AirOps vs Sunbeam (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AirOps grades higher than Sunbeam: 2.4 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AirOps grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Which one is for you
Pick AirOps if
- Fits if your team wants to act on AI search visibility, not just report it
- Works for refreshing or producing content across hundreds of pages at once
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a price up front, as none of the plans shows one
- Tight if you're on Solo, which is one user and tracks ChatGPT only
- Watch out: tasks past the monthly allowance are charged, at $0.025 each on Solo
- Watch out: the pricing FAQ still names old Scale and Agency plans next to Solo, Pro and Enterprise
Pick Sunbeam if
- Fits if you want SEO run end to end and are weighing an agent against an agency
- Works for engineering-led teams happy to take technical fixes as pull requests
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, as you have to book a demo
- Watch out: subscriptions renew on their own unless cancelled at least 24 hours before
- Watch out: fees are non-refundable except where the law requires
- Tight if your site isn't on Webflow, the only CMS it names, with more integrations coming soon
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAirOpsFair | 1.8GPASunbeamWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published: Solo, Pro and Enterprise are listed without figures and pricing follows task volume, so the price is only given on a sales call. On Solo, each task past the allowance is $0.025. | CNo price is published: the price is only given on a sales call, after you book a demo. We can't place it against this category, so it sits in the middle by default. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with Scale plan features and no payment details until it ends. It stops early if you use up the trial's tasks. | FNothing free on record. There's no free plan or trial, only a demo, and the terms say fees are non-refundable except where the law requires. |
| Features | BAI answer tracking with competitor comparisons, opportunities, workflows and agent playbooks, a bulk grid that publishes to Webflow, Sanity or Contentful, and brand kits with review. The whole job, though Solo tracks ChatGPT only. | CCompany research, choosing its own tasks, SEO strategy, content calendars, articles and technical fixes written as pull requests. The listing has few specifics, though: no keyword data source, no limits, and Webflow is the only CMS named. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Workflows and playbooks are things you build, and tasks are counted per step, so there's a lot to learn. | CNo rating on record. It starts with a demo and onboarding, and you connect sources such as GitHub, Search Console and Notion before it gets to work. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, linked to Webflow, WordPress, Contentful, Sanity, Search Console, Analytics 4 and Slack, with MCP connectors, its own MCP server and an API. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to GitHub, Google Analytics, Search Console, Notion, Slack and Webflow, with more marked as coming soon. |
| Best for | AI search work and bulk content refreshes | handing your SEO to an autonomous agent |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AirOps and Sunbeam. How we grade
Where they differ
- AirOps also covers workflow automation, AI search visibility and content optimization.
- Sunbeam also covers long-form writing and site audit.
In commonWebAI featuresAI agents
At a glance
| AirOps | Sunbeam | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial; payment details are not needed until it ends | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AirOps | daydream Labs, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AirOps
- Plan prices are not published; the vendor says pricing follows task volume and needs, and offers a free start and a 14-day trial.
- Solo is single-user and tracks ChatGPT only; Pro adds 7+ answer engines and unlimited seats.
- Tasks beyond the monthly allowance are charged; on Solo each extra task costs $0.025.
- The pricing FAQ still names older Scale and Agency plans beside the current Solo, Pro and Enterprise ones.
Sunbeam
- No prices are published; access starts with booking a demo, and the terms say fees are non-refundable except where law requires.
- Subscriptions renew automatically and must be cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal to avoid the next charge.
- Integrations shown are GitHub, Google Analytics, Search Console, Notion, Slack and Webflow, with more marked as coming soon.
Key features
AirOps
- AI search insights
- Tracks visibility, citations, mentions and sentiment in answer engines, with competitor comparisons. Solo covers ChatGPT only; Pro covers 7+ engines.
- Opportunities
- Points to onsite and offsite openings to be cited, and on Pro and Enterprise also social and community ones.
- Workflows and Playbooks
- Build AI workflows and agent playbooks that research, write and refresh content, paid for in tasks counted per step that runs.
- Grids for bulk work
- A spreadsheet-style view that runs workflows across hundreds of pages and publishes the results to Webflow, Sanity or Contentful.
- Brand Kits and review
- Brand Kits and Knowledge Bases keep output on brand, with quality scores, human review and approvals, and version history.
- Data connections and API
- Connects Google Search Console and Google Analytics 4 to page data, and offers MCP connectors, the AirOps MCP server and an API.
Sunbeam
- Company research on day one
- Spends its first hours reading product pages, blog posts, brand voice samples, competitor sites and customer reviews to build a knowledge graph of the business.
- Self-directed work
- Chooses and prioritizes its own tasks around a long-term strategy instead of waiting for prompts or workflows, and works around the clock.
- Strategy and content calendars
- Forms SEO strategies, plans content calendars and writes articles from start to finish, including content for missing topic clusters.
- Technical SEO fixes
- Diagnoses technical problems such as pages that are not indexed and can write a pull request with the fix.
- Agency playbooks
- Built on the procedures daydream developed running SEO for clients the company names, such as Replit, Clay and Notion.
Plans
AirOps
Pricing could not be confirmed. See airops.com.
Sunbeam
Pricing could not be confirmed. See sunbeam.ai.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AirOps or Sunbeam?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AirOps has no price we could confirm, and Sunbeam has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, AirOps or Sunbeam?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither AirOps nor Sunbeam has a free plan. AirOps has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.