Best AI visibility tools in 2026

Last updated 10/02/2026

The short answer

Profound is the strongest fit for large teams that need full engine coverage and can work with custom pricing. Peak Answer is a good pick for one brand that wants measurement plus content and listings in one tool, and Peec AI suits teams that only want tracking. Starting prices run from $39 a month to custom, so check the table before you shortlist.

Summary table

#	Tool	Starting price	Type	MCP	API	Free tier or trial
1	Profound	Not yet verified	Tracks and acts	Yes	Yes	Yes
2	Peak Answer	$49/mo	Tracks and acts	Yes	Yes	Yes
3	Peec AI	$95/mo	Tracks only	Yes	Yes	Not yet verified
4	Semrush AI Toolkit	$99/mo	Tracks only	Yes	Yes	Yes
5	Ahrefs Brand Radar	$50/mo	Tracks only	Yes	Yes	Not yet verified
6	AthenaHQ	$295/mo	Tracks only	Yes	Yes	Yes
7	ZipTie	$42.75/mo	Tracks and acts	Yes	Yes	Yes
8	Rankscale	$99/mo	Tracks only	Yes	Yes	Yes
9	Qwairy	$65/mo	Tracks and acts	Yes	Yes	Yes
10	Scrunch	$300/mo	Tracks and acts	Yes	Yes	Yes

How this list is ordered: Ordered by how many of the major engines the tool's own site says it covers, whether it offers an MCP server and API, and how much it does beyond reporting. Price is shown but is not a ranking input here.

Details on each tool

Profound

Profound is an AI marketing platform that tracks brand visibility in AI answer engines and uses agents to create and optimize content.

Best for: Enterprise teams and agencies

Starting price: Not yet verified
Price last verified: Not yet verified
Type: Tracks and acts
Engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, AI Overviews
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. Free 7-day trial with limited credits and 50 unique prompts daily.

Enterprise pricing is custom, contact sales. No monthly price is published. The trial is free and an Agency Growth plan is mentioned without a price.

Pros

Hosted MCP server and REST API with Python and JavaScript SDKs documented
Agents create and optimize content
Enterprise features: SSO/SAML and SOC 2
Agent analytics for AI bot traffic

Cons

No public monthly pricing
Trial covers fewer engines than Enterprise (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews)
API is not included in the trial

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Peak Answer

Peak Answer measures whether AI engines recommend your brand, then writes content, drafts directory listings and drafts social replies to close the gaps.

Best for: One brand that wants measurement plus content and listings in one tool

Starting price: $49/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks and acts
Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Bing
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. 7-day free trial on all plans, card required. No free plan.

Starter is $49/mo billed monthly. Annual billing gives 2 months free. Price is per brand.

Pros

MCP server and API included on every plan
Unlimited users per brand
Writes articles and drafts directory listings as well as reporting
Free AEO audit and AI crawler checker tools

Cons

One brand per account
No white label option
Not built for agencies managing multiple clients
Starter tracks 50 questions

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Peec AI

Peec AI tracks brand visibility, position, sentiment and citations across AI search engines for marketing teams and agencies.

Best for: SEO teams and agencies that want prompt tracking and source analytics

Starting price: $95/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks only
Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Copilot
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Not yet verified

Starter is $95/mo on monthly billing, 50 prompts and 3 models of your choice. Claude is listed only under Enterprise as an API model. Extra models cost $30/mo on Starter.

Pros

Unlimited users on every plan
MCP server connects Claude and ChatGPT to your Peec data
Source and citation analytics
Looker Studio connector on Advanced; crawl and AI referral analytics

Cons

Only 3 models per plan unless you pay for add-ons
API access is listed under Enterprise
Starter allows 1 project

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Semrush AI Toolkit

Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit tracks brand mentions, share of voice and sentiment in AI search and audits sites for AI readiness.

Best for: Teams already using Semrush for SEO

Starting price: $99/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks only
Engines: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. Pricing page offers a free 7-day trial.

Base plan is shown as $99/month on the pricing page, which labels it billed annually. Includes 25 custom prompts and 1 domain. Pricing page also lists Google AI and Google AI Mode without more detail.

Pros

Covers prompt research, competitor gaps, brand performance and an AI search site audit
Semrush MCP is available to connect Semrush data to AI assistants
Add-ons for extra users and white-label reports
Enterprise plan covers multiple brands

Cons

Base plan tracks only 25 custom prompts and 1 domain
Focused on analysis and monitoring, it does not generate content
Exports are limited to 1,000 rows per export and 10 exports per day

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Ahrefs Brand Radar

Brand Radar tracks brand mentions, citations and share of voice across AI platforms, YouTube and Reddit.

