Dageno vs LLMrefs (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dageno grades higher than LLMrefs: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Dageno 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.
Dageno
AI search market intelligence and brand visibility tracking
LLMrefs
Keyword-based AI search visibility tracker with one flat plan
Which one is for you
Pick Dageno if
- Fits if you sell in several countries and want AI visibility compared region by region
- Works for agencies on Scale at $410 a month, which handles 5 projects and 50 competitors
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want each question on every platform, as each platform and region counts as a new prompt
- Pricey if you want AI shopping data, which starts on Growth at $199, or AI ads, on Scale at $410
- Skip it if Claude's answers matter to you, as it isn't among the nine platforms
- Watch out: Starter's $49 is shown as reduced from $89 with no end date, so it may rise
- Not for you if you want to trial the bigger plans, as only Starter has a trial
Pick LLMrefs if
- Fits if you already track SEO keywords and want the same lists checked in AI answers
- Works for agencies, since projects and seats are unlimited on one plan
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily data, as it refreshes about once a week per keyword
- Not for you if you need SSO, white-label reports or an enterprise tier, as none are listed
- Skip it if you need a price you can count on, as $79 is marked limited time only
- Watch out: no integrations are listed beyond the API and CSV export
How we grade them
| 2.4GPADagenoFair | 2.2GPALLMrefsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $49 a month for 50 prompts, shown as cut from $89 with no end date, or $492 a year. That's right on this category's middle of $49. But one question asked on all nine platforms uses nine of those 50. | C$79 a month for 500 prompts on every engine, with unlimited projects and seats. That's mid-range for this category, between $29 and $95. But the price is marked limited time only, with no end date or regular price given. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial on Starter, plus a free market data lookup at insight.dageno.ai. The bigger plans have no trial. | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial, and signing up needs no credit card. |
| Features | BPrompt tracking on 9 platforms with the original answers and cited URLs, competitor ranks by model and region, citation sources, search intents and gaps, plus AI shopping on Growth and AI ads on Scale. It covers the whole job, though Claude isn't one of the nine. | CFan-out prompts built from your keywords, share of voice and position across ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek, and cited sources in 50+ countries. The gap: data refreshes weekly, not daily. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You pick segments, competitors, platforms and regions, and every combination eats into the prompt limit, so there are sums to do before you save a set-up. It does show the estimate first. | CNo rating on record. Importing an SEO keyword list is a familiar start, but you still set up projects, countries and competitors before the rankings say much. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Search Console and GA4, has MCP from Growth at $199 a month, and the API and exports come with Scale at $410. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations on record. The one plan includes an API and CSV export. |
| Best for | comparing AI visibility across many countries | tracking AI visibility by keyword, not prompt |
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: Dageno and LLMrefs. How we grade
Price against what you get
Dageno starts at $49 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. LLMrefs starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3.
Dageno scores higher and starts $30 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Dageno for less, and 13 score higher than LLMrefs 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
- Dageno also covers research.
At a glance
| Dageno | LLMrefs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly | $79 per month for 500 prompts |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on the Starter plan | 7-day free trial; signing up needs no credit card |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DINGX LLC | LLMrefs |
| Price read from | dageno.ai | llmrefs.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Dageno
- The same prompt tracked on another AI platform or in another region counts again against the prompt limit.
- AI Shopping data starts at Growth and AI Advertising data at Scale; Amazon Alexa needs a custom plan.
- The free trial applies to Starter only; a free market data lookup is offered separately at insight.dageno.ai.
- Yearly billing saves about 15%, for example $492 a year for Starter.
LLMrefs
- There is one plan; the $79 price is labeled limited time only, with no end date or regular price given.
- Dashboard data refreshes at least once a week per keyword, not daily.
- The pricing page lists no enterprise tier, SSO or white-label options.
Key features
Dageno
- Brand visibility monitoring
- Tracks custom prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Copilot, Brave, Dola, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, with the original answers and cited URLs.
- Market intelligence
- Shows a brand's AI visibility rank against competitors by model and region, with data the vendor says covers 12,000+ market segments and 3 million brands.
- Citation sources and ghost citations
- Traces which domains and URLs AI answers cite in a category, so you can see where official content, reviews or channel coverage is missing.
- Search intents and opportunity gaps
- Maps buying scenarios and competitor selling points to show where a brand is absent from answers, with suggested actions.
- AI shopping and ads data
- Growth adds product card visibility in AI shopping answers, and Scale adds data on ads shown inside AI answers.
- MCP, API and exports
- Growth lets AI tools query Dageno data through MCP; Scale adds the API, batch configuration and data exports.
LLMrefs
- Keyword-based tracking
- Import SEO keyword lists; LLMrefs generates fan-out prompts for each keyword from real AI conversations and aggregates the answers.
- Share of voice rankings
- Ranks brands against competitors per keyword by share of voice and average position, weighted across every prompt.
- Source and citation lists
- Shows and filters the URLs AI engines cite when answering about your products, to find content and outreach targets.
- Countries and languages
- Geo-targeted tracking in 50+ countries and 20+ languages, filterable by engine and country.
- Agency projects
- Unlimited projects and seats under one subscription, with client dashboards and keywords spread across projects.
- Free AI SEO tools
- An AI crawlability checker, a Reddit threads finder and an llms.txt generator come with the plan.
Plans
Dageno
Starter$49
per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly
1 project, 2 market segments and 5 selected competitors on all 9 platforms. Shown as reduced from $89 a month, with no end date given.
Growth$199
per month for 250 prompts, billed monthly
2 projects, 5 segments and 10 competitors, plus AI Shopping data, issue and opportunity finding, change alerts, recurring reports and MCP access.
Scale$410
per month for 600 prompts, billed monthly
5 projects, 12 segments and 50 competitors, plus AI Advertising data, the API, batch configuration, exports and monthly market reports.
CustomCustom
For custom platforms such as Amazon Alexa, special data sources, SSO or more capacity, priced after a requirements review.
LLMrefs
All in One$79
per month for 500 prompts
All AI engines, weekly reports, citations, 50+ countries, unlimited projects and users, CSV export and API. Marked limited time only.
Ways to pay less
Dageno
- Annual discount
Save about 15% with annual billing
Dageno's pricing page offers about 15% off for annual billing; its plan data lists Starter at $492 a year, Growth at $2,028 and Scale at $4,176.
LLMrefs
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dageno or LLMrefs?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dageno is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $79 a month for LLMrefs. Dageno starts at $49 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly, and LLMrefs starts at $79 per month for 500 prompts.
Which has a free plan, Dageno or LLMrefs?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Dageno nor LLMrefs 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.