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8 Best Peec AI Alternatives for 2026

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Peec AI's self-serve plans include only three of six AI engines and stop at recommending fixes rather than making them. Cituna checks seven engines for $49 a month and writes the fix for each gap it finds. AthenaHQ covers eleven engines from $295 a month, and Trakkr covers eight from $100 a month, for readers who want wider coverage than Peec's three chosen models.

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Key takeaways

  • Peec AI's plans include only three chosen AI models each, and Perplexity is not in that base list, so buyers who track more engines often look elsewhere.
  • Cituna checks seven engines for $49 a month and writes the fix for each gap it finds, instead of only suggesting one.
  • AthenaHQ covers eleven engines on its $295 plan, and Trakkr covers eight engines from $100 a month, both figures from each vendor's 2026 pricing page.
  • Only AthenaHQ and Semrush publish a free plan among the eight alternatives here; the rest offer a time-limited trial or none at all.
  • Peec AI still gives unlimited users on every plan, which is worth keeping if that is what your team actually uses.

If you would rather each gap came with the fix already written, start a 3-day Cituna trial at cituna.com; a card is required.

Peec AI's Starter, Pro and Advanced plans let you track only three AI models at a time, chosen from a list of six, and Perplexity is not even in that base list. This guide compares eight tools that track more engines, publish their prices, and in some cases act on what they find, using each vendor's own pages checked on 29 September 2026.

We built this list for small business owners, in-house marketers and agency teams who already pay Peec and want to know exactly what changes if they move, not a general survey of the category. Every price, trial and engine count below comes from the vendor's own site, read on the date shown, so you can check it again before you decide.

For the manual check worth doing before you pay for any tracker, see how to track your brand's visibility in ChatGPT; for every tool's live price and trial in one place, browse the AI visibility category.

How do the 8 Peec AI alternatives compare?

Prices checked 29 September 2026.

ToolBest forEngines coveredEntry priceFree trial
CitunaFixing gaps, not just reporting them7: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, AI Overviews, AI Mode$49 a month3-day trial, card required
TrakkrDrafted articles from 8 engines on one plan8: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, AI Overviews, DeepSeek, Meta AI$100 a month14-day trial, card required
AthenaHQWidest model list on one plan11: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Mistral$295 a monthFree plan (Essential)
ScrunchSite audits with tracking4: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Copilot$250 a month7-day trial
Otterly.AICheapest way in4: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot$29 a monthFree trial (length not stated)
SE VisibleLarge fixed prompt allowance5: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode, Perplexity, AI Overviews$99 a month10-day trial
Semrush AI Visibility ToolkitExisting Semrush users3: ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode$99 a monthFree plan ($0, no card)
ProfoundEnterprise contracts3 on trial (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews); up to 9 on Enterprise by quoteNot published7-day free trial

How this list works: we scored each tool's cheapest paid self-serve plan, or its free plan where there is no paid one, on five checks: 7 or more named engines on the entry plan, a published price, a free trial or free plan, a Google Search Console connection, and whether it writes the fixes or content for you rather than only recommending them, ranked by checks met and then by the lower entry price, using each vendor's own pages read on 29 September 2026. Ahrefs Brand Radar, the ninth directory tool besides Peec, scored lowest on these checks and gets its own list instead; see Ahrefs Brand Radar alternatives if that is the tool you are leaving.

Which Peec AI alternatives are worth paying for in 2026?

1. Cituna

Cituna checks seven AI engines every day and writes the fix for each gap it finds, publishing the resulting article itself.

Price: Starter is $49 a month, Pro is $119 and Max is $399, on Cituna's pricing page (checked 22 October 2026). To see the fixes it writes before you commit, try Cituna free for 3 days at cituna.com; a card is required.

Engines: 7, checked daily: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode.

Strength: it writes the fix for each gap it finds and publishes articles, and Perplexity, which Peec keeps outside its base pool, is one of the seven engines it checks, with Google Search Console and MCP included.

Limit: Cituna does not track Microsoft Copilot, one of the six models Peec lets you choose from, and the 3-day trial needs a card.

Pick it if: you want more engines than Peec's three per plan and want the fixing done for you rather than suggested.

See Cituna in our directory or read Cituna vs Peec AI for the side-by-side.

2. Trakkr

Trakkr tracks eight AI engines from its entry plan and turns the gaps it finds into drafted or published articles, not only a report you act on yourself.

Price: Growth is $100 a month, or $1,000 billed yearly, on Trakkr's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026). A 14-day free trial runs on full Growth features, though it needs a card.

Engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Google AI Overviews, all included on Growth with no engine-count gating.

Strength: all 8 tracked engines are available from the $100 entry plan, alongside a dedicated Google Search Console integration and MCP access (checked 29 September 2026).

Limit: Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot are not tracked on any plan, and the 14-day trial needs a card.

Pick it if: you want the gaps it finds turned into drafted or published articles instead of a longer list to work through yourself.

Trakkr is not listed in our tools directory, so compare its plan directly against the alternatives above using its own pricing page.

3. AthenaHQ

AthenaHQ tracks eleven AI models from its first paid plan and pairs that with a content optimisation agent that acts on what it finds.

Price: Starter is $295 a month, or $245 a month billed annually, on AthenaHQ's plans page (checked 29 September 2026). A free Essential plan gives $25 of credit, about 300 AI responses, across five engines.

Engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral, all included with no per-engine fee.

Strength: Starter names 11 models on one plan, Perplexity included, and Search Console is named on the plans page.

Limit: it costs roughly eight times Peec Starter's monthly price, and API access and extra credits are priced only on request.

Pick it if: you want the widest engine list on one self-serve plan and are willing to pay for it.

See AthenaHQ in our directory or Cituna vs AthenaHQ.

4. Scrunch

Scrunch bundles prompt tracking with monthly site audits and basic content generation in one plan.

Price: Core is $250 a month, with no annual price shown, on Scrunch's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026), after a 7-day free trial that upgrades to a paid plan automatically unless cancelled.

Engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot on Core; Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI need the custom-priced Enterprise plan.

Strength: Core includes five site audits a month and basic content generation, not just tracking, plus Google single sign-on.

Limit: four engines is only one more than Peec includes, at more than double the price, and Core covers one workspace.

Pick it if: site audits and some content generation matter as much to you as the prompt tracking itself.

See Scrunch in our directory or Cituna vs Scrunch.

5. Otterly.AI

Otterly's Lite plan is a low-cost way to start tracking four core engines, with unlimited team members like Peec.

Price: Lite is $29 a month, or $25 billed annually, on Otterly's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026); its FAQ states a free trial exists without naming its length.

Engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot on Lite; Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode are paid add-ons on every plan.

Strength: it is one of the cheapest published entry plans in this comparison, and Copilot is included where several rivals skip it.

Limit: Lite tracks 15 prompts and its help stops at three recommendations a week, so nothing is fixed for you.

Pick it if: budget matters most and your buyers mainly use ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot or Google's AI Overviews.

See Otterly.AI in our directory.

6. SE Visible

SE Visible trades Peec's pick-3 model list for five fixed engines and a much larger prompt count.

Price: Basic is $99 a month, or $79 billed annually, on SE Visible's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026), with a 10-day free trial.

Engines: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, the same five on every plan; Claude is listed as coming soon.

Strength: 200 prompts a day across five engines is a far larger sample than Peec's 50 prompts on three models, at a similar price.

Limit: no Copilot, no Claude yet, and no Google Search Console connection is named on its pages.

Pick it if: your prompt list is long and you mainly track ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google's AI answers.

See SE Visible in our directory or Cituna vs SE Visible.

7. Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

The toolkit adds AI prompt tracking next to the SEO data a Semrush subscriber already has.

Price: the standalone toolkit is $99 a month, and a new $0 plan with no credit card required now also lists AI visibility features, on Semrush's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026).

Engines: ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode are the only platforms named for prompt tracking; Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot and Google AI Overviews are not mentioned for this toolkit.

Strength: the free plan is a genuine no-card way to try AI visibility reporting inside an account many teams already use.

Limit: the standalone toolkit has no free trial, and its named engine list is the narrowest of any tool here.

Pick it if: your team already runs Semrush and wants AI prompts in the same login.

See Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit in our directory.

8. Profound

Profound's ongoing plans are sold by quote, so its free trial is the only way to see the product without talking to sales.

Price: not published for ongoing use; the 7-day trial is free, and Enterprise is priced only after a quote, on Profound's pricing page (checked 29 September 2026).

Engines: the trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Enterprise names up to nine, including Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and Grok.

Strength: Enterprise's named engine list is the widest of any tool here, and it comes with all-time history and exports.

Limit: there is no self-serve price to compare with Peec's, and the 7-day trial keeps no history and allows no exports.

Pick it if: you are already moving to an enterprise contract and want the widest quoted engine list.

See Profound in our directory or Profound vs Peec AI.

