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

Pick BrandPeek if

• Fits if you're a local business wanting to see AI answers by city
• Works for agencies making AI fact sheets and AI Overview advice for clients

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need to know what a plan covers, since credits per check aren't stated
• Not for you if you need an API or white-label reports today, as both are coming soon
• Tight if you stay free, with 25 credits, manual runs, three engines and 30 days of data
• Watch out: the homepage says Starter keeps 6 months of data, the pricing FAQ says unlimited
• Too light for source research, as the listing shows no list of the sites AI answers cite

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

BrandPeek

• The pricing page does not say how many credits a check uses, so the number of prompts each plan covers is unclear.
• Free covers ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini with up to 2 per topic; Perplexity, DeepSeek and AI Overviews need a paid plan.
• Pages disagree on Starter's data retention: 6 months on the homepage, unlimited for all paid plans in the pricing FAQ.
• White-label reports and API access on Scale were marked as coming soon.

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.

BrandPeek

Multi-engine monitoring

Tracks mentions, rankings and sentiment in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Google AI Overviews, using a current model for each.

Competitor intelligence

Detects competitors automatically, compares performance and sends alerts when a rival surges ahead.

Location-based tracking

Shows how a brand appears by country, region and city, for local businesses and multi-location clients.

AI Overview Optimizer

Analyzes Google AI Overview results for a query, finds content gaps against cited competitors, and gives E-E-A-T and strategy recommendations.

AI Fact Sheet Generator

Creates a brand fact sheet written for AI crawlers, with geographic context and guidance on where to publish it.

AI Visibility Playground

Test individual queries against AI platforms on the spot to see how a brand comes up and with what sentiment.

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.

BrandPeek

• Free$0

  25 credits a month, three AI providers, location tracking, the fact sheet generator and manual runs only.

• Starter$25

  per month for 250 credits

  All providers, the AI Overviews analyzer and optimizer, competitor alerts, daily or weekly scheduling and top-up credits.

• Growth$90

  per month for 1,000 credits

  Everything in Starter with more credits and unlimited data retention.

• Scale$350

  per month for 5,000 credits

  Priority AI model access and a dedicated account manager; white-label reports and an API are listed as coming soon.

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.

BrandPeek

No public discounts listed.

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.