AKARUMI
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What is AKARUMI?
AKARUMI is a Japanese GEO/LLMO analytics platform from ipe Inc. that visualizes how a brand is perceived (its "AI perception") across LLMs and AI search such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It measures daily how often the brand is mentioned (visibility), where it ranks in answers (positioning), which pages are cited (source analysis), and how much AI crawlers reference the site. It also supports competitor comparison, AI Overviews exposure, an archive of answer text, and a sentiment score, turning black-box AI search into a management metric. Pricing comes in three plans — Light, Standard, Expert (amounts by inquiry) — with a full-feature free trial. Operated by ipe, with 500+ SEO/LLMO consulting engagements.
Business problems it solves
About "AKARUMI"
What is AKARUMI
AKARUMI is a Japan-made GEO / LLMO analytics platform that makes visible how your brand is perceived ("AI perception") on LLMs and AI search such as ChatGPT and Gemini. In an era where users trust AI answers rather than search results, it quantifies the invisible evaluation of "how AI treats your brand." It automatically measures, every day, your share of mentions within conversations, your mention ranking, citation sources, and how AI crawlers reference you — turning AI search, once a black box, into a management metric.
It is operated by ipe Inc. (Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo), which has a track record of over 500 companies in SEO / LLMO consulting. It also offers an LLMO consulting service that designs and executes strategy based on the analytics data.
Source: AKARUMI official site (the images below are from the same source)
ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude
(the operator's client base)
Track perception changes over time
SaaS, ready right after signup
Turn the "invisible evaluation" of AI search into a measurable metric
As the center of information flow shifts to generative AI, many companies cannot grasp how AI treats them. AKARUMI lets you capture this invisible evaluation with data instead of gut feel.
Before AKARUMI
- You can't tell whether you appear in AI answers
- You suspect competitors are being recommended, but have no proof
- What drives a citation is invisible
After AKARUMI
- Grasp mention share and mention ranking as numbers
- Compare the gap vs competitors for each LLM
- Citation sources and referenced pages are clear
Main analysis features
It analyzes how you are "seen" in AI search from multiple angles.
01Measure exposure
- Visibility analysis — Grasp how often your brand is mentioned within conversations, as a share and frequency
- Positioning analysis — Grasp where your brand ranks among mentions in LLM answers, and find improvements to aim higher
02Dig into citations and references
- Source (citation) analysis — Analyze which pages LLMs reference to build their answers
- AI Overviews analysis — Visualize exposure, citation sources, and appearance trends in Google AI Overviews, to prioritize actions
03Verify how you are recognized
- AI crawler analysis — Analyze access by AI crawlers such as ChatGPT's, and check to what degree you are recognized and referenced
Features that support ongoing operation
It also has the features to keep measuring and put the results to work as a team.
01Visualize, compare, operate
- Dashboard — Centrally manage perception, answer trends, and exposure scores, and grasp differences across models in real time
- Competitor analysis — Compare how you and competitors are treated in each LLM, by exposure rate, answer rank, and context
- Prompt settings — Freely design and save the questions used for analysis, for reproducible AI comparison
- LLM answer archive — Automatically save and organize each LLM's answers, and track perception changes over time
- Sentiment score — Score whether AI's phrasing is positive or negative (added in 2026)
- Account management & export — Team-level permission management and export of analytics data
Turning the black box into a metric
AKARUMI converts AI’s once-invisible evaluation into a metric you can act on.
Black box
You can’t see how AI treats your brand.
Measure
Visibility, positioning, sources, and AI crawlers.
Make it a metric
Visualize with scores and competitor comparison.
Decide
Feed it into SEO, PR, and content strategy.
It connects your standing in AI search to management decisions with data, not gut feel.
How to use
As a SaaS, you can start using it right after signing up. Initial setup takes just a few minutes.
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Sign up for an account
Apply for the free trial and register an account. No embed tags or the like are required — you can use it right after signup.
