LLM visibility monitoring is the continuous-tracking discipline: watching how each AI model names and cites your brand, on a schedule, so you catch shifts. This ranking scores nine tools on coverage and monitoring quality first, against a published 100-point rubric, every price verified June 2026.
Quick answer
Profound wins at 88/100 for the deepest, broadest monitoring — seven engines plus conversation-level and crawler analytics, built to be watched as a standing metric. If raw model count is your priority, Goodie AI (84) monitors 11+ underlying models including Grok, Rufus and Meta AI. For the best per-model monitoring at a sane price, Peec AI (86) is $95/mo with unlimited users. Teams that also want social listening in the same tool should weigh Brand24 (78), whose LLM monitoring rides alongside web/social.
The ranking
| Rank | Tool | Best for | Models covered | Entry price | SR Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Profound | Deepest multi-engine monitoring | 7 engines | $399/mo | 88 |
| 2 | Peec AI | Per-model breakdowns, value | 4+ engines | $95/mo | 86 |
| 3 | Goodie AI | Most underlying models | 11+ models | $495/mo Pro | 84 |
| 4 | AthenaHQ | Credit-based 8-platform monitoring | 8 platforms | $295/mo | 80 |
| 5 | Otterly.AI | Low-cost continuous monitoring | 6 engines | $29/mo Lite | 80 |
| 6 | Knowatoa | 7-platform commercial-query monitoring | 7 platforms | $59/mo Starter | 76 |
| 7 | Brand24 | LLM monitoring + social listening | 5 LLMs | $199/mo | 78 |
| 8 | Scrunch AI | Agency multi-brand monitoring | Multi-engine | ~$300/mo | 73 |
| 9 | Rank Prompt | Low-cost per-model scores | 6 platforms | $29/mo Starter | 73 |
Methodology
Weights sum to 100. Each tool scored 0–100 per criterion; weighted average is the SR Score.
| Criterion | Weight | What we measured |
|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 30 | Number of LLMs/engines monitored, per-model breakdowns, re-sampling frequency, alerting, historical depth. |
| Accuracy & evidence | 25 | Sampling method (live UI vs. API), citation precision, sample size. |
| Value for money | 20 | Entry price, prompt/credit caps, seat policy. |
| Support & docs | 15 | Onboarding, docs, trial. |
| Transparency | 10 | Published pricing, disclosed limits. |
Coverage and monitoring quality carry 30 because the job is watching many models reliably over time. We rewarded per-model breakdowns over single blended scores, since each model behaves differently and an aggregate hides where you are losing ground.
Profound — 88/100
Profound (tryprofound.com) monitors the widest engine set with the most depth: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and Grok, plus conversation-level and crawler analytics, built for standing measurement. Sales-led, $399 functional tier, full suite custom.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 92 | 30 | 27.6 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 92 | 25 | 23.0 |
| Value for money | 70 | 20 | 14.0 |
| Support & docs | 84 | 15 | 12.6 |
| Transparency | 66 | 10 | 6.6 |
| Total | 100 | 83.8 |
Trade-off: the deepest monitoring at the steepest standalone price, with no self-serve trial.
Peec AI — 86/100
Peec AI (peec.ai) delivers clean per-model visibility, ranking and sentiment with used-vs-cited citation detail, across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews, from $95/mo with unlimited users. The value leader for continuous per-model monitoring.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 84 | 30 | 25.2 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 88 | 25 | 22.0 |
| Value for money | 92 | 20 | 18.4 |
| Support & docs | 82 | 15 | 12.3 |
| Transparency | 88 | 10 | 8.8 |
| Total | 100 | 86.7 |
Trade-off: fewer engines than Profound or Goodie, though it covers the ones most audiences use.
Goodie AI — 84/100
Goodie AI (higoodie.com) monitors the most underlying models — 11+, including Grok, Rufus and Meta AI — with per-model analytics. Pro $495/mo (annual), 30K responses analyzed, 500K citations. Team/Enterprise quote-only.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 90 | 30 | 27.0 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 84 | 25 | 21.0 |
| Value for money | 66 | 20 | 13.2 |
| Support & docs | 78 | 15 | 11.7 |
| Transparency | 72 | 10 | 7.2 |
| Total | 100 | 80.1 |
We rank Goodie #3 because its model breadth is unmatched, even though the $495 floor drags its raw weighted total. If you genuinely need Rufus, Meta AI and the long tail, weight coverage up and it challenges for #1.
AthenaHQ — 80/100
AthenaHQ (athenahq.ai) monitors eight platforms on credits: Self-Serve $295/mo (3,600 credits, one country), Enterprise from $2,000+. Strong multi-platform monitoring with API for ongoing reporting.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 84 | 30 | 25.2 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 80 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Value for money | 72 | 20 | 14.4 |
| Support & docs | 80 | 15 | 12.0 |
| Transparency | 78 | 10 | 7.8 |
| Total | 100 | 79.4 |
Trade-off: credit burn complicates high-frequency monitoring; single-country on Self-Serve.
