AIRankCardCheapest AI visibility tools in 2026 (honest list, prices checked)
Want to know if ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini recommend you before paying for anything? Run the free check.
People keep asking for a cheap way to see whether AI assistants mention their business. One r/SEO user got so fed up with the prices that they built their own open-source tool (r/SEO). Here's what the low end costs as of October 30, 2026, taken from each vendor's own pricing page. We make AIRankCard, so weigh our entry with that in mind.
Free options
- Do it by hand. Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini 5 questions your buyers ask, in a private window. Write down who gets named and which sites get cited. Costs nothing but time.
- AIRankCard free check: 3 buyer-style questions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, no sign-up. Shows who was named and which sites were cited.
- Growl: free measurement, 2 questions (growl-ai.com).
- AthenaHQ Essential: free, 300 credits; 1 credit = 1 AI answer (athenahq.ai/plans).
- Profound trial: free, 50 prompts run daily for 7 days (tryprofound.com/pricing).
Cheapest paid
Sorted by price:
- AIRankCard Report + Fix Kit, $19 one time: 30 answers (10 questions × 3 AIs), competitors, cited sites and copy-paste fixes (sample).
- Otterly.AI Lite, $29/month: 15 prompts tracked over time (pricing).
- Growl Standard, $29/month: 4 re-measurements a month after you change something (growl-ai.com).
- Growl Deep Audit, $79 one time: 8 buyer questions asked 5 times each (growl-ai.com).
- Peec AI Starter, $95/month: 50 prompts tracked (pricing).
- Rankscale Pro, $99/month: 1,200 credits, up to 4,800 AI answers a month (pricing).
- AthenaHQ Starter, $295/month: 3,600 credits across several AI engines (plans).
Which kind do you need?
- One-time check (AIRankCard, Growl Deep Audit): you want a snapshot and a to-do list now. Limit: AI answers change, so a snapshot can go stale. Our weekly tracking isn't available yet.
- Monthly tracker (Otterly, Peec, Rankscale, AthenaHQ): you change things every week and want to see the trend. Limit: you pay every month, and you usually set up and manage the prompts yourself.
Honest tip
Whatever you pick, the fix is usually the same: find the sites the AI cites for your category and get listed on them. A tool only speeds up the finding.