# Alternatives to Orchly > Source: https://citedindex.com/orchly/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Rank Prompt AI visibility platform: prompt monitoring across six answer engines, plus content, citation outreach and site audits. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Done-for-you service: yes — Rank 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.](https://rankprompt.com/geo-agency/) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Covered as a single Google slot the vendor writes as "Google AI Mode (AI Overviews)", bundled on every plan.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) - [Claude: yes — Bundled on every plan; a search-enabled "Claude Search" variant is sold as an extra engine.](https://rankprompt.com/ai-monitoring/) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [AI crawler analytics: no — What it measures is inbound human sessions referred from AI surfaces via GA4, not AI bots crawling your site.](https://rankprompt.com/analytics/) [View Rank Prompt](https://citedindex.com/rankprompt) ### 2. Cognizo AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with agents that create and publish content. **Research coverage:** 30/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Done-for-You executes autonomously via agents rather than staff; a human strategist is an Enterprise inclusion](https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing) - [Gemini: yes — Named in the vendor's list of trackable platforms](https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode named explicitly, separately from AI Overviews](https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [Self-serve signup: no — Every plan, including the $499 Platform tier, routes to Book a demo, and onboarding includes a call with a customer success partner.](https://www.cognizo.ai/pricing) [View Cognizo](https://citedindex.com/cognizo) ### 3. Gauge Daily prompt tracking across six AI engines, with a content engine that publishes to your CMS. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Agency Mode is self-serve software for agencies at $300 per client instance; Enterprise adds recurring sessions with the Gauge team, but Gauge does not run the programme for you.](https://www.withgauge.com/features/agency-aeo/) - [Gemini: yes — Standalone Gemini assistant is one of the six core platforms.](https://docs.withgauge.com/navigating/ai-engines) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Google AI Mode is tracked separately from AI Overviews on the core six.](https://docs.withgauge.com/navigating/ai-engines) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [Technical AEO: partial — Recommends structural page fixes against a 9-criteria health score; no schema, llms.txt or crawler-directive generation is claimed.](https://www.withgauge.com/features/action-center/) - [Countries: partial — Growth tracks a single location; multiple locations are an Enterprise customisation.](https://www.withgauge.com/pricing/) [View Gauge](https://citedindex.com/gauge) ### 4. Searchable AI visibility monitoring, site audits and content generation for answer engine optimisation. **Research coverage:** 32/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Gemini: yes — Listed in the engine enumeration on the home page and in the plan comparison row.](https://www.searchable.com/) - [Google AI Mode: yes — Appears in the plan comparison's enumerated engine list, selectable at onboarding; no prose elsewhere describes it.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) - [Microsoft Copilot: partial — Gated: described as a custom add-on for enterprise plans.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [Publishes to your site: partial — Vendor states direct exports to CMSes but describes it as export, not scheduled publishing.](https://www.searchable.com/features) - [Coverage in the vendor’s words: partial — Three engines are standard; Copilot, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek are add-ons or Custom-plan integrations, and the coverage set is chosen at onboarding.](https://www.searchable.com/pricing) [View Searchable](https://citedindex.com/searchable) ### 5. Goodie AEO platform tracking brand visibility across AI engines, with optimization actions and revenue attribution. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Done-for-you service: partial — Goodie is a software platform, not a done-for-you agency; the human component is a dedicated AEO strategist, custom onboarding hours and bi-weekly meetings, and only on Enterprise. Explorer gets a single AEO Strategy call.](https://higoodie.com/pricing/) - [Microsoft Copilot: partial — Not in the Explorer core set; added at Pro.](https://higoodie.com/pricing/) - [DeepSeek: partial — Only in the Enterprise 11-model set.](https://higoodie.com/pricing/) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [Self-serve signup: partial — Explorer starts without sales; Pro and Enterprise begin with a call.](https://higoodie.com/pricing/) - [API: partial — Full API is an Enterprise line item; Explorer and Pro cards list MCP only.](https://higoodie.com/pricing/) [View Goodie](https://citedindex.com/goodie-ai) ### 6. Citadex Full-stack AEO and GEO platform: monitors AI answer engines, then scores, generates and publishes fix content. **Research coverage:** 31/32 criteria **Where it improves on Orchly:** - [Gemini: yes — One of the four engines included on Starter, so covered on every tier.](https://citadex.io/pricing) - [Microsoft Copilot: partial — Included from Pro upward; absent from the four engines Starter tracks.](https://citadex.io/pricing) - [DeepSeek: partial — A $19/mo optional-engine add-on on Pro and Business, also printed under "AVAILABLE AS ADD-ONS" on those cards; included in Enterprise's "All 11 AI engines".](https://citadex.io/pricing) **Trade-offs against Orchly:** - [AI crawler analytics: no — The only crawler feature is a free checker for whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot are permitted; no module in the product or plan lists reports which AI bots actually crawled the site.](https://citadex.io/resources) - [API: partial — A May 2026 comparison post claims an API, but no plan tier lists API access, no API documentation exists in the help centre, and the same post is stale on price and engine count.](https://citadex.io/blog/citadex-vs-profound) [View Citadex](https://citedindex.com/citadex) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.