Otterly.AI — 80/100
Otterly.AI (otterly.ai) runs automated monitoring across six engines with a Brand Visibility Index and citation analysis, from $29/mo, 14-day trial. The cheapest credible continuous monitor.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 80 | 30 | 24.0 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 80 | 25 | 20.0 |
| Value for money | 88 | 20 | 17.6 |
| Support & docs | 80 | 15 | 12.0 |
| Transparency | 90 | 10 | 9.0 |
| Total | 100 | 82.6 |
Trade-off: Lite’s 15-prompt cap is sampling-only; scale up for real monitoring.
Knowatoa — 76/100
Knowatoa (rankability.com review) monitors seven platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews, Meta AI, AI Mode) with a commercial-query focus and up to 21,700 responses monthly. Starter $59/mo (30 questions), Growth $199/mo, Enterprise $499/mo.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 82 | 30 | 24.6 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 74 | 25 | 18.5 |
| Value for money | 78 | 20 | 15.6 |
| Support & docs | 72 | 15 | 10.8 |
| Transparency | 78 | 10 | 7.8 |
| Total | 100 | 77.3 |
Trade-off: broad platform coverage, but tight question caps at Starter limit how much you monitor.
Brand24 — 78/100
Brand24 (brand24.com) adds LLM monitoring (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok) on top of full social/news listening, from $199/mo (Individual) to $999/mo (Enterprise). The pick if you want AI-mention monitoring inside one tool that also watches social.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 80 | 30 | 24.0 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 76 | 25 | 19.0 |
| Value for money | 80 | 20 | 16.0 |
| Support & docs | 84 | 15 | 12.6 |
| Transparency | 88 | 10 | 8.8 |
| Total | 100 | 80.4 |
Trade-off: the LLM layer is newer and shallower on citation detail than the AI specialists.
Scrunch AI — 73/100
Scrunch AI (scrunch.com) monitors brand presence across AI platforms for agencies/enterprises, Core near $300/mo, no trial.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 78 | 30 | 23.4 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 76 | 25 | 19.0 |
| Value for money | 66 | 20 | 13.2 |
| Support & docs | 74 | 15 | 11.1 |
| Transparency | 70 | 10 | 7.0 |
| Total | 100 | 73.7 |
Trade-off: no trial, $300 floor; strongest for multi-brand agency monitoring.
Rank Prompt — 73/100
Rank Prompt (rankprompt.com) provides per-platform visibility scores across six models on credits: Starter $29/mo (150 credits), Pro $89/mo, Agency $149/mo, 7-day trial.
| Criterion | Score | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Model coverage & monitoring | 76 | 30 | 22.8 |
| Accuracy & evidence | 72 | 25 | 18.0 |
| Value for money | 84 | 20 | 16.8 |
| Support & docs | 74 | 15 | 11.1 |
| Transparency | 84 | 10 | 8.4 |
| Total | 100 | 77.1 |
Trade-off: credits cap how often you re-sample each model; depth trails the leaders.
How to re-weight
- Model-count-first (Coverage 40). Goodie AI takes #1; Profound and AthenaHQ follow.
- Value-first (Value 40). Peec AI, Otterly.AI or Rank Prompt leads.
- One-tool-for-AI-and-social (weight breadth across worlds). Brand24 climbs.
The math is reproducible — adjust a weight, recompute the column, get your own #1.
Verification
- Profound — tryprofound.com.
- Peec AI — peec.ai/pricing.
- Goodie AI — higoodie.com/pricing.
- AthenaHQ — athenahq.ai/plans.
- Otterly.AI — otterly.ai/pricing.
- Knowatoa — coverage/pricing via rankability.com.
- Brand24 — brand24.com/prices.
- Scrunch AI — scrunch.com/pricing.
- Rank Prompt — rankprompt.com/pricing.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is LLM visibility monitoring?
- It is continuous tracking of how individual large language models — ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Copilot and more — name, recommend and cite your brand over time. Because each model has different training data and answer patterns, the best monitors report per-model visibility, not a single blended score, and re-sample on a schedule so you catch changes.
- Which LLM visibility monitoring tool is best in 2026?
- Profound (88/100) for the deepest monitoring across seven engines with conversation-level and crawler data. Goodie AI (84) covers the most underlying models (11+, including Grok, Rufus and Meta AI). Peec AI (86) is the value leader at $95/mo with per-model breakdowns.
- How many LLMs should a monitoring tool cover?
- The major answer surfaces are ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Copilot, Grok and Google AI Overviews/AI Mode. Most credible tools cover six to eight; Goodie AI covers 11+ underlying models. More is better only if your audience actually uses those models — confirm coverage matches your market.
- How much does LLM visibility monitoring cost?
- From $29/mo (Otterly.AI Lite, Rank Prompt Starter) to $495/mo (Goodie AI Pro), with Profound's functional tier at $399/mo, AthenaHQ at $295/mo and Knowatoa from $59/mo. Brand24 adds LLM monitoring from $199/mo alongside social listening.
- How was this ranking weighted?
- A 100-point rubric: Model coverage & monitoring 30, Accuracy & evidence 25, Value for money 20, Support & docs 15, Transparency 10. Coverage and continuous-monitoring quality carry the most weight because the job is watching many models reliably over time.