ZipTie review (2026): is it worth $25.65 a month?
AI search visibility tracker priced per prompt and engine
Our verdict
Second of our top three AI search visibility tools
For: Agencies, and anyone who wants daily checks for less
ZipTie checks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, Perplexity, Copilot, Bing's AI Overview and Gemini at the same price per engine, scoring citations, mentions and sentiment per prompt, with a ranked list of gaps. You build a plan from prompts, engines and how often they run, at about a cent a check: the smallest preset is $25.65 a month for 30 daily prompts on 3 engines, and seats, projects and white-label PDF reports cost nothing extra. It is second because it covers 7 engines to Rankscale's 17+, with no Claude; the API and MCP are a $10 add-on, the no-card trial runs only 3 engines, and unused time is not refunded.
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Good · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for AI tracking priced per prompt and engine
ZipTie has no fixed plans: you build your own from prompts, engines and how often they run, at about a cent a check, and the smallest preset is $25.65 a month for 30 daily prompts on three engines. But the API, MCP and content writing are paid add-ons, UGC analysis adds 80% to the cost, and the trial skips most engines. Unused time isn't refunded if you cancel mid-period.
Who ZipTie is for
- Fits if you want to pay only for the prompts and engines you track
- Works for agencies that need white-label PDF reports on every plan
Who ZipTie is not for
- Tight if you want content written for you, as that's $20 a month per brand extra
- Skip it if you might cancel mid-period, since unused time isn't refunded
- Pricey if you want UGC Impact Analysis, which adds 80% to the prompt cost, or the API and MCP at $10 more
- Watch out: the trial covers only ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Copilot, and engines vary by country
Why ZipTie gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyThe Starter preset is $25.65 a month for 30 daily prompts on 3 engines, inside this category's cheapest quarter, which starts at $29. Yearly billing takes 20% off the prompt cost. The API and MCP are $10 a month extra.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, but a 7-day trial with 25 daily prompts and no card. It only covers ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Copilot, though.
- BFeaturesSeven engines, AI Mode, Gemini and Bing's AI Overview among them, at the same price each, a 0 to 100 score per prompt, daily to monthly checks, an Action Center, competitor ranking and organic results alongside. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You choose prompts, cadences and engines per project in a calculator, and which engines run depends on the country.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Search Console connects, Excel exports and share links need no account, and the API and MCP are a $10 add-on.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from ZipTie'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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ZipTie's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 146 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on features (B, above 125 of 157) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25.65 a month, against a middle price of $59 for the category: 20 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. ZipTie’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 120 of 157, level with 25
- CFree plan and trialAbove 63 of 157, level with 88
- 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 ZipTie, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of ZipTie 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 2.6 is higher than 146 of the 157 other AI search visibility tools we grade. It costs $307.80 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 score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- It plugs into other products, Google Search Console among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. ZipTie’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 ZipTie?
ZipTie (styled ziptie.ai) tracks what seven AI search engines say about a brand, measuring citations, mentions and sentiment and rolling them into one score per prompt. An Action Center ranks the gaps to close, and fixes can be marked on the trend line. There are no fixed tiers: the price is built from the number of prompts, how often they run and how many engines check them.
Worth knowing
- Add-ons cost extra: API and MCP access $10 a month, content generation $20 a month per brand context, and UGC Impact Analysis adds 80% to the prompt cost.
- The trial covers only ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Copilot; other engines need a paid plan.
- Cancelling takes effect at the end of the paid period, and unused time is not refunded.
- Which engines can run depends on the country chosen for each project.
Key features
- Seven AI engines
- Checks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, Bing AI Overview and Gemini, at the same price per engine.
- AI Success Score
- Combines citation rate, mention rate and sentiment into a 0 to 100 score for each prompt and a trend line for the project.
- Daily, weekly or monthly checks
- Cadence is set per project, so key prompts can run daily and long-tail prompts monthly from one shared pool.
- Action Center
- A ranked queue of gaps per project, such as prompts where no engine names or cites the brand across several checks.
- Competitors and organic results
- Ranks the brands and domains AI answers name and cite, with Google and Bing organic results captured alongside at no extra cost.
- Client reports
- White-label PDF reports with an agency's logo, Excel exports and share links that need no account, on every plan.
ZipTie pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, ZipTie is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $25.65 per month for 30 daily prompts on 3 engines, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $25.65 per month for 30 daily prompts on 3 engines, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial with 25 daily prompts on 3 engines, no card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25.65per month for 30 daily prompts on 3 engines, billed monthly | A starting preset on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Every plan is built in a calculator at about $0.01 per prompt check. |
| Professional | $340.20per month for 100 daily and 280 weekly prompts, billed monthly | A preset on 5 engines, adding AI Mode and Gemini, with the UGC Impact Analysis add-on switched on. |
| Enterprise | $1,647per month for 300 daily, 1,050 weekly and 1,500 monthly prompts | The largest preset: all 7 engines with UGC Impact Analysis, billed monthly. Bigger volumes get a custom quote. |
Read from ziptie.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with ZipTie before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 20% with annual billing
ZipTie's calculator takes 20% off the prompt cost for annual billing, 10% for semi-annual and 5% for quarterly. Flat add-ons stay at full price.
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Common questions
Does ZipTie have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ZipTie is listed for Web.
Does ZipTie have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. ZipTie is listed for Web.
Is ZipTie open source?
ZipTie is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does ZipTie have an API?
Yes. ZipTie 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.