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6 Directive alternatives (2026)
The closest alternatives to Directive in October 2026 are SEOmatic, Conductor and Citeme.
6 tools compared · entry plans $33.05 to $86.28 a month · 3 with a free plan · prices checked 13 September–19 October 2026
Reviewed by the CitedIndex editorial team.
Directive and its alternatives at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Starts at | Better than Directive at | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Directive | B2B technology and industrial marketing teams who need AI answers to name their brand | On quote source | 18 October 2026 | |
| Conductor | Enterprise SEO and content teams that want AI visibility, classic SEO, content generation and technical monitoring in one platform, with budget for a five-to-six-figure annual contract. | On quote source | Coverage in the vendor’s words, How often it checks | 6 October 2026 |
| Citeme | marketing teams that want AI-answer measurement and the content work from one supplier | From about $33/month source | Coverage in the vendor’s words, How often it checks | 19 October 2026 |
| EdenRank | A brand or growth team that wants a source-verifiable answer-visibility score, with buying-intent diagnosis and an approval-gated execution agent they can switch on. | Free, then $59/month source | Coverage in the vendor’s words, How often it checks | 13 September 2026 |
“About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 22 October 2026.
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SEOmaticVerified
Autonomous SEO agents that diagnose, write, publish to your CMS and track visibility in AI answers.
From FreeWhy it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesEight engines are selectable with three scanned by default; the paid cards state weekly scanning on Launch and daily on Scale and above.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesScans run weekly by default with daily or manual as alternatives; the plan cards put weekly on Launch and daily from Scale upward, and daily is plan-gated.Source ↗
- +Self-serve signup · YesFree and all three published tiers start from signup buttons with no sales contact; only the custom Enterprise workspace routes to a demo booking.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
None found.
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Conductor
Enterprise AEO platform: AI visibility tracking, content generation, 24/7 site monitoring and API/MCP access.
Why it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesNine engine surfaces are supported and chosen per topic, each consuming a different credit rate per response, so engine breadth is a budget decision rather than a plan limit.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesCadence is set per topic as daily, weekly or monthly, and the vendor warns that daily collection substantially increases credit consumption for those prompts.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
None found.
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Citeme
GEO/SEO agency and self-serve platform that tracks brand citations across ten AI engines.
From €29.50/month (about $33)Why it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesTen engines are stated as the full coverage, and the self-serve plan row confirms all ten AI models are included rather than tiered.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesThe entry plan includes one automatic audit plus five manual ones each week, and scheduled audits can be set to run weekly or daily.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
- −Microsoft Copilot · NoMicrosoft Copilot appears nowhere in the vendor's stated complete set of ten audited surfaces, so it is not tracked on any plan.Source ↗
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Qwairy
GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across AI engines and recommends content and technical fixes.
From FreeWhy it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesThe vendor enumerates eighteen engines and model families available on every plan, marking each as collected through the consumer interface, the API, or both, with no per-tier engine gating in the comparison table.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesMonitoring frequency is selectable per configuration and the same three options appear on every tier, so cadence is not a reason to upgrade.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
- −Done-for-you service · NoQwairy sells software to agencies rather than doing the work: the agency programme is tooling to pitch, deliver and white-label GEO services for their own clients.Source ↗
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EdenRankVerified
AI citation monitoring with an approval-first execution and verification loop across eight answer engines.
From FreeWhy it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesCoverage is tiered: Free monitors three named engines, Starter six, Growth and above all supported engines, reaching ten including Grok and Mistral.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesPaid tracking is weekly with a daily rerun of the top prompts - ten on Growth, twenty on Pro, forty on Agency; Free gets a monthly digest by default.Source ↗
- +Self-serve signup · YesSign-up, plan choice and upgrades all run through in-app checkout; the free multi-engine checker even works without an account.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
- −Done-for-you service · NoThe delegated tier is run by a bounded software agent inside the workspace, not by EdenRank staff; human contact is email support and onboarding.Source ↗
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Rankshift
Credit-metered AI visibility, citation and crawler tracking with unlimited projects and seats.
From €77/month (about $86)Why it's on this listCoverage in the vendor’s words · YesNine engines are published, with no per-tier engine restriction: every plan says 'Track all LLMs', and the limit is credits rather than coverage, with Claude and Copilot costing five credits a run instead of two.Source ↗
Where it improves on Directive
- +How often it checks · YesCadence is set per prompt and drives credit burn: the plan rows promise daily or weekly refresh, while the calculator sells frequencies from once weekly up to daily.Source ↗
- +Self-serve signup · YesAll three published tiers register and pay in the dashboard with no sales contact, and the trial starts without a card; only Enterprise routes through 'Talk to Sales'.Source ↗
Trade-offs against Directive
- −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.Source ↗
What to watch for
- ConductorConductor does not publish a rate card for Essentials, Growth, or Enterprise. The $26,800 to $500,000+ per year range and $48,950 median cited here come from Vendr's aggregated real-world contract data as reported by an independent reviewer (tryanalyze.ai), not from Conductor's own site. Treat it as a reported range rather than an official price.
- EdenRankThe /proof page's controlled-measurement section reports no detectable effect from 8 controlled before/after samples on EdenRank's own hub pages, and the vendor has frozen hub growth pending a pre-registered readout on 2026-09-06. The product is not currently shipping on the public evidence it produces for its own brand.
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What are the best alternatives to Directive?
SEOmatic, Conductor and Citeme are the closest. They share the most of Directive's features.
What is the cheapest alternative to Directive?
SEOmatic, Qwairy and EdenRank have a free plan. The lowest paid plan is Citeme, from about $33/month. Price checked on 19 October 2026.
Which tools here have a free plan?
3 of the 6: SEOmatic, Qwairy and EdenRank.
When were these prices checked?
We read these prices between 13 September 2026 and 19 October 2026, each on the tool's own pricing page.
Sources and method
Closest first: most of Directive's features, then the fewest gaps. How we rank
We read every price on the tool's own pricing page.
- Directive: directiveconsulting.com/diy-course-pricing, checked 18 October 2026
- SEOmatic: seomatic.ai/pricing, checked 3 October 2026
- Conductor: conductor.com/pricing, checked 6 October 2026
- Citeme: citeme.io/pricing, checked 19 October 2026
- Qwairy: qwairy.co/pricing, checked 10 October 2026
- EdenRank: edenrank.com/pricing, checked 13 September 2026
- Rankshift: rankshift.ai/pricing, checked 30 September 2026
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