LLMrefs vs Skillaeo (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, LLMrefs grades higher than Skillaeo: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLMrefs grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, 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.
LLMrefs
Keyword-based AI search visibility tracker with one flat plan
Skillaeo
AI visibility audits with the questions, answers and citations shown
Which one is for you
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
Pick Skillaeo if
- Fits if you want to read the exact AI answers and links behind a visibility score
- Works for teams that want llms.txt and schema drafts to check before publishing
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily prompt tracking, as Starter gives 25 audits a month and Pro 90
- Not for you if Perplexity or Google's AI Overviews matter, since no plan lists them
- Pricey if you need Gemini, which only Pro covers, at $83.25 a month yearly or $99.90 monthly
- Tight if you stay free: 3 audits a month on GPT alone, with 7 days of history
- Watch out: models are asked through their APIs, which the methodology says can differ from the chat apps, and used billing periods aren't refunded
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALLMrefsFair | 2.0GPASkillaeoFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CStarter is $33.25 a month billed yearly at $399, or $39.90 monthly, for 25 audits on GPT and Claude. That's just above this category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $29, and it buys audits, not daily tracking. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial, and signing up needs no credit card. | CA free account gets 3 full audits a month of 8 questions each, on GPT only, 1 quick recheck a day and 7 days of history. Without an account, 3 short audits a day. You'll hit those caps. |
| Features | 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. | CAudits that record mentions, recommendations, citations and claim accuracy, a site readiness score, and drafted llms.txt, schema and robots.txt files. The gaps are in the listing: monthly audit counts instead of daily tracking, and no Perplexity or AI Overviews on any plan. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo rating on record. Audits run from a domain, but the drafted files come from facts you confirm and have to be checked and put on your site by hand. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations on record. The one plan includes an API and CSV export. | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app and no integrations or API listed. Exports start on Starter. |
| Best for | tracking AI visibility by keyword, not prompt | AI visibility audits that show the raw answers |
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: LLMrefs and Skillaeo. How we grade
Price against what you get
LLMrefs starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Skillaeo starts at $33.25 a month and scores 2.0.
LLMrefs scores higher, and starts $45.75 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 13 score higher than LLMrefs for less, and 31 score higher than Skillaeo 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
- LLMrefs also covers reports.
- Skillaeo also covers site audit and schema markup.
At a glance
| LLMrefs | Skillaeo | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $79 per month for 500 prompts | $33.25 per month, billed annually ($39.90 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: 3 full audits a month of 8 prompts each on GPT, 1 quick recheck a day, a Skills Pack preview and 7 days of report history. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial; signing up needs no credit card | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LLMrefs | Skillaeo |
| Price read from | llmrefs.com | skillaeo.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Skillaeo
- Audits are counted per month rather than run as daily prompt tracking: 25 on Starter and 90 on Pro.
- Free covers GPT only, Starter adds Claude and only Pro adds Gemini; no plan lists Perplexity or Google AI Overviews.
- Models are queried through their APIs via a provider called KIE, which the methodology says may differ from the consumer chat apps.
- The terms say subscription charges are generally not refunded for a billing period already used.
Key features
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.
Skillaeo
- Full AI visibility audits
- Asks AI models 8 or 10 generated questions per audit and records mentions, recommendations, first-choice placement, owned citations and claim accuracy.
- Evidence in every report
- Each report shows the exact prompts, raw answers and cited URLs, and the methodology page publishes the weights behind the score.
- Site readiness checks
- A separate score from public-page checks on crawlability, factual clarity, support coverage, structured data, site architecture and trust signals.
- Skills Pack
- Drafts llms.txt, Schema.org JSON-LD, an experimental agent.json and robots.txt suggestions from facts you confirm, for manual review and deployment.
- Quick rechecks
- Re-runs a lighter check on a domain between full audits: once a day on Free, and without a daily cap on paid plans, with a same-domain cooldown.
- Free anonymous audit
- Without an account, up to 3 audits a day, 1 per domain, each asking GPT 5 questions, subject to daily capacity.
Plans
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.
Skillaeo
Free$0
3 full audits a month with 8 prompts each on GPT, 1 quick recheck a day and 7-day report history.
Starter$33.25
per month for 25 audits, billed annually ($39.90 billed monthly)
10 prompts per audit across GPT and Claude, the full Skills Pack, quick rechecks without a daily cap, 90-day history and exports. $399 a year.
Pro$83.25
per month for 90 audits, billed annually ($99.90 billed monthly)
10 prompts per audit across GPT, Claude and Gemini, the full Skills Pack, 365-day report history and exports. $999 a year.
Ways to pay less
LLMrefs
No public discounts listed.
Skillaeo
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Skillaeo's pricing page bills Starter at $399 a year and Pro at $999 a year, described as 2 months free against monthly billing.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLMrefs or Skillaeo?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Skillaeo is cheaper to start with: $33.25 a month, against $79 a month for LLMrefs. LLMrefs starts at $79 per month for 500 prompts, and Skillaeo starts at $33.25 per month, billed annually ($39.90 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LLMrefs or Skillaeo?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Skillaeo has a free plan. LLMrefs 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.