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Every AI SEO tool we track
Thirty tools, eight categories, one set of criteria. Each review lists the plans, the real entry price, the trial terms and what the tool does not do, read from the vendor's own site on 2 August 2026.
AI SEO autopilot 7
AI SEO autopilots research keywords, write the article, optimize it and publish it to your CMS on a schedule, with little or no input from you. They suit founders and small teams who want published output rather than another dashboard to read.
Sorank
AI SEO and GEO platform that researches, writes, optimizes and publishes content on autopilot, with prompt-level tracking of how AI engines answer questions in your category.
$99/mo (promotional, list price $247) · NativeBabyLoveGrowth
Autopilot SEO and GEO platform that publishes articles, builds backlinks from its own network and tracks AI citations, aimed at both Google and ChatGPT traffic.
$99/mo (list $200) · PartialOutrank
Single-plan autopilot that generates and publishes 30 SEO articles a month, with AI images and one of the widest CMS integration lists in the category.
$149/mo (Single Site) · PartialSEO.AI
A 24/7 AI agent that plans, writes and publishes content aimed at both Google and ChatGPT visibility, with human support included.
from $49/mo · PartialRankYak
Autopilot that pairs article publishing with page auditing and automated on-page fixes, at the cheapest entry price in the category.
$49/mo · PartialSEObot
One-plan AI SEO agent that publishes long-form articles weekly with citations, plus programmatic pages and YouTube-to-article conversion.
from $9/mo · NoKoala AI
Word-metered AI article writer with the lowest entry price of any tool on this site, scaling from $9/mo to enterprise-grade volume.
AI content optimization 7
Content optimization tools read the pages already ranking for your keyword, extract the terms, entities and structure they share, then score your draft against them. A human still writes and publishes; the tool tells you what the SERP expects.
Surfer SEO
Content intelligence platform that scores drafts against the pages already ranking, and now tracks how often your brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI surfaces.
from $39/mo (annual) · PartialFrase
Research, brief and optimization tool with a content agent that drafts and publishes FAQ, glossary and how-to pages, at the lowest entry price of the optimization category.
$129/mo · TrackingClearscope
Premium content optimization tool, now bundling prompt tracking across ChatGPT and Gemini with query fan-out awareness.
Free plan; paid plans on request · NoMarketMuse
Content strategy platform focused on topic modelling, personalized difficulty and inventory-level planning rather than single-page scoring.
from $23/mo ($19/mo annual) · TrackingNEURONwriter
Semantic content editor with NLP-driven recommendations at the lowest price point in the optimization category, plus monitoring across Google, AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Mode.
from $99/mo (annual) · PartialRankability
Agency-oriented content platform where every plan unlocks the full feature set and only the monthly credit allowance changes.
from $59/mo ($24/mo annual) · TrackingScalenut
Content marketing platform combining keyword clustering, article creation, on-page optimization and prompt tracking in a single subscription.
AI writer 1
AI writers generate marketing copy and long-form drafts from a brief. They are strong at tone, structure and speed, and weak at search data: most do not know what actually ranks unless you feed them a brief from another tool.
SEO suite 4
SEO suites are the data layer: keyword databases, backlink indexes, rank tracking, site audits and competitor analysis, now with AI-visibility tracking bolted on. They tell you what to do; you still do it.
Semrush
The broadest SEO and competitive-intelligence suite, now split into an SEO plan and higher tiers that bundle AI search visibility tracking.
Starter $29/mo (Lite $129/mo) · TrackingAhrefs
SEO suite built on one of the largest independent web crawlers, with the strongest backlink dataset and a separately priced Brand Radar product for AI-answer research.
Starter $49/mo, Standard $99/mo ($79 annual) · TrackingMoz Pro
Long-established SEO suite best known for Domain Authority and Brand Authority, with AI Overview reporting bundled into every plan.
from $129/mo ($103.20/mo annual) · TrackingSE Ranking
Full-featured SEO suite that bundles 100 daily AI prompts and GEO research into its entry plan, undercutting the bigger suites on AI coverage.
AI visibility tracker 6
AI visibility trackers run a panel of prompts against ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google's AI surfaces on a schedule, then log whether your brand is mentioned, cited or recommended, and which sources the engines used instead.
Writesonic
AI search visibility platform that tracks brand mentions across AI engines daily and generates content to close the gaps it finds.
from $29/mo · NativeOtterly.AI
The cheapest way to start monitoring AI answers, with a $29 entry plan covering four engines and a no-card trial.
from €85/mo (Starter) · NativePeec AI
European AI-visibility tracker with daily refresh on every tier and a clean, SEO-team-friendly reporting model.
$99/mo (billed yearly) · NativeProfound
Enterprise-leaning answer-engine analytics platform that tracks how AI systems describe your brand and which sources they pull from.
from $20/mo (Essentials) · NativeRankscale
Credit-based AI visibility platform tracking ten-plus engines, with white-label and REST API from the Growth tier.
from $250/mo (annual) or $300 monthly · NativeScrunch AI
Persona-driven AI visibility platform with the widest published engine coverage, including Claude and Meta, plus agent-traffic monitoring.
SEO automation platform 2
Automation platforms sit on top of your live site through a script or an integration and push changes themselves: titles, meta, schema, internal links, redirects, sometimes pre-rendered pages for AI crawlers. They shorten the loop between a recommendation and a deployed fix.
Search Atlas
All-in-one SEO platform whose OTTO agent applies technical fixes, on-page updates, content and link work to a live site rather than only recommending them.
