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Best GEO tools for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity
By Maya Ellison, content lead · Updated 3 October 2026
In short
MentionChecker is the best GEO (generative engine optimization) tool for most brands, at 95 of 100 against fifteen GEO and AEO (answer engine optimization) tools. A check measures whether ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot mention your brand, the brands they mention and the websites they cite, from $9. Your first check is free.
Know where you stand in AI search.Best GEO tools, scored out of 100
MentionChecker scores 95 of 100, and Rankscale is next at 62. GEO tools and AEO tools are scored on measuring the work. Every other tool is scored at the cheapest tier its own pricing page puts a price on, and tools level on score are ordered by name.
| Tool | Score | AI engines on the first paid step (25) | Free baseline (20) | Measuring again (20) | To start (15) | What it pays for (10) | Price list (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MentionChecker | 95 / 100 | All six on every pack, 25 of 25 | Your first check, no card, 15 of 20 | The run itself, 20 of 20 | $9 once, 15 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Every tier, 10 of 10 |
| Rankscale | 62 / 100 | Six or more, 25 of 25 | A 7-day Pro trial with a card, 0 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | €20 a month on Essentials, 12 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Every tier, 10 of 10 |
| AthenaHQ | 58 / 100 | Six or more, 25 of 25 | Essential, a free tier, 15 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $295 a month on Starter, 3 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| AskWatch | 54 / 100 | Six or more, 25 of 25 | A check on its pricing page, 8 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $100 a month on Monitor, 6 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Promptwatch | 48 / 100 | 4, 15 of 25 | Explore, a free tier, 15 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $95 a month on Essential, 9 of 15 | A suite, 4 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Otterly | 47 / 100 | 4, 15 of 25 | A 7-day trial, no card, 5 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $29 a month on Lite, 12 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| HubSpot AEO | 44 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | The AI Search Grader, once, 8 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $50 a month on HubSpot AEO on its own, 9 of 15 | A suite, 4 of 10 | Every tier, 10 of 10 |
| Gauge | 43 / 100 | Six or more, 25 of 25 | A one-week trial on Growth, 2 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $599 a month on Growth, 1 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Profound | 40 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | The Trial, 10 questions run once, 8 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $99 a month on Agency Growth, 9 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | 39 / 100 | 1, 3 of 25 | The AI Visibility Checker, a preview, 8 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | £99 a month on Lite, 9 of 15 | A suite, 4 of 10 | Every tier, 10 of 10 |
| Peec AI | 34 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | A trial, its length not stated, 2 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | €85 a month on Starter, 9 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Superlines | 34 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | A 7-day trial, 2 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | €79 a month on Starter, 9 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Scrunch AI | 33 / 100 | 4, 15 of 25 | A 7-day trial with a card, 0 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $250 a month on Core, 3 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Searchable | 31 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | A 14-day trial, 2 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $125 a month on Pro, 6 of 15 | Measuring, 10 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Writesonic | 31 / 100 | 3, 8 of 25 | A 7-day trial, no card, 5 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $99 a month on Starter, 9 of 15 | A suite, 4 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
| Semrush | 21 / 100 | 1, 3 of 25 | None, 0 of 20 | A month of the plan, 5 of 20 | $99 a month on AI Visibility Toolkit, 9 of 15 | A suite, 4 of 10 | Not every tier, 0 of 10 |
The six columns after the score add up to it. Prices as of 21 to 30 September 2026, each dated in its entry below, in the currency the tool's own page prints.
What are GEO tools and AEO tools?
A GEO tool or an AEO tool measures whether AI engines mention your brand in their answers. Generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are two names for the same work, getting your brand into those answers, so generative engine optimization tools and answer engine optimization tools measure the same answers. The page on what AI visibility is sets both terms side by side.
An AI engine is an assistant that answers a typed question in full sentences, such as ChatGPT or Gemini. A mention is your brand's name inside an AI engine's answer. A citation is a website the answer gives as its source.
The work is done on web pages, your own and the ones the answers cite, and the tool's part is to measure the answers before that work and after it.
GEO tools vs SEO tools: what is different
An SEO tool reports where your page ranks in a list of links, and a GEO tool reports whether the answer itself mentions your brand, which a page ranked first can still miss. An AI engine gives one written answer instead of ten links, so a brand is either in the answer or absent from it. A MentionChecker check measures that: each question asked on every AI engine you tick, and the share of answers that mention you.
