# Writesonic — AI search visibility tracking plus AI article writing, site audits and an Action Center. > Source: CitedIndex — https://citedindex.com/writesonic (structured, researched, re-verified) > Facts last verified: 2026-09-02 Writesonic is an AI search visibility platform that tracks how AI answer engines describe a brand and pairs that tracking with AI article writing, site audits and prioritised fixes. It is sold self-serve to marketing teams and agencies. | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Website | https://writesonic.com | | Price | from $99/month billed monthly, $79/month billed annually | | Free trial | Partly | 7-day free trial with no credit card; homepage CTA reads "Start 7-Day Free Trial" and the pricing FAQ says "Sign up and explore Writesonic with full access. No credit card." There is no permanently free plan. ## What it does **Monitors AI answers** · Yes — Tracks brand mentions in AI answers on every paid tier, starting at 50 prompts and 50 answers daily. > Track your brand across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Includes AI articles and site audits to fix visibility gaps. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Starter card description **Optimises your content** · Partly — Site audits with automatic AI fixes on every tier; the dedicated Content Optimization module is Enterprise-only. > Content Optimization > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Compare plans table, Content section, Content Optimization row **Generates content** · Yes — AI Article Writer on every tier, metered per month: 15 articles on Starter, 25 on Basic, 50 on Growth. > Growth plans can add more articles for $100/20 articles. Starter includes 15/month, Basic includes 25/month, Growth includes 50/month. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "What if I need more articles?" **Publishes to your site** · Yes — Publishes generated articles straight to WordPress; up to 10 connected WordPress sites per account. > With Writesonic, you can now seamlessly publish your AI-generated content directly to your WordPress website. > — https://docs.writesonic.com/docs/publish-to-wordpressorg · Publish to Wordpress.org, opening paragraph **Technical AEO** · Partly — Site Audit reports structured data and robots directives on all tiers; Action Center technical actions start at Growth. > The Action Center ranks every opportunity by visibility and citation impact. Missing prompts, citation gaps, content fixes, technical issues. Available on Growth (trial) and Enterprise (full). > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "What's the Action Center?" **Done-for-you service** · Partly — Software, not done-for-you work; Enterprise adds a dedicated AI search strategist and strategy team. > Full SEO + GEO at scale. All 10 AI platforms, full Action Center, agentic workflows, and a dedicated strategy team. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Enterprise card description ## Answer engines **ChatGPT** · Yes — Tracked on every tier, including the $79/mo Starter plan. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Perplexity** · Partly — Only on Enterprise for brands; Agency Starter includes it too. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Gemini** · Yes — Tracked on every tier alongside ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Google AI Overviews** · Yes — Google AI Overviews is one of the three engines included from Starter upward. > Track ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Compare plans table, AI Platforms Tracked row, Starter/Basic/Growth columns **Google AI Mode** · Partly — Google AI Mode is part of the 10-platform set reserved for Enterprise. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Claude** · Partly — Enterprise only; the agency Starter plan explicitly excludes Claude. > All AI models except Claude > — https://writesonic.com/pricing/agencies · Agency Starter card, AI Search Visibility bullet **Microsoft Copilot** · Partly — Microsoft Copilot is in the Enterprise 10-platform set, absent from Starter/Basic/Growth. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Grok** · Partly — Grok is in the Enterprise 10-platform set only. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **DeepSeek** · Partly — DeepSeek is in the Enterprise 10-platform set only. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Meta AI** · Partly — Meta AI is in the Enterprise 10-platform set only. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" **Coverage in the vendor’s words** · Partly — Ten platforms in total, but self-serve tiers see only ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. > Basic and Growth track ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. Enterprise tracks all 10 platforms including Perplexity, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Which AI platforms do you track?" ## What it reports **Names the cited sources** · Yes — Citations pages rank the domains and individual pages AI engines cite, plus third-party pages mentioning the brand. > This page shows you exactly which pages are being cited, how your brand stacks up against competitors, and where the biggest opportunities lie. > — https://docs.writesonic.com/docs/citations-overview-page · Citations Overview, second paragraph **Competitor tracking** · Yes — Competitors sit in the same views: citation