Roundup
Affordable AI visibility monitoring tools (2026)
Updated June 2026
The most affordable AI visibility tool with public pricing is Saidly, from Woodfire Digital, LLC, starting at $2.99/mo with a 30-day free trial and no card. Otterly.ai starts around $29/mo, and mid-market and enterprise tools like Profound, Peec AI, and AthenaHQ run roughly $100 to $400 or more per month.
What is an AI visibility monitoring tool?
An AI visibility monitoring tool checks what AI assistants say when people ask them about your brand, product, or name, then tracks how those answers change over time. The good ones cover sentiment (is the answer positive or negative?), not just whether you get mentioned. For the full background, read the plain-English guide to AI visibility monitoring.
Saidly tracks four AI assistants, all grounded on the live web: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. Each report gives a per-model sentiment score from 0 to 100, a representative quote from each model, recurring themes, the sources each model cited, and your share of voice against competitors. Reports run on a schedule or on demand and land in your inbox and dashboard.
How much do AI visibility tools cost?
Here is the entry pricing for the tools people compare most. Saidly's prices are flat and public. All competitor figures are public pricing as of June 2026; check their site for the latest.
| Tool | Entry price | Best fit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saidly | $2.99/mo | Solo founders, small business, agencies | Tracks Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok on the live web. Sentiment scores, cited sources, share of voice. Pro $13.99, Business $49.99, custom Enterprise. 30-day free trial, no card. |
| Otterly.ai | ~$29/mo | SEO and content teams | Tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews / AI Mode. Claude is API-only; does not track Grok by default. |
| Peec AI | ~EUR 75/mo | Mid-market | Priced roughly EUR 75 to 424/mo by the number of tracked prompts. |
| AthenaHQ | ~$295/mo | Self-serve mid-market | Broad engine coverage at a higher self-serve entry point. |
| Profound | ~$99 to $399/mo | Enterprise | Enterprise-focused category leader. Full model coverage including Claude and Grok is on a custom Enterprise plan. |
So "affordable" splits into two groups. Saidly sits in the low-cost, fully public, flat-price group. The rest start around $29/mo and climb into the hundreds for mid-market and enterprise plans. If you want a like-for-like look, see Saidly vs Otterly and Saidly vs Profound.
What should I look for in an affordable AI visibility tool?
Cheap only helps if the tool measures the right things. Check these before you pay:
- Which assistants it tracks
- The four flagship consumer assistants are Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. Many tools skip Claude or Grok, or put them behind a higher tier. Saidly names all four at every plan.
- Grounded on the live web with cited sources
- Answers should reflect what people actually see today, with the sources each model cited. Saidly runs all four models with live web search and reports the cited sources so you can fix wrong claims at the source.
- Sentiment, not just mentions
- A mention count tells you that you came up. A sentiment score tells you whether the answer helped or hurt. Saidly scores 0 to 100 per model and pulls a representative quote.
- Flat, public pricing
- "Contact sales" usually means a high floor. Saidly's prices are public: Starter $2.99, Pro $13.99, Business $49.99, plus a custom Enterprise tier.
- Scheduled and on-demand reports
- You want a regular cadence (monthly, weekly, or daily by plan) plus the ability to run a report the moment you ship something. Saidly does both, with custom schedules and pause/reactivate.
- Covers people and organizations, not only websites
- Saidly tracks any named entity: companies, products, founders and execs, organizations and non-profits, political campaigns, and topics. Many website-focused tools cannot do that. See personal brand monitoring and product brand monitoring.
Bonus on Pro and Business: Saidly adds two advanced lenses. "Model-only" shows what a model believes without the web, and "compare" shows the gap between the live web and the model's built-in view, which tells you whether your fixes have landed yet.
Is there an affordable AI brand monitoring tool for small business?
Yes. A solo founder or small team does not need an enterprise contract to see what AI says about them. Saidly's Starter plan is $2.99/mo, and the 30-day free trial needs no credit card, so you can run a full report before you decide. If you grow, Pro and Business unlock more models of analysis, more recipients and seats, and the advanced lenses, without a sales call.
If you measure yourself against rivals, the competitor share of voice page explains how Saidly shows whose name the models reach for first. Want to see a real report before signing up? Open the sample report or browse the FAQ.
Start tracking AI answers about you
Pick the names you care about, choose a cadence, and let Saidly ask Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok for you. You will see sentiment, quotes, cited sources, and share of voice in your inbox and dashboard.
No credit card to start. Plans from $2.99/mo. Read the guide or the FAQ first if you want the background.