Dageno vs Rankscale AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, we pick Rankscale AI: it is first in our ranking of AI search visibility tools, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.4.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Rankscale AI grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on 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
Rankscale AI
Credit-based AI visibility tracker covering 17+ AI engines
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 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
How we grade them
| 2.4GPADagenoFair | 3.0GPARankscale AIVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | A$17 a month on yearly billing is just under $17.40, the line for an A in this category. But Essentials' 120 credits cover about five prompts a day on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 a run. Pro, at $99 a month for 1,200 credits, is where daily tracking gets room. |
| 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, just a 7-day trial of Pro with a limited credit allowance. Enough to see how fast credits drain, not much more. |
| 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. | AAll 17+ engines on every plan, Claude and DeepSeek included, with visibility, sentiment, citations and query fan-out, plus things few rivals track: your place in AI local and map packs, and the questions ChatGPT asks before it recommends brands. Page audits cover what to fix. |
| 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. A run costs 0.25 to 2 credits depending on the engine, and tracking pauses when credits run out, so there are sums to do before you set a schedule. |
| 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. Looker Studio, Google Sheets, Cloudflare and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, with the REST API from Pro+ at $229. |
| Best for | comparing AI visibility across many countries | 17+ AI engines from $17 a month |
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 Rankscale AI. 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. Rankscale AI starts at $17 a month and scores 3.0.
Rankscale AI scores higher and starts $32 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Dageno for less, and none scores higher than Rankscale AI 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.
- Rankscale AI also covers web analytics.
At a glance
| Dageno | Rankscale AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly | $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial on the Starter plan | 7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance |
| Web | ||
| Made by | DINGX LLC | Rankscale GmbH |
| Price read from | dageno.ai | rankscale.ai |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Dageno or Rankscale AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rankscale AI is cheaper to start with: $17 a month, against $49 a month for Dageno. Dageno starts at $49 per month for 50 prompts, billed monthly, and Rankscale AI starts at $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials).
Which has a free plan, Dageno or Rankscale AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Dageno nor Rankscale AI 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.