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Rank.ai vs Promptwatch

Promptwatch includes 5 AI-optimized articles a month on its $245 plan. Rank.ai writes and publishes 30 a month for $49, asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini your buying questions every day, and checks your Google and Google Maps rankings on the same login.

Checked on Promptwatch’s own pages, September 28, 2026Sources

The short answer

Rank.ai publishes 30 articles a month for $49. Promptwatch includes 5 for $245.

Promptwatch is an AI search visibility platform for marketing teams, SEO teams and agencies. It asks your prompts every day across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and more, collecting ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity answers from the live interfaces in the country you choose. It adds crawler logs from your CDN, visitor and conversion tracking, and the API and MCP on every paid plan. Its brand plans are $95, $245 and $579 a month.

The articles are where the plans differ most. Promptwatch’s Content Agent writes and publishes to your CMS, and its pricing page includes no articles on Essential, 5 a month on Professional and 10 on Business, with none on the agency plans. Rank.ai includes 30 articles a month on Starter at $49 and 80 on Growth at $129, each researched against the pages already ranking and published to WordPress, Webflow or Shopify.

The same Rank.ai login records your Google position for your keywords every day and scans your Google Maps rank around each location, from $49 a month. Promptwatch shows Search Console data and lists no map tracking, and its city and state AI tracking starts on the $579 Business plan. If you want it all run for you, Rank.ai’s done-for-you program starts at $2,000 a month.

Choose Rank.ai if

  • You want 30 articles a month written and published for $49
  • You want your Google keyword rankings recorded every day
  • Customers find you on Google Maps
  • You want to start for $49, or have it run for you from $2,000

Choose Promptwatch if

  • You need Google AI Overviews, AI Mode or Copilot tracked
  • You want answers collected from the live apps, country by country
  • You want crawler logs from your CDN joined to your citations
  • You build on the API or MCP from the first paid plan

Side by side

What each one writes, tracks and costs

Promptwatch’s side links to the page each fact was read from.

FeatureRank.aiPromptwatch
Articles written and published to your siteIncluded in the monthly priceResearched, written and published for you3 a month free, 30 on Starter, 80 on Growth, 300 on AgencyNone on Essential, 5 on Professional, 10 on BusinessNot included on the agency planspromptwatch.com/pricing
Price with articles included$49 a month for 30 articles$129 a month for 80$245 a month for 5 articles$579 a month for 10promptwatch.com/pricing
Published prices$0, $49, $129 or $399 a month, publishedDone-for-you from $2,000 a month$95, $245 or $579 a monthAgency plans $199, $399 or $799; two months free billed annuallypromptwatch.com/pricing
Google rankings for your keywords3, 25, 100 or 500 keywordsFree, Starter, Growth or Agency, with a rank recorded every daySearch Console and Bing Webmaster dataClicks, impressions and top queries per pagepromptwatch.com/changelog/geo-360-search-insights-google-and-bing
Google Maps rank on a grid3x3, 5x5 or 7x7 gridsGoogle Maps, the Local Pack and organic results, whenever you run a scanNoNone on its pricing page or product menupromptwatch.com/pricing
AI answers by city or stateName the city in the questionFrom $49 a monthBusiness plan, $579 a monthAnd every agency planpromptwatch.com/pricing
EnginesChatGPT, Claude and GeminiPerplexity, Grok or DeepSeek on any question you chooseChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot and morePlans are sized for 4 models per promptpromptwatch.com/pricing
How answers are collectedEach engine’s API, with web search onThe live ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity interfacesGoogle AI Overviews and AI Mode from real results pagespromptwatch.com/docs/academy/how-promptwatch-collects-data
Answers by countryNoYesEach monitor runs from its own countrypromptwatch.com/docs/academy/how-promptwatch-collects-data
How often questions runEvery dayEvery dayThe default on every standard planpromptwatch.com/docs/academy/data-freshness
AI bot traffic to your siteYesWhich AI bots crawl your site, from $49Crawler logs from your CDN or serverProfessional and up, and every agency planpromptwatch.com/features/agent-analytics
Data outCSV exportsMCP server on Agency, labelled BetaAPI and MCP on every paid planpromptwatch.com/pricing
Done-for-youFrom $2,000 a monthTiers at $5,000 and $10,000, scope set on a callManaged AI search optimization on BusinessCustom plans add managed content workflowspromptwatch.com/pricing
Try it freeFree, $0 a month, no card3 articles a month and 3 Google keywords, after 14 days of Growth7 day free trialExplore, a free tier, tracks ChatGPT onlypromptwatch.com/docs/academy/plans-and-billing

Facts about Promptwatch were read on its own pages on September 28, 2026; each links to its source.

Sources, read September 28, 2026: promptwatch.com/pricing, promptwatch.com/changelog/geo-360-search-insights-goog…, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/how-promptwatch-collects-…, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/data-freshness, promptwatch.com/features/agent-analytics, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/plans-and-billing, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/choosing-your-models, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/content-agent-overview, promptwatch.com/integrations/wordpress, promptwatch.com/docs/academy/content-agent-settings, promptwatch.com/agentic-ai-search-optimization, promptwatch.com/about.

Screen by screen

What you see in each product

Promptwatch’s own pricing page, rendered in a browser, beside Rank.ai’s product, drawn from its record of Austin med spas.

Promptwatch

Promptwatch’s plans: 0, 5 or 10 articles a month

Essential is $95 a month with no AEO articles, Professional $245 with 5 a month, and Business $579 with 10. Each plan is sized for 4 AI models per prompt, and every paid plan includes the API and MCP.