Best for: Ahrefs users who want AI visibility data next to their SEO data

Starting price: $50/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks only
Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Copilot
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Not yet verified

Custom prompt packages start at $50/month (Basic, 2,500 checks). The full AI standalone product starts at $199/month. The Ahrefs site says annual payment saves up to 17%. Custom Prompts are included free with paid Ahrefs Lite plans and above.

Pros

Large prompt index, listed as 475M+ organic prompts on the pricing page
Brand Radar data is available through the Ahrefs MCP server and API
Also tracks YouTube, TikTok and Reddit visibility
Custom prompt tracking packages start at $50/month

Cons

Pricing uses a checks system with overage charges
Full AI standalone product starts at $199/month
Monitoring only, no content or outreach actions listed

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AthenaHQ

AthenaHQ tracks brand visibility and citations across AI answer engines and recommends on-page and off-page actions.

Best for: Mid-market and enterprise brands and agencies

Starting price: $295/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks only
Engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Claude
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. Free Essential plan with $25 of credit (300 credits).

Starter is $295/mo with 3,600 credits, 17% off on annual billing. API is a paid add-on on Starter and included in Enterprise. Free Essential tracks 5 engines.

Pros

Free Essential plan
Documented MCP server and API with OpenAPI spec
Shopify, GA4 and Search Console integrations
Covers 11 models on Starter

Cons

Starter costs $295/mo
Starter covers a single region and language
API and extra credits are sold separately on Starter

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ZipTie

ZipTie tracks what AI search engines say about your brand and shows citations, mentions, sentiment and an AI Success Score.

Best for: Teams that want to pay only for the prompts and engines they track

Starting price: $42.75/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks and acts
Engines: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot, Bing, Gemini
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. 7-day trial with 25 daily prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot, no card required.

Usage-based pricing by prompts and engines. Starter preset is $42.75/month on monthly billing. API and MCP access is a $10/month add-on. Annual billing is 20% off.

Pros

Unlimited team members, projects and competitors at no extra charge
Usage-based plans starting at $42.75/month
Google Search Console connection included
API and MCP access available for $10/month

Cons

API and MCP are a paid add-on
Content generation costs $20/month per context
Preset plans jump to $659.59/month at Professional

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Rankscale

Rankscale tracks brand visibility, citations and sentiment across 17+ AI engines and includes page audits and prompt research.

Best for: Teams that want wide engine coverage with credit-based pricing

Starting price: $99/mo
Price last verified: 10/03/2026
Type: Tracks only
Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Copilot
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. Pro has a 7 day free trial.

Pro is $99 a month billed monthly, or $84 a month on yearly billing. Plans are credit based: Pro includes 1,200 credits a month. An Essentials plan exists but is yearly only. REST API and MCP come with Pro+ ($229 a month) and higher. White label dashboards start on Growth ($385 a month).

Pros

Covers 17+ engines with no per engine upsells
Unlimited search terms and unlimited team seats
Shareable dashboards on every plan and white label dashboards on Growth
Page audits and prompt research included

Cons

MCP and REST API are not on the Pro plan
Credit based pricing needs a calculator to estimate usage
Starts at $99 a month on monthly billing

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Qwairy

Qwairy is an AI search visibility platform that tracks brand mentions, sources and competitors across many AI engines and generates content briefs.

Best for: Marketing teams and agencies tracking many AI engines

Starting price: $65/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks and acts
Engines: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. Free plan with 120 credits, no credit card.

Starter plan, monthly billing. Annual billing saves about 17%. Starter includes 1,300 credits and 100 prompts per month. REST API starts on the Growth plan.

Pros

Tracks 18 AI platforms listed on its site, including Grok, Meta AI and Mistral
REST API and an MCP server
Measures AI crawler requests and AI referrer traffic
Free plan with no card

Cons

Usage is credit based, so heavy tracking uses up credits
REST API is not on the Starter plan
Crawler Analytics and Looker Studio need the Business plan

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Scrunch

Scrunch monitors how brands appear in AI answers and serves AI agents a lightweight version of your site through its Agent Experience Platform.

Best for: Teams that want AI visibility tracking plus agent-facing site delivery

Starting price: $300/mo
Price last verified: 10/02/2026
Type: Tracks and acts
Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Copilot
MCP server: Yes
API: Yes
Free tier or trial: Yes. 7-day free trial of the Starter plan, no credit card required.

Starter is $300/month billed monthly, or $250/month billed annually. Growth is $500/month. Enterprise is custom.

Pros

Has an MCP server that works inside Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot
Data API gives access to query, response and agent traffic data
7-day Starter trial without a credit card
Tracks AI agent crawler traffic to your site

Cons

Lowest plan is $300/month on monthly billing
Starter is limited to 350 custom prompts and 3 user licenses
Enterprise pricing is custom

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