Qwairy vs Rankshift (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Qwairy and Rankshift share a 2.4 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Qwairy starts cheaper, at $74 a month against $82 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Qwairy
Credit-based GEO platform covering a wide range of AI engines
Rankshift
Credit-based AI visibility tracker with unlimited projects and seats
Which one is for you
Pick Qwairy if
- Fits if you sell in many countries and want AI answers checked in each language
- Works for teams that can check weekly, where Starter's credits cover about 190 prompts
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want daily checks on many prompts, as Starter's 2,500 credits cover about 27 on 3 engines
- Pricey if you want crawler logs or Looker Studio, which start at Business for $432 a month billed yearly
- Skip it if you need Mistral, Qwen or Kimi tracked, as API-based models are Enterprise only
- Watch out: extra credit packs start at €109 plus VAT, priced only in euros
- Watch out: the REST API starts at Growth, SSO and white label need Enterprise, and it's unclear if the 120 free credits renew
Pick Rankshift if
- Fits if you run an agency and want every client and teammate on one plan
- Works for teams that report AI visibility in their own BI dashboards, through the PostgreSQL connector
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you want daily checks on Claude and Copilot, at 5 credits a run against 2 on most engines
- Skip it if you need SSO or an SLA, which only come with the custom-priced Enterprise plan
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $82 a month even billed yearly
- Watch out: there's no free plan once the 30-day trial ends
- Tight if you track over 150 prompts a day, as more means Professional at $189 a month
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAQwairyFair | 2.4GPARankshiftFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $74 a month billed yearly, or $89 monthly, for 2,500 credits with unlimited prompts and team members. That's between this category's middle and its dearer quarter. Starter's credits cover about 27 prompts on 3 engines checked daily. | CStarter is $82 a month billed yearly, or $92 monthly, for 9,500 credits. That's above this category's middle of $49 and under its dearer quarter of $95. Projects and seats are unlimited. |
| Free plan and trial | CYou can start free with 120 credits and no card. The page doesn't say whether those renew, so treat it as a trial, not a plan to live on. | CA 30-day trial with no card needed. After that there's no free plan at all. |
| Features | BAnswers and cited sources from a wide list of engines, sentiment, shopping and sponsored results, content and backlink ideas, site readiness checks, AI crawler logs and AI referral revenue. It covers the whole job, though crawler logs need Business. | BPrompt tracking on nine engines, from ChatGPT and AI Overviews to Claude, Copilot, Meta AI and Mistral, plus sentiment, citation shares, content briefs, a fix list and AI crawler logs. It covers the whole job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. There's credit maths to do, daily or weekly or monthly checks to choose, and Search Console and Bing to connect before the full picture shows up. | CNo rating on record. You pick prompts, engines and how often each one runs, and then work out what that costs in credits. There's a calculator for that, which tells you something. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools and Looker Studio, has an MCP server on every plan and a REST API from Growth. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It does connect to Looker Studio, BigQuery, Tableau and Power BI, and has an MCP server and a REST API on every plan. |
| Best for | tracking AI answers in lots of countries and languages | agencies tracking lots of clients in AI 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: Qwairy and Rankshift. How we grade
Price against what you get
Qwairy starts at $74 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Rankshift starts at $82 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Qwairy starts $8 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Qwairy for less, and 1 scores higher than Rankshift 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
- Qwairy also covers backlink analysis and web analytics.
At a glance
| Qwairy | Rankshift | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $74 per month for 2,500 credits, billed annually ($89 billed monthly) | $82 per month for 9,500 credits, billed annually ($92 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free start with 120 credits and no card; the page does not say whether they renew | 30-day free trial, no credit card needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Qwairy SAS | Rankshift BV |
| Price read from | qwairy.co | rankshift.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Qwairy
- Credits set the volume: Starter's 2,500 a month cover about 27 prompts on 3 engines checked daily, or about 190 checked weekly.
- Models tracked through their APIs, such as Mistral, Qwen and Kimi, are only on Enterprise.
- Extra credit packs of 2,500 to 50,000 credits start at €109 excluding VAT; the page gives this price only in euros.
- Crawler analytics and Looker Studio start at Business; SSO and white-label need Enterprise.
