Hikoo review (2026): is the free plan enough?
GEO platform that tracks AI answers and then fixes, writes and pitches
Hikoo report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 24, 2026
Best for acting on AI visibility gaps, not just tracking
Hikoo tracks AI answers and then acts on them: it audits pages, drafts content and, on its top plan, emails the sites AI engines cite. It can also run on data from Peec AI or Otterly.AI. But prices are in euros before VAT and cover one site each, Monitoring tracks only ChatGPT and Gemini, and Claude, AI Overviews and outreach wait for the €499 Agent plan.
Who Hikoo is for
- Fits if you want AI visibility gaps worked on, not only measured
- Works for teams already on Peec AI, Otterly.AI or a similar monitor
Who Hikoo is not for
- Tight if you stay on Free: 10 questions on ChatGPT only, 2 competitors and 100 pages audited a month
- Skip it if you need Claude, Grok, AI Overviews or AI Mode below €499 a month, as they come with Agent or as extras by request
- Pricey if you run several sites, since each subscription covers one site, and prices exclude VAT
- Watch out: the outreach agent, prepared page fixes and weekly summary are on the €499 Agent plan only
- Watch out: cancelling a yearly subscription doesn't refund the year already paid
Why Hikoo gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyMonitoring is €69 a month before VAT, roughly $80, for 30 questions on ChatGPT and Gemini and one site. Prices are in euros, so that figure is rough, but it sits between this category's $49 middle and its dearer quarter at $95. Yearly billing takes 20% off.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan: 10 questions daily on ChatGPT only, 2 competitors and 100 pages audited a month. Paid plans also have a 7-day trial with no card. 10 questions on one engine is a cap you'll hit.
- CFeaturesDaily tracking on up to 9 engines, page audits, content briefs and refreshes, an outreach agent and an MCP server. The gaps the listing names: Free covers ChatGPT only, Monitoring adds just Gemini, and outreach and page fixes are on Agent only.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You choose which actions go out on their own and which wait for approval, and may connect another monitor such as Peec AI first.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It reads data from Peec AI, Otterly.AI, Promptwatch, LLMrefs and Rankscale, and the MCP server on every plan works with Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hikoo'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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Hikoo's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 68 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 56.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 51 of 157) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $77.32 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 74 of the 128 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 158 AI search visibility tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hikoo’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 19 of 157, level with 100
- CFree plan and trialAbove 63 of 157, level with 88
- CFeaturesAbove 6 of 157, level with 118
- 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 Hikoo, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Hikoo you could make: link outreach, schema markup and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $927.86 a year.
What you could make
- Link outreach, schema markup and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- A crawler that checks every page of a site.
- A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- It plugs into other products, Peec AI, Otterly.AI and Promptwatch among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Hikoo’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 Hikoo?
Hikoo is a French GEO platform that measures how AI engines mention a brand and then acts on what it finds: it audits pages, suggests and updates content, and contacts the sources that AI answers cite. It can run on its own monitoring or connect to tools such as Peec AI and Otterly.AI, and each team chooses which actions go out on their own and which wait for approval.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT, and each subscription covers one site; several sites need separate plans or a custom quote.
- Free covers ChatGPT only and Monitoring adds Gemini; Claude, Grok, AI Overviews and AI Mode come only with Agent or as extra engines by request.
- The outreach agent, prepared page fixes and the weekly summary are limited to the €499 Agent plan.
- Cancelling an annual subscription does not refund the year already paid.
Key features
- AI visibility monitoring
- Asks set questions every day across up to 9 AI engines and tracks mentions, citations and competitors; 10 questions on Free, up to 200 on Agent.
- Continuous site audit
- Reviews pages the way an AI engine reads them, up to 5,000 a month on Agent, and adds headings, structured data and FAQs where answers need them.
- Content briefs and refreshes
- Turns tracked questions into briefs and new pages and flags pages that have gone out of date; 10 to 150 content suggestions a month by plan.
- Outreach agent
- On Agent, finds a contact at the sources AI engines cite, writes the email and sends follow-ups, either after you approve or on its own.
- Reports and weekly summary
- Ties visibility numbers to the actions taken, as a deck, client update or export. The Monday summary of work done comes with Agent.
- MCP server
- Included on every plan: Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other MCP clients can read citations, run audits and edit prompts with an API key.
Hikoo pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Hikoo has a free plan, and paid plans start at €69 per month for 30 questions, billed monthly, excluding VAT.
- Starts at
- €69 per month for 30 questions, billed monthly, excluding VAT
- Free plan
- 10 questions tracked daily on ChatGPT, 2 competitors, 50 AI answers analyzed and 100 pages audited a month.
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial of Monitoring and Growth, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | €0 | 10 questions on ChatGPT, 2 competitors and 100 pages audited a month, with citation tracking. |
| Monitoring | €69per month for 30 questions on 2 AI engines, billed monthly | ChatGPT and Gemini, 5 competitors, 500 pages audited and 10 content suggestions a month. One site, excluding VAT. |
| Growth | €179per month for 80 questions on 4 AI engines, billed monthly | Adds Perplexity and Copilot, 10 competitors, 1,500 pages audited, 30 content suggestions a month and source analysis. |
| Agent | €499per month for 200 questions on 9 AI engines, billed monthly | Adds Claude, Mistral, Grok, AI Overviews and AI Mode, the outreach agent, prepared page fixes and a weekly summary. |
| Multiple sites | Custom | A custom plan for several sites or brands, with dedicated support and the integrations needed. |
Read from tryhikoo.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hikoo before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
Hikoo's pricing page gives 20% off monthly prices when a year is paid in one payment.
Stated on tryhikoo.com - Other savings10% off for 6 months with The Formula
The Duo offer bundles Hikoo with The Formula, a LinkedIn prospecting service, on one invoice at 10% off for six months. Monthly billing only.
Stated on tryhikoo.com
Works with
Hikoo alternatives
- Hikoo vs Peec AI
Free trial · from $95/mo
- Hikoo vs Otterly.AI
Free trial · from $25/mo
- Hikoo vs Profound
Free trial · from $99/mo
- Hikoo vs Promptwatch
Free trial · from $95/mo
- Hikoo vs Rankscale AI
Free trial · from $17/mo
Common questions
Does Hikoo have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Hikoo is listed for Web.
Does Hikoo have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Hikoo is listed for Web.
Is Hikoo open source?
Hikoo is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Hikoo have an API?
Yes. Hikoo 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.