{"name":"AI Search Visibility Tools: ranking data","url":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/compare","last_reviewed":"2026-11-12","criteria":[{"id":"citations","name":"Citation tracking coverage","weight":25,"question":"Does it tell you when AI answers name your brand and cite your pages, and how often?"},{"id":"engines","name":"Answer engines covered","weight":15,"question":"Which AI answer engines does it check, and are they in the base plan?"},{"id":"access","name":"API and MCP access","weight":15,"question":"Can your own code and AI agents read and act on the data?"},{"id":"pricing","name":"Pricing transparency","weight":10,"question":"Can you see what it costs before talking to sales?"},{"id":"action","name":"Actionability","weight":20,"question":"Does it help you change the result, not only report it?"},{"id":"evidence","name":"Evidence quality","weight":15,"question":"Can you see the answers and sources behind each number?"}],"tools":[{"rank":1,"slug":"letter","name":"Letter","url":"https://letter.dev","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/letter","overall":8.4,"scores":{"citations":9,"engines":4,"access":10,"pricing":10,"action":10,"evidence":7},"best_for":"Developers, founders and agent-driven teams who want API and MCP access and want the fixes shipped as pull requests, not just reported.","skip_if":"You want a no-code dashboard for a marketing team to watch share of voice, with no one to review pull requests.","verdict":"The pick for developers and agent-driven teams: the only tool here that measures, then ships the fix as a pull request your own agent can drive. For a no-code dashboard, Peec AI or Otterly.AI fit better.","cost":"From $25/month (Hobbyist, 2,500 tokens) to $2,500/month (Scale); Enterprise $10,000/month. Each AI visibility answer read costs 12 tokens. Every account starts with 1,000 free tokens, no card.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Not listed on the pricing page. Check the API docs at app.letterstory.com/docs/api or ask Letter which engines its probes cover.","api_and_mcp":"API, CLI and MCP on every plan, able to read data and start changes (pull requests).","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://letter.dev/pricing"},{"label":"Product overview","url":"https://letter.dev"},{"label":"API docs","url":"https://app.letterstory.com/docs/api"},{"label":"agents.md","url":"https://letter.dev/agents.md"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":2,"slug":"ahrefs-brand-radar","name":"Ahrefs Brand Radar","url":"https://ahrefs.com/brand-radar","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/ahrefs-brand-radar","overall":8.3,"scores":{"citations":9,"engines":9,"access":7,"pricing":9,"action":7,"evidence":9},"best_for":"SEO teams already on Ahrefs who want AI visibility next to their search data, with a market-wide index for research.","skip_if":"You want a tool that changes your site or writes the content for you; Brand Radar points to gaps, you do the work.","verdict":"The strongest research tool for teams already on Ahrefs; pair it with something that does the fixing.","cost":"Custom prompts from $50/month, or $699/month for all models; AI Visibility Index $199/month. Paid Ahrefs plans include some daily prompts (Lite: 5). Check ahrefs.com/brand-radar for the current tiers.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Index: Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot. Custom prompts add Claude.","api_and_mcp":"Ahrefs API and an official SEO MCP server on paid plans; coverage of Brand Radar data not verified.","sources":[{"label":"Brand Radar","url":"https://ahrefs.com/brand-radar"},{"label":"Ahrefs SEO MCP","url":"https://ahrefs.com/seo-mcp"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":3,"slug":"athenahq","name":"AthenaHQ","url":"https://www.athenahq.ai","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/athenahq","overall":8.2,"scores":{"citations":7,"engines":10,"access":7,"pricing":9,"action":9,"evidence":8},"best_for":"Content and growth teams who want wide engine coverage and an agent that drafts and publishes optimised content.","skip_if":"You need API access without an add-on on a starter budget, or your site isn't on WordPress or Shopify and you want publishing built in.","verdict":"The widest engine coverage for the money, with an agent that publishes content; developers will pay extra for the API.","cost":"Free Essential plan (300 credits); Starter $295/month with 3,600 credits (1 credit = 1 AI response), 17% off billed annually. Check athenahq.ai/pricing for current terms.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Starter: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Mistral.","api_and_mcp":"Official MCP server; API is a paid add-on on Starter and included on Enterprise.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://www.athenahq.ai/pricing"},{"label":"Integrations and MCP","url":"https://www.athenahq.ai/integrations"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":4,"slug":"peec-ai","name":"Peec AI","url":"https://peec.ai","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/peec-ai","overall":8.1,"scores":{"citations":9,"engines":7,"access":8,"pricing":9,"action":8,"evidence":7},"best_for":"Marketing teams who want a clear, no-code dashboard with daily tracking and unlimited seats, at a published price.","skip_if":"You need many engines at once on a small plan: the base plans let you choose three.","verdict":"The best no-code dashboard for marketing teams; pick it if you want to watch and act yourself.","cost":"Starter $95/month billed monthly (50 prompts, 3 models, 1 project, unlimited users); Pro $245/month adds the API. Free trial. Check peec.ai/pricing.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Choose 3 of ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Naver AI Briefing, ERNIE, Bing AI Mode; more as add-ons; Enterprise up to 26 models.","api_and_mcp":"MCP on all plans; API from Pro.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://peec.ai/pricing"},{"label":"MCP","url":"https://peec.ai/mcp"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":5,"slug":"otterly-ai","name":"Otterly.AI","url":"https://otterly.ai","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/otterly-ai","overall":7.8,"scores":{"citations":8,"engines":8,"access":7,"pricing":9,"action":7,"evidence":8},"best_for":"Small teams and solo marketers who want to start tracking AI citations on a low, published budget.","skip_if":"You need the API or MCP on the entry plan; both start at Standard.","verdict":"The cheapest credible way to start tracking AI citations; outgrow it when you need volume or the API.","cost":"Lite €29/month billed monthly (16 prompts, 4 of 7 engines; 15% off annually); Standard €189/month. Prices were shown in euros when checked; your currency may differ. Free trial. Check otterly.ai/pricing.