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AthenaHQ
AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand visibility across AI answer engines and prescribes fixes.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesAction Center drafts assets from prioritised visibility gaps.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on RankZero
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.Evidence ↗
- +DeepSeek · PartialDeepSeek is added by paid plans; absent from the free Essential engine list.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −Done-for-you service · PartialA certified GEO/SEO specialist and white-glove enablement come only with Enterprise.Evidence ↗
- −Projects or brands · PartialMultiple websites are negotiated on Enterprise; Starter is not stated to cover several brands.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 02
Citadex
Full-stack AEO and GEO platform: monitors AI answer engines, then scores, generates and publishes fix content.
From $39/monthWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesAnswer Assets drafts articles; the monthly allowance is 5 on Starter, 30 on Pro, 60 on Business, custom on Enterprise, and 20 during any trial.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on RankZero
- +DeepSeek · PartialA $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".Evidence ↗
- +Coverage in the vendor’s words · Yes11 engines total, gated by tier: 4 on Starter, 7 on Pro and Business, all 11 on Enterprise, with Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral and Qwen sold at $19/mo each on Pro and Business.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −Done-for-you service · NoSoftware only: agencies buy a Business or Enterprise plan and deliver the service to their own clients; Citadex sells a partner program, not done-for-you work.Evidence ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · NoThe 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.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 not established - 03
Promptwatch
AI search visibility platform for brand mentions, citations and AI crawler logs, with content agents.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGoogle AI Mode · YesLive-search platform, listed as its own row in the pricing model table alongside AI Overviews.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on RankZero
- +Claude · 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 ↗
- +Grok · YesAPI-model group, ticked on all three brand tiers in the pricing comparison; consumes response quota like any other model.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −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 ↗
- −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 ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 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 RankZero
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is a separate Core model at 1 credit per answer, listed alongside AI Overview rather than folded into it.Evidence ↗
- +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 ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −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 ↗
- −Wrong answers about you · PartialFact Check extracts claims from answers mentioning the brand and compares them with a Source of Truth, with verdicts including Incorrect and Outdated, but it is in private beta and the Compare plans table excludes it from Starter.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 05
Gauge
Daily prompt tracking across six AI engines, with a content engine that publishes to your CMS.
From $599/monthWhy it's on this listOne published self-serve plan, Growth at $599/month, that bundles six-engine brand tracking with 18 AI-written articles per month. Enterprise is custom-quoted for multi-region and recurring strategy work, which is the closest analogue on a SaaS platform to RankZero's retainer-and-team shape. Claude and Grok are not on the Growth platform list but can be added by BYOK.
Where it improves on RankZero
- +Generates content · YesGrowth includes 18 publish-ready articles per month from the content engine.Evidence ↗
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is tracked separately from AI Overviews on the core six.Evidence ↗
- +Microsoft Copilot · YesMicrosoft Copilot is one of the six core platforms on Growth.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −Technical AEO · PartialRecommends structural page fixes against a 9-criteria health score; no schema, llms.txt or crawler-directive generation is claimed.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · PartialAgency 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.Evidence ↗
- −Wrong answers about you · PartialBranded prompts surface what AI gets wrong about the brand, but no dedicated false-claim flag is documented.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 06
Rank Prompt
AI visibility platform: prompt monitoring across six answer engines, plus content, citation outreach and site audits.
From FreeWhy it's on this listGenerates content · YesEight article formats, typically 1,500-3,000 words, written after a live web research pass.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on RankZero
- +Google AI Mode · YesCovered as a single Google slot the vendor writes as "Google AI Mode (AI Overviews)", bundled on every plan.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesBundled on every plan; a search-enabled "Claude Search" variant is sold as an extra engine.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against RankZero
- −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
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