Check the pulse

Check the pulse of your brand in AI

One controlled instrument, three levels of intelligence. The Pitot Index measures cold: unprompted and free of influence. Pulse is a quick assessment of your brand’s health. The Audit is a bespoke, in-depth analysis carried out over several weeks.

How Pulse works

1

Choose

Pick which AI systems examine your brand, and the market they examine it in.

2

Tell us about your brand

Its name, its category and your positioning in one sentence. Two minutes, then pay securely.

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Receive your report

A PDF health-check by 18:00 UK the same business day for orders paid by 14:00.

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Pulse Options

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Choose which AI systems examine your brand, and the market they examine it in. Every option runs the same fixed questions and the same scoring.

Western

The leading Western AI models

Eastern sphere

Leading Chinese AI models

Middle East & Africa sphere

Arabic-first AI, built in the region

All AI systems

Every sphere in one examination

Market

Where should the AI systems examine your brand? Choose one country or one region. Every question is framed in that market, at no extra cost.

Competitor read +£200 +VAT

Examine up to 3 competitors alongside your brand, in the same run, for £200 +VAT more.

How often

One health-check, or a check every month with the trend since your first. Monthly costs about 30% less per check, for a minimum of six months.

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Orders by 14:00 UK are delivered by 18:00 the same business day; later orders by 10:00 the next business morning. Prices exclude VAT, which is added where it applies.

What you receive

  • Your result. Where your brand stands today, on a five-step scale: Dark · Faint · Uneven · Established · Strong. Words, not a score out of 100.
  • Pillar results. Authority, reputation, expertise visibility and contextual presence, and how far the AI systems agree on each.
  • Intended vs received. How closely what AI returns matches the positioning you gave us.
  • Where to start. The three most likely causes, each with the evidence and a direction of fix.
  • Method & versions. The method, the market, and the model versions that actually answered, so every result can be traced to its run. How Pulse is measured.

About ten pages, as PDF, in a screen edition and a white print edition.

Download a specimen report

How to read the family

Controlled, not observational

Index, Pulse and the Audit all run a controlled measurement: fixed, versioned questions, pinned model versions and the same scoring rules on every run. Each has its own question set and its own published method (see the Pulse Method). Observational tools sample whatever the public happened to ask. Results differ from observational figures by design.

Unprompted is not comparable with prompted

The Index is unprompted: does AI surface your brand at all, and where does it rank you. Pulse and the Audit are prompted: what AI says when asked about you directly. The same brand scores very differently on the two. That is the method, not an error.

Questions about Pulse

What is Pulse?

Pulse is a quick AI brand health-check. We name your brand to the leading AI systems, examine what they say about it under a controlled, versioned method, and deliver the result as a report the same business day.

It is the first step: one snapshot of where your brand stands in AI, and whether anything needs attention.

How is Pulse different from the Pitot Index?

The Pitot Index is unprompted: the AI systems are never told which brands to discuss, and the Index records which brands they surface and how they rank them, every week. Pulse is prompted: your brand is named and examined directly.

The two answer different questions, so the same brand can come out very differently on each. A Pulse result is never comparable with an Index rating, and buying a Pulse has no effect on the Index.

What do I receive?

A PDF report of about ten pages, in two editions: one for reading on screen and a white edition for printing. It contains your overall result on a five-step scale (Dark, Faint, Uneven, Established, Strong), your result on each of the four pillars, how closely what AI returns matches the positioning you gave us, the three most likely causes with where to start on each, and a page recording the method and the model versions that answered.

You can download a specimen report for a fictional brand.

How quickly will I get it?

Orders paid by 14:00 UK time on a business day are delivered by 18:00 the same day. Later orders, and orders placed at weekends or on UK bank holidays, are delivered by 10:00 the next business morning. Your delivery time is shown before you pay and on your confirmation.

Which AI systems examine my brand?

You choose by sphere. Western Base uses three leading Western AI assistants; All models adds three more, including one that searches the live web. The Eastern sphere uses leading Chinese AI models, and the Middle East & Africa sphere uses Arabic-first AI built in the region. All AI systems runs every sphere in one examination.

Every system and the exact version that answered are listed on the report’s Method & versions page.

Can I choose the market?

Yes. Choose any one of 242 countries and territories, or a region such as Europe, North America or the Middle East and North Africa, at no extra cost. Every question is framed in that market. Questions are asked in English, and the report says so.

What do you need from me?

Your brand name, its category, and your positioning in one sentence. Optionally, other names the brand goes by and anything AI systems tend to get wrong about you. If you add the competitor read, up to three competitors.

Why one sentence? Because the report compares what AI returns against what you intend, and that comparison needs a clear claim. If your positioning cannot be said in one sentence, that is itself worth knowing.

What is the competitor read?

For £200 more (+VAT), up to three competitors you name are examined in the same run, under the same questions and the same systems, and shown alongside your brand pillar by pillar. It is a level comparison, not a league table.

Is a person involved in the result?

No. Measurement and scoring are fully automated under the published Pulse Method. Before a report is issued it is checked against a fixed list (the right brand, a complete version record, nothing withheld by the method disclosed). The results themselves are never adjusted.

Is my order confidential?

Yes. Your report is prepared for you alone, and we never publish it or the fact that you ordered it. The underlying AI responses are archived in the order’s audit trail and never distributed.

Is it a subscription?

It can be either. A single Pulse is a one-off snapshot, so it cannot show a trend. The monthly Pulse runs the same check every month, under the same method, option and market, and each report shows how your result has moved since your first check. Monthly costs about 30% less per check, with a minimum term of six months.

How do I pay, and do you add VAT?

You pay by card through Stripe; Apple Pay and Google Pay appear where your device supports them. Prices exclude VAT. UK buyers pay VAT at 20%; business buyers elsewhere who give a valid VAT number are not charged UK VAT (reverse charge). A receipt and an invoice are emailed to you automatically.

Who can order a Pulse?

Pulse is sold to businesses: brand owners, agencies and consultancies, investors and analysts. Agencies may order for a client brand.

What if my order cannot be run?

A few orders cannot run as typed, for example when the positioning contains instructions aimed at the AI systems. We write to you the same day and ask for a corrected line. If we still cannot run it, we refund you in full.

How does Pulse relate to the Audit?

Pulse tells you where you stand and the most likely causes. The Audit is the full check-up: a bespoke examination over several weeks that confirms the causes and specifies the corrections.

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