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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Rankscale AI

The Insider’s Guide

Credit-based AI visibility tracker covering 17+ AI engines

Rankscale AI, as pictured on rankscale.ai

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI search visibility tools, read from Rankscale AI’s own pages.

Made by Rankscale GmbH · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

3.0GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Rankscale AI’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Rankscale AI’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

3.0

GPA, above 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade

Rankscale tracks how a brand ranks, is cited and is described in answers from more than 17 AI engines, including ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, DeepSeek, Grok and Copilot. Search terms are unlimited and each run spends credits, so a plan's credit allowance sets how much can be tracked. It also analyzes AI shopping cards, ads, local packs and the follow-up searches AI engines run.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Rankscale AI, taken from its own pages and our grades.

  1. 1

    Best for 17+ AI engines from $17 a month

    Rankscale AI queries 17+ AI engines on every plan, and checks shopping cards, ads and local packs inside AI answers too.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at $17 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials).

  3. 3

    You can try it first

    7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Wide engine coverage

    All plans can query 17+ engines, from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 credits a run to Claude at 2 credits, on schedules from hourly to monthly.

  6. 6

    Visibility, sentiment and citations

    Tracks a visibility score over time, benchmarks competitors, analyzes sentiment and shows which sources AI engines cite.

  7. 7

    Query fan-out and ChatGPT follow-ups

    Shows the internal searches AI engines run while answering, and the clarifying questions ChatGPT asks before recommending brands.

  8. 8

    A 3.0 GPA, above 154 of 157

    That is against the other AI search visibility tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    The plain part of Rankscale AI you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

Rankscale AI at a glance

Pricing
Free trial, from $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials)
Free plan
No
Free trial
7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance
Runs on
Web
Made by
Rankscale GmbH
Category
AI Search Visibility (AEO & GEO)
Our grade
3.0 GPA, very good

The report card

Best for 17+ AI engines from $17 a month

Rankscale AI queries 17+ AI engines on every plan, and checks shopping cards, ads and local packs inside AI answers too. But you pay in credits, 0.25 to 2 per run, and monitoring pauses when they run out. Essentials is $17 a month paid yearly only, and its 120 credits cover about five prompts a day; the REST API starts at $229 and white label at $385.

ToolGPA report cardRankscale AIGraded Oct 23, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyA$17 a month on yearly billing is just under $17.40, the line for an A in this category. But Essentials' 120 credits cover about five prompts a day on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 a run. Pro, at $99 a month for 1,200 credits, is where daily tracking gets room.
Free plan and trialCNo free plan, just a 7-day trial of Pro with a limited credit allowance. Enough to see how fast credits drain, not much more.
FeaturesAAll 17+ engines on every plan, Claude and DeepSeek included, with visibility, sentiment, citations and query fan-out, plus things few rivals track: your place in AI local and map packs, and the questions ChatGPT asks before it recommends brands. Page audits cover what to fix.
Ease of useCNo rating on record. A run costs 0.25 to 2 credits depending on the engine, and tracking pauses when credits run out, so there are sums to do before you set a schedule.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Looker Studio, Google Sheets, Cloudflare and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, with the REST API from Pro+ at $229.
Grade point averageVery good, out of 4.03.0

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Rankscale AI is for

  • Fits if you want 17+ AI engines on one plan and can do the credit sums
  • Works for brands where local results matter, as it shows your place in AI map packs

Who it is not for

  • Tight if you track a lot every day, since monitoring pauses when the credits run out until renewal or a top-up
  • Skip it if you want the cheapest plan paid monthly, as Essentials is yearly only and the trial is for Pro
  • Pricey if you need the REST API, which starts at Pro+ for $229 a month, or white label at $385
  • Watch out: Claude costs 2 credits a run against 0.25 for ChatGPT, so Essentials' 120 credits go fast
  • Watch out: extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app

Good to know

Good for

  • Small teams that want low-cost AI visibility tracking on a yearly plan
  • Marketers who want to track many AI engines, including less common ones
  • Agencies sharing white-label dashboards with clients

Worth knowing

  • Tracking is limited by credits, not prompts: each engine run costs 0.25 to 2 credits, and monitoring pauses when credits run out until renewal or a top-up.
  • Essentials is sold on yearly billing only; the 7-day trial is for Pro.
  • The REST API starts at Pro+ ($229 a month); white-label dashboards start at Growth.
  • Extra brand dashboard slots are bought separately in the app.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

$17

A month to start

Rankscale AI is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $17 per month, billed yearly only (Essentials).

Enough to see how fast credits drain, not much more.
From our grade for free plan and trial

  • Essentials

    $17

    per month for 120 credits, billed yearly only

    For individuals and startups: 2 brand dashboards and 10 page audits a month. Shown as $20 crossed out.