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Set up brands and prompts
Register your own brand and competitors, and design and save the questions (prompts) customers are likely to ask an AI.
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Check the daily measurement results
Mention share, mention ranking, citation sources, and more for each LLM are measured automatically every day and reflected in the dashboard.
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Apply it to competitor comparison and improvement
Review your visibility gap vs competitors, AI Overviews exposure, and changes in answers, and apply them to your LLMO / GEO strategy and content planning.
Pricing
There are three plans: Light / Standard / Expert. Amounts are not published on the official site; you check them via the pricing simulation, a pricing-sheet download, or by inquiry. All plans include daily measurement and onboarding, and there is a free trial to try all features.
| Plan | LLMs covered | Main limits |
|---|---|---|
| Light | ChatGPT, Gemini | 1 workspace / 3 users / 50 registered prompts / 5 competitors / AI Overviews 100 keywords |
| Standard | + AI Overviews, Perplexity | 3 workspaces / 5 users / 100 registered prompts / 10 competitors / AI Overviews 200 keywords |
| Expert | + Claude (up to 5 models) | 5 workspaces / 10 users / 200 registered prompts / 20 competitors / AI crawler analysis, AI Overviews 300 keywords |
Amounts are not published officially and are by inquiry (a pricing simulation and pricing-sheet download are available). Higher plans expand the limits on LLMs covered, number of prompts, registered competitors, and more, and AI crawler analysis is available on Expert. The Editor feature is optional. Please confirm the latest pricing and terms on the official site.
Plan details are based on the official pricing page as of August 2026. Amounts are not listed because they are non-public.
How it differs from other GEO / LLMO analytics tools
AKARUMI's traits are a clear UI specialized for LLMO analysis and the breadth of features it can analyze. In addition to visibility and positioning, it covers AI Overviews visualization and AI crawler analysis, and it also offers a consulting service that puts the analytics data to work.
| Aspect | AKARUMI | Typical AI-visibility measurement tools |
|---|---|---|
| Breadth of analysis | Mention rate, rank, citation sources, AI Overviews, AI crawlers | Often centered on mention rate and rank |
| Answer storage | Automatically archives LLM answers for over-time comparison | Varies by tool |
| Support | ipe's LLMO consultants accompany you from strategy design to execution | Often centered on providing the tool |
| LLMs covered | ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Claude | Varies by tool |
Genview, also Japan-made and starting from the ideal image, and DolphinX AIO, which also handles action generation, are in a similar space. For the AI search targets being measured, see Perplexity and ChatGPT. If you want to visualize your AI-search perception across a broad set of analysis axes and also have consultants at your side, AKARUMI is a strong option.
FAQ
Q. Which LLMs can it track?
It supports major LLMs including ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews (AIO), Claude, and Perplexity. New models will continue to be added over time.
Q. What kind of data can it visualize?
You can analyze and compare the content of LLM-generated answers, brand mention frequency, answer ranking, and more, in numbers and text. It also supports AI Overviews visualization.
Q. Can it obtain data on competitor brands too?
You can compare LLM output data based on public information. You can visualize competitors' exposure trends and brand perception under the same conditions.
Q. How long does it take to get started?
Because it is SaaS, you can start using it right after signing up. Initial setup also takes just a few minutes.
Q. How can I use the analysis results?
You can apply them to SEO, PR, content planning, brand strategy, and more. Understanding your recognition structure on AI helps optimize your LLMO / GEO strategy.
The provider
AKARUMI is provided by ipe Inc. (Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo). With strengths in user understanding and the analytical and technical capabilities of web marketing, it runs a web consulting business, and has a track record of over 500 companies in SEO / LLMO consulting. It also offers an LLMO consulting service that goes as far as strategy design and execution support based on AKARUMI's analytics data.
Information on this page is based on what was published on the official site as of August 2026. Features and pricing may change, so check the official site for the latest.
