AnswerScout vs Promptmonitor (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Promptmonitor grades higher than AnswerScout: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
AnswerScout grades higher on platforms. Promptmonitor grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AnswerScout
Daily brand tracking in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and Perplexity
Promptmonitor
AI search tracking in 8 models, with citations and publisher contacts
Which one is for you
Pick AnswerScout if
- Fits if you track one brand and want daily checks on ChatGPT and Gemini
- Works for teams that want results sent on to Slack, Zapier or Make, from Growth
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need Claude, Grok or Perplexity, which start on Growth & More at $239.99 a month
- Tight if you track more than 10 prompts, as Growth's 30 cost $119.99 a month
- Watch out: the free trial is 5 days, short for judging day-to-day swings
- Skip it if you run several brands, since each extra brand is $19.99 a month, up to 5, sharing one pool of prompts
- Watch out: prices are monthly only, and Slack alerts and webhooks start on Growth
Pick Promptmonitor if
- Fits if you plan to pitch the sites AI answers cite, using the publisher contacts it pulls
- Works for teams that need prompts run from a particular city, from 200-plus locations
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily checks on Starter, which runs twice a week on 3 engines with 1 seat
- Tight if you want all 8 engines, which only come with Pro at $149 a month
- Not for you if you need an API, SSO or integrations, as the API and SSO need Enterprise and none are listed
- Watch out: every plan caps AI answers a month, and one prompt in one model counts as one
- Watch out: Pro's yearly toggle shows $83 a month, which doesn't match the stated 15% saving
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAAnswerScoutFair | 2.2GPAPromptmonitorFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $39.99 a month for 10 prompts on ChatGPT and Gemini, between this category's cheaper quarter at $29 and its $49 middle. All five engines cost $239.99 a month, in the dearest tenth. | CStarter is $33 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly) for 25 prompts, just above this category's cheaper quarter ($29 or less). It's thin, with 3 engines checked twice a week, and Growth, with 5 engines daily, is $67, above the $49 middle. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. The trial needs no card and charges nothing automatically, but it lasts 5 days, under a week. | CNo free plan, but every paid plan has a 7-day free trial with no card needed. |
| Features | CDaily runs with a 0 to 100 score, generated questions, competitors ranked on every run, cited sources and a ranked to-do list. The gaps are in the listing: Starter and Growth check only ChatGPT and Gemini, and every plan covers one brand. | BEight engines, mentions and sentiment, share of voice, cited sources with publisher contacts, AI crawler logs and prompts run from 200-plus locations down to city level. It covers the whole job; the limits are which plan gets which engines. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It writes the questions from your brand name, site and category, but with 10 prompts on Starter you'll be picking which ones to keep. | CNo rating on record. You add prompts, pick locations and put a snippet on your site for the crawler logs, so there's some setting up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. From Growth it sends Slack alerts and signed webhooks that feed Zapier, Make or a BI tool, and every plan exports CSV and PDF. | CWeb only, and the listing names no integrations. The API and SSO come only with the custom Enterprise plan. |
| Best for | daily AI answer checks for one brand | AI tracking with publisher contacts for outreach |
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: AnswerScout and Promptmonitor. How we grade
Price against what you get
AnswerScout starts at $39.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Promptmonitor starts at $33 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Promptmonitor starts $6.99 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 10 score higher than AnswerScout for less, and 7 score higher than Promptmonitor for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- AnswerScout also covers reports.
- Promptmonitor also covers content optimization, link outreach and log file analysis.
At a glance
| AnswerScout | Promptmonitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39.99 per month for 10 prompts on ChatGPT and Gemini | $33 per month for 25 prompts, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 5-day free trial at Starter level, no credit card required, nothing charged automatically | 7-day free trial on any paid plan, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | AnswerScout | Stackdirectory LLC |
| Price read from | answerscout.ai | promptmonitor.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AnswerScout
- Starter and Growth check only ChatGPT and Gemini; Claude, Grok and Perplexity start at Growth & More for $239.99 a month.
