GetIntel 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 2.2.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Rankscale AI grades higher on value for money, the free plan and features. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
GetIntel
Daily AI visibility scores with fixes your coding agent can ship
Rankscale AI
Credit-based AI visibility tracker covering 17+ AI engines
Which one is for you
Pick GetIntel if
- Fits if you're a founder who runs your own marketing and can review code changes
- Works for developers who want fixes delivered as changes to their own site
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the 7-day trial needs a card and charges on day 8, and refunds are at GetIntel's discretion
- Too light for acting on gaps at $29, as Monitor only tracks; tasks, drafted fixes, Reddit signals and AI traffic start at Pro for $79
- Skip it if Claude matters, as it's only on Growth at $149 and checked weekly
- Pricey if you're an agency with many clients, at $79 a client a month for 3 to 9 clients and $59 from 10
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
| 2.2GPAGetIntelFair | 3.0GPARankscale AIVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BMonitor is $29 a month for 25 buyer questions checked daily on 4 engines, inside this category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $29. It only tracks, though: tasks and drafted fixes start at Pro, $79. Yearly billing saves 20%. | 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 | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card and charges on day 8 for the plan picked at signup, and refunds are at GetIntel's discretion. | 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 | CDaily topic scores from the engines' own screens, ranked tasks with drafts such as schema or llms.txt, Reddit signals and AI traffic. The gaps the listing names: Monitor only tracks, and Claude is weekly and on Growth only. | 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 the buyer questions and rivals, and fixes go out through Claude Code, Cursor, WordPress or Ghost after you review each change. | 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 Search Console, Looker Studio, Ahrefs, WordPress and Ghost, with API and MCP access on every plan. | 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 | founders who ship fixes with a coding agent | 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: GetIntel and Rankscale AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
GetIntel starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 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 $12 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 6 score higher than GetIntel 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
- GetIntel also covers link outreach and schema markup.
- Rankscale AI also covers web analytics.
At a glance
| GetIntel | Rankscale AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $29 per month for 25 buyer questions, billed monthly | $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial with Pro features on 25 buyer questions; a card is required and charged on day 8 | 7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance |
| Web | ||
| Made by | GetIntel | Rankscale GmbH |
| Price read from | getintel.ai | rankscale.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
GetIntel
- The trial needs a card and charges on day 8 for the plan picked at signup; the terms say refunds are at GetIntel's discretion.
- Monitor only tracks: tasks, drafted fixes, Reddit signals and AI traffic start at Pro, $79 a month.
- Claude is tracked only on Growth, and weekly rather than daily like the other four engines.
- Agency plans are per client: $79 a client a month for 3 to 9 clients, $59 from 10 clients, and custom from 25.
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
GetIntel
- Daily topic scores
- Buyer questions are grouped into topics, each scored daily on citation rate, share of voice and average position against the rivals AI names.
- Answers from the live interfaces
- Captures what each engine shows in its own interface rather than an API response, and records whether you were recommended, mentioned or left out.
- Ranked, drafted fixes
- From Pro, each gap becomes a task across on-page, off-page, community and technical work, with a draft such as llms.txt, schema or a Wikidata entry.
- Fixes shipped by your coding agent
- Fixes go to Claude Code or Cursor as a reviewable change to your own site, or publish to WordPress or Ghost where connected. Nothing ships unapproved.
- Reddit signals and AI traffic
- Pro adds a weekly read of the Reddit threads in your market, brand perception, and the AI crawlers and AI visitors reaching your site.
- Reports, API and MCP
- Pitch reports on prospects, 10 to 75 a month by plan, plus a Looker Studio connector, CSV export, and API and MCP access on every plan.
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
GetIntel
Monitor$29
per month for 25 buyer questions, billed monthly
One brand on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews daily, 5 competitors, 1 market and 2 seats. Monitoring only.
Pro$79
per month for 60 buyer questions, billed monthly
Adds ranked tasks with drafted fixes, head-to-heads, brand perception, Reddit signals, AI traffic, several markets and unlimited seats.
Growth$149
per month for 120 buyer questions, billed monthly
Everything in Pro with 20 competitors, 75 pitch reports a month and Claude added as a fifth engine, checked weekly.
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
GetIntel
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
GetIntel's pricing page lists a 20% saving when the brand plans are billed annually instead of monthly.
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, GetIntel or Rankscale AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rankscale AI is cheaper to start with: $17 a month, against $29 a month for GetIntel. GetIntel starts at $29 per month for 25 buyer questions, billed monthly, and Rankscale AI starts at $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials).
Which has a free plan, GetIntel or Rankscale AI?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither GetIntel 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.