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Best-of · ranked by public facts only · Oct 2026
Affordable AI visibility tracking tools for startups
22 AI visibility trackers sell a self-serve plan for $100 a month or less. The cheapest way in is Ubersuggest at $12 a month for 10 prompts. On a tight budget, compare three things: the price per prompt, how many AI engines each prompt is checked on, and whether you can try it free without a card.
How this list is ranked. Only by numbers anyone can check on the vendors' own pricing pages: monthly price, prompts, engines and trial terms. We haven't finished hands-on testing yet, so this page says nothing about accuracy or data quality. When our test results are in, they'll be added here and the ranking will change if they warrant it.
| # | Tool | Monthly | Prompts | $ / prompt | Engines on entry plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ubersuggest | $12 | 10 | $1.20 | 3 | One-time 7-day free trial on monthly plans |
| 2 | Searcherries | $13 | 10 daily | $1.30 | choose up to 6 AI platforms (names shown as icons only) | 14-day free trial; "No billing during trial" |
| 3 | Otterly.AI | $29 | 15 daily | $1.93 | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot | Free trial for new users; length and card not stated on page |
| 4 | Promptmonitor | $29 | 25 | $1.16 | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Perplexity | "Try free for 7 days" on each paid plan |
| 5 | TopCited | $29 | – | – | – | 7-day free trial; charged after trial unless cancelled |
| 6 | Mangools AI Search Watcher | $30.50 | 500 | $0.06 | LLM list collapsed on page ("+5 more") | No |
| 7 | Cairrot | $39 | 15 | $2.60 | ChatGPT, Perplexity | No |
| 8 | ZipTie | $42.75 | – | – | presets editable; price scales with number of engines (3 in the default) | 7-day free trial, 25 daily prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Copilot; no card |
| 9 | Frase | $49 | 50 daily | $0.98 | ChatGPT | Free 7-day trial, no credit card |
| 10 | Geoptie | $49 | 15 daily | $3.27 | any 4 of 7 engines per brand | No |
| 11 | Ahrefs Brand Radar | $50 | – daily | – | 1 check per prompt per platform per location; Claude uses 8 checks per update | No |
| 12 | HubSpot AEO | $50 | 25 | $2 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | Free trial offered; length and card not stated |
| 13 | AIclicks | $59 | 30 daily | $1.97 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | 3-day free trial on Starter and Pro, no credit card |
| 14 | Knowatoa | $59 | – | – | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode | "Start free trial"; length and card not stated |
| 15 | LLMrefs | $79 | 500 weekly | $0.16 | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI, DeepSeek | 7-day free trial; "Cancel anytime" |
| 16 | Peec AI | $95 | 50 daily | $1.90 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini | "Start free trial" link; length and card not stated on page |
| 17 | Analyze | $99 | 25 daily | $3.96 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity | Free trial offered; length and card not stated |
| 18 | Rankscale | $99 | – | – | 17+ engines; pick per search term | Pro free for 7 days |
| 19 | SE Visible (SE Ranking) | $99 | 200 daily | $0.50 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews | "Start free trial" on Basic and Core; length not stated on page |
| 20 | Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | $99 | 25 daily | $3.96 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | Page footer: "Try Semrush free for seven days" |
| 21 | Writesonic GEO | $99 | 50 daily | $1.98 | ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews | Free trial; "Start free. No credit card needed." |
| 22 | Trakkr | $100 | 50 daily | $2 | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI | 14-day free trial on Growth; card required |
What a small budget actually buys
Entry plans in this range track somewhere between a handful and a couple of hundred prompts. For a startup, that's usually enough to watch your category's "best X for Y" questions and a few comparisons with named competitors, but not enough to cover every product line or country. Check how often the plan re-runs each prompt: weekly runs on a cheap plan can miss swings that daily runs catch, because AI answers change a lot from one run to the next.
Before you pay
- Start with a free checker. Several big SEO companies offer one-off free checks; see our comparison. They won't track you over time, but they show whether you're mentioned at all.
- Use the trial on your real prompts. Load the questions your customers actually ask, not the tool's suggestions.
- Check the engines. If your buyers use ChatGPT and Google's AI answers, a plan that skips either is the wrong plan, whatever it costs.
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