Citation Radar vs Waikay (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Waikay grades higher than Citation Radar: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Waikay grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Citation Radar
Low-cost AI citation tracker for five AI assistants
Waikay
AI brand visibility tracker that also checks facts and knowledge gaps
Which one is for you
Pick Citation Radar if
- Fits if you're a solo marketer tracking 50 questions on one site
- Works for small agencies with up to five client sites, on Agency at $199 a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily numbers, as tracking re-runs weekly
- Not for you if Google's AI Overviews or Copilot matter most to you
- Too light for agencies who need white-label reports or an API today, as both are coming soon
- Tight if you stay free: 5 questions, 3 platforms and no weekly re-runs
Pick Waikay if
- Fits if you're a freelancer who wants AI tracking for about $25 a month
- Works for brands that want to know when AI models state wrong facts about them
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need to see what ChatGPT or Claude say with live web search on
- Tight if you need more than one login, as the entry plan has a single seat
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as the 3 free credits never renew
- Watch out: prompt checks and action plans share one allowance, so more plans means fewer prompts
- Too light for setups needing integrations beyond the API and MCP, as none are listed
How we grade them
| 2.0GPACitation RadarFair | 2.4GPAWaikayFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $39 a month for 1 site and 50 questions on all five platforms. That's above the cheaper quarter of this category, which starts at $29, and under its $49 middle, so it sits on the low side of ordinary. | BThe entry plan is $24.95 a month for 40 prompts a week on 4 models, with fact checks, action plans, the API and MCP included. That's inside the cheaper quarter of this category, which starts at $29. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan with no card: 1 website and 5 generated questions, checked on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. That's a one-off look, though, as weekly re-runs are paid only. | CA free account gets 3 credits: 1 brand report, 1 topic report and plan, and 20 prompt checks. They don't renew, so it's really a one-time trial. |
| Features | CCitation tracking on five assistants, an AEO score, a share-of-voice leaderboard, content gaps and Blueprint Mode for draft pages. The gaps are real: checks are weekly, AI Overviews and Copilot aren't covered, and the API is still coming soon. | CBrand tracking, topic scores against two rivals, a fact and hallucination tracker, source analysis and action plans. The gap is a big one, though: ChatGPT and Claude answers come from training data, not live web search. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's self-serve and generates questions for you, but you still pick what to track and read the scores before it tells you much. | CNo rating on record. Prompt checks and action plans share one allowance, so you'll be juggling the two, and fewer models means more prompts. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations listed. The API and white-label reports are both marked as coming soon. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every paid plan includes the API and an MCP server, though no other integrations are listed. |
| Best for | weekly AI citation checks | AI visibility tracking with fact checks |
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: Citation Radar and Waikay. How we grade
Price against what you get
Citation Radar starts at $39 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Waikay starts at $24.95 a month and scores 2.3.
Waikay scores higher and starts $14.05 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 34 score higher than Citation Radar for less, and 4 score higher than Waikay 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
- Citation Radar also covers schema markup.
At a glance
| Citation Radar | Waikay | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month for 1 site and 50 questions | $24.95 per month for 40 prompts a week on 4 AI models |
| Free plan | 1 website, 5 generated questions checked on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. No card needed. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free account with 3 credits that do not renew: 1 brand report, 1 topic report and plan, 20 prompt checks |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Citation Radar | InLinks Optimization LTD |
| Price read from | citationradar.ai | waikay.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Citation Radar
- Tracking runs weekly, not daily, and only on paid plans.
- The free plan checks 3 platforms; Claude and Grok need a paid plan.
- Google AI Overviews and Copilot are not among the platforms the site lists.
- The API and white-label reports are marked as coming soon.
Waikay
- The free account's credits do not renew, so it works as a one-time trial.
- Prompt checks and action plans share the same allowance, so running more plans leaves fewer prompts.
- Waikay queries models through their APIs, and for ChatGPT and Claude it reports answers from training data, not live web search.
- The entry plan has a single seat.
Key features
Citation Radar
- AI citation tracking
- Shows which buyer questions get your site cited, and which do not, on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Grok.
- AEO score
- A single score for how ready a site is to be cited by AI, broken down by platform for each analysis.
- Competitor share of voice
- A leaderboard of where rivals are cited more than you, with the pages that earn their citations.
- Content gaps
- Questions competitors win and you do not, sorted into quick wins, strategic plays and long-term bets.
- Blueprint Mode
- Pick a question and get a draft page built for AI answers, with schema markup, structure and citations.
- Weekly auto-tracking
- Paid plans re-run tracked questions every week to build share-of-voice trends over time.
Waikay
- Brand visibility tracking
- Tracks prompts over time on ChatGPT, Google, Claude and Perplexity's Sonar, and picks up every brand that appears next to yours.
- Topic reports
- An AI knowledge score from 0 to 100 for your brand and two competitors on a chosen topic, with the sources the models used.
- Fact tracker
- Checks what models state about important topics and flags hallucinations and missing knowledge.
- Source tracker
- Lists the websites, documents and forums AI models draw on, with an analysis of each source's intent.
- GEO action plans
- Turns a topic report into steps to close content and knowledge gaps; each plan uses part of the monthly allowance.
- API and MCP
- Waikay's data is available through APIs and an MCP server on every paid plan.
Plans
Citation Radar
Free$0
1 website and 5 generated questions, checked on ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.
Starter$39
per month for 1 site and 50 questions
For solo marketers: 50 tracked questions on all 5 AI platforms, weekly re-runs and 50 AI content suggestions a month.
Pro$99
per month for 3 sites and 100 questions per site
For in-house teams: all 5 AI platforms, weekly re-runs and 100 AI content suggestions a month.
Agency$199
per month for 5 sites and 100 questions per site
All 5 AI platforms, unlimited AI content suggestions and priority support. White-label reports are listed as coming soon.
Waikay
Site Owners and Freelancers$24.95
per month for 40 prompts a week on 4 AI models
1 seat, up to 8 action plans a month, fact and hallucination checks, source analysis, custom scheduling, API and MCP. Fewer models allow more prompts.
Small Teams$69.95
per month for up to 120 prompts
2 seats, unlimited projects and up to 30 action plans a month; extra prompts and plans can be bought as you go.
Larger Teams$199.95
per month for 360 prompts or more
For agencies and multi-brand monitoring: unlimited seats, up to 90 action plans a month and team training.
EnterpriseCustom
For agencies and businesses tracking hundreds of brands and thousands of prompts, with volume discounts.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Citation Radar or Waikay?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Waikay is cheaper to start with: $24.95 a month, against $39 a month for Citation Radar. Citation Radar starts at $39 per month for 1 site and 50 questions, and Waikay starts at $24.95 per month for 40 prompts a week on 4 AI models.
Which has a free plan, Citation Radar or Waikay?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Citation Radar has a free plan. Waikay does not, though it 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.