$249/mo (Business) · PartialAlli AI
Code-free on-page automation that deploys SEO changes to a live site and pre-renders pages for AI crawlers.
SEO plugin 2
SEO plugins handle the technical plumbing inside your CMS: titles, meta, schema, sitemaps, redirects, breadcrumbs, and increasingly AI-assisted writing of the same fields at scale.
All in One SEO (AIOSEO)
WordPress SEO plugin sold as an annual licence with AI credits for generating titles, meta descriptions, FAQs and summaries in bulk.
Free; PRO from €7.99/mo billed annually · NoRank Math
The most feature-dense WordPress SEO plugin, with a capable free version and AI link suggestions on paid tiers.
Technical SEO 1
Crawlers fetch every URL on a site the way a search engine would and report what breaks: broken links, redirect chains, duplicate titles, missing canonicals, orphan pages, invalid structured data, and now render-blocked content that AI crawlers cannot read.
Compare all 30 side by side
Sortable on every column. Click a heading to reorder by price, trial or AI search support.
| Tool | Category | Entry price | Free trial | AI search |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorank | AI SEO autopilot | from $99/site/mo | 3 days free | Native |
| BabyLoveGrowth | AI SEO autopilot | $99/mo (promotional, list price $247) | 3-day free trial | Native |
| Outrank | AI SEO autopilot | $99/mo (list $200) | Free start (trial articles carry an Outrank watermark) | Partial |
| Surfer SEO | AI content optimization | from $49/mo (annual) | No free trial listed (7-day money-back terms on the pricing page) | Tracking |
| Frase | AI content optimization | from $39/mo (annual) | 7-day free trial, no credit card | Partial |
| Writesonic | AI visibility tracker | from $79/mo | Free trial, no credit card needed | Native |
| Search Atlas | SEO automation platform | from $99/mo | 7-day free trial, no credit card required | Partial |
| Semrush | SEO suite | from $139/mo ($117.33/mo annual) | 7-day free trial, plus a permanent free plan | Tracking |
| Ahrefs | SEO suite | Starter $29/mo (Lite $129/mo) | Free plan for verified sites; no general free trial | Tracking |
| SEO.AI | AI SEO autopilot | $149/mo (Single Site) | 7-day trial | Partial |
| RankYak | AI SEO autopilot | from $49/mo | 3 days free on all plans | Partial |
| SEObot | AI SEO autopilot | $49/mo | Full refund after the first article if unsatisfied | Partial |
| All in One SEO (AIOSEO) | SEO plugin | from $49.50/yr (Basic, first year) | No free trial; 14-day money-back guarantee | No |
| Alli AI | SEO automation platform | $249/mo (Business) | 10-day free trial on all plans | Partial |
| Clearscope | AI content optimization | $129/mo | 14-day free trial | Tracking |
| Jasper | AI writer | $69/mo per seat ($59 annual) | 7-day free trial | Partial |
| Koala AI | AI SEO autopilot | from $9/mo | Free trial limited to 5,000 words and 25 chat messages | No |
| MarketMuse | AI content optimization | Free plan; paid plans on request | Free plan plus a free trial (duration not published) | No |
| Moz Pro | SEO suite | Starter $49/mo, Standard $99/mo ($79 annual) | 7-day free trial (Standard and Medium monthly plans) | Tracking |
| NEURONwriter | AI content optimization | from $23/mo ($19/mo annual) | 7 days free on Gold terms | Tracking |
| Otterly.AI | AI visibility tracker | from $29/mo | 7-day trial, no credit card, 50 prompts | Native |
| Peec AI | AI visibility tracker | from €85/mo (Starter) | 7-day free trial, no credit card | Native |
| Profound | AI visibility tracker | $99/mo (billed yearly) | Free trial offered on the Growth plan (duration not published) | Native |
| Rank Math | SEO plugin | Free; PRO from €7.99/mo billed annually | Free version available permanently | No |
| Rankability | AI content optimization | from $99/mo (annual) | Not published on the pricing page | Partial |
| Rankscale | AI visibility tracker | from $20/mo (Essentials) | Free Pro trial offered (duration not published) | Native |
| SE Ranking | SEO suite | from $129/mo ($103.20/mo annual) | 14-day free trial, fully functional | Tracking |
| Scalenut | AI content optimization | from $59/mo ($24/mo annual) | 7 days free, no credit card for sign-up | Tracking |
| Screaming Frog SEO Spider | Technical SEO | $279/year per licence | Free version, permanent, up to 500 URLs | No |
| Scrunch AI | AI visibility tracker | from $250/mo (annual) or $300 monthly | 7-day free trial of the Starter plan, no credit card | Native |
Last verified 2 August 2026. Prices, plans and features on this page were read on each vendor's own site on that date. Vendors change pricing often, so confirm before you buy. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Frequently asked questions
How many AI SEO tools do you track?
Thirty, across eight categories. Every one has a full review with pricing tiers, verified features and alternatives. The home page ranking narrows those thirty to the twelve we would actually recommend to a founder or a small team.
How do you decide what goes in each category?
By the job the tool does, not by how it markets itself. An autopilot publishes without you; an optimizer scores what you wrote; a visibility tracker measures AI answers; a suite gives you data. Several vendors claim all four, so we place them by the capability their own pricing page gates the least.
Do vendors pay to be listed here?
No. There are no paid placements, sponsored slots or affiliate-driven ordering on this site. The site is published by the company behind Sorank, which is disclosed on every page where Sorank appears and explained in the methodology.