How to choose between GEO tools: six criteria
Choose a GEO tool on six things: the AI engines its first paid step measures, a free baseline before the work, the cost of a second measurement after the work, what it costs to start, what the price pays for, and a published price for every tier.
| Criterion | Weight | How the points are given |
|---|---|---|
| AI engines measured on the first paid step | 25 | Six or more, 25. Four or five, 15. Three, 8. One or two, 3 |
| A free baseline before the work | 20 | A free check of your own questions on every AI engine it lists, 20. A free check or tier on your own questions, with no end date, 15. A free check of questions it picks, or a form, 8. A trial that asks for no card, 5. Any other trial, 2. A trial that takes a card, or nothing free, 0 |
| What measuring again after the work costs | 20 | Only the run itself, paid from credits, 20. Another month of the plan, 5 |
| What it costs to start measuring: the first payment in the tool's own currency, one-off or the first month | 15 | Under 10, 15. 10 to 49, 12. 50 to 99, 9. 100 to 249, 6. 250 to 499, 3. 500 or more, 1 |
| What the price pays for | 10 | A measuring tool on its own, 10. Part of a content, SEO or marketing suite, 4 |
| A published price for every tier | 10 | Every tier on its page carries a price, 10. A tier priced only after a call, 0 |
AI engines carry the most weight because each one answers on its own, and a tool that leaves one out misses every answer that engine gives. The baseline and the second measurement come next, since GEO work is judged by the difference between the two.
What should GEO tools measure?
A GEO tool should measure four things on each AI engine: whether your brand is mentioned, which competitors are mentioned, which websites are cited, and which questions leave you out. A MentionChecker report opens on the three numbers any AEO tool should report. Mentioned is the share of answers with your brand in them, share of voice is your mentions as a share of all brand mentions, and average rank is your place in the answers that listed names in order.
You do not have to list your competitors first: the standings rank every brand the answers mentioned on the same three numbers, with your own row marked.
Which questions should GEO tools track?
A GEO tool should track the questions people ask about what you do, because an answer to one of those is where your brand is mentioned or left out. A MentionChecker check takes the questions for your brand and asks each one on every AI engine you tick, so the report shows the share of answers that mention you question by question.
Add the questions you care about most, and every later check asks the same ones.
Is an AI content writer a GEO tool?
No. A content writer produces pages, and a GEO tool measures whether the AI engines' answers changed after those pages went up. Five of the fifteen other tools scored are sold inside a content, SEO or marketing suite, so their price pays for more than measuring: Writesonic and Promptwatch include content writing in their plans, HubSpot AEO sits in the HubSpot marketing suite, and Ahrefs Brand Radar and Semrush sit in SEO suites, each dated in its entry below.
A MentionChecker credit pays for measuring alone, so nothing in the price goes to writing.
How to measure GEO results before and after the work
Run a MentionChecker check before the work as the baseline, then the same check after it, and History shows which answers changed. Your first check is free, with no card: 5 questions on ChatGPT and Gemini. A repeat runs the same check on a schedule you set.
What changed on History lists each answer that gained or lost your brand since the last run, with its AI engine and question.
What to do after a GEO tool finds a gap
When a GEO tool finds a gap, the pages to work on are the most-cited ones in the report. A MentionChecker report ranks the websites and pages the answers cited, so the pages to improve, or to be mentioned on, are at the top of that list.
Which AI engines should a GEO tool measure?
A GEO tool should measure all six AI engines people ask: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot, and MentionChecker measures all six on every pack, the first one included. On their cheapest paid tier, eight of the fifteen other tools measure three AI engines or fewer and four measure six or more, each dated and linked in its entry below.
You tick the AI engines for each check, and each question costs a credit per AI engine. For example, 25 questions on the four ticked by default use 100 credits, and the same questions on all six use 150.
How many GEO tools do ChatGPT and Perplexity mention?
On 13 September 2026, asked "best GEO tools 2026", ChatGPT mentioned ten tools in its answer and Perplexity mentioned seven, and the five AI engines that answered mentioned sixteen different tools between them, four of them in four or more of the answers. Microsoft Copilot returned no answer. A check asks your own questions and puts the same kind of count on your brand: each question, each AI engine that answered, and how many of those answers mention you.
How much do GEO tools cost?
A MentionChecker check is paid from credits bought once, from $9, and the fifteen other GEO tools scored start on a monthly fee, from 20 euros a month on Rankscale to 599 dollars a month on Gauge, each dated in its entry below. Credits last 12 months.
| Credits | What that runs, for example | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 50 credits | eight questions on all six AI engines, once | $9 |
| 100 credits | 25 questions on four AI engines, once | $17 |
| 250 credits | 25 questions on five AI engines, twice, with what moved between them | $25 |
| 1,000 credits | 25 questions on four AI engines, ten times | $45 |
Nothing is owed in the months between runs. Every pack is on the pricing page.
GEO tools compared, one by one
MentionChecker
95 of 100. All six AI engines on every pack, a free first check on your own questions, a second measurement that costs only the credits for its questions, with no monthly fee, credits that pay for measuring alone, a price for every pack, and the first pack at $9. The free baseline is 15 of 20 because the first check asks ChatGPT and Gemini.
