Pricing index

AI Visibility Tools Pricing Index (October 2026)

Last checked: 30 October 2026 · Data: pricing.csv (CC BY 4.0)

AI visibility (GEO/AEO) tools cost a median $79/month at entry level, based on 27 tools whose pricing we verified on each vendor's own pricing page on 30 October 2026. Entry prices range from $13 to $599/month; the median cost per tracked prompt is $1.90. Most cover 2–4 AI engines at entry level.

Disclosure: This index is published by MentionX, an AI visibility tool that is itself included below. We applied the same method to every vendor, including ourselves. No vendor paid to be listed, and the order is alphabetical by default, not a ranking. Spot an error? Email corrections to dj@mentionx.ai with a link to your pricing page and we will re-check and update the date.

Key findings

• We verified pricing for 27 of 31 tools on their own pricing pages on 30 October 2026. 4 could not be verified and are listed without prices.
• 26 of the 27 verified tools publish a self-serve price. Profound has no public paid plan (trial, then Enterprise).
• The median entry price is $79/month (USD tools, using the monthly price, or the annual-billed price where no monthly price is shown). Entry prices range from $13 (Searcherries) to $599 (Gauge).
• 8 tools start below $50/month: MentionX, Otterly.AI, Rank Prompt, Frase, Geoptie, Promptmonitor, Searcherries, ZipTie.
• The median entry-plan cost per tracked prompt is $1.90/month (range $0.16 for LLMrefs to $3.98 for Semrush (SEO + AI Search)).
• 13 of the 27 verified tools refresh daily at entry level. MentionX runs weekly (4 scans/month), so on a cost-per-answer basis it is not the cheapest. Its per-prompt price ($1.00) sits below the median, but daily tools run each prompt about 7x more often.
• Engine coverage at entry level is usually 2–4 engines. Several vendors (Otterly, Peec, Searchable, MentionX) sell extra engines as add-ons, and Trakkr, LLMrefs and Promptwatch say they include all their engines.
• Pricing units differ: prompts, credits (AthenaHQ, Rankscale, Rank Prompt), checks (Ahrefs) or configurable slots (ZipTie). Credit-based plans can't be compared per prompt without usage assumptions, so we leave their cost per prompt blank.

The pricing table

Sortable on the site (render as a client-side sortable table; default sort: tool name A–Z). "—" means the vendor's page does not show it or we could not parse it. It does not mean "no".

Methodology

• Source: We used each vendor's own public pricing page only, fetched on 30 October 2026 (the URL is in every row). We took no values from third-party sites or review platforms.
• Entry price: the lowest paid, self-serve plan. We give the monthly price and, where shown, the annual price expressed per month. Prices exclude tax and are in the currency the page showed us; EUR prices are not converted.
• Cost per prompt: entry monthly price ÷ tracked prompts included. Where only the annual-billed price is shown, we use that price. We leave it blank for credit-, check- or slot-based plans, where a prompt has no fixed price.
• Not verified: the page would not load, showed no price, or rendered prices client-side so we could not read them. Those tools are listed without prices rather than filled from elsewhere.
• Limitations: We don't normalise for engines, refresh cadence, seats, content credits or SEO features bundled in (e.g. Semrush, Frase, Writesonic). Prices can change at any time, so check the source link before buying.
• Updates: We re-check monthly and update the "Last checked" date. Vendors can request a correction.

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