrush already does this.”
| AI agents | Ahrefs / Semrush | ShubHQ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A growth plan for this month | Yes one-off | No | Yes replanned monthly |
| Measures if your plan worked | No only what you report | Partly data, no plan | Yes measured automatically |
| Daily keyword tracking with history | No | Yes | Yes |
| Backlink tracking | No | Yes | Yes |
| AI visibility across assistants | No | Yes prompt checks | Yes 5 assistants |
| Finds X, Reddit and LinkedIn posts to reply to | No | No | Yes |
| Finds your competitors in AI answers | No | Partly you set it up | Yes automatic |
| Built for | Anyone | SEO teams | SaaS founders |
| AI agents | ShubHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| A growth plan for this month | Yesone-off | Yesreplanned monthly |
| Measures if your plan worked | Noonly what you report | Yesmeasured automatically |
| Daily keyword tracking with history | No | Yes |
| Backlink tracking | No | Yes |
| AI visibility across assistants | No | Yes5 assistants |
| Finds X, Reddit and LinkedIn posts to reply to | No | Yes |
| Finds your competitors in AI answers | No | Yesautomatic |
| Built for | Anyone | SaaS founders |
| Ahrefs / Semrush | ShubHQ | |
|---|---|---|
| A growth plan for this month | No | Yesreplanned monthly |
| Measures if your plan worked | Partlydata, no plan | Yesmeasured automatically |
| Daily keyword tracking with history | Yes | Yes |
| Backlink tracking | Yes | Yes |
| AI visibility across assistants | Yesprompt checks | Yes5 assistants |
| Finds X, Reddit and LinkedIn posts to reply to | No | Yes |
| Finds your competitors in AI answers | Partlyyou set it up | Yesautomatic |
| Built for | SEO teams | SaaS founders |
ChatGPT, Claude, Ahrefs and Semrush are trademarks of their respective owners. ShubHQ is not affiliated with them. Comparison based on public information, October 2026.
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ShubHQ scans your site, rankings, backlinks and AI answers in minutes.
Analyze
WebsiteSix growth levers, scored. You see the one that moves you most right now.
Growth OS
Growth OS
See if ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity recommend you, then fix the pages that decide it.
AI Visibility
What are the best SaaS growth tools?
AI Visibility
AI Visibility
ShubHQ flags fresh posts in your niche on X, Reddit and LinkedIn, so you reply while it still gets seen.
Social Growth
Social Growth
Social Growth
Daily Google positions for the keywords that bring buyers.
Rank Tracker
Rank Tracker
Rank Tracker
GSubmit to the directories that matter, then ShubHQ checks which listings went live and which links you kept.
Authority
Authority
Authority
At month end ShubHQ measures every move and writes next month's plan.
Growth Report
Growth Report
ProvedGrowth Report
Site, tracking and category, set up once.
Google and AI assistants, every week.
AI answersReal referring domains, not spam.
Referring domainsSee which channel brings people.
VisitorsPricing, signups, first ten talks.
Verified from your revenue linkCheck-ins, churn reasons, renewals.
Verified from your revenue linkIt tells you what to do this month, then checks if it worked.
The tools behind the path
✦ Get named when buyers ask AI
See if ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity recommend you, fix the pages that decide it, and write answers AI wants to quote.
Try it free✦ Catch the post before it peaks
ShubHQ watches X for your keywords and flags the posts that are taking off. Reply in the first minutes, when it actually gets seen.
Try it free✦ Directory Tracker · Get listed where buyers look
18 startup directories submitted and measured by us: which ones publish, which give a link, which Google counts. Track your own the same way.
See the measured list✦ Watch every keyword climb
Daily positions on Google and in AI answers, so you see what moved and why.
Try it free✦ One plan. Every month.
All of it in one monthly plan: what to do now, and whether last month's moves worked.
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ShubHQ is an AI visibility and growth tool for solo SaaS founders. It checks whether ChatGPT and Google recommend you, then gives you this month's plan and measures if it worked.
Yes, and it goes one step further. It turns what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity and Google say about you into this month's plan, then checks if it worked.
Solo SaaS founders with no growth team, somewhere between their first user and $10k MRR. If you run an agency with fifty clients or an enterprise SEO team, other tools will fit you better.
AI helps analyze your data and build a plan. Actions that need your judgment or your own identity stay with you, with tasks connected to tools that help you execute.
Yes. ShubHQ has a free plan with no credit card required. Check the pricing page for the current features and usage limits.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity. You see whether each one names your brand, where it ranks you, and which competitors it recommends instead.
Otterly and Peec AI track AI search and suggest fixes for it. ShubHQ tracks AI answers too, then builds a monthly plan beyond AI search: X, Reddit and LinkedIn posts to reply to, directories worth listing on, Google rankings. At month end it checks what worked.
Semrush and Ahrefs are built for SEO teams. ShubHQ is built for founders: it combines rankings and links with AI visibility, community signals and a monthly plan, so you always know the next move.
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Short, practical guides from the ShubHQ team.