Rankscale
62 of 100. Rankscale is an AI visibility tracker whose monthly credits are spent at a different rate on each AI engine. On Essentials, it measures six AI engines or more for 20 euros a month, read on 29 September 2026 on Rankscale's pricing page. Its free look is a 7-day Pro trial with a card, on the same page.
AthenaHQ
58 of 100. AthenaHQ is an AI visibility platform sold on monthly tiers paid in credits. Starter costs 295 dollars a month and measures six AI engines or more, read on 28 September 2026 on AthenaHQ's plans page. Its free look is Essential, a free tier, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
AskWatch
54 of 100. AskWatch is an AI visibility monitor whose monthly allowance resets unused. Its first paid tier, Monitor, measures six AI engines or more at 100 dollars a month, read on 29 September 2026 on AskWatch's pricing page. Its free look is a check on its pricing page, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Promptwatch
48 of 100. Promptwatch is an AI search tracking subscription with content agents in its plans. On Essential, it measures four AI engines for 95 dollars a month, read on 29 September 2026 on Promptwatch's pricing page. Its free look is Explore, a free tier, and one tier is priced only after a call, read on 29 September 2026 on Promptwatch's own facts page.
Otterly
47 of 100. Otterly is an AI search monitoring tool that sells Gemini and Google AI Mode as paid add-ons. Lite costs 29 dollars a month and measures four AI engines, read on 28 September 2026 on Otterly's pricing page. Its free look is a 7-day trial, no card, and one tier is priced only after a call, read on 28 September 2026 on Otterly's help centre on the trial.
HubSpot AEO
44 of 100. HubSpot AEO is an answer engine tracker inside the HubSpot marketing suite. Bought on its own, HubSpot AEO measures three AI engines for 50 dollars a month, read on 28 September 2026 on HubSpot's marketing pricing page. Its free look is the AI Search Grader, once, read on 28 September 2026 on HubSpot's AI Search Grader page.
Gauge
43 of 100. Gauge is an AI visibility tracker with one priced monthly plan. On Growth, it measures six AI engines or more for 599 dollars a month, read on 30 September 2026 on Gauge's pricing page. Its free look is a one-week trial on Growth, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Profound
40 of 100. Profound is an AI visibility platform whose brand plans are priced after a sales call, so its agency track is the first step with a price. Agency Growth costs 99 dollars a month and measures three AI engines, read on 21 September 2026 on Profound's pricing page. Its free look is the Trial, 10 questions run once, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Ahrefs Brand Radar
39 of 100. Ahrefs Brand Radar is the AI tracking part of the Ahrefs SEO suite. Its first paid tier, Lite, measures one AI engine a day at 99 pounds a month, read on 29 September 2026 on Ahrefs' plans and pricing page. Its free look is the AI Visibility Checker, a preview, read on 29 September 2026 on Ahrefs' free AI Visibility Checker page.
Peec AI
34 of 100. Peec AI is an AI search analytics dashboard sold by the month. On Starter, it measures three AI engines for 85 euros a month, read on 21 September 2026 on Peec AI's pricing page. Its free look is a trial, its length not stated, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Superlines
34 of 100. Superlines is an AI search tracking platform whose every package picks three of the ten AI engines it lists. Starter costs 79 euros a month and measures three AI engines, read on 29 September 2026 on Superlines' pricing page. Its free look is a 7-day trial, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Scrunch AI
33 of 100. Scrunch AI is an AI search monitoring platform whose Core tier covers one country and one brand workspace. Its first paid tier, Core, measures four AI engines at 250 dollars a month, read on 28 September 2026 on Scrunch's pricing page. Its free look is a 7-day trial with a card, and one tier is priced only after a call, read on 28 September 2026 on Scrunch's page on the free trial.
Searchable
31 of 100. Searchable is an AI search tracking tool that sells some AI engines as paid add-ons. On Pro, it measures three AI engines for 125 dollars a month, read on 29 September 2026 on Searchable's pricing page. Its free look is a 14-day trial, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Writesonic
31 of 100. Writesonic is a content platform with AI visibility plans sold by the month. Starter costs 99 dollars a month and measures three AI engines, read on 28 September 2026 on Writesonic's pricing page. Its free look is a 7-day trial, no card, and one tier is priced only after a call, on the same page.
Semrush
21 of 100. Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit is an add-on to the Semrush SEO suite, priced per domain, and measures one AI engine at 99 dollars a month, read on 28 September 2026 on Semrush's pricing page. It has no free look, and one tier is priced only after a call, read on 28 September 2026 on Semrush's help centre on the toolkit.
Each name opens a page of its own with that tool's whole plan list. The list of the best AI visibility tools scores the same tools for every kind of brand.
