AI Search Watcher

Summary

AI Search Watcher is Mangools' LLM rank tracker for brands: it sends repeated prompt sets to AI search engines and reports where the brand is mentioned, ranked and cited. It is sold standalone or bundled with the Mangools SEO toolkit.

Not for: teams that need a dedicated AI-visibility specialist platform with deeper citation-sourcing or fix-recommendation workflows beyond a bundled add-on

AI engines it tracks: The AI engines AI Search Watcher tracks
ChatGPT: on every plan
Gemini: on every plan
Perplexity: not tracked
AI Overviews: on every plan
Claude: on every plan
AI Mode: on every plan
Copilot: not tracked
Grok: on every plan
DeepSeek: not tracked
Meta AI: on some plans only
6 on every plan, 1 more on some plans only.
From: Freethen €49 (about $55) monthly · €34.90 (about $39) billed annually, 29% less
Open source: No
API: Yes
Category: AI rank tracking
Best for: Teams already using or considering Mangools' KWFinder/SERPWatcher suite

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What it does

Monitors AI answers: YesCore purpose of the tool: scheduled prompt runs against AI engines record when and where the brand is named in generated answers.AI Search Watcher by Mangools shows you when and where your brand is mentioned in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and other AI search engines, so you…mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Optimises your content: NoIt measures visibility only; the vendor puts the content changes on the buyer rather than analysing existing pages and returning page-level recommendations.By showing you where and how your brand appears in AI answers, you can adjust your content and GEO strategy to get cited more often ahead of your…mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Generates content: NoNothing on the product, pricing or API pages writes copy; the only generation described is suggesting prompt ideas to monitor.AI Search Watcher is an LLM tracker developed by Mangools that monitors your brand’s visibility across AI search engines such as ChatGPT, Google AI…mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Publishes to your site: NoNo CMS connection exists: the documented API covers models, monitors, prompts and settings only, and the vendor describes a tracker, not a publisher.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Technical AEO: NoNo schema markup, llms.txt or crawler-directive tooling appears on the product page, the plans table or the AI Search Watcher API reference; it only measures answers.It runs each prompt multiple times and delivers accurate average positions, visibility scores, and citation insights for the most important prompts…mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Done-for-you service: NoSelf-serve software with no managed or done-for-you offering; the Custom tier is a larger plan negotiated by demo, not people doing the optimisation work.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher

Answer engines

ChatGPT: YesChatGPT heads the vendor's list of the eight engines tracked, and the plans table shows the same LLM row on Free, Pro and Custom.We currently track the eight most popular AI search engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Mistral, and Llama.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Perplexity: NoPerplexity is absent from the vendor's explicit, closed inventory of the eight engines tracked, and no tier adds it; the LLM row is identical on every plan.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Gemini: YesGemini is named in the eight-engine inventory and in the tracking feature block, with no tier restriction shown in the plans table.Track how your brand shows up in ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Mistral, and Llama.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Google AI Overviews: YesGoogle AI Overviews is one of the eight named surfaces and is called out repeatedly in the hero and FAQ copy as a tracked engine.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Google AI Mode: YesGoogle AI Mode is listed separately from AI Overviews in the vendor's eight-engine inventory, so both Google surfaces are tracked.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Claude: YesClaude appears in both the eight-engine inventory and the feature block describing what each checkup queries, on every plan.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Microsoft Copilot: NoMicrosoft Copilot is missing from the vendor's complete eight-engine list, and no plan column or add-on on the pricing page restores it.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Grok: YesGrok is named in the closed eight-engine inventory, and the plans table shows the same LLM coverage row on the Free tier.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
DeepSeek: NoDeepSeek is not in the eight engines this tracker covers; Mangools only queries it in the separate free AI Search Grader tool, not in AI Search Watcher.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Meta AI: PartlyThe inventory names Llama, Meta's model, rather than the Meta AI assistant surface, so Meta's model answers are queried but the consumer assistant is never claimed.Was No before our last check.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Coverage in the vendor’s words: YesVendor states a closed set of eight engines and applies no tier limit: the LLMs row is identical on the Free, Pro and Custom cards.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher

What it reports

Names the cited sources: YesReports carry citation data alongside positions, and the API docs describe retrieving that citation data for domains or topics you monitor.The API lets you create monitors for domains or topics, manage the prompts used to query AI models, and retrieve citation dataapidocs.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Competitor tracking: YesRival brands sit in the same view as your own, compared on visibility, position and citations; no tier gating is shown for it.AI Search Watcher lets you track competitor brands side by side with your own, so you can compare visibility, positions, and citations.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Brand sentiment: PartlyVendor promises a view of how models describe the brand, but publishes no sentiment score or named attribute set, so the depth of that reporting is unstated.Was Yes before our last check.See how LLMs describe and interpret your brand. Uncover gaps, misperceptions, and opportunities to influence how AI explains your business to users.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Recommendations: NoIt reports positions, visibility scores and citations; deciding what to change is explicitly left to the buyer's own content and GEO strategy.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Wrong answers about you: PartlyThe perception view is said to surface misperceptions, but the vendor documents no dedicated flag, alert or workflow for false statements about the brand.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher

Plans and signing up

Prompt or credit allowance: YesPro monitors 500 prompts, each run twice per update; the Free tier allows five prompts, and anything above 500 needs the Custom plan.Prompts monitored 500mangools.com/ai-search-watcher/plans-an…
Projects or brands: YesPro carries unlimited monitors, so several brands or domains can run at once; the Free tier is capped at a single monitor.Monitors Unlimitedmangools.com/ai-search-watcher/plans-an…
Countries: YesEach monitor takes a location that governs where AI responses are collected, drawn from a shared Mangools locations endpoint covering countries and cities.location_id — location used when collecting AI responses (see /mangools/locations)apidocs.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher/…
How often it checks: YesWeekly refresh on every tier including Custom, with each prompt run twice per update; no daily or on-demand option is published.Monitor updates Weeklymangools.com/ai-search-watcher/plans-an…
Card required to start: NoSign-up needs no payment details, and the Free plan card repeats 'No credit card' in place of a price figure.Start in 30 seconds. No credit card required.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher
Self-serve signup: YesFree and Pro are bought and configured without sales contact; only the Custom tier routes through a scheduled demo.Set up tracking in 30 seconds and uncover the questions your audience is really asking.mangools.com/ai-search-watcher

Access and integrations

API: YesA documented REST API covers models, monitors and prompts, is included on every tier including Free, and draws on the plan's API quota.One REST API for the same data behind KWFinder, SERPChecker, SERPWatcher, LinkMiner, SiteProfiler, and AI Search Watcher.mangools.com/api
MCP server: YesA hosted MCP server exposes AI Search Watcher tools to agents, marked as included on all three plan cards, but the server itself is labelled beta.Was Partly before our last check.List supported AI models and monitorsmangools.com/mcp

Checked 24 October 2026 · Named in 1 of 242 AI answers, October check · 3 facts changed · How we check · Editorial policy

Changed since our last check

Meta AI: now Partly. It was No.
Brand sentiment: now Partly. It was Yes.
MCP server: now Yes. It was Partly.

Plans and pricing

Price and terms

Free plan: YesYes
The terms in full
AI Search Watcher Free: 5 prompts monitored, 1 monitor, 2x checks per prompt, weekly monitor updates, no credit card required.
Card to start: YesNot required
Sign up without sales: YesYes

Checked 24 October 2026.

Works with

ChatGPT
Gemini
Google AI Overviews
Google AI Mode
Claude
Grok
Meta AI
Partly

For AI agents

MCP server: Yes
API: Yes

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