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Rankability
AI search visibility tracking, site auditing and content optimisation for marketing agencies.
From $99/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesPage Content Auditor audits an existing page and on-page content optimization is in every plan.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Generates content · YesCopywriter researches a topic, builds a brief and drafts the content; human approval still required.Evidence ↗
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is included on the cheapest plan, Starter.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Done-for-you service · NoRankability sells software to agencies; the work is done by the buyer's own team, not by Rankability staff.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 02
Promptwatch
AI search visibility platform for brand mentions, citations and AI crawler logs, with content agents.
From FreeWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesContent Gap Analysis is included from Essential; the page-rewriting Content Optimization agent starts at Professional (5/mo, 10/mo on Business).Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Publishes to your site · YesDrafts push to a connected CMS as an unpublished draft, then publish live as a separate step; the pricing table marks the WordPress row 'Coming soon'.Evidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesLive-search platform, one of the three default models on a new monitor, and among the heaviest citers.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Done-for-you service · PartialA fully managed option exists, but the vendor states its own agents do the work; it is ticked only on Business and the Custom tier, which adds a dedicated success manager.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 03
Rank Prompt
AI visibility platform: prompt monitoring across six answer engines, plus content, citation outreach and site audits.
From FreeWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesAudits pages you already have and returns per-issue severity, affected pages and step-by-step fixes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Generates content · YesEight article formats, typically 1,500-3,000 words, written after a live web research pass.Evidence ↗
- +Publishes to your site · YesDirect one-click publish, but only to WordPress or Rank Prompt's own hosted blog; Webflow is listed as coming soon.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Microsoft Copilot · NoAbsent from the closed six-platform monitoring list; Copilot appears only in GA4 referral-traffic detection, which measures human visits rather than answers.Evidence ↗
- −DeepSeek · NoNot named anywhere on the site; absent from the closed six-platform enumeration repeated on at least five pages.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
Frase
SEO and GEO content platform: audit, research, write, publish, then track AI citations.
From $49/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesA GEO score sits beside the draft and names the specific changes; published URLs can be pasted in and re-scored.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Generates content · YesWrites full drafts and images from its own research in a trained brand voice; article volume is metered per plan (10 / 40 / 100 a month).Evidence ↗
- +Publishes to your site · YesOne-click publishing to four external CMSs, or hosting on its own FraseCMS; Content Guard can also republish approved fixes.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Done-for-you service · NoSoftware the agency operates itself; Enterprise adds a dedicated account manager and SLA, not done-for-you content work.Evidence ↗
- −Card required to start · No7-day trial starts without a card; billing details are only added when a plan is chosen.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 05
Finseo
AI visibility platform tracking brand mentions and citations across AI answer engines, with GEO content and attribution.
From €84/monthWhy it's on this listPerplexity · YesPerplexity is a named tracked engine with its own tracker page; it counts against the three parallel models a plan includes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Gemini · YesGemini is tracked in the Google app grounded in Search, listed separately from AI Overviews and AI Mode in the model table.Evidence ↗
- +Google AI Overviews · YesGoogle AI Overviews is listed as a tracked surface, described in the model table as bookable on any plan rather than a default.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Recommendations · PartialIt produces a ranked action plan with projected impact rather than only reporting, but the Tasks module is struck through on the Starter tier.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialA versioned REST API with an OpenAPI spec exists, but the brand plan table withholds API and webhooks from Starter and Business; agency tiers all include it.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 06
Dageno AI
GEO monitoring with marketing agents: tracks AI answer visibility across 252 regions and drafts the content to fix gaps.
From $79/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesAudits existing pages for content gaps and tells you what to change.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Elmo
- +Generates content · YesA Content Writer Agent is listed on every paid tier, including Starter.Evidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesListed in the platform enumeration and in the engine-coverage FAQ.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Elmo
- −Done-for-you service · PartialSoftware-led, but Enterprise plans can add onboarding services; agencies get white-label dashboards rather than done-for-you work.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialA public Open API with per-project x-api-key exists, but the Enterprise tier is the one described as requiring API access and the plan-row cells are unmarked.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established
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