What is Authority?

Authority is a productized service that gets B2B SaaS companies cited inside ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. We sell a $1,490 fixed-price audit and three monthly retainer tiers.

Authority also publishes The Shortlist Index — public weekly AI citation rankings for B2B SaaS, methodology-transparent and reproducible.

Ivar — solo founder, based in Arendal, Norway. Marketing-led background: head of marketing at 8 companies, founder of his own marketing agency, founder of his own AI consultancy. More on the about page.

One audit, three retainer tiers. The audit is a one-time $1,490 diagnostic + 90-day roadmap. The retainer ships the work — three tiers from $2,490/mo to $6,490/mo, depending on scope.

Detailed pricing breakdown on /pricing.

B2B SaaS companies between $1M and $10M ARR. English-speaking markets primary (US, UK, Canada, Australia, Nordics, DACH-EN). Founder-led or single-marketer marketing functions. If your buyers research software inside ChatGPT, Authority is your person.

Profound, Peec, and Athena are AI visibility monitoring tools. Authority is a service. The tools tell you where you stand; Authority moves you. Most clients use both. Detailed comparisons: vs Profound, vs Peec AI.

The Shortlist Index — public weekly leaderboard. Same methodology Authority uses on paying clients. Anyone can read the data, verify scores by running the same prompts, and inspect the methodology.

Direct email: ivar@authority.as. Same-day response. Press inquiries, podcast bookings, partnerships — same address.