Choosing an AI visibility tracker
The questions to ask any vendor — including us — before you pay for GEO tracking, and a plain account of where Crawlsonar stands and where it doesn’t fit.
The checklist
- 1Which engines, really
ChatGPT alone is a fraction of the answers your buyers get. Ask for the exact list and whether each engine is sampled live or inferred.
- 2How many samples per prompt
Models are non-deterministic. One run per prompt is a coin flip; a rate over several runs from clean sessions is a measurement.
- 3Share of voice and presence, separately
"Mentioned in 40% of answers" and "36% of all brand mentions" answer different questions. You want both, per engine.
- 4Competitors and cited sources
Who is named instead of you, and which pages the answers lean on — that is the to-do list, not the score.
- 5Alerts and a digest
A drop-out found three weeks later is a lost deal. Ask what triggers an alert and how fast.
- 6White-label and seats
If you report to clients, the PDF must carry your name, and your team must be able to edit without owning billing.
- 7Price per tracked prompt
Divide the monthly price by the prompt allowance. Then check whether daily cadence and all engines are included or extra.
- 8What happens on day one
An empty chart until the first scheduled run is a week of doubt. Ask how fast the first numbers appear.
Where Crawlsonar stands
Every line below is what the product does today, read from the same plan definitions the app enforces.
| Engines | 5 — Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews (Pro: 3; Free: Claude) |
|---|---|
| Samples per prompt per engine | 3, from clean stateless sessions, every cycle |
| Metrics | Share of voice, presence rate, tone (−1..1), brand position — per engine and aggregated |
| Competitors and sources | Named competitors (3 on Pro, 5 on Growth), cited source domains with counts, per cycle |
| Alerts and digest | Email alert on a ≥10-point move or a drop-out; weekly digest; change alerts on every paid plan |
| White-label and seats | White-label PDF and 10 seats on Agency; 2 seats on Growth |
| Price per tracked prompt (Growth, annual) | $0.99 — 100 prompts, daily, all engines, for $99/mo billed annually ($119 monthly) |
| Day one | Prompts suggested from your domain; the first cycle runs at project creation — numbers in about a minute |
| Free plan | 3 prompts, weekly, no card; plus 51 free site checks with no account |
On price, checked 23 August 2026: Otterly’s pricing page lists its Standard plan at $189/month ($160/month billed annually) for 100 tracked prompts on four engines (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot), with further engines as add-ons. Peec’s page does not publish figures in plain text; third-party reviews report a Starter plan around $95/month for 50 prompts and Pro around $245/month for 150, with three engines included and extra engines paid. Crawlsonar Growth tracks 100 prompts daily on five engines for $99/mo billed annually ($119 monthly); Pro starts at $34/mo. Prices move — check their current pages, and compare prompt allowance, cadence and included engines, not the headline.
Where Crawlsonar is not the right fit
- You need classic rank tracking, backlink data or keyword volumes — use an SEO suite; Crawlsonar measures AI answers.
- You need SSO/SAML, on-premise hosting or a contractual SLA — not offered today.
- You want brand-mention monitoring across social media or the press — out of scope; we track AI assistants only.
- You want a guarantee of being recommended — nobody can honestly sell that. We measure, alert and show the sources to work on.
See your own numbers before deciding
Free plan, three prompts, no card — the first cycle runs when you create the project.
Frequently asked questions
▸ ▾ Is Crawlsonar a replacement for rank tracking or SEO suites?
No. Crawlsonar measures AI answers (and reads Google AI Overviews through a SERP API), not classic organic rankings, backlinks or keyword volumes. Most customers run it next to their SEO suite.
▸ ▾ Can I try it before comparing?
Yes — the free plan tracks three prompts weekly with no card, and the first cycle runs when you create the project, so you can see real numbers for your brand within a minute.
▸ ▾ What doesn't Crawlsonar do?
No SSO/SAML, no on-premise deployment, no social-listening or brand-mention monitoring outside AI answers, and no guarantee that any assistant will recommend you. Its job is to measure and alert.