# 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. AthenaHQ AEO/GEO platform tracking brand visibility across 11 AI models, with content and technical actions. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Human help exists but only in the custom-quoted tier: Enterprise buyers get a named specialist and white-glove onboarding, not a delivery agency.](https://athenahq.ai/plans) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Copilot appears in the free Essential plan's model list, so no paid plan is required to track it.](https://athenahq.ai/plans) - [Meta AI: partial — Meta AI is one of the eleven Starter models and is named among those switched off for Free plan users.](https://docs.athenahq.ai/guides/add-website) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Wrong answers about you: partial — Oracle flags false claims against your verified facts, but it needs at least 25 verified Knowledge Base facts and is sold as an Enterprise capability.](https://docs.athenahq.ai/oracle) [View AthenaHQ](https://citedindex.com/athenahq) ### 2. Promptwatch AI search visibility tracking with crawler logs and content agents that publish to your CMS. **Research coverage:** 30/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Self-serve tiers are software only; the quote-only Custom tier adds managed content workflows plus a dedicated success manager, which is the closest the vendor comes to doing the work for you.](https://promptwatch.com/pricing) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is listed as its own model row alongside AI Overviews in the plan table and appears in the documented live-search group, so it is tracked separately from classic Gemini.](https://promptwatch.com/pricing) - [Claude: yes — Anthropic (Claude) is ticked on every published brand plan, but the docs class it as an API model that answers from training knowledge, so citations appear only when the provider returns sources.](https://promptwatch.com/docs/academy/choosing-your-models) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Generates content: partial — Content Agents write new articles from citation data, but the entry Essential plan is sold with no article allowance at all; monthly AEO Articles start at five on Professional and ten on Business.](https://promptwatch.com/pricing) [View Promptwatch](https://citedindex.com/promptwatch) ### 3. LLM Pulse Tracks brand mentions, citations and sentiment in AI answers, and drafts content to win more of them. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is part of the same five-model inclusion on every plan, and the vendor treats it as a distinct surface from AI Overviews.](https://llmpulse.ai/faq) - [Meta AI: partial — Meta AI appears in the add-on price table as 'Meta AI / Muse' from EUR 12 per month on weekly Starter, so it is never part of the included bundle.](https://llmpulse.ai/pricing/ai-models) - [AI crawler analytics: partial — Agent Analytics reads server logs to identify AI bots, but the vendor scopes it to Scale plans with per-URL breakdowns reserved for Enterprise.](https://llmpulse.ai/features/agent-analytics) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Publishes to your site: no — Generated content leaves the product as a file or a copy-paste; the vendor's own list of delivery options for GEO Writer output names no CMS destination, and no CMS integration appears on the site.](https://llmpulse.ai/features/geo-writer) - [Brand sentiment: partial — Sentiment analysis is excluded from the entry Starter plan and first appears on Growth; deeper 7-dimension reputation reports sit higher again, on Scale.](https://llmpulse.ai/pricing) [View LLM Pulse](https://citedindex.com/llm-pulse) ### 4. Dageno AI answer monitoring and market intelligence across seven AI platforms, with citation and competitor evidence. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Citadex:** - [Done-for-you service: yes — A separate managed GEO/AEO service puts Dageno staff on diagnosis, content and source work as a delivered project, and a partner programme adds agency white-label and referral arrangements.](https://www.dageno.ai/services/geo-managed-service) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is one of the seven standard platforms, covered as a separate surface from AI Overview with its own answers and visible-source tracking.](https://www.dageno.ai/model/we-monitor-google-ai-mode) - [Microsoft Copilot: yes — Microsoft Copilot completes the seven standard platforms, monitored within the target market and project configuration like the other Google and OpenAI surfaces.](https://www.dageno.ai/model/we-monitor-microsoft-copilot) **Trade-offs against Citadex:** - [Publishes to your site: no — Dageno states its own data connections change nothing on your site, and no CMS connector is documented anywhere; only the human managed-service team publishes, and then to Reddit, media and directories rather than your CMS.](https://www.dageno.ai/pricing) - [Recommendations: partial — Dageno does prescribe changes rather than only reporting, but the issues-and-opportunities surface that carries those recommendations is withheld from Starter and begins on the Growth plan.](https://www.dageno.ai/pricing) - [Card required to start: no — The standing free surface needs no account at all, so nothing can be charged to start; Dageno does not state whether the separate 7-day trial attached to paid plans asks for payment details.](https://www.dageno.ai/free-tools/ai-visibility) [View Dageno](https://citedindex.com/dageno-ai) ### 5. 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) - [Card required to start: no — The free plan grants 120 credits with no card; billing only starts when you pick a subscription.](https://www.qwairy.co/pricing) [View Qwairy](https://citedindex.com/qwairy) ### 6. 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) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.