Pay as you go AI visibility tracker with no subscription

What is a pay as you go AI visibility tracker?

A pay as you go AI visibility tracker is one you pay per check, from credits bought once, with no monthly plan. MentionChecker works that way: a credit buys one question on one AI engine, a check spends one credit per answer it asks for, and the credits you do not spend stay in your balance for 12 months. Your first check is free.

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. A mention is an answer with your brand in it. A citation is a page an AI engine lists under its answer as its source, and the report keeps every citation under the answer it came with.

The What is AI visibility page defines the thing the tracker measures.

What does a pay as you go AI visibility tracker track?

Four things on every check: whether each answer mentions your brand, which other names it mentions, which pages it cited, and where you sit in any list it gave.

The report turns those into three numbers, each shown with its movement against the check before: how often you were mentioned, your share of voice and average rank against every name the answers gave, and under them a sources list of every website the answers were built from, most cited first. The AI visibility score page defines each number as the report counts it, the AI rank tracker page covers the standings, and the AI citation checker page covers the sources list.

Competitors need no list from you: the standings rank every name the answers mentioned by how many answers mentioned it, with your row marked. The AI visibility report page covers the link, the PDF and the exports.

What to do with a check is on the report: the questions where no answer mentioned you are the ones to work on, the sources list is the websites to get onto, the standings are the names to compare against, and the same check run again after the change shows what moved. The AI visibility tracking page covers what changes from one check to the next.

How do credits work in a pay as you go AI visibility tracker?

A credit is one question put to one AI engine, and a check is charged one credit per answer it asks for. A question Google shows no AI Overview for is charged as well, because that is the answer to that question, and the report shows it as a finding: Google's help page says an AI Overview appears in the results when its systems determine that generative AI can be especially helpful (Find information in faster & easier ways with AI Overviews in Google Search, read on 20 September 2026).

On 18 September 2026 we asked six AI engines four everyday questions from the United States, 24 answers asked for, and 23 came back, and Google showed no AI Overview for one of the four.

Credits come from a pack bought once, or from the 10 credits every new account gets for its free first check. A pack lasts 12 months from the day it is bought, the free credits do not expire, and there is no monthly minimum. Credits are not refunded once bought, so the pack to buy is the one that covers the checks you plan, and the smallest is 50 credits for $9 on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026.

How much does a pay as you go AI visibility tracker cost?

One credit per question per AI engine, per check. 25 questions on the four AI engines a check asks by default is 100 credits, the $17 pack, and the same 25 on all six is 150 credits. The smallest pack is 50 credits for $9, and a year of monthly checks on 25 questions and four AI engines is covered by the 3,000-credit pack, $59.

Prices as of 21 September 2026, read from the pricing page.

Which AI engines does a pay as you go tracker cover?

Six: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. A check asks four of them unless you change the pick, ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity, and each AI engine you add costs its own credit per question. Your free first check asks ChatGPT and Gemini.

Every pack covers every AI engine, and none is on a higher tier: Google AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot cost the same credit per question as the other four. The guides cover a first check on one AI engine: ChatGPT visibility, Gemini visibility, Perplexity visibility, Google AI Overviews visibility, Google AI Mode visibility and Copilot visibility.

Can a pay as you go tracker run on a schedule?

Yes. Press Repeat on a report and the same check runs again daily, weekly or monthly, for one, three, six or twelve months, paid from your balance one check at a time as each one runs. Nothing is charged to a card on a schedule. If the balance is short when a check is due, nothing runs, the repeat pauses, you get one email, and it resumes on its own once you top up.

The reason to repeat is that the answers change: OpenAI's help page says ChatGPT may search the web when a question would benefit from current information, and that its results and citations can be incomplete, outdated or incorrect (Searching the web with ChatGPT, read on 18 September 2026). History keeps every check as it was and counts what changed since the one before.

Does one balance cover every brand you track?

Yes. One balance covers as many brands as the account holds, and there is no fee per brand, per client or per member. An agency pays the same for a check on a prospect before a pitch as for a check on a client, and both stay in the account, so it runs each brand's check when that brand needs one, from one balance, and sends each report on by link with no login.

Every brand keeps its own History and its own repeat, so one brand on a monthly repeat and another checked once a quarter spend from the same balance.

Pay as you go vs a monthly AI visibility platform

A pay as you go AI visibility tracker and a monthly AI visibility platform are paid for differently: AI visibility software on a plan is paid by the month for a tier, and pay as you go is paid per check from credits bought once.

Choose a monthly AI visibility platform if you want the checks running every day with nothing to top up. Otherwise pay as you go: a year of monthly checks on 25 questions and four AI engines is covered by the 3,000-credit pack, $59 on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026, the smallest pack that holds twelve of them.

Do you need to build your own AI visibility tracker?