leaderboard, share-of-voice and a per-topic and per-platform matrix. > This section shows a ranked list of brands (including yours) that AI cites most frequently in your industry. > — https://docs.writesonic.com/docs/citations-overview-page · Citations Overview, Leaderboard / Competitive Leaderboard section **Brand sentiment** · Partly — Sentiment scores, keywords and themes exist but start at the Growth plan. > Sentiment Analysis (available on Growth) > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Starter and Basic AI Search Visibility bullets **Recommendations** · Partly — The Action Center prioritises fixes, but it is a 5+5 actions/month trial on Growth and full only on Enterprise. > The Action Center ranks every opportunity by visibility and citation impact. Missing prompts, citation gaps, content fixes, technical issues. Your team knows exactly what to work on first. Available on Growth (trial) and Enterprise (full). > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "What's the Action Center?" **AI crawler analytics** · Yes — AI Bot Analytics is ticked on every tier and logs bot visits, bot types and failed crawls server-side. > AI Traffic Analytics reveals the previously invisible traffic from AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google Gemini that visit your website. > — https://docs.writesonic.com/docs/ai-traffic-analytics · AI Bot Analytics, "What is AI Traffic Analytics?" ## Plans and signing up **Prompt or credit allowance** · Yes — Prompts and answers are metered per tier: 50/50 daily on Starter, 100/300 on Basic, 200/600 on Growth, custom on Enterprise. > 50 prompts, 50 answers tracked daily > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Starter AI Search Visibility bullet **Projects or brands** · Partly — One project on Starter and Basic, two on Growth, custom on Enterprise; agency plans get unlimited projects. > 1 user, 1 project > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Starter Team bullet **Countries** · Partly — One market (country + language) on Starter, Basic and Growth; multiple markets need Enterprise, up to 10 per project. > Track your brand’s visibility across up to 10 markets per project, enabling comprehensive global AI monitoring from a single dashboard. > — https://docs.writesonic.com/docs/markets-track-multiple-regions-and-languages · Markets, Key Capabilities, Multi-Market Coverage **How often it checks** · Yes — Daily on every tier, including Starter. > Tracking Frequency > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Compare plans table, Tracking Frequency row reads Daily in all four columns **Card required to start** · No — Free trial signup takes no card, per the pricing FAQ. > No. Sign up and explore Writesonic with full access. No credit card. No hidden catches. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Pricing FAQ, "Do I need a credit card to start?" **Self-serve signup** · Yes — Starter, Basic and Growth sign up directly; only Enterprise and the agency plans are demo-gated. > Find which prompts recommend your competitors instead of you. Fix it with AI agents. Prove the ROI. Start free. No credit card needed. > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Page subheading above the plan cards ## Access and integrations **API** · Yes — REST GEO API keyed by X-API-KEY, activated from an API Dashboard toggle in the account. > All API requests require an `X-API-KEY` header with your Writesonic API key. > — https://apidocs.writesonic.com/api-reference/authentication · Authentication, opening line **MCP server** · Partly — Read-only MCP server over OAuth; the vendor's MCP FAQ says every paid plan, its docs home says Enterprise. > The MCP ships on every paid Writesonic plan. Book a demo and we'll walk you through which tier fits your stack. > — https://writesonic.com/mcp · MCP FAQ, "Which plans include MCP access?" **BI export** · Partly — Looker Studio and GA4 connectors are Enterprise-only; lower tiers have neither. > Looker Studio & other integrations > — https://writesonic.com/pricing · Plan cards, Enterprise AI Search Visibility bullet ## Coverage elsewhere | Source | Kind | Read | | --- | --- | --- | | aigeniusoptimizer.com | Independent source | 2026-07-11 | | capterra.com | Review platform | 2026-07-21 | ## CitedIndex in AI answers 0 of 4 answers cite CitedIndex. | Engine | Result | Question | Asked on | Other sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT | Does not cite CitedIndex | Writesonic alternatives | 2026-10-12 | boardmix.com, promtable.com, zuwd.net, alternativeto.net, rocketrise.com, influencermarketinghub.com | | Claude | Does not cite CitedIndex | Writesonic alternatives | 2026-09-04 | writesonic.com, pikaseo.com, slatehq.com, eesel.ai, keytomic.com | | Gemini | Does not cite CitedIndex | Writesonic alternatives | 2026-09-04 | useomnia.com, pikaseo.com, leapshq.com, trysight.ai, rankability.com, orchly.ai | | Perplexity | Does not cite CitedIndex | Writesonic alternatives | 2026-10-12 | g2.com, promptwatch.com, getmint.ai, rightblogger.com, frase.io, eesel.ai | ## What changed - 2026-09-02 — Capabilities · Free tier - 2026-09-01 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price - 2026-08-31 — Capabilities · Free tier · Price ## Corrections If you represent Writesonic, or anything here is wrong or out of date, send a correction with a source. 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