# MentionRank review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Low-cost AI mention tracker with a free plan and article generator Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. MentionRank checks which prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok mention a brand, scores its visibility and compares it with up to six competitors. It has a searchable library of more than 10,000 prompts, a site scanner that suggests prompts to track and a generator for articles aimed at AI answers. A free plan covers one site and ten prompts. - **Category:** AI Search Visibility (AEO & GEO) - **Made by:** MentionRank - **Website:** https://www.mentionrank.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if Google's AI Overviews, AI Mode or Copilot matter to you, as they aren't tracked. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, MentionRank has a free plan, and paid plans start at $39 per month for 50 prompts. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free Forever: 1 website, 10 tracked prompts, 1 article a month and 3 AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity). No credit card. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free Forever | $0 | 1 website, 10 tracked prompts, 1 article a month, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. | | Pro | $39 per month for 50 prompts | All 5 models (adds Claude and Grok), 5 Spotlights and 10 articles a month. | | Growth | $79 per month for 150 prompts | 3 websites, 10 Spotlights and 50 articles a month. | | Agency | $149 per month for unlimited prompts | 10 websites, 30 Spotlights and 100 articles a month, all AI models. | Read from https://www.mentionrank.io on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with MentionRank before buying. ## Key features - **Mention tracking in 5 models:** Shows which tracked prompts mention your brand in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok; the free plan covers three of them. - **Spotlight daily scans:** A Spotlight moves one prompt to daily scans across all five models; paid plans include 5 to 30 Spotlights a month. - **Prompt Explorer:** Search a library of more than 10,000 prompts by category to see which brands each one recommends and find prompts worth tracking. - **Brand Compare:** Benchmarks your visibility score against up to six competitors, with mentions broken down by model and category. - **Website Scanner:** Reads your site's pages and suggests prompts that match what the business does. - **Article Generator:** Writes comparison, listicle, FAQ and feature articles meant to be picked up by AI answers, at one credit each, capped per plan. ## Good for - Founders and small teams who want to check AI mentions for free or cheaply - Agencies tracking up to 10 client sites on one plan - Marketers who want AI-oriented articles drafted alongside tracking ## Worth knowing - The free plan leaves out Claude and Grok and tracks only one website. - Daily scans across all five models apply only to prompts given a Spotlight, which are capped each month. - The page shows monthly prices only, with no annual option or trial. - Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Copilot are not among the models it names. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. MentionRank shows which of your prompts get your brand named in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok, and compares you with up to six rivals. There's a free plan for one site and 10 prompts, and Pro is $39 a month. But it doesn't look at Google's AI answers or Copilot, only Spotlight prompts get checked daily, and the free plan leaves out Claude and Grok. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $39 a month for 50 prompts on all five models, above the cheaper quarter's $29 and under the $49 middle. The page shows monthly prices only, with no yearly discount. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free forever with no card: 1 website, 10 prompts and 1 article a month, on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. 10 prompts is a cap you'll reach fast. - **Features: C.** Mention tracking in five models, a library of 10,000-plus prompts, rival comparisons, a site scanner and an article writer. The gaps are in its own listing: no Google AI Overviews, AI Mode or Copilot, and daily scans only for the few Spotlight prompts. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. The site scanner suggests prompts, and you still pick prompts, rivals and Spotlights before it tells you much. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and the listing names no integrations or API. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from MentionRank'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 - MentionRank's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 29 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 38. - Its paid plans start at $39 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 43 of the 128 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 34 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 MentionRank you could make: long-form writing and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. 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 $468 a year. - You could make: Long-form writing and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** AI search visibility, Long-form writing, Reports ## Alternatives - [Otterly.AI](https://toolgpa.com/tools/otterly-ai): Daily brand and citation tracking across AI search engines. 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