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AI Visibility Tools Compared
Ten AI visibility tools, their engines, prices and trials, read on each vendor's own pricing page. Set the job and the tool prices it per answer, the number that decides what a plan actually buys.
| Tool and plan | Price a month | Answers a month | Price per answer |
|---|---|---|---|
Honeyb · Full Spectrum ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, AI Mode, AI Overviews. Daily runs, up to 24,000 answers a month | $199 | 24,000 | $0.008 |
AthenaHQ · Starter 11 engines. Capped at 3,600 responses a month | $295 | 3,600 (plan cap applied) | $0.082 |
Only two self-serve plans cover eight-plus engines, and only one of them runs daily without a response cap. Prices read on each vendor's pricing page on 2 October 2026; run frequency and caps applied as published. Daily plans run 30 times a month, weekly plans 4.33.
The ten tools at a glance
Every price below was read on the vendor's own pricing page on 2 October 2026, at the monthly rate, in US dollars as each vendor shows them to a US visitor.
| Tool | Engines covered | Pricing as published | API | Free tier or trial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honeyb | All 8: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, AI Mode, AI Overviews | $29/mo (1 engine); $199/mo for all 8 | Yes, $0.08 per answer, prepaid from $10 | Free one-engine checker; 3-day trial |
| Profound | Up to 9 on Enterprise | Enterprise only, custom | Enterprise only | Free 7-day trial |
| Peec AI | 3 of 6 self-serve; up to 13 on Enterprise | $95/mo (50 prompts daily) | Enterprise only | Free trial |
| Semrush AI Visibility | Not itemised on the pricing page | $199/mo SEO + AI Search Starter | Advanced plan, $549/mo | Free plan, 10 reports a day |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | 6: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, AI Overviews, AI Mode | Index from $199/mo; custom prompt checks from $50/mo | Every paid plan | Ahrefs Free; no trials |
| SE Ranking | 4 on the AI Search add-on | $129/mo Core; add-on $89/mo | 25K API credits on Core | 14-day trial, no card |
| AthenaHQ | 5 free; 11 on Starter | $295/mo | Paid add-on | Free Essential plan, 300 credits |
| Scrunch | 4 on Core; 9 on Enterprise | $250/mo | Enterprise | 7-day trial |
| LLM Pulse | 5, more as add-ons | About $59/mo, weekly runs | From Scale, about $355/mo | Free trial |
| Otterly AI | 4; Claude, Gemini and AI Mode as add-ons | $29/mo Lite (15 prompts) | Standard ($189/mo) | Free trial |
The full engine-by-engine comparison, with each plan's caps and the per-answer arithmetic written out, is in the ten best AI visibility tools. The discipline itself, what it is and the signals behind it, is set out in the guide to what Generative Engine Optimization is. This comparison is published by Honeyb, listed first on engine coverage.
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Frequently asked questions
What is an AI visibility tool?
An AI visibility tool puts a fixed set of buyer questions to AI engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity on a schedule, and records whether your brand is named, in what position, with what sentiment and next to which competitors. Most also show which pages the engines cite, so you know where to act.
How much do AI visibility tools cost?
Cheapest self-serve plans ran from $29 to $295 a month when read on each vendor's pricing page on 2 October 2026, with Profound sold only on custom Enterprise terms. The more useful number is cost per answer: at full coverage across eight engines, Honeyb's Full Spectrum plan runs about $0.008 per answer, and the calculator above prices any tier the same way.
Which AI visibility tools cover all eight engines?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews: Honeyb's Full Spectrum tracks all eight daily on a self-serve plan. AthenaHQ covers eleven engines but caps Starter at 3,600 responses a month. Every other self-serve plan in this comparison covers between three and six engines.
Are there free AI visibility tools?
Yes. Honeyb's AI visibility checker tests one engine free without an account, AthenaHQ has a free Essential plan with 300 credits, and Semrush and Ahrefs both run free tiers. SE Ranking offers a 14-day trial without a card, Scrunch and Profound offer seven-day trials, and Peec AI, LLM Pulse and Otterly offer free trials.
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