# Alternatives to Citadex > Source: https://citedindex.com/citadex/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Qwairy GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is a separate Core model at 1 credit per answer, listed alongside AI Overview rather than folded into it.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/get-started/credits) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic API models only (Haiku 4.5 through Opus, 4-20 credits per answer); Claude has no Core row, so the public Claude experience is not sampled.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/get-started/credits) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Core model at 1 credit per answer from the public Copilot experience; Microsoft has no premium API row, so Copilot is UI-collected only.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/get-started/credits) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Publishes to your site: no — No CMS connector exists; API v1 exposes Content Studio articles read-only for you to syndicate, and the article's finalUrl field is the published URL you set yourself.](https://docs.qwairy.co/developers/endpoints/content/list) - [Wrong answers about you: partial — Fact Check extracts claims from answers mentioning the brand and compares them with a Source of Truth, with verdicts including Incorrect and Outdated, but it is in private beta and the Compare plans table excludes it from Starter.](https://docs.qwairy.co/documentation/analyze/fact-check) [View Qwairy](https://citedindex.com/qwairy) ### 2. AthenaHQ AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand visibility across AI answer engines and prescribes fixes. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — A certified GEO/SEO specialist and white-glove enablement come only with Enterprise.](https://athenahq.ai/plans/) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Included on every plan, free tier included.](https://athenahq.ai/) - [Meta AI: partial — Meta AI is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.](https://athenahq.ai/) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Projects or brands: partial — Multiple websites are negotiated on Enterprise; Starter is not stated to cover several brands.](https://athenahq.ai/plans/) - [Countries: partial — Starter is single-region; multi-country tracking is Enterprise only.](https://athenahq.ai/plans/) [View AthenaHQ](https://citedindex.com/athenahq) ### 3. Rankscale Credit-based AI visibility tracker for brand mentions, citations and sentiment across 17+ AI engines. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode named alongside AI Overviews in the same tracker claim.](https://rankscale.ai/) - [Claude: yes — Named in the engine list, available on every plan.](https://rankscale.ai/pricing) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Microsoft Copilot named in the engine list, available on every plan.](https://rankscale.ai/pricing) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Generates content: no — The vendor's enumerated product stack is monitoring, analysis and auditing; no content writing module.](https://rankscale.ai/) - [Publishes to your site: no — No CMS publishing anywhere in the enumerated stack or the plan comparison table.](https://rankscale.ai/) [View Rankscale](https://citedindex.com/rankscale) ### 4. LLM Pulse AI search visibility and GEO platform tracking brand mentions, citations and sentiment across five AI models. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is one of the five models on every plan.](https://llmpulse.ai/faq) - [AI crawler analytics: partial — Agent Analytics reads server logs for AI bots on Scale; per-URL breakdowns only on Enterprise.](https://llmpulse.ai/features/agent-analytics) - [Card required to start: yes — The 14-day trial on weekly Starter, Growth and Scale requires a payment method up front.](https://llmpulse.ai/llms-full.txt) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Publishes to your site: no — Output leaves as PDF, Markdown or clipboard; no CMS connector appears in the enumerated integrations.](https://llmpulse.ai/features/geo-writer) - [Brand sentiment: partial — Sentiment is excluded from Starter and included from Growth up; Reputation reports score seven dimensions from Scale up.](https://llmpulse.ai/pricing) [View LLM Pulse](https://citedindex.com/llm-pulse) ### 5. Rank Prompt AI visibility platform: prompt monitoring across six answer engines, plus content, citation outreach and site audits. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Done-for-you service: yes — Rank Prompt's own in-house team sells a done-for-you retainer at $1,500/mo advisory and from $2,500/mo full execution, sold through a strategy call.](https://rankprompt.com/geo-agency/) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Covered as a single Google slot the vendor writes as "Google AI Mode (AI Overviews)", bundled on every plan.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) - [Claude: yes — Bundled on every plan; a search-enabled "Claude Search" variant is sold as an extra engine.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Gemini: partial — Real but metered as an add-on engine: available on any plan, at one extra credit per prompt rather than inside the bundle.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) - [Microsoft Copilot: no — Absent from the closed six-platform monitoring list; Copilot appears only in GA4 referral-traffic detection, which measures human visits rather than answers.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) - [DeepSeek: no — Not named anywhere on the site; absent from the closed six-platform enumeration repeated on at least five pages.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) [View Rank Prompt](https://citedindex.com/rankprompt) ### 6. Searchable AI visibility monitoring, site audits and content generation for answer engine optimisation. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Appears in the plan comparison's enumerated engine list, selectable at onboarding; no prose elsewhere describes it.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) - [AI crawler analytics: yes — Crawler log analysis is part of technical optimisation.](https://www.searchable.com/features) - [API: yes — API access is listed on every published plan card, including the cheapest.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Publishes to your site: partial — Vendor states direct exports to CMSes but describes it as export, not scheduled publishing.](https://www.searchable.com/features) - [Coverage in the vendor’s words: partial — Three engines are standard; Copilot, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek are add-ons or Custom-plan integrations, and the coverage set is chosen at onboarding.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) - [Wrong answers about you: partial — Vendor claims brand fact accuracy is measured in AI answers, but publishes no dedicated false-claim flagging workflow.](https://www.searchable.com/features/aeo-insights) [View Searchable](https://citedindex.com/searchable) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.