Promptwatch's pricing for brands: Essential $95 a month with no AEO articles and 50 prompts, Professional $245 with 5 AEO articles a month and 150 prompts, Business $579 with 10 AEO articles a month and 350 prompts, each tracking 4 models
promptwatch.com/pricing, rendered September 28, 2026.

Rank.ai

Get 30 articles a month written and published for $49

Each question AI leaves you out of becomes an article in the plan. It researches each article against the pages already ranking, writes it, and publishes it to WordPress, Webflow or Shopify on the schedule you set. Articles publish automatically by default; switch that off and each one waits as a draft until you press Publish.

A question no engine names you for

best Botox in Austin

ChatGPTClaudeGemini0 of 3 name you

The answers name Viva Day Spa + Med Spa and Westlake Dermatology.

  1. 0Planned
  2. 0Writing
  3. 1Ready for review
ArticlePlannedWritingReady for review

Botox in Austin

rejuvenateaustin.com/botox-in-austinWaiting to be writtenBeing researched and writtenWritten, not live yet

The brief’s sections

  1. 1Hours and how soon you can be seen
  2. 2What the treatment involves
  3. 3Pricing
  4. 4How to reach you
  5. 5Where you are and the areas you serve

Answers recorded Sep 25, 2026

No engine names Rejuvenate Austin for “best Botox in Austin”, so it is planned as a page and written for review

Rank.ai

See who AI names for your questions, and the pages it reads

Rank.ai asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini your buying questions every day through each engine’s API, with web search on, and records every brand each answer names and every page it cites. Claude is included from Starter at $49 a month.

best CoolSculpting in Austin

ChatGPT’s answer, in order6 named

  1. 1Westlake Dermatology
  2. 2Synergy Plastic Surgery
  3. 3Revelus Dermatology
  4. 4Hall Plastic Surgery
  5. 5LA Longevity
  6. Rejuvenate AustinNot in this answer

Cites 7 pages, none of them yours

Claude’s answer, in order10 named

  1. 1Westlake Dermatology
  2. 2Synergy Plastic Surgery
  3. 3Revelu's Dermatology
  4. 4Hall Plastic Surgery
  5. 5LA Longevity
  6. 6Rejuvenate AustinYou

Cites rejuvenateaustin.com as source 7 of 10

Gemini’s answer, in order12 named

  1. 1Westlake Dermatology
  2. 2Synergy Plastic Surgery
  3. 3Revelus Dermatology
  4. 4Rejuvenate AustinYou
  5. 5Hall Plastic Surgery

Cites rejuvenateaustin.com as source 4 of 10

Answers recorded Sep 25, 2026

Each engine's answer to “best CoolSculpting in Austin”: who it named, in order, and whether it cites Rejuvenate Austin's site

Rank.ai

See your Google Maps rank street by street

The map scan checks your Google Maps rank from a 3x3, 5x5 or 7x7 grid of points around each location, whenever you run it. Your Google positions sit on the same login.

med spa near me

Rejuvenate Austin at the center, 7×7 grid

Best rank
2
Average
8.4
Top 3
1 of 49
Top 10
15 of 49
Top 20
20 of 49

Scan recorded Sep 25, 2026

A 7×7 Google Maps scan for “med spa near me” around Rejuvenate Austin, recorded Sep 25, 2026

Frequently asked

How much does Promptwatch cost?
Promptwatch's pricing page lists Essential at $95 a month, Professional at $245 and Business at $579, with two months free on annual billing and a custom plan above them. Its agency plans are Kick-off at $199, Growth at $399 and Scale at $799 a month. New accounts can start a 7 day trial. Rank.ai's plans are $0, $49, $129 and $399 a month, with done-for-you from $2,000.
How many articles does Promptwatch write each month?
Its pricing page lists no AEO articles on Essential, 5 a month on Professional and 10 on Business, and its agency plans do not include them. Its Content Agent plans, writes and publishes those articles to CMSs including WordPress and Webflow. Rank.ai includes 3 published articles a month on the free plan, 30 on Starter at $49, 80 on Growth and 300 on Agency.
Does Promptwatch track Google rankings or Google Maps?
Promptwatch shows Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster data beside your AI data: clicks, impressions and top queries per page. Its pricing page and product menu show no Google Maps or map grid tracking. Rank.ai records your Google position for 3, 25, 100 or 500 keywords every day by plan, and its map scan checks your Google Maps rank from a grid of points around each location.
What does Promptwatch have that Rank.ai does not?
More AI surfaces, including Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Microsoft Copilot; answers collected from the live ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity interfaces, from the country you choose; crawler logs read from your CDN or server; visitor and conversion tracking; ChatGPT Shopping and ad tracking; and the API and MCP on every paid plan. If those decide it, Promptwatch covers them.
Who is Promptwatch best for?
Marketing and SEO teams at software and consumer brands, and agencies that track many clients across countries. Promptwatch is based in Amsterdam, launched in April 2025 and raised a 6 million euro seed round in July 2026. Rank.ai is built for businesses that want the articles written and published each month, with their Google and Google Maps rankings on the same login.
Can I try Promptwatch or Rank.ai for free?
Promptwatch offers a 7 day trial on monthly billing, and its free Explore tier tracks ChatGPT only. Rank.ai has a free plan with no card that publishes 3 articles a month, and every new account starts with 14 days of Growth. Its free AI grade puts 12 of your customers' questions to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, with no account needed.

See if AI names you when customers ask who’s best.

Enter your website. In about two minutes, Rank.ai asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini 12 questions your customers ask and grades how often they name you.

  • Your grade out of 100How often AI names you, cites your site, and how high it ranks you.
  • Who gets namedEvery competitor in the answers, most named first.
  • The pages AI readsThe sources behind each answer.
  • Three fixesWhat to fix first, with a brief for the first page.