AEO Checker vs Rankscale AI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick AEO Checker if

• Fits if you want a cheap one-off AI visibility report
• Works for a single brand that wants daily tracking at $22.50 a month

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want ongoing tracking on the cheapest plan, as Reports is one-time reports only
• Tight if you are on Free: one preview report and 2 models
• Tight if you are on Marketer: 1 brand and 25 prompts
• Watch out: the prices shown are yearly-billed equivalents, and monthly billing costs more
• Watch out: the pricing page showed no prices to our reader, so the figures here come from the listing

Pick Rankscale AI if

• Fits if you want 17+ AI engines on one plan and can do the credit sums
• Works for brands where local results matter, as it shows your place in AI map packs

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you track a lot every day, since monitoring pauses when the credits run out until renewal or a top-up
• Skip it if you want the cheapest plan paid monthly, as Essentials is yearly only and the trial is for Pro
• Pricey if you need the REST API, which starts at Pro+ for $229 a month, or white label at $385
• Watch out: Claude costs 2 credits a run against 0.25 for ChatGPT, so Essentials' 120 credits go fast
• Watch out: extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app

AEO Checker

• Prices shown are the yearly-billed equivalents; monthly-billed prices were not readable, and the page says yearly saves about 23%.
• The 7-day trial applies to Marketer; Marketer is limited to 1 brand and 25 prompts.
• Ongoing daily tracking starts at Marketer; the Reports plan covers one-time reports only.
• Marketer tracks 4 models; all 10 models are listed only on Pro.

Rankscale AI

• Tracking is limited by credits, not prompts: each engine run costs 0.25 to 2 credits, and monitoring pauses when credits run out until renewal or a top-up.
• Essentials is sold on yearly billing only; the 7-day trial is for Pro.
• The REST API starts at Pro+ ($229 a month); white-label dashboards start at Growth.
• Extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app.

AEO Checker

One-time AEO reports

Complete reports on demand, with Google AI Overview analysis and source and citation analysis.

Daily analytics

Each active prompt runs once a day against each AI model chosen for it, on Marketer and Pro.

AI traffic tracking

Connects Google Analytics (GA4), Google Search Console and Google Tag Manager to report traffic and ROI.

Model coverage

Marketer lists ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity; Pro adds DeepSeek, Grok, Mistral, Qwen, Kimi and Google AI Mode.

Reporting and sharing

PDF exports, shareable dashboards for clients and scheduled emails, depending on the plan.

Rankscale AI

Wide engine coverage

All plans can query 17+ engines, from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 credits a run to Claude at 2 credits, on schedules from hourly to monthly.

Visibility, sentiment and citations

Tracks a visibility score over time, benchmarks competitors, analyzes sentiment and shows which sources AI engines cite.

Query fan-out and ChatGPT follow-ups

Shows the internal searches AI engines run while answering, and the clarifying questions ChatGPT asks before recommending brands.

Shopping, ads and local results

Analyzes shopping cards and sponsored ads in ChatGPT, AI Mode and Copilot, and brand placement in AI local and map packs.

AI visits from Cloudflare

A read-only Cloudflare connection reports AI crawler and assistant visits, top pages and the 404 errors AI bots hit.

Sharing, API and MCP

Shareable dashboard links, CSV and Google Sheets exports, Data Studio, an MCP server for AI assistants and, from Pro+, a REST API.

AEO Checker

• Free$0

  One free preview report using 2 AI models, ChatGPT and Gemini.

• Reports$8

  per month, billed yearly ($96)

  Unlimited complete one-time reports with Google AI Overview analysis, source and citation analysis, PDF exports and shareable reports.

• Marketer$22.5

  per month, billed yearly ($270)

  Daily tracking of 1 brand with 25 prompts on up to 3 of 4 models, traffic and ROI tracking, daily action plan and scheduled emails.

• Pro$49.4

  per month, billed yearly ($593)

  5 brands with 75 prompts on up to 5 of 10 models, shareable client dashboards and priority support.

Rankscale AI

• Essentials$17

  per month for 120 credits, billed yearly only

  For individuals and startups: 2 brand dashboards and 10 page audits a month. Shown as $20 crossed out.

• Pro$99

  per month for 1,200 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 4,800 AI answers a month, 10 brand dashboards, 50 page audits, Looker Studio and MCP. Unused credits roll over up to 2x.

• Pro+$229

  per month for 3,000 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 12,000 answers, 25 brand dashboards, 100 page audits, REST API access and 5 prompt researches a month.

• Growth$385

  per month for 5,500 credits, billed monthly

  For agencies: up to 22,000 answers, 50 brand dashboards, 200 page audits, white-label dashboards and the agency program.

• Enterprise$780

  per month for 12,000 credits, billed monthly

  Up to 48,000 answers, 100 brand dashboards, REST API access, a dedicated partner, and credit rollover up to 3x.

• Custom PlanCustom

  Built around credit volume and team size, with options such as SSO, custom API work, SLA guarantees and a success manager.

AEO Checker

• Annual discount

  About 23% off with yearly billing

  The pricing page says yearly billing saves about 23% compared with paying month to month; checkout is billed once for the year.

Rankscale AI

• Annual discount

  15% off with yearly billing

  Rankscale's pricing FAQ says yearly billing is 15% cheaper than monthly, paid 12 months upfront, with credits still renewing each month.