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Promptwatch
AI search visibility tracking with crawler logs and content agents that publish to your CMS.
From $95/monthWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle 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.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Claude · YesAnthropic (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.Evidence ↗
- +DeepSeek · YesDeepSeek is a listed model row ticked from the Essential plan upward, and the docs place it among API models whose answers reflect training knowledge rather than today's search results.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −Generates content · PartialContent 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.Evidence ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialCrawler log ingestion and Agent Analytics are real but gated: the Crawler Logs row is crossed out on the entry Essential plan and starts at 25M log lines on Professional.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 02
AthenaHQ
AEO/GEO platform tracking brand visibility across 11 AI models, with content and technical actions.
From FreeWhy it's on this listProjects or brands · YesSeveral brands per organisation: websites are separate objects with their own credits, members and integrations, and can be pooled into groups.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Self-serve signup · YesBoth the free and the Starter plan are bought from the page itself through sign-up and Stripe checkout; only Enterprise routes to sales.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −Grok · PartialGrok is supported only once you pay: it is one of the models the docs name as disabled on the Free plan and requiring Starter or Enterprise.Evidence ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialYou see whether each AI crawler is allowed or blocked, tested live, but this is access verification rather than a log of actual bot visits.Evidence ↗
- −Countries · PartialOnboarding sets one country and language per site, and multi-region tracking is withheld from Starter and sold only on Enterprise.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 03
SEOmatic
Autonomous SEO agents that diagnose, write, publish to your CMS and track visibility in AI answers.
From FreeWhy it's on this listDone-for-you service · YesA separate done-for-you line has the vendor's own team configure and run the agents, quoted at fixed prices from $1,500 and a $2,500 monthly managed option.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode ('google-ai-mode') is listed among the engines a buyer can switch on, but it is not scanned until selected.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesClaude ('anthropic') is queried by default alongside ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and the product also publishes per-engine Claude visibility scores.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −DeepSeek · NoDeepSeek is absent from the vendor's complete list of selectable monitor engines, which enumerates eight options and three defaults with no open-ended wording.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoMeta AI is not among the eight engines the visibility monitor can be set to query; the API documents the engine set as a closed list of options.Evidence ↗
- −Prompt or credit allowance · PartialPlans are metered in AI credits rather than a published prompt count; the free plan states one visibility scan and the API documents a plan prompt allowance it does not quantify publicly.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
Rankshift
Credit-metered AI visibility, citation and crawler tracking with unlimited projects and seats.
From €77/monthWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is named as a distinct tracked platform alongside AI Overviews, and the credit calculator offers it as a selectable engine at two credits per run.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Claude · YesClaude is tracked on every plan, but the published calculator charges five credits per run against two for most engines, so it drains a credit pool faster.Evidence ↗
- +Meta AI · YesMeta AI closes the nine-engine inventory at two credits per run; the plan tooltips call the same engine 'Llama (Meta)', so naming differs between pages.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −Publishes to your site · NoThe enumerated integrations are reporting destinations only, and the content flow ends with the user publishing.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoThe agency offering is a partner programme for agencies that run the tool themselves on client workspaces, with pitch projects and training, not a done-for-you service delivered by Rankshift staff.Evidence ↗
- −Grok · NoGrok is absent from every engine inventory the vendor publishes, including this enumerated FAQ answer, the calculator's complete model selector and both feature-page lists.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 05
Conductor
Enterprise AEO platform: AI visibility tracking, content generation, 24/7 site monitoring and API/MCP access.
Why it's on this listDone-for-you service · YesA Professional Services team sells strategic consulting and project work, including building the personas, topics and prompts that the tracking runs on, scoped per engagement rather than as a standing retainer.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a separately selectable engine, though the vendor states city and state level tracking is not available for it.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesClaude is tracked on its default Sonnet model, but the vendor's location tables exclude it from both granular and many country level locations.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −Publishes to your site · NoDrafts leave Conductor as a downloaded .docx brief; the CMS integrations surface recommendations inside Drupal and trigger audits in WordPress rather than pushing content live.Evidence ↗
- −DeepSeek · NoDeepSeek is absent from the vendor's own complete list of currently supported engines, and the vendor invites requests for engines it does not yet cover.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoMeta AI does not appear in the enumerated list of engines Conductor currently supports, nor in the credits estimator which prices each selectable engine.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 06
Qwairy
GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a separate Core model at 1 credit per answer, listed alongside AI Overview rather than folded into it.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Cognizo
- +Claude · YesAnthropic 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.Evidence ↗
- +Projects or brands · YesSeveral brands per account: 1 workspace on Starter, 5 on Growth, 20 on Business, unlimited on Enterprise, each with its own brands, competitors and prompts.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Cognizo
- −Publishes to your site · NoNo 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.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoQwairy sells the tooling, not the delivery: agencies run their own GEO retainers on it, and the agency plans are white-label platform seats rather than a managed service.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoAbsent from the ten engines Qwairy enumerates by name, and absent from both the Core and Premium model tables in its docs.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria
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