No. A check is priced per question per AI engine, and there is nothing to keep running: 25 questions on four AI engines is the $17 pack on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026, the report keeps every answer word for word with its citations, the standings count every name the answers mentioned, and the next check compares with it on History. Asking ChatGPT yourself gives one chat and one answer, and that answer depends on the account asking: OpenAI's help page says that with Memory on, ChatGPT can remember details from your chats and use them when it searches the web (Memory in ChatGPT, read on 18 September 2026). The ChatGPT visibility guide covers a first check on ChatGPT.

How do I start with a pay as you go AI visibility tracker?

Run one check: it takes a website, a pick of AI engines and a country, and your first one is free.

1. Enter your website. The check proposes the questions people ask about what you do, and you approve or edit them.
2. Pick the AI engines and the country, and read the total before you run it: the questions times the AI engines, from your balance.
3. Read the report, send it on by link or as a PDF, and set a repeat if you want the same check again.

What do people ask about pay as you go AI visibility tracking?

Is there an AI visibility tool without a subscription?

Yes. MentionChecker is a pay as you go AI visibility tracker: credits are bought once, a check spends one credit per question per AI engine, and nothing renews on a card. The credits you do not spend stay in your balance for 12 months, and there is no monthly minimum. Your first check is free, 5 questions on ChatGPT and Gemini, with no card.

How much does a pay as you go AI visibility check cost?

One credit per question per AI engine. 25 questions on the four AI engines a check asks by default is 100 credits, which is the $17 pack, and the same 25 on all six is 150 credits. The smallest pack is 50 credits for $9, prices as of 21 September 2026 on the pricing page. The first check is free.

What is a credit in an AI visibility tracker?

One question put to one AI engine, answered, and every answer is kept with its citations. A question Google shows no AI Overview for is charged too, because that is the answer to that question and the report shows it as a finding: Google's help page says an AI Overview appears when its systems determine that generative AI can be especially helpful (Find information in faster & easier ways with AI Overviews in Google Search, read on 20 September 2026).

Do MentionChecker credits expire?

A pack's credits never expire before 12 months from the day it is bought, and the 10 credits every new account gets for its free first check do not expire at all. Expired credits are not reinstated, so the pack to buy is the one that covers the checks you plan for the year: the $59 pack on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026, covers a monthly check on 25 questions and four AI engines for twelve months.

Can I run one check and stop?

Yes. A check is one purchase of credits and one run, and nothing follows it unless you set a repeat. The report stays in your account with every answer word for word, so you can run the same check again after you change your website or the pages the answers cited and read what moved, months later, from the credits you still hold.

Which AI engines does MentionChecker track?

Six: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. Every pack covers every one of them, so none sits behind a higher tier. A check asks ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Perplexity unless you change the pick, each AI engine you add costs its own credit per question, and the free first check asks ChatGPT and Gemini.

What should you look for in AI visibility software?

Which AI engines it asks and whether every one is on every pack, whether competitors are counted without a list from you, whether every answer is kept word for word with its citations, whether each check is compared with the one before, whether the report goes out by link, and whether unused credits are still there after the month ends. MentionChecker is AI visibility software priced the same on all six AI engines, and its credits last 12 months.

Why do you need an AI visibility tracker?

Because the answer in your own chat can be shaped by your own account: OpenAI's help page says that with Memory on, ChatGPT can remember details from your chats and use them when it searches the web (Memory in ChatGPT, read on 18 September 2026). MentionChecker asks the questions people ask about what you do, keeps every answer with its citations, shows which names the answers gave instead of yours, and the next check shows what moved, for one credit per question per AI engine.

Can an agency track several brands on one balance?

Yes. One balance covers as many brands as the account holds, and there is no fee per brand, per client or per member. A check on a prospect before a pitch costs the same as a check on a client and stays in the account, every brand keeps its own History and its own repeat, and every report can be sent on by link with no login.

What happens if the credits run out on a scheduled check?

A check runs only from credits already in the balance. If the balance is short when a check is due, the check does not run, the scheduled check pauses, you get one email, and it resumes on its own the next time credits are bought. Every check that already ran stays in History as it was, so the series carries on from the last one when the next check runs.

Is pay as you go cheaper than a monthly plan?

Pay as you go is the cheapest way to start: your first check is free, then the $9 pack, and a month you do not check in costs nothing. A year of monthly checks on 25 questions and four AI engines is covered by the 3,000-credit pack, $59 on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026, the smallest pack that holds twelve of them, and one check alone is the $17 pack. A plan is the one to choose when the checks should run every day.

Can I get a refund on unused credits?

No. Credits are not refunded once bought, including credits not yet spent, and that is in the Terms. They last 12 months and can be spent on any brand in the account, so the way to buy is a pack that covers the checks you plan, starting with the free first check and the $9 pack on the pricing page, read on 21 September 2026.

How often should I check my AI visibility?

Once, then again after you change something, or on a monthly repeat, which gives twelve reports a year, each with what moved since the one before. A launch or a campaign week suits a daily repeat for that term. Every check compares with the check before it, whatever the gap, because History keeps every one as it was on the day it ran.