LLMrefs vs Spotaq (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Spotaq grades higher than LLMrefs: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLMrefs grades higher on platforms. Spotaq grades higher on value for money and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
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
Free trial · from $79/mo
Spotaq
AI visibility checker with a free scan, PDF audits and weekly tracking
Free plan · from $19 one-time
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 Spotaq if
- Fits if you want a free look at whether AI recommends your product, with no signup
- Works for teams that want a one-off audit PDF to pass around, for $19
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to track your own prompts, as it uses a curated set built around buyer intents
- Watch out: the pricing page names ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google-grounded AI, while the homepage also shows Claude and Gemini without saying which plans check them
- Tight if you track more than one brand: Monitor covers one domain, and Pro caps runs at 30 a month across 5
- Watch out: the free scan keeps no history, so tracking over time means Monitor at $49 a month
- Not for you if you need an API or integrations, as none are listed, or yearly billing, which is arranged by email
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALLMrefsFair | 2.4GPASpotaqFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | BA full audit PDF is $19 once, so even one a month stays inside this category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $29. Weekly monitoring of one domain is $49 a month, the category's middle, and Pro is $149 for 5. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 7-day free trial, and signing up needs no credit card. | CA free scan from the home page with no signup or email, on the same engines and scoring as the paid plans. It's a snapshot, though: no saved history, and the full answers and fix pack are paid. |
| 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. | CA 0 to 100 score, a Missed Prompts report, the sites each answer drew on and a fix pack of copy and schema. The gaps are in the listing: you can't write your own prompts, and which plans check Claude and Gemini isn't stated. |
| 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. | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: the prompts are a curated set, and the free scan runs from the home page with no account. |
| 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. Results go out as a PDF and a weekly email. |
| Best for | tracking AI visibility by keyword, not prompt | a quick check of whether AI recommends you |
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 Spotaq. How we grade
Where they differ
- Spotaq also covers schema markup.
In commonWebReportsAI search visibility
At a glance
| LLMrefs | Spotaq | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $79 per month for 500 prompts | $19 one-time for a single-domain audit PDF |
| Free plan | None | Free instant scan with no signup or email: the SpotAQ score, which engines mention you and which competitors AI recommended instead. No saved history. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial; signing up needs no credit card | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | LLMrefs | Spotaq |
| Price read from | llmrefs.com | spotaq.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.
Spotaq
- Prompts are a curated set built around buyer intents, not a list you write yourself; Pro adds pricing and category-leader questions.
- The pricing page names ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google-grounded AI; the homepage also shows Claude and Gemini without saying which plans check them.
- Monitor covers one domain; tracking more brands means Pro, which caps runs at 30 a month across 5 domains.
- There is no yearly discount yet; plans are month to month, and paying for a year is arranged by email.
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.
Spotaq
- SpotAQ score
- A 0 to 100 score averaged across the prompts in a check, built from mention rate, sentiment, which sites are cited and whether Google grounding finds your site.
- Missed Prompts report
- Lists the buyer questions where AI named a competitor instead of you, with an opportunity score and a suggested next move for each.
- Fix pack
- Copy-ready positioning rewrites and JSON-LD schema suggestions, drawn from the AI answers already collected for the run.
- Citation chain
- Shows whether answers drew on your own site, review sites, directories or third-party articles, prompt by prompt.
- Weekly monitoring
- Monitor and Pro keep score history, compute changes between runs, track when competitors appear or drop off and email a weekly digest.
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.
Spotaq
Free scan$0
An instant scorecard for any site, run from the homepage with no account, using the same engines and scoring as the paid plans.
Audit$19
one-time, for 1 domain
One full benchmark with every prompt, answer and citation, a scored Missed Prompts report and a fix pack, as a shareable PDF.
Monitor$49
per month for 1 domain, billed monthly
The audit re-run weekly (up to 6 runs a month) with score history, competitor tracking, a weekly email digest and alerts.
Pro$149
per month for up to 5 domains, billed monthly
30 runs a month shared across domains, 4 extended checks of up to 14 questions, 1,000 quick re-checks and 3 named competitors per domain.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLMrefs or Spotaq?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LLMrefs starts at $79 per month for 500 prompts, and Spotaq starts at $19 one-time for a single-domain audit PDF.
Which has a free plan, LLMrefs or Spotaq?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Spotaq 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.