Engines, audits and suites: how AI visibility tools differ
AI visibility tools differ on the engines they check, whether they track answers over time or audit a page once, and the suite they fit into.
The short answer
Three things separate these tools: which AI engines they check, whether they track answers over time or audit a page once, and whether they sit inside a suite you already pay for. Claude and Microsoft Copilot coverage splits them, and only Rankshift tracks both. Amplitude AI Visibility has a $0 a month plan, SE Visible starts at $99 a month, and CisionOne AI Visibility is quoted by sales.
What to compare
- Engines covered. Coverage runs from two engines to nine.
- Tracking or auditing. A tracker re-runs prompts on a schedule; an audit scores a page once.
- How answers are collected. Real chat apps or engine APIs, sometimes on your own keys.
- Suite or standalone. Add-ons fit best if you already pay for the suite.
- Getting data out. An API or business-intelligence export feeds your own reports.
How the listed tools differ
| Tool | Price to start | Free start | How it checks | API |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amplitude AI Visibility | $0 a month | Free plan, 500 prompts | Inside Amplitude analytics | No |
| AI Search Watcher | €24 a month (about $27) | Free plan | Scheduled prompt re-runs | Yes |
| RadarKit | $29 a month | 7-day trial | Real browsers on the chat apps | Enterprise plan only |
| Bloomiro | $49 a month | 3-day trial | Saved prompts, plus Google Search Console | AI-tool connection only |
| CisionOne AI Visibility | Quoted by sales | No | Dashboards inside CisionOne | No |
| GEO Tool | $229 a month (autopilot) | Free one-URL check | Readiness audit; paid plan measures 5 AI systems | No |
| Rankshift | €77 a month (about $87) | 30-day trial | Prompts plus AI-crawler logs | Yes |
| Archytas AISpy | Free download | Free | Desktop app on your own API keys | No |
| auto-geo | Free, open source | Free | Command-line tool calling engine APIs | Command-line output only |
| SE Visible | $99 a month | 10-day trial | Prompts, refreshed about weekly | Yes |
Engines covered
Rankshift says it tracks nine engines, including Claude, Copilot and Meta AI; Grok is not covered. Cision says CisionOne AI Visibility monitors nine platforms, including Claude, Grok and DeepSeek; Copilot is not covered. Mangools says AI Search Watcher monitors eight, among them Claude, Grok, Mistral and Llama, without Copilot or Perplexity. RadarKit and Bloomiro track the same six: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, with no Claude. SE Visible tracks five engines, without Claude or Copilot. Amplitude AI Visibility covers ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, a thin read if your customers ask Gemini or Claude.
Tracking or auditing
GEO Tool suits buyers who want a fast, free readiness read: its check needs no signup and scores one URL from 0 to 100 on technical readiness, such as structured data and entity linking, without showing whether engines cite you today. Its autopilot, from $229 a month, measures 5 AI systems and drafts content you approve, starting with a call. auto-geo suits developer-led teams: it scores pages against 8 checks, rewrites them for roughly $0.06 per generated page, and measures citations through engine APIs, missing the consumer apps and Google AI Overviews. The other tools track answers over time. RadarKit refreshes every 72 hours on its Lite plan. Rankshift logs AI-crawler visits to your site on every self-serve plan, for teams that want crawler logs beside the widest engine coverage.
Suite or standalone
Amplitude AI Visibility suits growth teams already on Amplitude who want visibility tied to revenue. AI Search Watcher fits teams using Mangools’ keyword tools, and it also sells alone at $15.60 a month billed annually. SE Visible suits small agencies on SE Ranking and is sold on its own too. CisionOne AI Visibility is a paid add-on for public relations teams on CisionOne; Vendr reports a median Cision contract of $12,625 a year. RadarKit, sold alone, suits small marketing teams and solo consultants on a budget, and bundles content, outreach and Reddit agents. Bloomiro puts search and AI-answer visibility in one dashboard for software marketing teams. Archytas AISpy suits solo consultants who want tracking without a subscription, paying only their own API usage.
Getting data out
RadarKit keeps its API for the custom-quoted Enterprise plan. Bloomiro connects only to AI tools, which suits assistant workflows but not a data warehouse. Amplitude AI Visibility, Rankshift and Archytas AISpy export to business-intelligence tools.
Who should look elsewhere
- Non-technical teams wanting a hosted dashboard: auto-geo is command-line only, and Archytas AISpy runs on your desktop with your own keys.
- Buyers who want published prices or a trial: CisionOne AI Visibility has neither, and it needs an existing CisionOne subscription.
- Teams tracking hundreds of prompts: Rankshift adds prompts one at a time, with no bulk import.
- Buyers who weigh a public track record: RadarKit is under a year old, and Rankshift has no user reviews yet on Slashdot or SourceForge.
Sources
- Amplitude pricing amplitude.com
- AI Search Watcher plans and pricing mangools.com
- RadarKit pricing radarkit.ai
- Bloomiro pricing bloomiro.com
- CisionOne pricing request cision.com
- GEO Tool geo-tool.com
- Rankshift pricing rankshift.ai
- Archytas AISpy archytasdigital.com
- auto-geo github.com
- SE Visible visible.seranking.com
