Compare AI Visibility Tools, Agencies & Consultants
One trusted platform to discover, compare, and choose across the entire AI visibility industry - GEO tools, AEO platforms, agencies, consultants, digital PR, Reddit marketing, and audit software for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews.
- Built for SaaS teams
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- Editorial rankings
- Transparent methodology
- AI-search focused
- 1. Profound
- 2. Evertune
- 3. Semrush AI Visibility
In AI search, inclusion replaces rank.
In an AI answer your brand is either mentioned or invisible — and a #1 Google ranking no longer guarantees you are in the answer at all. CompareNow.ai helps you close that gap: measure where you stand, earn the citations engines actually use, and choose the tool, agency, or consultant to get it done.
How we score — drawn to scale
Every ranking is editorial, computed from a published five-criterion rubric scored from source-linked research. No pay-for-position; affiliate links are disclosed.
The 4-step GEO playbook
Each step is governed by one piece of published research — and ends in the exact resource on this site that helps you run it.
31.8%of ChatGPT's cited domains overlap with Google's top ten (just 10% at the exact URL).
84%of AI-cited links are earned media; paid/advertorial is 0.3%. Your own site supplies only 4.3% of category-prompt citations.
12.6% → 4.5%citation incidence peaks at conversation turn 1 and decays by turn 10.
Identical prompts return different answers between runs — track trends over repeated runs, not single samples.
Where AI engines actually get their answers
What you invest in to get cited — from the largest published studies of AI citations. Each figure names its source.
* Own-site share is a separate Profound study, measured on category-level prompts (27M citations).
Tool, agency, or consultant?
The deciding factor is simple: who will act on the work. Answer three questions for a recommended model, a real ranked shortlist, and the comparison that settles it.
- A GEO tool if you have execution capacity and want to own the data.
- A GEO consultant if your team needs direction, not hands.
- A GEO agency if nobody in-house owns AI visibility.
You have execution capacity in-house — buy the data and run it yourself. From $29–295/mo self-serve.
The editorial rankings
Scored on a published five-criterion rubric — the shortlist behind the engine.
Popular Comparisons
Side-by-side breakdowns of the AI visibility solutions buyers ask about most.
ProfoundPeec AIIf you want a price you can buy at today, Peec wins: $95 covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini with unlimited seats, while Profound quotes custom Enterprise pricing after a free 7-day trial. Profound wins when you need its depth: Claude and nine-engine coverage, agent workflows, and enterprise analytics.
Choose Profound: Choose Profound if you need its analytics depth or multi-engine Enterprise coverage (up to 9 engines incl. Claude) and are ready for a custom contract. The free 7-day trial lets you test it first.
Choose Peec AI: Choose Peec AI if you want three engines and unlimited seats at a published $95/month, plus agency workspaces from $245/month.
Peec AI
Otterly AIOtterly is the better value at the low end and the only one of the two with Google AI Overviews and Copilot in core plans. Peec is the better team tool - unlimited seats and agency workspaces - with a 4.9/5 G2 average (11 reviews) vs Otterly's 4.8/5 (52 reviews).
Choose Peec AI: Choose Peec AI if several people will live in the tool (unlimited seats), you run client accounts (agency plans from $245/month), and Gemini coverage matters more than AI Overviews.
Choose Otterly AI: Choose Otterly AI if you want the lowest real entry price ($29/month), Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot tracking, API/MCP integration, or built-in GEO URL audits - and are fine adding Gemini or Claude as paid add-ons.
ProfoundOtterly AIFor a published price, Otterly is the only option here: $29 buys four engines, while Profound moves to a custom quote after its free trial. Choose Otterly for affordable multi-engine monitoring; choose Profound when its analytics depth matters and you are buying at Enterprise level (up to 9 engines).
Choose Profound: Choose Profound if you value analytics depth and Enterprise features (Claude and up to 9 engines, API, SSO), or procurement wants the category's largest vendor ($180M raised in September 2026, Fortune-500-grade customers).
Choose Otterly AI: Choose Otterly AI if you want the most engine coverage per dollar at the low end ($29 buys 4 engines), a 7-day no-card trial, and integration hooks (API, MCP, Looker Studio).
Learn the whole playbook
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Frequently Asked Questions
>What is CompareNow.ai?
CompareNow.ai is a comparison and discovery platform for AI visibility, GEO, AEO, LLM SEO, and AI search optimization tools, agencies, and consultants. It covers 40 listings, each with a profile showing pricing, AI engine coverage, pros and cons, and an editorial score.
>What is GEO?
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing brands and content to be cited and recommended inside AI answer engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. The fundamentals overlap with SEO, since crawlability, structure, and authority still matter, but the goal is to be mentioned and cited in the answer rather than only to rank a link.
>What is the difference between GEO, AEO, and LLM SEO?
The three overlap. GEO is about being cited and recommended inside AI answer engines. AEO focuses on how answer surfaces such as Google AI Overviews, Copilot, and Perplexity select sources, and on structuring passages that win the direct answer. LLM SEO focuses on how large language models retrieve and recall your brand, through training-data recall and live retrieval.
>Do I need a tool, an agency, or a consultant?
It depends on who can act on the work. A tool measures, an agency executes, and a consultant designs the plan and coaches your team to run it. Buy a tool if your in-house team has hours to spare, hire an agency if nobody in-house owns AI visibility, and hire a consultant if you have writers and developers who need direction.
>How do you rank tools and agencies?
Every listing is scored with our published five-criterion rubric - AI engine coverage, capability, pricing transparency, independent evidence, and best-for fit - computed as a weighted total from source-linked research. See /methodology for the weights.
>Do sponsors get better rankings?
No. Payment does not change a company's editorial score, ranking, or position. Sponsored, Featured, and Verified placements are always labeled with a badge, and a sponsor appears in an editorial ranking only when it qualifies on our rubric.
>How often are listings updated?
Listings are updated when research passes find substantive changes such as pricing, features, or ownership, and when vendors or readers report corrections we can verify. Every listing shows a "Last updated" date that changes only on substantive updates.
>How do I get listed?
Submit your company through the Submit Listing page. It is a short form with no account needed, and we follow up by email. Editorial inclusion is free; sponsored placements are labeled.
>Which AI engines do you cover?
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Google AI Overviews. Each listing shows which of these it covers, and engine coverage is one of the five criteria in its score.