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

Pick PromptScout if

• Fits if you want Bing Copilot and AI Overviews tracked for $15 a month
• Works for small sites where 15 prompts checked once a week is enough

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need more than 15 prompts or more than weekly checks, as daily starts on Pro at $149
• Not for you if you want to try it first: there's only a free one-off check and a 14-day refund
• Pricey if you want the Opportunities list and Search Console link, which start on Growth at $49
• Watch out: Opportunities and the integrations are both labeled beta
• Skip it if you need an API, as none is listed, and Agency brands are checked only weekly

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

PromptScout

• There is no free plan or trial, only a free one-off visibility check; the terms give a full refund within 14 days of purchase.
• Starter checks its 15 prompts only weekly and has no Opportunities or integrations; daily checks start at Pro for $149.
• The Agency plan is set up through the team by email, and its brands are checked weekly.
• Opportunities and the integrations are labeled as beta.

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.

PromptScout

Monitoring across five providers

Every plan checks ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Bing Copilot, and shows gained and lost mentions between runs.

Competitor tracking

Ranks the brands AI recommends alongside yours and compares how often each appears, as share of voice.

Sources and positioning

Lists cited pages by domain and page type, with Ahrefs Domain Rating, and the attributes AI uses to describe each competing brand.

Opportunities

On Growth and above, a weekly list of tasks drawn from the evidence, such as fixing a robots.txt block or joining a cited Reddit thread. In beta.

Content briefs

Turns an Opportunity into a brief for a page such as a comparison, drafted from the cited evidence for your team to review and publish.

Search and traffic integrations

Growth and above connect Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and Cloudflare or Vercel traffic data to see AI crawlers and referrals.

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.

PromptScout

• Starter$15

  per month for 15 prompts, checked weekly

  All 5 providers, mentions, competitor share of voice, source analysis, positioning attributes, weekly reports and website audits.

• Growth$49

  per month for 30 prompts, checked every 3 days

  Everything in Starter plus 3 prompt groups, prompt suggestions, Opportunities (beta), Search Console, Bing Webmaster and AI traffic integrations.

• Pro$149

  per month for 40 prompts, checked daily

  The Growth plan with daily checks and 5 prompt groups.

• Agency$299

  per month for up to 10 brands, checked weekly

  Up to 20 prompts per brand, client-ready reporting and invite-led setup through the team. Shown as reduced from $499, with no end date.

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.

PromptScout

No public discounts listed.

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.