To keep track of your market with AI, use a conversational search engine that cites its sources. Draw up a list of topics and competitors to follow, then automate a regular summary sent by email. Always open the cited links, because AI can summarise an article badly or rely on an old source.
Find the latest news from [period, e.g. the past week] about [topic or competitor] in France. For each item: title, date, source with link, two-sentence summary, possible impact for a business in [sector]. Ignore advertising and pages without a date. End with the three points to follow up first.
Replace the parts in square brackets. Always reread the result before using it. Learn to write a good request
| Tool | Hosting | Your data | Data processing agreement | Price | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | EU as an option | Training can be turned off | Data processing agreement on business plans | Free, then from $8 / month | 75 |
| Vibe | Hosted in the EU | Training can be turned off | Data processing agreement on business plans | Free, then from €14.99 / month | 82 |
| Perplexity | Hosted outside the EU | Training can be turned off | Data processing agreement on business plans | Free, then from $17 / month | 53 |
| n8n | Self-hostable | No training on your data | Data processing agreement available | Free, then from €24 / month | 81 |
Only checked listings appear in this table, from the most general to the most specialised. No paid placement.
Every piece of information must link to a page and a date, otherwise you can neither check it nor know how recent it is.
Test searches about your sector to see whether the tool finds the trade press and official French websites.
An automation tool can run the search at fixed intervals and send you the result without you doing anything.
Your questions reveal your plans: check whether the provider reuses your searches to train its models.
ChatGPT is OpenAI’s chat assistant. It writes, summarises, translates and analyses files from written or spoken instructions. It comes as a free version, individual subscriptions and business plans.
Vibe, formerly called Le Chat, is Mistral AI’s assistant for writing, searching the web, analysing documents and automating tasks. It is made by a French company and comes as a free version, subscriptions and an enterprise plan.
Perplexity is an answer engine that searches the web and writes an answer citing its sources. It can also analyse files and run in-depth research.
Make, formerly Integromat, lets you build visual automation scenarios across thousands of apps. It also offers AI agents built into the scenarios.
n8n lets you build workflows (automated chains of tasks) and AI agents that connect your apps, visually or with code. You can use it in the cloud or install it on your own server.
Semrush is a suite of search engine optimisation (SEO) and online marketing tools. It helps you choose keywords, audit a website, and track competitors and a brand’s presence in AI assistants.
List their websites, product pages and public accounts, then ask an AI search engine each week what has changed. An automation tool can collect these pages and send you a summary. Stick to public information.
A cited source does not guarantee a faithful summary. Open the link, check the date and find the sentence that was used. Prefer official websites and identified media.
A free plan is often enough to test a few topics. A paid plan becomes useful with automation, a high volume of searches or confidential searches. Compare the conditions of each tool in the Index before choosing.