# Ghostd review (2026): is it worth $175 a month, billed yearly? > AI visibility scans and content help for small businesses Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA. Ghostd is an AI search visibility tool aimed at small businesses and marketers. Scheduled scans query ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode for a set of prompts, and between scans pulse checks watch a set of prompts for changes. It also audits a site's schema, crawlability and content structure, gives a running AI Visibility Score, and has a task queue and an AI writing desk. - **Category:** AI Search Visibility (AEO & GEO) - **Made by:** Ghostd LLC - **Website:** https://ghostd.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you're watching costs: Pro is $175 a month billed yearly, or $249 monthly, for 5 prompts. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, Ghostd is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $175 per month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free account with 1 lifetime scan on ChatGPT and Gemini, 10 pages crawled, no credit card. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Pro | $175 per month, billed annually ($249 billed monthly) | 2 scans a month on 7 platforms, 250 pages per scan, 5 prompts, 1 competitor, pulse checks on 20 prompts every 12 hours, and 1 user. $2,100 a year. | | Pro Plus | $199 per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly) | Weekly scans, 1,000 pages, 10 prompts, 10 competitors, pulse checks on 50 prompts every 6 hours, 2 seats and the full content suite. $2,388 a year. | Read from https://ghostd.ai/pricing on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Ghostd before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 30% to 33% with annual billing** (Annual discount): Ghostd's pricing page bills Pro at $2,100 a year ($175 a month) and Pro Plus at $2,388 ($199 a month), against $249 and $299 monthly. Source: https://ghostd.ai/pricing ## Key features - **Scans across seven AI platforms:** Paid plans query ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode: twice a month on Pro and weekly on Pro Plus. - **Pulse checks and alerts:** Between scans, pulse checks watch up to 20 prompts every 12 hours on Pro or 50 every 6 hours on Pro Plus, and flag topic changes and gaps. - **AI readiness audit:** Crawls 250 or 1,000 pages per scan to check schema, crawlability and content structure, with a domain authority score. - **AI Visibility Score:** A 0 to 100 score built from brand mentions and citations; Pro Plus also tracks it over time against your starting point. - **Workbench and Writer's Desk:** A prioritized task queue that tracks completion, and a desk for drafting content with AI suggestions. Briefs and talking points are on Pro Plus. - **Traffic and Search Console:** Paid plans show live website traffic metrics and connect Google Search Console. ## Good for - Small business owners checking whether AI assistants name them - Small teams that want seven AI platforms covered without a sales call - Marketers who want a task list and writing help next to the tracking ## Worth knowing - Pro tracks only 1 competitor and 5 prompts, and its full scans run twice a month. - The free account is a single lifetime scan on ChatGPT and Gemini, not an ongoing plan. - Refunds are given within 7 days of first purchase only if no more than 3 scans were used; annual terms get no pro-rated refund. - The plan cards list 7 AI platforms, while the pricing FAQ also names Microsoft Copilot. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 24, 2026. Ghostd scans ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode for your prompts, audits your site's schema and crawlability, and adds a task queue and a writing desk. But the entry plan is $175 a month billed yearly for just 5 prompts, 1 competitor and two full scans a month. The free account is one scan for life. - **Value for money: D.** Pro is $175 a month billed yearly, $2,100 up front, or $249 monthly. That's in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $129, for 5 prompts, 1 competitor and 2 full scans a month. - **Free plan and trial: D.** No free plan or trial to speak of. A free account with no card gets 1 scan for life, on ChatGPT and Gemini only, with 10 pages crawled. - **Features: C.** Seven AI platforms, pulse checks between scans, a 250-page readiness audit, a 0 to 100 score, a task queue and a writing desk. The gaps are in the listing: Pro tracks 5 prompts and 1 competitor, with full scans twice a month. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. You set the prompts for scans and a separate set for pulse checks, and connect Search Console yourself. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app. Google Search Console is the one integration listed, and there's no API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Ghostd's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI search visibility tools - Ghostd's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on features (C, above 6 of 157) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $175 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 122 of the 128 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 97 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-visibility ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Ghostd you could make: long-form writing. What surrounds it you could not. The 2 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 145 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools grade higher. It costs $2,100 a year. - You could make: Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Search Console **Tags:** AI search visibility, Site audit, Long-form writing ## Alternatives - [Otterly.AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otterly-ai): Daily brand and citation tracking across AI search engines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ghostd-vs-otterly-ai) - [Profound](https://toolgpa.com/tools/profound): AI search visibility tracking with an AI marketing agent built in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ghostd-vs-profound) - [Peec AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/peec-ai): AI search analytics that tracks brand prompts across AI models. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ghostd-vs-peec-ai) - [Am I On AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/am-i-on-ai): ChatGPT and AI Overview visibility tracker with weekly action plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/am-i-on-ai-vs-ghostd) - [Geoptie](https://toolgpa.com/tools/geoptie): Daily AI visibility tracking on any four of seven AI engines. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/geoptie-vs-ghostd) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://ghostd.ai/pricing - https://ghostd.ai/ - https://ghostd.ai/refund-policy Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ghostd Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).