Why most GEO tools are not ranked here
Sixteen GEO and AEO tools are scored here, and the directory lists 257. A tool is scored when this site has a comparison page for it holding the whole plan list read off its own pricing page between 21 and 30 September 2026, and MentionChecker is scored on its own pricing page.
The other 241 are in the directory of AI visibility tools with what each one does, 55 of them with an entry price and the day it was read.
Which of the GEO tools to pick
Pick MentionChecker for a GEO or AEO project: a baseline and one measurement after the work, 25 questions on four AI engines each time, fit in the 250-credit pack at $25, and a repeat through a campaign is paid run by run from the same balance. The free check, 5 questions on ChatGPT and Gemini, shows where you stand before you buy.
MentionChecker is a pay-as-you-go AI visibility checker. It asks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot the questions people ask about what you do, and tells you whether your brand is mentioned in the answers.
The guide to how to check ChatGPT visibility walks through one check end to end, and AI visibility tracking covers repeats in full.
Questions people ask about GEO tools and AEO tools
What are the best generative engine optimization tools?
MentionChecker is the best generative engine optimization tool for most brands, at 95 of 100 in MentionChecker's ranking of sixteen GEO and AEO tools, with Rankscale next at 62. It measures ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot from the first pack, keeps the first check free as a baseline, and charges a measurement after the work only for its questions, with no monthly fee.
What are the best AEO tools?
AEO tools and GEO tools measure the same answers, so the same six criteria score them, and MentionChecker leads at 95 of 100 because it is the only one of the sixteen where a second measurement costs only the credits for its questions, with no monthly fee. Each report keeps every answer word for word, marks your brand in it, ranks every other brand mentioned and lists the websites each answer cited.
What is the difference between GEO tools and AEO tools?
There is none in what they measure. Generative engine optimization and answer engine optimization are two names for getting your brand into the answers AI engines give, and a tool for either measures whether your brand is mentioned, who is mentioned instead and which websites are cited, and one check measures both.
Is there a free GEO tool?
Your first MentionChecker check is free, with no card and no end date: 5 questions of your own on ChatGPT and Gemini, with every answer, the brands mentioned and the websites cited. That free check is the baseline before GEO work starts. After it, packs start at $9, bought once. The list of the best free AI visibility tools scores what each tool gives free.
Do GEO tools track citations?
Yes, a GEO tool should, and MentionChecker does: each report keeps every answer with the websites it cited, ranks those websites and their pages by how many answers cited each, and lists each cited page with the AI engine and question that produced it. A repeat shows which cited pages changed since the last run.
Can a GEO tool track competitors?
Yes, and a MentionChecker report does it without you naming anyone first. It ranks every brand the AI engines mentioned beside yours on mentioned, share of voice and average rank, and each name opens the answers it was counted from. On a repeat, History shows which competitor gained or lost answers since the last run.
Can GEO tools show how AI describes my brand?
A MentionChecker report can. Each report keeps every answer word for word with your brand marked in it, beside the AI engine and the question that produced it, so you read how ChatGPT, Gemini and the other AI engines word what they say about you, and a repeat shows which answers changed.
What is the best GEO or AEO software?
MentionChecker is the best GEO software and AEO software for most brands, at 95 of 100 in MentionChecker's ranking of sixteen GEO and AEO tools. It runs in a browser with nothing to install, every report keeps each answer word for word with the brands and cited websites in it, and a repeat runs the same check daily, weekly or monthly, paid run by run from credits that last 12 months.
Do GEO tools need a subscription?
Most do, and all fifteen other tools in MentionChecker's ranking of GEO tools start on a monthly plan. MentionChecker sells credit packs paid for once, from $9, that last 12 months and never renew, so a month with no measurement costs nothing. The list of AI visibility tools without a subscription scores each tool on what it ties you to.
Does ChatGPT recommend GEO tools?
Yes. On 13 September 2026, asked "best GEO tools 2026", ChatGPT mentioned ten different tools in one answer. A MentionChecker check asks ChatGPT the questions people ask about what you do and shows whether its answer mentions your brand, which competitors it mentions and which websites it cites.
How often should I measure GEO work?
After each change you want judged, and on a schedule while the work goes on. A MentionChecker repeat runs the same check daily, weekly or monthly for one, three, six or twelve months, each run paid from your balance when it happens, so a weekly measurement during a campaign and a monthly one after it need no plan.
Can GEO tools track answers by country?
Yes. Each MentionChecker check is asked from the country you pick, preselected from your web address, and a brand whose people are in two countries is checked from both, with its own report for each. History has a market filter, so a change in one country is read apart from the others.
Know where you stand in AI search.Every name in this ranking is a trademark of its owner. MentionChecker is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them, and no tool here pays for its place. Keep reading: the best AI visibility tools, the best LLM monitoring tools, the best free AI visibility tools, the directory of AI visibility tools and the AI visibility report page.