Best Tools for AI Mode in 2026: 9 Tools Compared

Profound is the most complete tool in this list for large brands. On Enterprise, it tracks up to nine answer engines, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude, Google AI Overviews, and Exa Search in recent guides. It also connects AI crawler activity to analytics through integrations with Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS, and Google Analytics, which helps a team link AI visibility to real traffic.

The catch is tiering. Entry pricing at $99 per month in some guides covers ChatGPT only, with broader engines on higher tiers and Enterprise on custom pricing. Trial it on your core prompts, and confirm AI Mode is included on the plan you buy, not just listed on the marketing page.

Otterly.AI is the best first tool for a small team that wants to see AI visibility without an enterprise budget. Lite at $29 per month covers 15 prompts in recent guides, with ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and Copilot included. Standard at $189 and Premium at $489 add more prompts and coverage, with a 7-day trial and no card in some guides.

Check add-ons carefully. Google AI Mode, Gemini, and Claude are add-ons on lower plans in recent guides, so the headline price may not include AI Mode itself. If AI Mode is your main reason to buy, confirm it is turned on for your plan before you pay.

Peec AI suits agencies that need to show clients exactly where they were cited, and where rivals were cited instead. Its Starter plan at $95 per month in recent guides covers 50 prompts, 1 project, and 3 of 6 models, with models including ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini, and others depending on tier. Source-level citation data makes it easier to turn a visibility report into a content fix.

The limit is model choice. All six models are available only on Enterprise in some guides, so a mid-tier agency may need to choose which engines matter most for each client. That is workable if you standardize on three engines per client, but not if every client needs all six.

Scrunch, formerly Scrunch AI, focuses on brand presence in AI answers plus what AI crawlers do on your site. Core at $250 per month billed annually in recent guides covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot, with Enterprise adding Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, Google AI Mode, and Grok. That crawler view helps technical teams see whether AI systems can even reach and read their content.

Price and tiering are the limits. At $250 per month, it is a mid-market buy, and AI Mode coverage sits on Enterprise in some guides. Choose Scrunch when crawler control and share of voice matter as much as mentions, not when you only need a cheap AI Mode check.

AthenaHQ offers broad self-serve coverage, with 7 engines in some guides and up to 11 engines on Starter in others, including ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Grok, Google AI Mode, Meta AI, and DeepSeek. Starter at $295 per month with 3,600 credits in recent guides suits larger teams, while a free Essential plan with 300 credits lets you try the platform first.

Credit-based pricing needs care. One credit equals one answer in some guides, so a large prompt set across many engines can burn credits fast. Track credit use in the first month, and set a prompt set you can afford to run repeatedly, because repeated runs are the point.

Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit is the natural add-on for teams already running SEO in Semrush. At $99 per month per domain in recent guides, with 25 prompts, it tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode and Overviews, and shows citations alongside traditional rankings. That pairing helps a team see both classic search and AI answers in one place.

It is priced per domain, so multi-brand teams pay per brand, and some guides note no Toolkit trial, only a free checker with 3 lookups a day. If you do not already use Semrush, a standalone tool may be cheaper. If you do, the Toolkit avoids a second login and a second prompt set.

SE Ranking AI Search Toolkit, also called SE Visible, offers a high prompt allowance for the price. At $99 per month, or $79.20 per month billed annually in recent guides, it covers 200 prompts and 3 projects, with engines including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews. That prompt count suits teams tracking many product and comparison queries, not just brand terms.

It is an AI add-on within a broader SEO suite, so the full value depends on whether you also use SE Ranking for rank tracking and audits. As a standalone AI Mode tracker, the prompt allowance is strong. As a suite buy, check the combined bill, not just the AI price.

Ahrefs Brand Radar adds AI visibility data to the Ahrefs platform, with market-wide research across a very large prompt database. Pricing in recent guides is $199 per month per platform index, or $699 for all indexes, with a free checker but no trial. It tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude, and Google AI Mode and Overviews in recent guides.

The price puts it in enterprise territory for full coverage, and it makes most sense for teams already paying for Ahrefs. For a small team that only needs AI Mode checks, Otterly.AI or Rankscale will be far cheaper. For a large SEO team, Brand Radar adds AI data without a new vendor.

Rankscale is the value pick for power users. Essentials at $204 per year, or $17 per month on yearly billing only in recent guides, covers 120 credits and 2 brand dashboards, while Pro at $99 per month covers 1,200 credits. It offers wide engine coverage, MCP and API access, and a free no-registration analysis tool, plus a 7-day Pro trial.

The credit model is the thing to watch. Credits, dashboards, and prompt counts interact, so a team that tracks many prompts across many engines can outgrow Essentials fast. Start on Essentials, measure credit use for a month, and move to Pro only when the data proves you need it.