Mentionary vs Rankscale AI (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mentionary if

• Fits if you want to find which outside sites AI answers rely on in your market
• Works for small marketing teams starting out, with a 14-day trial and no card

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need daily tracking, as Starter and Professional scan weekly and daily scans come with Agency
• Watch out: the pricing page doesn't say which 3 platforms Starter covers or which 5 Professional does
• Pricey if you need the API, which starts at Agency for $799 a month billed yearly
• Tight if you watch more than two rivals, as Starter allows 2 competitors and 200 scans a month

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

Mentionary

• There is no free plan, and each plan caps monthly scans; one scan is one prompt run on one platform.
• Starter covers 3 platforms and Professional 5, but the pricing page does not say which ones; the platform page lists six, including Copilot and You.com.
• API access starts at the Agency plan, $799 a month billed annually; lower plans get data exports only.
• Starter and Professional scan weekly; daily scans come with Agency.

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.

Mentionary

Prompt tracking

Runs tracked prompts on AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity and records mention rate, position and sentiment, weekly on the lower plans.

Prompt suggestions

Predicts the prompts prospects are likely to ask while researching a purchase, labeled by role and type, such as comparison or niche questions.

Citation source tracking

Shows which outside sites, such as Reddit, Trustpilot or blogs, AI answers rely on in your category, with an authority score for each source.

Competitor benchmarking

Share of voice, head-to-head comparisons and a SWOT analysis against 2 to 50 competitors depending on the plan.

Content gap analysis

Scores your pages on quality metrics, 5 on Starter and 15 from Professional, and suggests missing information that could get them cited.

Exports and API

Every paid plan can export its data. Agency adds full API access, and Enterprise adds SSO and custom integrations.

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.

Mentionary

• Starter$79

  per month for 20 prompts, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  200 scans a month on 3 AI platforms, scanned weekly, 2 competitors and 3 team members.

• Professional$239

  per month for 100 prompts, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)

  1,500 scans a month on 5 platforms, weekly scans, 8 competitors, 10 team members and priority support.

• Agency$799

  per month for 500 prompts, billed annually ($999 billed monthly)

  10,000 scans a month on all platforms plus custom models, 50 competitors, 50 team members and full API access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited prompts, scans, competitors and team members, SSO, custom integrations and a dedicated AEO strategist.

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.

Mentionary

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Mentionary's pricing page lists 20% off with annual billing, for example Professional at $239 a month instead of $299.

• Nonprofit

  Special pricing for schools and nonprofits

  The pricing FAQ asks educational institutions and nonprofits to contact Mentionary about special pricing; no figure is given.

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.