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Cognizo
AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with agents that create and publish content.
From $499/monthWhy it's on this listTechnical AEO · YesGenerates llms.txt and schema, and audits crawlability, metadata and internal linkingEvidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +Claude · YesClaude named as trackable and as a measured platform on the insights pageEvidence ↗
- +Grok · YesNamed in the vendor's list of trackable platformsEvidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −Projects or brands · PartialMultiple brands and workspaces are listed only under Enterprise; the published tiers name no brand allowanceEvidence ↗
- −Self-serve signup · NoEvery plan, including the $499 Platform tier, routes to Book a demo, and onboarding includes a call with a customer success partner.Evidence ↗
- −BI export · PartialReporting can be scheduled into any tool or live dashboard via API/MCP; no named warehouse or BI connector is described in proseEvidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 02
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 listTechnical AEO · YesFree llms.txt generator plus crawl/schema checks; the browser extension validates structured data and robots/sitemap status.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +Grok · YesGrok is named second in the platform enumeration.Evidence ↗
- +DeepSeek · PartialClaimed in the coverage FAQ but absent from the pricing page's seven-platform enumeration.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −Publishes to your site · PartialCMS integrations (Wordpress, Shopify) appear only in the Enterprise column; Starter to Scale list Cloudflare, GA4 and GCP.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 ↗
- −BI export · NoThe published integration list covers CDNs and analytics only; no BI tool or warehouse destination appears on any tier.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 listTechnical AEO · YesLighthouse and technical checks covering Core Web Vitals, schema problems and crawlability blockers.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +Done-for-you service · YesRank 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.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesBundled on every plan; a search-enabled "Claude Search" variant is sold as an extra engine.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −Gemini · PartialReal but metered as an add-on engine: available on any plan, at one extra credit per prompt rather than inside the bundle.Evidence ↗
- −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 ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · NoWhat it measures is inbound human sessions referred from AI surfaces via GA4, not AI bots crawling your site.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
Promptwatch
AI search visibility platform for brand mentions, citations and AI crawler logs, with content agents.
From FreeWhy it's on this listClaude · YesTracked in the API-model group, so it reports what the model believes about the brand and returns citations only when the provider supplies sources.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +Grok · YesAPI-model group, ticked on all three brand tiers in the pricing comparison; consumes response quota like any other model.Evidence ↗
- +DeepSeek · YesAPI-model group, ticked on all three brand tiers in the pricing comparison.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −Generates content · PartialThe entry paid tier includes no article generation; Professional grants 5 AEO Articles/mo and Business 10/mo.Evidence ↗
- −Microsoft Copilot · PartialThe docs place Copilot in the live-search registry, but the pricing table's 11-row 'Supported AI models and platforms' list and the managed-service model enumeration both omit it.Evidence ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialCrawler log ingestion is crossed out on Essential in the pricing comparison; Professional includes 25M crawler log events a month and Business 100M.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 05
Qwairy
GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work.
From FreeWhy it's on this listTechnical AEO · YesSite Readiness analyses robots.txt, llms.txt and sitemap.xml for named crawler identities and generates llms.txt; no schema.org markup generation is claimed.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +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 ↗
- +Grok · YesCore model at 1 credit per answer, plus premium xAI API models Grok 4.3 and Grok 4.5 at 5 and 3 credits.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −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 ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialBusiness and Enterprise only. Classifies 13 published AI user agents from server or CDN logs via nine collectors, keeping bounded daily aggregates for 30 analytic days.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 06
Searchable
AI visibility monitoring, site audits and content generation for answer engine optimisation.
From $125/monthWhy it's on this listTechnical AEO · YesAudits schema, crawlability and AI-readability of pages.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Gauge
- +DeepSeek · PartialRestricted to Custom-plan customers as a custom integration.Evidence ↗
- +Countries · YesMulti-country/region tracking, unlimited regions on Scale.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Gauge
- −Publishes to your site · PartialVendor states direct exports to CMSes but describes it as export, not scheduled publishing.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoSelf-serve software; agency features are tooling the customer's own team operates, not delivery by Searchable.Evidence ↗
- −Microsoft Copilot · PartialGated: described as a custom add-on for enterprise plans.Evidence ↗
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