Rankscale AI vs Trackerly (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 Trackerly if

• Fits if you want to choose which models each prompt group runs on, and how often
• Works for brands tracking the same prompts in several countries and languages

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: a ChatGPT or AI Overviews run costs 2 credits, Perplexity 4 and AI Mode 5, so 4,500 credits go faster than they look
• Pricey if you need the API, which starts at Growth for $97 a month
• Not for you if you want a free plan or a yearly discount, as there's only a 7-day trial and monthly billing
• Skip it if you need team collaboration or custom reports, both limited to Pro at $247 a month

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.

Trackerly

• Credits run out faster on some engines: a ChatGPT or AI Overviews run costs 2 credits, Perplexity 4 and Google AI Mode 5.
• API access starts at Growth ($97 a month); Lite has none.
• There is no free plan, only the 7-day trial, and the pricing page shows no annual billing option.
• Team collaboration and custom reports are limited to Pro.

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.

Trackerly

Seven AI models

Tracks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Claude and DeepSeek, and shows the exact model version behind each response.

Chosen run frequency

Each prompt group runs daily, every 2 days, weekly, every 2 weeks or monthly, on the models picked for that group.

Brand and competitor metrics

Reports mentions, share of voice, relative position of first mention and sentiment against a set of competitors that can change over time.

Citation tracking

Records the sources cited by every model that uses its own web search tool, gathered through that model's native search.

Localization

Anchors prompts and web searches to more than 60 countries, and works in nearly any language the model handles.

Reports and API

Filterable, exportable reports for clients on every plan, and a REST API from Growth up for internal dashboards.

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.

Trackerly

• Lite$27

  per month for 4,500 credits

  All models, localization, sentiment, citations, competitor tracking and exportable reports. A Claude, Gemini or DeepSeek run costs 1 credit.

• Growth$97

  per month for 42,000 credits

  Everything in Lite plus API access, priority support and up to 3 workspaces.

• Pro$247

  per month for 115,000 credits

  Everything in Growth plus team collaboration, custom reports and up to 15 workspaces.

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.

Trackerly

No public discounts listed.