Rankshift
- Each prompt run uses credits: 2 on ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews and most engines, 5 on Claude and Copilot, so daily tracking on many engines adds up.
- There is no free plan after the 30-day trial.
- SSO and an SLA come only with the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
Key features
Qwairy
- Monitoring across many engines
- Tracks answers from the user interfaces of ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, Meta AI, Naver and others.
- Responses, sources and competitors
- Shows each AI answer, the sources it cites, competitor mentions, query fan-out, shopping results and sponsored content.
- Sentiment and perception
- Analyzes how AI describes and positions the brand; Fact Check, a beta on request, compares claims with your knowledge base.
- Content and backlink opportunities
- An Action Center ranks content and backlink opportunities, and Content Studio drafts citation-ready briefs.
- Site readiness and crawler analytics
- Diagnoses pages for AI readiness, logs requests from 15+ AI crawlers (crawler analytics needs Business) and connects Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
- AI referral traffic and revenue
- Measures visits from AI referrers and the revenue they bring, and compares them with your visibility over time.
Rankshift
- Prompt tracking on nine AI engines
- ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Perplexity, Meta AI and Mistral, run daily or on chosen weekdays, with personas.
- Visibility, sentiment and citations
- A visibility score and leaderboard against competitors, sentiment toward your brand, and the share of citations each source gets.
- Content opportunities and briefs
- Finds pages that cite competitors but not you, and generates content briefs and drafts aimed at the prompts you track.
- Action Center
- One list of recommended fixes, such as schema, comparison pages or author bios, ranked by expected effect on visibility.
- Agent analytics
- Shows in real time when crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read your pages, with the status codes they got.
- MCP, API and BI connectors
- An MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT, a REST API, and a PostgreSQL connector for Looker Studio, BigQuery, Tableau, Power BI and others.
Plans
Qwairy
Starter$74
per month for 2,500 credits, billed annually ($89 billed monthly)
1 workspace, unlimited prompts and team members, Content Studio, every UI-tracked AI engine and MCP access. 1 credit = 1 prompt on 1 engine for 1 day.
Agency Starter$90
per month for 2,500 credits, billed annually ($109 billed monthly)
For agencies pitching clients: AI visibility audits and shareable competitor reports, plus 1 client workspace.
Growth$190
per month for 10,000 credits, billed annually ($229 billed monthly)
2 workspaces, the REST API and Fact Check, a beta available on request.
Agency Growth$232
per month for 10,000 credits, billed annually ($279 billed monthly)
5 client workspaces and the REST API. Agency Business has 20 workspaces and 30,000 credits for $482 a month billed annually.
Business$432
per month for 30,000 credits, billed annually ($519 billed monthly)
5 workspaces, AI crawler analytics and the Looker Studio connector.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom capacity, API-based models, SSO, a white-label platform on your own domain and tailored integrations.
Rankshift
Starter$82
per month for 9,500 credits, billed annually ($92 billed monthly)
Up to 150 prompts a day, every AI engine, unlimited projects and seats, content briefs and writer, crawler analytics, Looker Studio, MCP and API.
Professional$189
per month for 22,000 credits, billed annually ($210 billed monthly)
Everything in Starter with up to 350 prompts a day.
Business$425
per month for 53,000 credits, billed annually ($473 billed monthly)
Everything in Starter with up to 850 prompts a day, for teams running several projects.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits and prompt tracking, SSO, an SLA, training sessions and a dedicated account manager.
Ways to pay less
Qwairy
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Qwairy's pricing FAQ says annual billing saves two months compared with monthly pricing, about 17%.
Rankshift
- Annual discount
Save 10% with annual billing
Rankshift's pricing page lists annual billing at about 10% less, for example Starter at $82 a month instead of $92.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Qwairy or Rankshift?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Qwairy is cheaper to start with: $74 a month, against $82 a month for Rankshift. Qwairy starts at $74 per month for 2,500 credits, billed annually ($89 billed monthly), and Rankshift starts at $82 per month for 9,500 credits, billed annually ($92 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Qwairy or Rankshift?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Qwairy nor Rankshift has a free plan. Both have 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.