DemandSphere review (2026): is it worth $79 a month, billed yearly?
Daily Google rank tracking and AI answer monitoring in one budget
DemandSphere report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for Google rankings and AI answers tracked side by side
DemandSphere tracks your Google rankings and AI answers in the same tool, from one daily budget you split between keywords and prompts, checked daily on five AI engines. But each prompt uses up ten keywords of budget, there's no free plan or trial, only demos, scheduled reports start at Pro for $208 a month yearly, and SSO needs Enterprise.
Who DemandSphere is for
- Fits if you want Google rankings and AI answers in one tool and one bill
- Works for data teams who pull search data into their own BI setup over the API
Who DemandSphere is not for
- Not for you if you want to try it before paying, as there's no free plan or trial, only demos
- Tight if you track lots of prompts, since each one uses up ten keywords of budget
- Pricey if you want scheduled reports, which start at Pro for $208 a month billed yearly
- Skip it if you need SSO, log analysis or BigQuery without an Enterprise contract
- Watch out: using its data to ground or train AI models needs a separate paid license
Why DemandSphere gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyStarter is $79 a month billed yearly, or $95 monthly, for 100 prompts a day or 1,000 keywords, with unlimited users and domains and the API. That's above this category's middle, with daily checks and no seat fees.
- FFree plan and trialNothing free at all. The pricing page mentions no free plan or trial, and offers demos instead.
- BFeaturesDaily AI answer checks with citations and mentions on five engines, Google rank tracking in 200+ markets with 65+ SERP features, replays of past results and AI answers, dashboards and alerts. It covers the whole job, and Google rankings on top.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You split one daily budget between keywords and prompts, at 10 keywords per prompt, and set up dashboards before it all comes together.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Search Console, GA4, Google Drive, Slack, Looker Studio and BigQuery, and every plan has API access.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from DemandSphere's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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DemandSphere's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 29 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 38.
It stands best on features (B, above 125 of 157) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $79 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 77 of the 128 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 158 AI search visibility tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. DemandSphere’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 19 of 157, level with 100
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 157, level with 22
- BFeaturesAbove 125 of 157, level with 31
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 157, level with 145
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 51 of 157, level with 106
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 131 AI search visibility tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep DemandSphere, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace DemandSphere you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 90 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools grade higher. It costs $948 a year.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results.
- Millions of server log lines read to see what search bots crawl.
- Connections that pull numbers from dozens of other services.
- It plugs into other products, Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4 and Google Drive among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. DemandSphere’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is DemandSphere?
DemandSphere is a search intelligence platform that tracks Google rankings and AI answers side by side. Each plan has a daily tracking budget that can go to Google keywords or AI prompts, and prompts are checked across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews. Enterprise customers can add log analysis and a BigQuery data pipeline.
Worth knowing
- No free plan or free trial is mentioned on the pricing page; it offers demos instead.
- The daily budget is shared, so each tracked prompt uses up ten keywords of volume.
- Data Studio templates and scheduled email reports start at Pro; SSO, log analysis and BigQuery need Enterprise.
- Using its data to ground or train AI models needs a separate license with its own fees.
Key features
- Shared keyword and prompt budget
- Each plan's daily volume can go to Google keywords, AI prompts or any mix, at a fixed rate of one prompt for ten keywords.
- AI answer monitoring
- Every plan tracks prompts daily across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, with citation, brand mention and prompt research.
- Rank tracking and SERP analytics
- Daily Google rankings by device and location in 200+ markets, pixel depth on the page, 65+ SERP feature types and share of voice.
- Rewind
- Replay archived Google results pages and AI answers from any past date to see how they changed.
- Dashboards, reports and API
- Unlimited custom dashboards, alerts, CSV exports and API access on every plan; Pro adds Data Studio templates and scheduled email reports.
- Log analysis and BigQuery
- Enterprise add-ons analyze server logs for AI crawler behavior and pipe search data into BigQuery for BI teams.
DemandSphere pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, DemandSphere is a paid product, starting at $79 per month for 100 prompts a day, billed annually ($95 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $79 per month for 100 prompts a day, billed annually ($95 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $79per month for 100 prompts a day, billed annually ($95 monthly) | Or 1,000 keywords a day, or a mix (1 prompt = 10 keywords). Unlimited users and domains, API access, dashboards and email support. $948 a year. |
| Pro | $208per month for 250 prompts a day, billed annually ($250 monthly) | Or 2,500 keywords a day, or a mix. Adds Data Studio templates, scheduled email reports and priority support by email and Slack. $2,496 a year. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom volume, SSO, a dedicated strategist, 24-hour SLA, a dedicated subdomain, and BigQuery and log analysis add-ons. |
Read from demandsphere.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with DemandSphere before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 17% with annual billing
DemandSphere's pricing page lists Starter at $79 a month billed annually instead of $95 monthly, and Pro at $208 instead of $250.
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Common questions
Does DemandSphere have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. DemandSphere is listed for Web.
Does DemandSphere have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. DemandSphere is listed for Web.
Is DemandSphere open source?
DemandSphere is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does DemandSphere have an API?
Yes. DemandSphere offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.