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Rankscale
Credit-based AI visibility tracker for brand mentions, citations and sentiment across 17+ AI engines.
From $20/monthWhy it's on this listBrand sentiment · YesSentiment tracked by brand, topic and model with positive/negative keyword themes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Recommendations · YesReports carry actionable recommendations, and the audit returns prioritized fixes.Evidence ↗
- +AI crawler analytics · PartialThe audit detects and penalises AI bots blocked from a URL; it does not report crawler hits from your logs.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −Meta AI · NoMeta AI appears in neither the enumerated GUI list nor the model-engine list of supported architectures.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialREST API is absent on Essentials and Pro, included on Growth and Enterprise as Metrics + Share Links.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 02
Cognizo
AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with agents that create and publish content.
From $499/monthWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesAgents produce briefs, outlines, drafts, FAQs and refreshes in the brand's voiceEvidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Publishes to your site · YesPublishes to the customer's own site, with approval-per-piece or fully autonomous auto-publishEvidence ↗
- +Done-for-you service · PartialDone-for-You executes autonomously via agents rather than staff; a human strategist is an Enterprise inclusionEvidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −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 ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 03
AIclicks
Tracks brand mentions and cited sources across 10+ AI engines, then drafts and publishes the fixes.
From $59/monthWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesContent Agent writes article drafts from tracked prompts and visibility gaps; plans meter 5, 15 or 30 AI-optimized articles per month.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Publishes to your site · YesOne-click publish or draft-push to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify or Framer; re-publishing updates the existing post. CMS integration is listed on every paid tier.Evidence ↗
- +Done-for-you service · YesThe same company sells done-for-you engagements with published floors: LLM Visibility Action Plan from $1500, Reddit plan from $2000, content from $250, mentions from $250, technical audit from $750.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −Technical AEO · PartialTechnical AEO is sold as a people-delivered audit from $750 and as free standalone tools (llms.txt generator, AI crawlability and robots.txt checkers); no schema or llms.txt feature is documented inside the tracked product.Evidence ↗
- −Projects or brands · PartialUnlimited projects with prompts split freely across them, but Starter's card caps websites you can add at 1; Pro and Business are unlimited.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialRead-only v1 REST API with bearer keys, absent from Starter; no write endpoints and no webhooks.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
Qwairy
GEO platform that monitors brand mentions across 10 AI engines and feeds content, technical and traffic work.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesContent Studio generates articles, briefs and outlines through a brief-outline-content wizard in 45+ languages, at 50 credits per article or brief.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Brand sentiment · YesPerception snapshots compare configured brand attributes against how each provider describes you, alongside a 0-100 sentiment score broken down by provider; a snapshot costs 10 credits per provider.Evidence ↗
- +Recommendations · YesContent Opportunities scores prompt-level gaps 0-100 and generates briefs; the Action Center holds a prioritised recommendation queue and is included on every tier.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −DeepSeek · PartialPremium API models DeepSeek V4 Flash and V4 Pro at 2 credits, but they run without web search, so answers carry no live citations; there is no DeepSeek Core row.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 ↗
- −API · PartialREST API v1 is excluded from Starter and included from Growth up, with team-scoped bearer tokens over brands, performance, competitors, sources, prompts, answers and crawler analytics.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 listGenerates content · PartialIt writes sourced articles from a credit pool, but the Starter plan gets no article allowance at all — 15 on Business, 50 on Growth, each costing 500 credits.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Publishes to your site · PartialFinished drafts push straight into four CMS platforms, but CMS & Shops integrations are struck through for Starter and start at the Business tier.Evidence ↗
- +Done-for-you service · YesA Managed Service line puts the vendor's own team on prompt strategy, content production and citation outreach; it is quoted, not self-serve.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −Optimises your content · PartialExisting pages are scored and given prioritised citability fixes, but the Content & Crawlability module is struck through on Starter and only ticked from Business upward.Evidence ↗
- −Technical AEO · PartialGEO audits produce ready-to-paste JSON-LD and check crawler reachability, but crawlability checks and bot analytics are both absent from 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
ApexGEO
GEO/AEO platform measuring brand citations across 7 AI answer engines, with site audits and ranked fixes.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · PartialBrand-voice FAQ, how-to and article generation, but the plan cards list Content Generator only on Professional, Agency and Enterprise.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on LLMrefs
- +Publishes to your site · PartialCREATE ships a publish loop with a WordPress connector, hosted white-label blogs and auto-publish; it rides on the Content Generator feature, which is Professional and above.Evidence ↗
- +Done-for-you service · PartialSelf-serve software, not a retainer agency; the one human-delivered offering is a free, manually reviewed AI Visibility Snapshot for one South African brand.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against LLMrefs
- −Google AI Mode · NoGoogle AI Mode appears in neither the tracked-by-default list nor the roadmap list (Cohere, Mistral, Llama, YandexGPT, Kimi, Qwen); only AI Overviews is covered on the Google side.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoAbsent from both the tracked-today list and the six-engine roadmap; the six pending engines are Cohere, Mistral, Llama, YandexGPT, Kimi and Qwen.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialAPI Access appears only in the Enterprise feature list (from $999/mo, contact sales); no API is offered on the five self-serve tiers.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established
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