Botify vs BrightEdge (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Botify grades higher than BrightEdge: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Botify grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, 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 Botify if
- Fits if you run a retail or publishing site with millions of pages
- Works for SEO teams that want to ship and split-test page changes without the dev queue
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price up front, as it's demo request only
- Skip it if you want to try it before talking to sales, since there's no free plan or self-serve trial
- Tight if you can't get at your raw server or CDN logs, which LogAnalyzer needs
- Watch out: professional services and consulting are billed separately from the platform
Pick BrightEdge if
- Fits if you run SEO for a large company across many sites and markets
- Works for teams whose executives want organic and AI search results in custom dashboards
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no trial or free plan, only a demo
- Skip it if you're a small business, since it's built and sold for enterprises
- Watch out: no price is published, so you only learn the cost from a custom proposal
- Tight if your CMS has no BrightEdge integration, because Autopilot's fixes depend on one
- Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app, as it's web plus a Chrome extension
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABotifyFair | 2.0GPABrightEdgeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published. The pricing link goes to a demo request form, so the cost only comes out on a sales call. Professional services and consulting are sold separately on top. | CNo price is published. BrightEdge is sold after a demo with a custom proposal, so the price is only given on a sales call. C is where we put every tool that won't say. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free on record. There's no free plan or self-serve trial on the site, only a demo request. | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no self-serve trial. You book a demo and wait for the proposal. |
| Features | ACrawls millions of pages with Googlebot's rendering engine and 1,000+ indicators, reads logs daily for bots such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot, and measures share of voice in AI answers. PageWorkers then changes tags and redirects on thousands of URLs and split-tests them, which Lumar, Oncrawl and JetOctopus don't list. | BKeyword research from its own dataset with about 10 years of history, AI Catalyst for AI answers, rank and traffic reporting, site audits, content briefs, Autopilot fixes and an MCP server. The whole job, sized for big teams. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's an enterprise platform with crawls, log feeds and Search Console data to connect, and LogAnalyzer won't work until you hand over raw server or CDN logs. | CNo rating on record. It's an enterprise platform with dashboards to build, and CMS integrations to set up before Autopilot does anything. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only. It pulls in Search Console, and its MCP server lets ChatGPT and Claude query your crawl, log and Search Console data. The listed integrations stop there. | BWeb plus a Chrome extension, connected to Google Analytics, Search Console, Adobe Analytics, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Domo, Optimizely, Looker Studio and Majestic, with an MCP server. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | crawl, log and AI bot data on huge sites | enterprise SEO and AI search reporting |
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: Botify and BrightEdge. How we grade
Where they differ
- Botify also covers a/B testing, internal linking and log file analysis.
- BrightEdge also covers reports, keyword research, rank tracking and content optimization.
In commonWebSite auditAI search visibility
At a glance
| Botify | BrightEdge | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | Not published | Not published |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Botify | BrightEdge Technologies, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Botify
- No prices are published: the pricing link leads to a demo request form.
- No free plan or self-serve trial is offered on the site.
- LogAnalyzer needs access to your raw server or CDN log files.
- Professional services and consulting are sold separately from the platform.
BrightEdge
- No prices are published: BrightEdge is sold after a demo with a custom proposal, and there is no free plan or self-serve trial.
- It is built for enterprises; BrightEdge says its 2,400 customers include 57 of the Fortune 100.
- Autopilot's automated fixes depend on an integration with the site's CMS.
Key features
Botify
- SiteCrawler
- Crawls millions of pages per crawl with the same rendering engine as Googlebot, across mobile, desktop, AMP, country and staging versions, with 1,000+ technical indicators.
- LogAnalyzer
- Reads raw server logs from your CDN daily to show which bots crawl which pages, including GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot and ClaudeBot.
- AI Visibility
- Measures share of voice, mentions, citations and rankings in AI search and shopping answers, compared side by side with competitors.
- PageWorkers
- Changes tags, redirects and content on thousands of URLs without developers, runs SEO split tests, and can reverse a change in seconds.
- RealKeywords
- Every keyword the site ranks for, from Google Search Console, segmented by category or template and shown beside crawl metrics such as depth and internal links.
- Botify MCP and agents
- Ask questions of your own crawl, log and Search Console data from an AI assistant, and run agents that draft fixes for sign-off.
BrightEdge
- Data Cube X keyword research
- Research keywords and competitors from BrightEdge's own dataset, with its own exact-match search volume and about 10 years of history.
- AI Catalyst
- Tracks brand mentions, citations and sentiment on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini and others, benchmarked against competitors.
- Rank, traffic and custom reporting
- Keyword rank tracking, Search Console traffic reports, page analytics and custom dashboards for teams and executives.
- Site audit and Autopilot
- Technical health checks with fixes, plus Autopilot and Site Agents that apply some optimizations on the website through CMS integrations.
- Content tools and SEO Copilot
- AI-assisted content briefs and drafts, page-level recommendations and an AI assistant that suggests titles and meta descriptions.
- Chrome extension and MCP
- A Chrome extension shows SEO data and Copilot suggestions on any page, and an MCP server connects BrightEdge data to AI tools.
Plans
Botify
Pricing could not be confirmed. See botify.com.
BrightEdge
Pricing could not be confirmed. See brightedge.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Botify or BrightEdge?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Botify has no price we could confirm, and BrightEdge has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Botify or BrightEdge?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Botify nor BrightEdge has a free plan.
Which platforms do Botify and BrightEdge run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only BrightEdge lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.