Rankscale AI vs Spyglasses (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 Spyglasses if

• Fits if you're an agency sending AI visibility reports to clients under your own brand
• Works for PR teams that want to see which coverage AI cites

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want white-label reports, which start at Agency Core for $349 a month
• Tight if Perplexity matters, as it's $29 a month extra per property, and Claude is only on request
• Skip it if you track the same question in many places, since each extra location counts as another prompt
• Watch out: a report costs 15 credits and a rewrite 10, from 60 a month on Brand, and extra credits are $1 each
• Watch out: the free trial needs no card, but the pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts

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.

Spyglasses

• Plans track ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Perplexity is an add-on from $29 a month per property, and Claude is on request.
• White-label reports and client portals start at Agency Core for $349 a month.
• Reports, rewrites and briefs spend monthly credits: an AI visibility report costs 15 and a page rewrite 10. Extra credits cost $1 each, with a $15 minimum.
• Tracking the same prompt in another location counts as another prompt.

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.

Spyglasses

Daily prompt tracking

Each tracked prompt runs daily on every platform in the plan and counts once; personas and locations show how answers differ by buyer and place.

Citation intelligence

Shows which pages and outlets AI cites for your prompts, and where your content drops out between AI's searches, ranking, reading and scoring.

Placement value scores

AIPVS and AIPQS scores estimate what a media placement is worth to AI before you pitch or pay, with coverage reports and media lists for PR teams.

Citation Optimizer and audits

Rewrites and re-scores pages to be easier for AI to cite, writes FAQs and briefs, and audits sites for what blocks AI crawlers.

AI traffic analytics

Measures visits from AI agents and clickthroughs from AI answers, with bot blocking rules, through integrations for Next.js, Drupal, Python and others.

White-label reports, MCP and API

Agency plans send branded PDF and PowerPoint reports and client portals on your own domain; every plan has an MCP server and a REST API.

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.

Spyglasses

• Brand$79

  per month for 50 prompts tracked daily, billed monthly

  For in-house teams: 60 credits, 250 site audit pages, 10 citation rewrites and 50 scored pages a month, on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews.

• Agency Core$349

  per month for 250 prompts tracked daily, billed monthly

  300 credits and 2,500 audit pages a month, white-label PDF and PowerPoint reports, client portals, placement scores and media lists.

• Agency Pro$699

  per month for 600 prompts tracked daily, billed monthly

  Everything in Agency Core with 720 credits, 10,000 audit pages, 120 citation rewrites and 600 scored pages a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom prompt volume and credits, a security review, pinned model versions, and Microsoft Copilot and DeepSeek tracking.

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.

Spyglasses

• Annual discount

  Save 20% yearly or 10% quarterly

  Spyglasses' pricing FAQ says paying yearly saves 20% and paying quarterly saves 10% on the monthly price, with the same savings on add-ons.