Why do people leave Peec AI?

Peec's biggest limit is its model list: Starter, Pro and Advanced all let you choose only three of six models, and Perplexity sits outside that base pool entirely, reachable only as a paid add-on or on the custom-priced Enterprise plan (checked 29 September 2026). Adding a fourth model costs $35 a month on Starter, rising to $165 on Advanced, or $30 to $140 a month billed annually (checked 17 October 2026).

The second reason is what happens after tracking. Peec's own pricing page describes gap analysis and recommended actions, not that it writes or publishes content for you, and its listed integrations are Google Analytics rather than Google Search Console.

A third, smaller reason is price predictability for agencies: Peec's brand plans are priced per project, so a team managing several client brands on Pro or Advanced can find the bill climbing faster than a flat per-client rate would, even with the separate agency pricing page now published (checked 29 September 2026).

What does Peec AI still do well?

Every Peec brand plan, from Starter to Advanced, includes unlimited users at no extra cost, which is rare in this comparison. A full agency-specific pricing page, from $245 a month, was added alongside the existing brand plans, and Advanced adds a Looker Studio connector for reporting (checked 29 September 2026).

Peec also shows which domains and pages AI answers cite, broken down by source, and its Enterprise plan tracks up to 13 models with API access and single sign-on for teams that outgrow the brand plans entirely.

How do you switch from Peec AI to another tool?

Peec's pricing page does not state export or cancellation terms, so treat the following as general steps rather than anything Peec specifically supports:

  • List the prompts you currently track in Peec so you can rebuild the same list in a new tool.
  • Recreate those prompts in the alternative you are trying, on the same engines where possible.
  • Run both tools in parallel for a week or two before you decide.
  • Compare how each tool reports the same prompts on the same day.
  • Check your Peec account settings for how to cancel, and do it before your renewal date.

Which Peec AI alternative should you choose?

If you want the fixing done for you rather than a list of suggestions, Cituna is the pick: seven engines for $49 a month, with the fix for each gap written for you. If eleven models on one self-serve plan matters more than price, AthenaHQ's Starter names them all, and Trakkr's $100 Growth plan names eight while also drafting the articles for you, both prices checked on 29 September 2026. If price matters most, Otterly.AI's $29 entry plan is the cheapest in this comparison, and it includes Copilot where several rivals here do not, so weigh that trade-off before you sign up for a year of billing.

If your prompt list is long, SE Visible's 200 prompts beat Peec's 50, and if you already run Semrush, its new free plan costs nothing to try. And if Peec's three chosen models already cover your buyers and unlimited seats is what your team uses daily, there is little reason to move at all.

Whatever you choose, see what a 3-day Cituna trial covers at cituna.com if fixing the gaps, not just finding them, is the change you actually want.

Frequently asked questions

Why do people switch away from Peec AI?

Peec AI's Starter, Pro and Advanced plans each let you choose only three of six models, and extra models cost $35 to $165 a month depending on the plan, or $30 to $140 billed annually (checked 17 October 2026). Its listed integrations are Google Analytics, not Google Search Console.

Which Peec AI alternative covers the most engines on its entry plan?

AthenaHQ's $295 Starter plan names eleven engines, the widest list among the alternatives here, and Trakkr's $100 Growth plan names eight (both checked 29 September 2026). Cituna checks seven engines for $49 a month.

Is there a Peec AI alternative with a free plan?

AthenaHQ's Essential plan gives $25 of free credit across five engines, and Semrush now offers a $0 plan with no card required (both checked 29 September 2026). Trakkr, Scrunch, SE Visible, Profound and Cituna offer time-limited trials instead, and Cituna's and Trakkr's trials both need a card.

Which Peec AI alternative writes the fix for what it finds?

Cituna's $49 Starter plan writes the fix for each gap it finds and publishes the article itself (checked 22 October 2026). AthenaHQ's $295 Starter plan includes a content optimisation agent, and Scrunch's $250 Core plan includes basic content generation.

Does any Peec AI alternative include Google Search Console?

Cituna, AthenaHQ and Trakkr all name a Google Search Console connection on their entry plans (all checked 29 September 2026). Peec's own pricing page names Google Analytics instead.

What does Peec AI still do well?

Peec AI gives unlimited users on every plan and, from Advanced, a Looker Studio connector for reporting (checked 29 September 2026). If three chosen models already cover your buyers, there may be little reason to move.

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Drafted with AI assistance from our own research, and reviewed by the Automate Basics team before publishing. Tools and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.

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