SE Ranking AI alternatives: 6 tools compared (2026)
SE Ranking and SeeRanked are different companies. Honest alternatives to SE Ranking's AI tools, with prices, AI platforms and local results.
SE RankingSE Ranking and SeeRanked are different companies. The names are close, but SE Ranking is an SEO platform and SeeRanked is a separate AI visibility tool. We make SeeRanked, so read this knowing that.
What SE Ranking's AI tools do well
- AI tracking inside a full SEO suite. Rank tracking, backlinks and site audits are in the same platform. The Core plan ($129 a month) includes 100 prompts a day across ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews.
- A dedicated AI visibility product, SE Visible, from $99 a month (200 prompts). It also covers Perplexity, and invites unlimited users.
- Answers collected in a real browser, "as a real user would see them", refreshed daily, with the sources each answer cites.
- Free to try: a 14-day trial of SE Ranking, a 10-day trial of SE Visible, and a free checker with 5 checks a day.
- Where it stops today: AI tracking covers 7 countries, and SE Ranking lists local AI visibility as coming soon.
The alternatives
One fair paragraph on each. We make SeeRanked, and it's marked.
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SeeRanked
We make thisSeeRanked asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Perplexity the way a local customer would, and shows the results for each city you serve: 3 cities per campaign on Starter, up to 8 on Scale. Paid plans run real, signed-in browser sessions on all 5 platforms, from $79 a month. The Free plan (1 campaign, 1 city and 3 prompts, no card) uses official APIs. It doesn't track Google AI Overviews, AI Mode or Copilot, and it has no public API.
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Rank Prompt
The closest to SeeRanked on local results: it reports by city, ZIP code and neighborhood in 191 countries. It covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Claude, Gemini and Grok on every plan. Starter is $49 a month ($39 billed yearly), and a free plan includes its API. Its pages don't state how it collects answers.
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Peec AI
You choose 3 models from ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot, tracked daily through each AI's web interface. More models cost extra. Starter is $95 a month (50 prompts) and Advanced $495 (350 prompts). Location is set by country. It has agency plans, an MCP server, Looker Studio, and an API on Enterprise.
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Otterly.AI
The lowest entry price here: Lite costs $29 a month for 15 prompts. ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot are included on every plan; AI Mode, Gemini and Claude are paid add-ons. It checks through the AI websites, using the API for Claude only. Location is set by country. An API, MCP and Looker Studio come with Standard ($189) and up.
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Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Semrush's AI product costs $99 a month per domain (25 prompts), and there's a free plan with basic checks. It covers ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, plus Perplexity in its Brand Performance report. Answers come from real requests, not APIs, drawing on a 317-million-prompt database. Brand Performance reaches city level. It's part of the Semrush SEO suite.
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Ahrefs Brand Radar
Available on its own from $50 a month (2,500 checks of your own prompts), or $699 for all AI platforms. Its index covers Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot, built from hundreds of millions of prompts, and custom prompts add Claude. Prompts are asked "without any stored user data or prior context", by country. It's part of the Ahrefs SEO suite, with an API, MCP and Looker Studio.
Frequently asked questions
Is SeeRanked the same as SE Ranking?
No. SeeRanked and SE Ranking are different companies with different products. SE Ranking is an SEO platform with AI visibility tools (its AI Search Toolkit and SE Visible). SeeRanked is a separate AI visibility tool that reports results city by city.
Does SE Ranking track AI results by city?
Not today. Its AI tracking covers 7 countries (the US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain), and its site lists local AI visibility as coming soon. SeeRanked and Rank Prompt both report by city.
Which AI platforms does SE Ranking track?
ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews in its AI Search Toolkit. SE Visible adds Perplexity and says Claude will be added soon. SeeRanked covers ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Perplexity, but not Google AI Overviews or AI Mode.
How much does SE Ranking's AI tracking cost?
It's included in SE Ranking's plans (Core is $129 a month with 100 prompts a day), and the AI Search add-on starts at $89 a month. SE Visible costs $99, $189 or $355 a month, or 20% less billed yearly. Prices as checked on 22 October 2026.
Which alternative costs the least?
Otterly.AI starts at $29 a month and Rank Prompt at $49 ($39 billed yearly). SeeRanked, Rank Prompt and Semrush also have free plans.
Can I try SE Ranking for free?
Yes. SE Ranking has a 14-day free trial without a card, SE Visible has a 10-day trial, and its free checker gives 5 checks a day.