- Every plan tracks one brand; extra brands cost $19.99 a month each, up to 5, with prompts and competitors pooled across them.
- Runs happen once a day per brand, and the 5-day trial is short for judging day-to-day swings.
- The pricing page shows monthly prices only and mentions no annual billing.
Promptmonitor
- Starter tracks only ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity and checks prompts twice a week, not daily.
- Claude, DeepSeek and the other models need Growth or Pro; all 8 models come with Pro.
- API access and SSO come only with the custom Enterprise plan.
- Each plan caps the AI answers it runs a month; one prompt run in one model counts as one answer.
Key features
AnswerScout
- Visibility score
- A daily 0 to 100 score built from mention rate, sentiment, average position in the answer and how consistently the brand appears across engines.
- Generated buying questions
- From a brand name, website and category it writes the questions to track, then runs them every day with each engine's web search on.
- Competitor ranking
- Detects the brands AI names alongside or instead of yours, tracks them as competitors and ranks them against you on every run.
- Cited sources
- Shows which pages and domains each engine cites in its answers, to show where earning a mention would count.
- Ranked recommendations
- Each run produces a to-do list ordered by expected impact, such as comparison pages, review roundups or FAQ pages to publish.
- Alerts, webhooks and exports
- Slack alerts and signed JSON webhooks from Growth up; CSV and PDF exports and shareable links for clients and teams.
Promptmonitor
- Eight AI models
- Tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode; Starter covers 3, Growth 5 and Pro all 8.
- Mentions, sentiment and share of voice
- Logs every answer with your brand's mentions and sentiment, and works out share of voice against competitors per model and prompt.
- Citation tracking and publisher contacts
- Lists every source an answer cites and pulls contact details for the publishers, with a suggestion to reach out or outrank.
- AI crawler analytics
- A snippet on your site logs visits from GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and other AI crawlers, page by page.
- City-level locations
- Prompts can be run from more than 200 locations, down to city level.
- Prompt research
- Shows the queries AI tools use when they search the web for answers that lead to your site.
Plans
AnswerScout
Starter$39.99
per month for 10 prompts on ChatGPT and Gemini
1 brand, 2 competitors, 25 content audits a month, daily runs, and CSV and PDF export. No Slack alerts or webhooks.
Growth$119.99
per month for 30 prompts on ChatGPT and Gemini
1 brand, 3 competitors, 75 content audits a month, plus Slack alerts and signed webhooks.
Growth & More$239.99
per month for 30 prompts on all 5 AI engines
Adds Claude, Grok and Perplexity to ChatGPT and Gemini, with 3 competitors and 150 content audits a month.
Pro$399.99
per month for 50 prompts on all 5 AI engines
1 brand, 5 competitors, 300 content audits a month, Slack alerts and webhooks.
Promptmonitor
Starter$33
per month for 25 prompts, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
1 website, prompts checked twice a week, 1 seat, 2,250 AI answers a month, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity only.
Growth$67
per month for 50 prompts, billed yearly ($79 billed monthly)
2 websites, prompts checked daily across 5 models, unlimited seats, 4,500 AI answers a month.
Pro$149
per month for 150 prompts, billed monthly
5 websites, all 8 models daily, 14,000 AI answers a month. The yearly toggle shows $83 a month, which does not match the stated 15% saving.
EnterpriseCustom
More than 20 websites, custom prompt volume, SSO, API access and a dedicated manager.
Ways to pay less
AnswerScout
No public discounts listed.
Promptmonitor
- Annual discount
15% savings with yearly billing
Promptmonitor's pricing page lists yearly billing at 15% savings: Starter is $33 a month billed yearly instead of $39 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AnswerScout or Promptmonitor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Promptmonitor is cheaper to start with: $33 a month, against $39.99 a month for AnswerScout. AnswerScout starts at $39.99 per month for 10 prompts on ChatGPT and Gemini, and Promptmonitor starts at $33 per month for 25 prompts, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AnswerScout or Promptmonitor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither AnswerScout nor Promptmonitor has a free plan. Both have 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.