Am I On AI vs Beamtrace (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Am I On AI if

• Fits if you want a weekly to-do list rather than a dashboard
• Works for companies selling to several kinds of buyer, on Prism's five segments at $349 a month

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if Perplexity or Gemini matter to you, as only ChatGPT and AI Overview are tracked
• Not for you if you want a cheaper yearly price, as it's monthly only
• Pricey if you need more than 150 prompts, since the next step is Prism at $349 a month
• Pricey if you want the expert-led GEO Council, at $2,500 a month and fully booked
• Watch out: there's no free plan, only a 7-day trial and a one-off audit

Pick Beamtrace if

• Fits if you run a small local business and mainly want to know whether ChatGPT names you
• Works for teams that keep their to-do list in Jira, Linear or Asana

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need Gemini, Claude, Perplexity or Grok, which are listed as coming soon
• Tight if you start on Starter: 10 prompts, checked every 3 days
• Pricey if you want daily checks, which need Premium at $120 a month
• Watch out: you can add or delete the generated prompts but not edit them, and Slack, Zapier, Make and n8n are still coming soon
• Watch out: the full refund only covers 14 days after paying; after that, refunds are limited to the cases the policy lists

Am I On AI

• Only ChatGPT and Google AI Overview are tracked; Perplexity, Gemini and other engines are not mentioned.
• There is no free plan, only a 7-day trial and a free one-off AI visibility audit.
• The pricing page shows monthly prices only, with no annual option.
• The $2,500 GEO Council service was fully booked when read, with a waitlist.

Beamtrace

• Only ChatGPT is tracked today; Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Grok are listed as coming soon.
• Starter refreshes every 3 days and Growth every 2; daily checks need Premium at $120 a month.
• Slack, Zapier, Make and n8n connections are listed as coming soon.
• A full refund is offered within 14 days of paying; after that, the refund policy limits refunds to the cases it lists.

Am I On AI

Prompt mention tracking

Checks whether the brand appears in ChatGPT and Google AI Overview answers for tracked prompts, graded from A to F.

Citation analysis

Shows which source domains AI answers rely on in the brand's category, such as Reddit, GitHub or review sites.

Weekly action plans

Turns the answer data into specific tasks, like replying to a named Reddit thread or writing a comparison article.

Impact log

Records the actions taken and shows before-and-after visibility, so a team can see which kinds of action helped.

Competitor and sentiment tracking

Benchmarks the brand against competitors in the same answers and reports the sentiment of mentions.

Audience segments

The Prism plan tracks five personas separately to show how each one finds, or misses, the brand.

Beamtrace

Visibility Score

The share of tracked prompt runs in which AI answers mention your business, on a 0 to 100 scale, with trends and share of voice over time.

Generated prompts

Builds a starting set of customer-style prompts from your business profile and location, grouped by topic. You can add or delete prompts but not edit them.

Competitor discovery

Lists the businesses AI answers actually name next to you, compares visibility side by side, and lets you star three to follow closely.

Improvements to task trackers

Suggested improvements export as tasks to Trello, Jira, Linear, Asana, Todoist or monday.com, with status synced back when they are done.

MCP connections

Visibility, prompt and competitor data can be read from Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and other MCP clients.

Am I On AI

• Pro$100

  per month for up to 150 prompts

  ChatGPT and Google AI Overview, full citation data, personalized recommendations and content pillar tracking.

• Prism$349

  per month for up to 750 prompts across 5 audience segments

  Tracks five audience segments separately, each with its own citations and action plan, on ChatGPT and Google AI Overview.

• GEO Council$2,500

  per month

  Expert-led service with custom segments and prompts, monthly calls and a quarterly board report. Fully booked at the time of reading, with a waitlist.

Beamtrace

• Starter$24

  per month for 10 prompts, checked every 3 days, billed monthly

  5 competitors, improvements, AI reputation monitoring and basic support. $240 a year billed annually.

• Growth$48

  per month for 30 prompts, checked every 2 days, billed monthly

  15 competitors, improvements, AI reputation monitoring and priority support. $480 a year billed annually.

• Premium$120

  per month for 60 prompts, checked daily, billed monthly

  30 competitors, improvements, AI reputation monitoring, priority support and live chat. $1,200 a year billed annually.

Am I On AI

No public discounts listed.

Beamtrace

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with annual billing

  Beamtrace's pricing FAQ says the annual plan saves 17% against monthly billing; Starter is $240 a year against $24 a month.

• Other savings

  33% off the yearly plan during the trial

  The pricing FAQ says subscribing to a yearly plan during the free trial gives 33% off.