Rankscale AI vs Sorn.ai (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick Sorn.ai if

• Fits if you want AI crawler and referral data next to your prompt tracking
• Works for agencies tracking up to seven brands on one account

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: the free trial lasts only 3 days, and the terms say fees aren't refunded unless stated otherwise
• Tight if you start on Starter: ChatGPT and Gemini only, refreshed weekly, with 30 days of history and 1 seat
• Pricey if you need Claude, Perplexity or daily refreshes, which start at Professional for $99 a month
• Skip it if you need the API, YouTube citations or the E-E-A-T audit, which only the Enterprise plan lists

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.

Sorn.ai

• The free trial lasts only 3 days, and the terms say fees are non-refundable unless stated otherwise.
• Starter covers only ChatGPT and Gemini, refreshed weekly with 30 days of history; Claude and Perplexity start at Professional.
• API access, YouTube citations, the Entity Score and the E-E-A-T audit appear only in the Enterprise plan's feature list.
• The main sorn.ai site sells a separate agency service, which it says is for businesses earning over $50,000 a month.

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.

Sorn.ai

LLM performance dashboard

One view of a business across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, with a visibility score and mention trend.

AI Rankings

Shows which prompts surface your business, at which position and how that changes; the full version with share of answer starts at Professional.

AI traffic and crawler activity

Reports which AI crawlers visit your site and which pages they read, and which AI engine sent each visitor.

Reddit and listicles

Monitors the Reddit threads and top-10 lists where your business is mentioned or missing.

Experiment Engine

On the Agency plan, runs tests across prompt clusters to measure how individual changes affect visibility.

MCP connector and export

From Professional, your data can be queried from Claude or ChatGPT through MCP and exported.

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.

Sorn.ai

• Starter$29

  per month for 50 prompts on 2 AI engines, refreshed weekly

  ChatGPT and Gemini, 1 brand, 1 seat, 30 days of history, AI traffic and crawler data, and Reddit and listicle tracking.

• Professional$99

  per month for 100 prompts on 4 AI engines, refreshed daily

  Adds Claude and Perplexity, 3 brands, 3 competitors, 3 seats, 90 days of history, 5 page audits a month, MCP and export.

• Agency$459

  per month for 500 prompts on 4 AI engines

  7 brands, 10 competitors, 7 seats, a year of history, 25 page audits a month, the Experiment Engine and chat support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited brands and prompts, API access, Entity Score, YouTube citations, an E-E-A-T audit, SSO and white-label.

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.

Sorn.ai

No public discounts listed.