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Best AI SEO tools (2026): prices compared

Software that tracks how a brand is mentioned or cited in AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) and/or helps businesses optimize content to win those AI citations and search rankings.

20 tools read4 with a free plan$10 to $250/moChecked Oct 29, 2026

The short answer

Tools compared20
Lowest starting price
$10 · Ziptie
Free plans
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Prices published
18 of 20
Sales-led only
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AI SEO tools at a glance

Median starting price$95/moHalf start between $30 and $112
Free plan20%80% offer a time-limited trial
Buy online100%Sign up and pay without a sales call
Sales only0%Demo or contact sales to buy
How they charge
Flat tiers55%11 tools
Credits20%4 tools
Quote only25%5 tools

Vendors whose domain dates from 2023 or later start at a median $95/mo, 2% above the $93 of older ones (7 newer, 6 older, public USD prices).

Every AI SEO tool, side by side

ToolStarts atUsage priceFree planHow you buyChecksChecked
Ziptie $10/mo $0.01/minute – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Rankscale $17/mo yearly – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Ahrefs Brand Radar $20/mo – Yes Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Otterly.AI $25/mo yearly – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Cloro $30/mo – Yes Self-serve 4/8 Oct 29, 2026
SE Ranking AI Visibility $45/mo yearly – – Both 8/8 Oct 29, 2026
LLM Pulse $48/mo yearly – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Superlines €69/mo yearly – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Nightwatch €79/mo yearly – – Both 8/8 Oct 29, 2026
Rankability $80.83/mo yearly – – Both 6/8 Oct 29, 2026
Peec AI $95/mo – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Sight AI $99/mo – – Both 8/8 Oct 29, 2026
Searchable $100/mo yearly – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
RankAI $199/mo – Yes Both 6/8 Oct 29, 2026
Scrunch AI $250/mo – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Conductor – – – Both 6/8 Oct 29, 2026
Dageno – – Yes Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Local Dominator – – – Both 6/8 Oct 29, 2026
Profound – – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026
Similarweb AI Search – – – Both 7/8 Oct 29, 2026

The tools

Ziptieziptie.ai tracks how a brand appears in up to 7 AI search engines and sells plans built from prompt count, refresh cadence and engine count.$10 /moRankscaleRankscale tracks how brands appear in AI search engine answers across 17+ engines, with citation, sentiment, competitor and page audit tools.$17 /moAhrefs Brand RadarAhrefs is a subscription SEO and marketing platform that covers search data, site audits, rank tracking and AI-search visibility tracking.$20 /moOtterly.AIOtterlyAI tracks how brands are mentioned and cited across AI search engines and gives recommendations to improve visibility.$25 /moClorocloro is a credit-based API that returns parsed answers and cited sources from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google search surfaces as JSON.$30 /moSE Ranking AI VisibilitySE Ranking is an SEO platform covering rank tracking, keyword and backlink research, site audits and AI search visibility tracking, sold in self-serve plans with an enterprise option.$45 /moLLM PulseLLM Pulse is a platform that tracks what AI assistants say about a brand, which AI bots crawl its site, and the traffic AI sends it.$48 /moSuperlinesAI search visibility platform that tracks how brands appear in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other AI engines.€69 /moNightwatchNightwatch is a rank tracking platform that also tracks brand visibility in AI answers (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) from one keyword list.€79 /moRankabilityAI search visibility platform for agencies that tracks client brand mentions across AI engines and also covers content, audits, backlinks and reporting.$80.83 /moPeec AIPeec AI tracks how a brand shows up in AI search answers (visibility, position, sentiment) across models like ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Mode.$95 /moSight AISight AI is a subscription platform that tracks brand visibility in AI answers and Google rankings, writes and publishes articles, and exposes its tools over MCP.$99 /moSearchableSearchable is an AI search optimization platform that tracks a brand's mentions and citations across AI engines and generates content and technical recommendations.$100 /moRankAIRankAI is a service that researches, publishes and measures SEO and AI-search content for a website, running continuously on top of the live site.$199 /moScrunch AIScrunch tracks how a brand appears in AI answers and helps optimize websites for AI agents.$250 /moConductorEnterprise platform for tracking brand visibility in AI answer engines and traditional search, with AI content creation and site monitoring.QuoteDagenoDageno is an AEO/GEO platform that tracks how brands, products and ads appear in AI search answers across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and other AI engines.QuoteLocal DominatorLocal SEO platform for agencies that tracks Google Maps rankings and visibility across six AI engines.QuoteProfoundProfound is an AI marketing platform that tracks how brands appear in AI answer engines and runs AI agents for marketing work.QuoteSimilarweb AI SearchSimilarweb is a digital intelligence platform covering web traffic, SEO, ads, apps, retail and sales data, with an AI Search Intelligence product for tracking brand visibility in AI answers.Quote

How this list is made

Every price is read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date shown and tied to the line it came from. Tools are ordered by what they cost at a typical volume, then by starting price. No one pays to be listed or ranked.