OptimizeGEO vs Scrunch (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, OptimizeGEO and Scrunch share a 1.8 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Scrunch starts cheaper, at $250 a month against $499 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
OptimizeGEO grades higher on features and platforms. Scrunch grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
OptimizeGEO
GEO platform for AI brand visibility, shopping and ads
Scrunch
AI search monitoring plus pages served to AI agents
Which one is for you
Pick OptimizeGEO if
- Fits if you have a marketing budget in four figures a month and a 12-month plan is fine
- Works for a company that wants a dedicated account manager and SSO, which come with Pro
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you are an individual or small team, as Standard is $499 a month for 75 prompts
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as no free plan or trial is listed
- Tight if you need more than 1 domain or 1 country, as each extra region costs $99 or $149 a month
- Pricey if you add prompts: $10 a month for each extra 10
- Watch out: API and SSO are Pro or Custom only, and Custom starts at $4,999 a month
Pick Scrunch if
- Fits if you're a large brand weighing Agent Pages, which serve AI agents a cleaned-up copy of your site
- Works for agencies running several client brands and pitch workspaces from one account
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if Gemini, Claude or AI Mode matter, as they're tracked on Enterprise only
- Pricey if you're a small team: Core is $250 a month for one brand and 125 prompts
- Tight if you sell in several countries or watch many rivals: Core allows one country and 5 competitors
- Watch out: the API, SSO and Agent Pages are Enterprise only, and Enterprise prices aren't published
- Watch out: the only trial is 7 days of Core, and Scrunch became a Sitecore company in 2026
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAOptimizeGEOWeak | 1.8GPAScrunchWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$499 a month on Standard against a category middle of $49 and a dearest tenth that starts at $129, with a 12-month minimum on top. | DCore is $250 a month for 125 prompts and 5,000 responses, one brand and 5 users. That's well into this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $129. Agency Core is $500. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial; the pricing page says a trial is not listed and points to email. | CNo free plan, just a 7-day free trial of Core. A week is enough to see the first answers come in, not to watch a trend. |
| Features | BPersona research, recommendations, an action centre with agents, traffic attribution and a long engine list. Each plan covers one domain and one country. | CPosition, sentiment and cited sources per prompt, with personas, funnel stages, site audits, AI bot traffic and product-level shopping data. The gap is engines: Core watches four, and Gemini, Claude, AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI need Enterprise. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and it ties into analytics, CDN and CMS accounts before it is useful. | CNo rating on record. You set prompts, competitors, personas and funnel stages before the data says much, and Core caps you at 5 competitors and one country. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb app with Google Analytics, Cloudflare, AWS, Fastly, Vercel, Webflow and WordPress connections. API access is on the Custom plan only. | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Looker Studio is the one integration on record, and the API and SSO come only with Enterprise. |
| Best for | AI visibility programmes with a big budget | brands that want monitoring plus pages for AI agents |
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: OptimizeGEO and Scrunch. How we grade
Price against what you get
OptimizeGEO starts at $499 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Scrunch starts at $250 a month and scores 2.0.
OptimizeGEO scores higher, and starts $249 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than OptimizeGEO for less, and 104 score higher than Scrunch 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
- OptimizeGEO also covers reports.
- Scrunch also covers site audit and web analytics.
At a glance
| OptimizeGEO | Scrunch | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $499 per month for 75 prompts, 3 AI models, 12-month minimum | $250 per month for 125 prompts |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of the Core plan |
| Web | ||
| Made by | OptimizeGEO | Scrunch |
| Price read from | optimizegeo.ai | scrunch.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
OptimizeGEO
- Standard and Pro require a 12-month minimum commitment; the page says yearly payment gets 2 months free.
- Extra prompts cost $10 per month for each 10, and an extra city or region costs $99 a month on Standard or $149 on Pro.
- The agencies tab lists separate one-time brand packs (ONE at $49 for 1 brand, TEN at $199 for 10 brands) and $499 or $1,999 a month client workspaces.
- Each plan tracks one domain and one country; API access and SSO are listed for Pro or Custom only.
Scrunch
- Core covers four AI platforms; Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI are tracked only on Enterprise.
- Core is limited to 1 brand workspace, 5 user licenses, 5 competitors and one country.
- API access, SSO and the Agent Experience Platform are listed for Enterprise only.
- Scrunch became a Sitecore company in 2026; it says it continues to run as a standalone platform.
Key features
OptimizeGEO
- Persona intelligence
- Generates prompts from audience personas and measures brand visibility, share of voice, sentiment and citations.
- Cross-channel recommendations
- Turns visibility data into suggestions for owned, earned and paid media, including AI shopping and technical GEO and SEO site fixes.
- Action Center and agents
- Prioritizes recommendations and offers AI agents for technical optimization, content, product pages, off-page work and advertising, with human expert guidance.
- AI traffic and attribution
- Plans include AI traffic and attribution reporting, connected to Google Analytics.
- Engines covered
- The site names ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and Google AI Overviews as the engines it measures; the number of models in your plan depends on the tier (3 or 4).
Scrunch
- Monitoring and citations
- Tracks brand presence, position, sentiment and the sources cited for each prompt, with competitors, personas and funnel stages.
- Insights and recommendations
- Turns monitoring data into suggested changes; Core includes one page optimization a month and basic content generation.
- Agent Experience Platform
- Enterprise plans include Agent Pages, which deliver an optimized version of a site to AI agents that visit it.
- Site audits and bot traffic
- Audits pages for how well AI can read them and reports AI agent and bot visits; Core includes 5 audits a month.
- Shopping and query fan-out
- Product-level AI search performance and the follow-up searches AI tools run behind a prompt; fan-out is limited on Core.
- Agency workspaces
- Agency plans manage several client brands and pitch workspaces from one place, with access controls and white-label output.
Plans
OptimizeGEO
Standard$499
per month for 75 prompts, 3 AI models, 12-month minimum
Weekly prompt analysis, 25 competitors, 30 articles a month, 5 recommendations every 2 weeks, up to 25 seats and email support. 1 domain and 1 country.
Pro$1,999
per month for 200 prompts, 4 AI models, 12-month minimum
Analysis every 3 days, 50 competitors, unlimited articles, 50 recommendations every 2 weeks, up to 50 seats, a dedicated account manager and single sign-on.
Custom$4,999
per month and up
Everything in Pro plus customizable prompt tracking and frequency, unlimited projects and API access. Sold through sales.
Scrunch
Core$250
per month for 125 prompts
For brands: 5,000 responses a month on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot, 5 site audits a month, 1 brand workspace and 5 users.
Agency Core$500
per month for 250 prompts
For agencies: 10,000 responses a month, 3 brand workspaces, 3 pitch workspaces, 5 site audits per brand a month and unlimited users.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom prompts and workspaces, 9 AI platforms, the Agent Experience Platform, full site audits, API access, SSO and a dedicated account team.
Agency EnterpriseCustom
For large agencies: custom brand and pitch workspaces, full site audits, the Agent Experience Platform, SSO and a dedicated account team.
Ways to pay less
OptimizeGEO
- Annual discount
2 months free with yearly payment
The pricing page says paying yearly on Standard or Pro gives 2 months free.
Scrunch
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, OptimizeGEO or Scrunch?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Scrunch is cheaper to start with: $250 a month, against $499 a month for OptimizeGEO. OptimizeGEO starts at $499 per month for 75 prompts, 3 AI models, 12-month minimum, and Scrunch starts at $250 per month for 125 prompts.
Which has a free plan, OptimizeGEO or Scrunch?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither OptimizeGEO nor Scrunch has a free plan. Scrunch 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.
