Comparisons

ZeroRank vs the alternatives

See how ZeroRank compares to the other tools for AI search visibility tracking, monitoring and optimization — on coverage, on what happens after the dashboard, and on price.

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17AI platforms tracked

$89a month to start

Unlimitedteam seats

1k+brands tracking

The whole category on one screen

Platform counts and entry prices are each vendor's own published figures. The rest is what the tool does after it has told you the number.

Capability	ZeroRank	Ahrefs Brand Radar	Peec AI	Profound AI	Promptwatch	Scrunch AI	AirOps
AI platforms trackedEngines each tool watches	17	6	7	3	10	4	4
Prompt tracking
Competitor visibility tracking
Actionable recommendationsNot just the gap — the fix, ranked
Agentic workflows & automation	Enterprise plan
AEO content creationBrief, draft and optimizer in the same tool
Unlimited team seats
Starting price	$89 / mo	$199 / mo	$95 / mo	$99 / mo	$99 / mo	$250 / mo	Custom

Checked against each vendor's public pricing and feature pages in September 2026. Agentic workflow automation is on ZeroRank's Enterprise plan. If we have something wrong, tell us and we will correct it — being wrong about a rival is a worse look than losing a row.

One page each, in detail

Every platform each tool tracks, the seven capabilities side by side, and a straight answer to why you would switch.

vs Ahrefs Brand Radar

$199 / mo · 6 platforms

Don't stop at tracking your AI visibility

Ahrefs shows where your brand appears in AI answers, but you are paying a premium for insights alone. ZeroRank helps you understand what to improve and act on it, all in one place.

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vs Promptwatch

$99 / mo · 10 platforms

There's a simpler way

Promptwatch helps you understand your visibility, but ZeroRank makes it easier to turn that into action with clear next steps and a simpler workflow.

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vs Scrunch AI

$250 / mo · 4 platforms

Scrunch tells you what to do. ZeroRank helps you do it.

Scrunch gives you visibility insights and recommendations, but execution still happens elsewhere. ZeroRank includes content creation and agentic workflows.

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vs AirOps

Custom · 4 platforms

You don't need a complex setup

AirOps takes time to learn and configure. ZeroRank helps you get started quickly and turn insights into action without the extra steps.

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vs Peec AI

$95 / mo · 7 platforms

Peec tracks your visibility. ZeroRank helps you grow it.

Go beyond monitoring with built-in recommendations, content creation and workflows that help you improve your AI visibility without extra tools.

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vs Profound AI

$99 / mo · 3 platforms

Profound shows you what's happening. ZeroRank helps you act on it.

Both tools track AI visibility, but ZeroRank is built to help you act on it quickly and get value right away, without a steep learning curve.

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How to choose

Three questions that settle it faster than a demo

01Do you need to know, or to act?

If a weekly number in a deck is the deliverable, the cheapest monitor wins. If somebody then has to go and fix the page, buy the tool that writes the fix.

02How many engines actually matter to you?

Three platforms is fine if your buyers only use three. Check the list, not the count — a missing engine is a blind spot, and most tools are missing the regional ones.

03Who else needs to see it?

Per-seat pricing means the writer who has to fix the page cannot open the tool that explains why. Every ZeroRank plan takes your whole team, your freelancers and your clients.

Beyond the dashboard

Tracking tells you. This does the next part.

Every tool in the category can show you a number. These are the four steps that usually happen in another tab, a document and a meeting — and what they look like here.

Why you are missing
Passage answers it
Source is yours
Schema present
It names the reason. Crawl, passage, citation or framing — not "build authority".
Ranked by what it moves
1Rewrite the comparison table9 prompts
2Add FAQ schema6 prompts
3Get listed on G2 category4 prompts
It ranks the fixes. By the prompts each one touches, so the first item is the biggest.
Publish to WordPress
Diff on /pricing — one paragraph, one schema block.
DiscardApprove
It drafts the change. As a diff against your real page. Nothing ships until you approve it.
Fix shippedMar 14 · 3 prompts
It re-runs the prompt. Same question, same model, with the ship date pinned to the line.

4.6xAI Visibility Increase In Just 6 Weeks

3xMore AI Mentions Within Two Months

40%+Visibility Improvement, And Hours Back Every Week

AI is becoming a real acquisition channel for us. With ZeroRank, our AI visibility increased 4.6x and we're seeing more users come in already knowing what we do and why they want us.

Ervin Hoxha

CEO of LanderLab

Everything you're wondering

Or ask us anything at hello@zerorank.ai

What AI platforms does ZeroRank track?

Seventeen: ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search and GPT-5 Search, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Claude, Bing Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Brave Leo, Naver, Baidu and DuckDuckGo. New engines are added as they reach meaningful traffic, and your plan price does not change when they are.

How does ZeroRank help improve AI visibility?

It names the reason you are missing — a crawl, a passage, a citation or a framing problem — then ranks the fixes by the prompts each one touches, drafts the change against your real page, and re-runs the prompt afterwards so you can see whether it worked.

Who should use ZeroRank?

Marketing teams who have to report on AI search, agencies running several client brands, and anyone who has been checking ChatGPT by hand in a spreadsheet. Unlimited seats on every plan means the person who fixes the page can see why it needs fixing.

Can I run two tools side by side?

Yes, and for a fortnight it is the right thing to do. Export your prompt set from the other tool, paste it in, and compare the same questions on the same days before you cancel anything.

Is the data the same underneath?

No. Everyone samples answers from the engines and reads them back, but the prompt set, the cadence, how a mention is verified and how a citation is attributed all differ. Two tools will disagree on your visibility, which is why the prompt set matters more than the score.

Is there a free trial?

Yes. Run a full report on your domain before you enter a card.