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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 ↗
Trade-offs against Rankscale
- −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 ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 02
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 Rankscale
- +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 Rankscale
- −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 ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 03
EdenRank
AI Citation OS: measure AI mentions, diagnose citation gaps, ship approved fixes, verify reruns.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesCreates briefs, schema and owned-page drafts from measured citation gaps.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Rankscale
- +Publishes to your site · PartialPublishing is via managed pages on a delegated subdomain or a GitHub PR lane, with review before anything goes live; automatic Answer Hub publishing only when the workspace enables it.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Rankscale
- −Grok · PartialGrok sits outside the 8-engine core set and is only tracked on Growth and above.Evidence ↗
- −Countries · PartialCountry-level markets start at Pro; city-level tracking is Agency only.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 04
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 Rankscale
- +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 Rankscale
- −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 - 05
Promptwatch
AI search visibility platform for brand mentions, citations and AI crawler logs, with content agents.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · PartialThe entry paid tier includes no article generation; Professional grants 5 AEO Articles/mo and Business 10/mo.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Rankscale
- +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 ↗
- +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 ↗
Trade-offs against Rankscale
- −Technical AEO · PartialCovers crawler directives (robots.txt and bot blocks seen in Crawler Logs) and page-level technical health; llms.txt only via a standalone free generator, and no schema-markup capability is claimed.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 ↗
- −Countries · PartialEvery monitor is scoped to a country and language, but the comparison table crosses out Country Level Tracking and State and City Level Tracking on Essential and Professional, ticking both only on Business.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 06
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 Rankscale
- +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 Rankscale
- −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 ↗
- −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 ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established
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