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Cognizo
AEO platform tracking brand visibility in AI answers, with agents that create and publish content.
From $499/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesContent Optimization module audits existing pages and issues prioritised recommendationsEvidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Technical AEO · YesGenerates llms.txt and schema, and audits crawlability, metadata and internal linkingEvidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesNamed in the vendor's list of trackable platformsEvidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −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 - 02
AIclicks
Tracks brand mentions and cited sources across 10+ AI engines, then drafts and publishes the fixes.
From $59/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesRecommendations names existing pages to update and backlink targets, derived from which URLs AI actually cites.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Done-for-you service · YesThe same company sells done-for-you engagements with published floors: LLM Visibility Action Plan from $1500, Reddit plan from $2000, content from $250, mentions from $250, technical audit from $750.Evidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesNamed in the monitored-platform list and in the Compare Plans models row.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −AI crawler analytics · NoThe in-product traffic view is GA4 referral attribution, not bot-crawl logs; the only bot-facing asset is a free standalone checker that tests whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot are allowed, not whether they visited.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialRead-only v1 REST API with bearer keys, absent from Starter; no write endpoints and no webhooks.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 03
Gauge
Daily prompt tracking across six AI engines, with a content engine that publishes to your CMS.
From $599/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesAudits owned pages and scores them, then recommends structural fixes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Perplexity · YesOne of the six core platforms included on Growth.Evidence ↗
- +Google AI Mode · YesGoogle AI Mode is tracked separately from AI Overviews on the core six.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −DeepSeek · NoAbsent from the enumerated supported-platform list, which names eight engines.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoNot in the vendor's supported-platform enumeration or the docs engine list.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria - 04
AthenaHQ
AEO/GEO platform that tracks brand visibility across AI answer engines and prescribes fixes.
From FreeWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesNames the gaps blocking citation and the on-page/off-page fixes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Technical AEO · YesManages robots.txt and llms.txt crawler access on both plans.Evidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesIncluded on every plan, free tier included.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialIt diagnoses whether AI crawlers can reach your pages and manages their access, but nowhere claims a log of which AI bots actually crawled the site.Evidence ↗
- −API · PartialA paid add-on on Starter, included on Enterprise, absent from the free plan.Evidence ↗
31/32 researched criteria · 1 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 listOptimises your content · YesContent Gap Analysis is included from Essential; the page-rewriting Content Optimization agent starts at Professional (5/mo, 10/mo on Business).Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Perplexity · YesLive-search platform, one of the three default models on a new monitor, and among the heaviest citers.Evidence ↗
- +Google AI Mode · YesLive-search platform, listed as its own row in the pricing model table alongside AI Overviews.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −Generates content · PartialThe entry paid tier includes no article generation; Professional grants 5 AEO Articles/mo and Business 10/mo.Evidence ↗
- −AI crawler analytics · PartialCrawler log ingestion is crossed out on Essential in the pricing comparison; Professional includes 25M crawler log events a month and Business 100M.Evidence ↗
30/32 researched criteria · 2 not established - 06
Searchable
AI visibility monitoring, site audits and content generation for answer engine optimisation.
From $125/monthWhy it's on this listOptimises your content · YesAudits existing pages and scores them for AI readiness with grouped fixes.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Writesonic
- +Technical AEO · YesAudits schema, crawlability and AI-readability of pages.Evidence ↗
- +Perplexity · YesOne of the three engines the pricing page presents as standard coverage.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Writesonic
- −Publishes to your site · PartialVendor states direct exports to CMSes but describes it as export, not scheduled publishing.Evidence ↗
- −Done-for-you service · NoSelf-serve software; agency features are tooling the customer's own team operates, not delivery by Searchable.Evidence ↗
- −Meta AI · NoAbsent from every engine list the vendor publishes, including the nine-engine plan comparison row.Evidence ↗
32/32 researched criteria
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