  • Pro

    $99

    per month for 1,200 credits, billed monthly

    Up to 4,800 AI answers a month, 10 brand dashboards, 50 page audits, Looker Studio and MCP. Unused credits roll over up to 2x.

  • Pro+

    $229

    per month for 3,000 credits, billed monthly

    Up to 12,000 answers, 25 brand dashboards, 100 page audits, REST API access and 5 prompt researches a month.

  • Growth

    $385

    per month for 5,500 credits, billed monthly

    For agencies: up to 22,000 answers, 50 brand dashboards, 200 page audits, white-label dashboards and the agency program.

  • Enterprise

    $780

    per month for 12,000 credits, billed monthly

    Up to 48,000 answers, 100 brand dashboards, REST API access, a dedicated partner, and credit rollover up to 3x.

  • Custom Plan

    Custom

    Built around credit volume and team size, with options such as SSO, custom API work, SLA guarantees and a success manager.

Trying it first

7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance

Read from rankscale.ai on Oct 23, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    15% off with yearly billing

    Rankscale's pricing FAQ says yearly billing is 15% cheaper than monthly, paid 12 months upfront, with credits still renewing each month.

    Stated on rankscale.ai

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

Credit-based AI visibility tracker covering 17+ AI engines. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, reports, web analytics, AI search visibility.

Wide engine coverage
All plans can query 17+ engines, from ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity at 0.25 credits a run to Claude at 2 credits, on schedules from hourly to monthly.
Visibility, sentiment and citations
Tracks a visibility score over time, benchmarks competitors, analyzes sentiment and shows which sources AI engines cite.
Query fan-out and ChatGPT follow-ups
Shows the internal searches AI engines run while answering, and the clarifying questions ChatGPT asks before recommending brands.
Shopping, ads and local results
Analyzes shopping cards and sponsored ads in ChatGPT, AI Mode and Copilot, and brand placement in AI local and map packs.
AI visits from Cloudflare
A read-only Cloudflare connection reports AI crawler and assistant visits, top pages and the 404 errors AI bots hit.
Sharing, API and MCP
Shareable dashboard links, CSV and Google Sheets exports, Data Studio, an MCP server for AI assistants and, from Pro+, a REST API.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • Google Looker Studio
  • Google Sheets
  • Cloudflare
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor

Rankscale AI is made by Rankscale GmbH.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

154/157

Other AI search visibility tools it is graded above

Rankscale AI's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 3.

It stands best on features (A, above 157 of 157) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $17 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 8 of the 128 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4, and no tool on the category's chart scores higher without costing more.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 158 AI search visibility tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Rankscale AI’s own letter is outlined.

  • AValue for moneyAbove 146 of 157
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 63 of 157
  • AFeaturesAbove 157 of 157
  • CEase of useAbove 0 of 157
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 51 of 157

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 131 AI search visibility tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Rankscale AI is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1kMore for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessRankscale AILLMs LedgerTollBitZipTieScrunch

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

The plain part of Rankscale AI you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 4 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.

It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade. It costs $204 a year.

What you could make

  • Reports: an app builder makes this 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 tracking script and a database that counts every visit.
  • It plugs into other products, Google Looker Studio, Google Sheets and Cloudflare among them, and has an API.
  • The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Rankscale AI’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.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

Peec AI, Otterly.AI, LLMrefs, Promptwatch and Profound

The 5 tools Rankscale AI is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

14

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Rankscale AI free?

No, Rankscale AI is a paid product, but you can try it first. 7-day free trial of the Pro plan with a limited credit allowance.

How much does Rankscale AI cost?

Rankscale AI lists 6 plans. Essentials: $17 per month for 120 credits, billed yearly only.

What platforms does Rankscale AI work on?

Rankscale AI is available on Web.

Does Rankscale AI offer any discounts?

Rankscale AI publicly lists the following: 15% off with yearly billing.

Does Rankscale AI have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rankscale AI is listed for Web.

Does Rankscale AI have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rankscale AI is listed for Web.

Is Rankscale AI open source?

Rankscale AI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

Does Rankscale AI have an API?

Yes. Rankscale AI offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Rankscale AI integrate with?

Rankscale AI's listing names Google Looker Studio, Google Sheets, Cloudflare, Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Who makes Rankscale AI?

Rankscale AI is made by Rankscale GmbH.

What are the alternatives to Rankscale AI?

The closest alternatives to Rankscale AI in our directory are Peec AI, Otterly.AI, LLMrefs, Promptwatch and Profound.

How does Rankscale AI compare with other AI search visibility tools?

Rankscale AI's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 154 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 3.

Is Rankscale AI good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Rankscale AI A for value for money. Its paid plans start at $17 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 8 of the 128 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Rankscale AI?

The plain part of Rankscale AI you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Rankscale AI’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Rankscale's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Rankscale GmbH. Prices change, so check rankscale.ai before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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