Scrunch vs Spyglasses (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Spyglasses grades higher than Scrunch: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Spyglasses grades higher on value for money and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Scrunch
AI search monitoring plus pages served to AI agents
Spyglasses
White-label AI visibility tracking for agencies and PR firms
Which one is for you
Pick Scrunch if
- Fits if you're a large brand weighing Agent Pages, which serve AI agents a cleaned-up copy of your site
- Works for agencies running several client brands and pitch workspaces from one account
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if Gemini, Claude or AI Mode matter, as they're tracked on Enterprise only
- Pricey if you're a small team: Core is $250 a month for one brand and 125 prompts
- Tight if you sell in several countries or watch many rivals: Core allows one country and 5 competitors
- Watch out: the API, SSO and Agent Pages are Enterprise only, and Enterprise prices aren't published
- Watch out: the only trial is 7 days of Core, and Scrunch became a Sitecore company in 2026
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
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAScrunchWeak | 2.2GPASpyglassesFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DCore is $250 a month for 125 prompts and 5,000 responses, one brand and 5 users. That's well into this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $129. Agency Core is $500. | CBrand is $79 a month for 50 prompts, billed monthly, or 20% less paid yearly. That's above this category's middle at $49 and under the dearer quarter at $95. Unlimited users, SSO, MCP and the API come with it, but Perplexity is $29 a month extra per property. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, just a 7-day free trial of Core. A week is enough to see the first answers come in, not to watch a trend. | CNo free plan, but a free trial that needs no card. The pricing page doesn't say how long it lasts. |
| Features | CPosition, sentiment and cited sources per prompt, with personas, funnel stages, site audits, AI bot traffic and product-level shopping data. The gap is engines: Core watches four, and Gemini, Claude, AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI need Enterprise. | CDaily tracking by persona and location, cited pages and outlets, placement value scores, a Citation Optimizer, site audits and AI traffic analytics. The gap its listing names: plans cover only ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, with Perplexity an add-on and Claude on request. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You set prompts, competitors, personas and funnel stages before the data says much, and Core caps you at 5 competitors and one country. | CNo rating on record. Reports, rewrites and briefs spend monthly credits, 15 for a report and 10 for a rewrite, and each extra location counts as another prompt, so there's planning before you set it running. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Looker Studio is the one integration on record, and the API and SSO come only with Enterprise. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Every plan has an MCP server and a REST API, and it connects to Looker Studio, Zapier, n8n, Make, Semrush and DataForSEO. |
| Best for | brands that want monitoring plus pages for AI agents | agencies and PR firms reporting AI visibility to clients |
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: Scrunch and Spyglasses. How we grade
Price against what you get
Scrunch starts at $250 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Spyglasses starts at $79 a month and scores 2.3.
Spyglasses scores higher and starts $171 a month lower. Of the other AI search visibility tools on the chart, 98 score higher than Scrunch for less, and 13 score higher than Spyglasses 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
- Spyglasses also covers reports.
At a glance
| Scrunch | Spyglasses | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $250 per month for 125 prompts | $79 per month for 50 prompts tracked daily, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Core plan | Free trial, no credit card required; its length is not stated |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Scrunch | Orchestra AI, Inc. |
| Price read from | scrunch.com | spyglasses.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Scrunch
- Core covers four AI platforms; Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI are tracked only on Enterprise.
- Core is limited to 1 brand workspace, 5 user licenses, 5 competitors and one country.
- API access, SSO and the Agent Experience Platform are listed for Enterprise only.
- Scrunch became a Sitecore company in 2026; it says it continues to run as a standalone platform.
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.
Key features
Scrunch
- Monitoring and citations
- Tracks brand presence, position, sentiment and the sources cited for each prompt, with competitors, personas and funnel stages.
- Insights and recommendations
- Turns monitoring data into suggested changes; Core includes one page optimization a month and basic content generation.
- Agent Experience Platform
- Enterprise plans include Agent Pages, which deliver an optimized version of a site to AI agents that visit it.
- Site audits and bot traffic
- Audits pages for how well AI can read them and reports AI agent and bot visits; Core includes 5 audits a month.
- Shopping and query fan-out
- Product-level AI search performance and the follow-up searches AI tools run behind a prompt; fan-out is limited on Core.
- Agency workspaces
- Agency plans manage several client brands and pitch workspaces from one place, with access controls and white-label output.
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.
Plans
Scrunch
Core$250
per month for 125 prompts
For brands: 5,000 responses a month on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot, 5 site audits a month, 1 brand workspace and 5 users.
Agency Core$500
per month for 250 prompts
For agencies: 10,000 responses a month, 3 brand workspaces, 3 pitch workspaces, 5 site audits per brand a month and unlimited users.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom prompts and workspaces, 9 AI platforms, the Agent Experience Platform, full site audits, API access, SSO and a dedicated account team.
Agency EnterpriseCustom
For large agencies: custom brand and pitch workspaces, full site audits, the Agent Experience Platform, SSO and a dedicated account team.
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.
Ways to pay less
Scrunch
No public discounts listed.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Scrunch or Spyglasses?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Spyglasses is cheaper to start with: $79 a month, against $250 a month for Scrunch. Scrunch starts at $250 per month for 125 prompts, and Spyglasses starts at $79 per month for 50 prompts tracked daily, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Scrunch or Spyglasses?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Scrunch nor Spyglasses 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.