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude; AI Mode, Gemini and Claude listed as add-ons on its feature page.","api_and_mcp":"API and MCP from Standard up.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://otterly.ai/pricing"},{"label":"AI search analytics","url":"https://otterly.ai/features/ai-search-analytics"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":6,"slug":"profound","name":"Profound","url":"https://www.tryprofound.com","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/profound","overall":7.5,"scores":{"citations":9,"engines":8,"access":6,"pricing":2,"action":8,"evidence":9},"best_for":"Large brands with budget for a sales-led enterprise platform and a team to run it.","skip_if":"You want to see a price before a demo, or you are a small team.","verdict":"Deep and enterprise-grade, but sales-led; worth a demo only if you have the budget and the team.","cost":"No public paid price. Free 7-day trial (50 prompts a day); Enterprise is custom, through a demo. Check tryprofound.com/pricing.","pricing_public":false,"engines":"Trial: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews. Enterprise up to 10: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, Gemini, DeepSeek, Claude, AI Overviews, Exa, Muse Spark, Qwen.","api_and_mcp":"Documented REST API and MCP server, Enterprise only.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing"},{"label":"Answer engine insights","url":"https://www.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-insights"},{"label":"Docs","url":"https://docs.tryprofound.com/"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":7,"slug":"se-ranking","name":"SE Ranking AI Visibility","url":"https://seranking.com/ai-visibility-tracker.html","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/se-ranking","overall":7.5,"scores":{"citations":7,"engines":7,"access":8,"pricing":9,"action":7,"evidence":8},"best_for":"SEO generalists and agencies who want AI tracking beside rank tracking at a low published price.","skip_if":"You want crawler analytics or a tool that changes the site for you.","verdict":"Good value for SEO teams who want checkable AI tracking beside their rank tracking.","cost":"Standalone AI visibility from €64/month (75 prompts); Core SEO plan €109/month includes AI prompts. Prices were shown in euros when checked. 14-day free trial. Check seranking.com/subscription.html.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot (pricing page says 5 AI engines).","api_and_mcp":"AI Visibility API and MCP; MCP on all plans.","sources":[{"label":"AI visibility tracker","url":"https://seranking.com/ai-visibility-tracker.html"},{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://seranking.com/subscription.html"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":8,"slug":"scrunch","name":"Scrunch","url":"https://scrunchai.com","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/scrunch","overall":7.1,"scores":{"citations":8,"engines":7,"access":5,"pricing":8,"action":8,"evidence":6},"best_for":"Brand and web teams who care about how AI agents read their site as much as what AI answers say.","skip_if":"You need API or MCP access without an enterprise contract.","verdict":"A solid pick if AI agents reading your site is the worry; limited for developers below Enterprise.","cost":"Core $250/month (125 prompts, 5,000 responses a month, 1 brand, 5 users; billing period not stated); Enterprise on request. 7-day free trial. Check scrunchai.com/pricing.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Core: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Copilot. Enterprise adds Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, AI Mode, Grok.","api_and_mcp":"Query and advanced API on Enterprise; MCP custom.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://scrunchai.com/pricing"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":9,"slug":"writesonic","name":"Writesonic GEO","url":"https://writesonic.com","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/writesonic","overall":6.5,"scores":{"citations":8,"engines":6,"access":2,"pricing":9,"action":8,"evidence":5},"best_for":"Content teams who want tracking and an article writer in one subscription.","skip_if":"You need API or MCP access (not verified) or more than three engines below Enterprise.","verdict":"A content-first bundle; fine for writers, thin for developers and multi-engine tracking.","cost":"Starter $79/month billed annually (50 prompts, 150 answers a day, 1 user, 15 AI articles). Free trial, no card. Check writesonic.com/pricing.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Starter to Growth: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews. Enterprise adds Perplexity, Claude, Grok, AI Mode, Muse Spark.","api_and_mcp":"Not verified. Check Writesonic's docs or ask before you buy if you need it.","sources":[{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://writesonic.com/pricing"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"},{"rank":10,"slug":"semrush-ai-visibility","name":"Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit","url":"https://www.semrush.com/kb/1493-ai-seo-toolkit","review":"https://aisearchvisibilitytools.org/tools/semrush-ai-visibility","overall":6.3,"scores":{"citations":7,"engines":5,"access":6,"pricing":9,"action":6,"evidence":5},"best_for":"Teams already paying for Semrush who want a first view of AI visibility in the tool they know.","skip_if":"You need the full engine list, raw answers or a free trial before paying.","verdict":"Convenient if you live in Semrush; specialists above track more and show more of their evidence.","cost":"Standalone $99/month (25 prompts, 1 project), no free trial; extra prompts $60 per 50. Semrush One bundles also include it. Check semrush.com/pricing.","pricing_public":true,"engines":"Names Google AI Mode and ChatGPT; check the Semrush knowledge base for the full list.","api_and_mcp":"MCP access listed from Semrush One Starter; API on Advanced. Coverage of AI visibility data not verified.","sources":[{"label":"AI SEO toolkit","url":"https://www.semrush.com/kb/1493-ai-seo-toolkit"},{"label":"Pricing","url":"https://www.semrush.com/pricing/"}],"checked":"2026-11-12"}]}