Case study · Our own SaaS product

be1st.ai: the tool that tells you in 30 seconds whether your website is ready for the AI era

We built our own SaaS platform for automated website audits. It's our strongest proof of competence: client websites get the exact same stack and approach.

SaaSWeb analyticsAI visibilityOwn product2026be1st.ai
be1st.ai: the tool that tells you in 30 seconds whether your website is ready for the AI era
106
checks and metrics in a single audit
< 30 s
from entering a URL to a finished report
60+
audits in the first month after launch
4
tools in one platform

01

The problem: nobody knows what shape their website is in

Most companies can't answer basic questions about their own website: Is it fast? Is it secure? Does Google see it? And with the rise of AI search, an even more important question appeared: will ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini find me when their user asks about the services I offer?

A classic agency audit takes days and costs hundreds of euros. Working with clients, we needed an answer in seconds. A tool covering both the technical state of a website and its AI visibility in one place didn't exist on the market. So we built it ourselves.

02

The solution: 4 tools, 106 automated checks

be1st.ai runs four audit tools against a given URL at once and returns a clear report within 30 seconds, with specific recommendations on what to fix and why.

Web Fingerprint: 25 technology detections (CMS, e-commerce platform, analytics, hosting, CDN)
SEO + Security + Performance: 51 checks from meta tags through HTTPS and security headers to load speed
AI Readiness: 20 checks of how prepared the site is for AI crawlers, structured data and semantics
AI Visibility: 10 metrics showing how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and other AI search engines actually see your website

03

How we built it

The frontend runs on Next.js, the audit backend on Python FastAPI, and the data lives in Supabase PostgreSQL with pgvector. The AI Visibility module queries multiple AI models at once via OpenRouter (GPT, Gemini, Perplexity Sonar). Payments are handled by Stripe, invoicing by the Kros API, and measurement by a combination of GA4, PostHog and server-side conversions.

We use the exact same stack and approach on client websites. be1st.ai doubles as our technology business card: when we claim we can build a fast, secure and measurable website, this is the proof running in production.

The platform's entire foundation is open source: Next.js, React, Python, FastAPI and PostgreSQL. It's our Open by Design principle in practice: no licenses for the core of the system, no lock-in and full control over how the product evolves.

04

What's in it for you

We use be1st.ai daily in client work. Every website we take over or build goes through an audit before and after deployment. So the client doesn't just get our word that their website is fine - they get a measurable report they can re-run anytime.

We didn't want to tell clients we believe their website is fine. We wanted to show it to them with data. That's why be1st.ai exists.
Raymond Grell
Raymond Grell
CEO, Brand360

Technologies used

Next.jsPython FastAPISupabase + pgvectorOpenRouter (GPT, Gemini, Perplexity)StripeGA4 + PostHog

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