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Peec AI alternatives: prices and who each suits
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If Peec AI costs more than you want to spend, or tracks less than you need, the alternatives worth a look are Otterly.ai, AthenaHQ, Scrunch, the Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Ahrefs Brand Radar, SE Ranking and Profound. Otterly is the cheaper monitor. AthenaHQ and Scrunch cover more models. Semrush, Ahrefs and SE Ranking make sense if you already pay for one of them, and Profound is the enterprise end of the category. AfterLaunch suits a founder who has nobody to act on what a tracker finds.
Every price on this page was read off the vendor's own pricing page on 22 October 2026. The names come from the engines: on the same day we asked ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity for Peec AI alternatives and read every answer in full.
- Peec AI's page lists Starter at $95 a month, Pro at $245 and Advanced at $495 on monthly billing (€85, €205 and €425), and less on annual billing. You choose which AI models each plan tracks.
- Otterly.ai, Profound, Semrush and SE Ranking came up in the answer from every engine we asked on 22 October 2026.
- Otterly's Lite plan is $29 a month for 15 prompts, the cheapest steady read on this page. AthenaHQ has a free tier to try first.
- Choose by who will act on the read. With any tracker, you still write the page, the listing and the reply.
What Peec AI is and what it costs
Peec AI sells itself as AI search analytics for marketing teams and SEO agencies. It runs a set of prompts across the AI models you switch on, shows how often your brand comes up against your competitors, and lists the sources the answers lean on. Its page works out your volume by multiplying the prompts you track by the models you choose and how often they run.
| Peec AI plan | Monthly billing, 22 Oct 2026 | Billed annually, per month | Who Peec says it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $95 (€85) | $80 (€70) | SEO and content managers getting started with AI search visibility |
| Pro | $245 (€205) | $205 (€180) | SEO teams that need more detailed AI search tracking and insights |
| Advanced | $495 (€425) | $420 (€360) | Marketing teams managing several projects with deeper reporting |
| Enterprise | Custom | Annual contract | Larger teams |
What the engines name as Peec AI alternatives
We asked "Peec AI alternatives" once per engine on 22 October 2026. One pass is a snapshot, since an engine can answer differently the next time it is asked, so read this as what a customer would have seen that day.
| Engine | Tools it named, in its own order |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Otterly.ai, Rankscale, Profound, SE Ranking, Semrush, AthenaHQ |
| Gemini | Otterly, Profound, Semrush, Ahrefs Brand Radar, SE Ranking, Scrunch, Writesonic, AthenaHQ, Geoptie |
| Google AI Overviews | Geoptie, Profound, Rankability, Otterly, Promptwatch, SE Ranking, Semrush, Scrunch |
| Perplexity | Otterly.ai, Profound, AthenaHQ, Scrunch, Writesonic, Semrush, Ahrefs Brand Radar, SE Ranking |
Otterly, Profound, Semrush and SE Ranking were in every answer. Scrunch and AthenaHQ were in three. The engines mostly sorted them the same way: Otterly for price, Profound for enterprise reporting, the suites for teams already inside them. AfterLaunch wasn't named in any of the answers.
The alternatives side by side
Prices come from each vendor's own pricing page, read on 22 October 2026. Where a page shows two prices, monthly billing comes first.
| Tool | What it does | Price on its page, 22 Oct 2026 | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otterly.ai | Tracks mentions and citations on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Copilot. Gemini, AI Mode and Claude are add-ons | Lite $29 a month for 15 prompts, Standard $189 for 100, Premium $489 for 400, about 15% less billed annually | A solo marketer or small team that wants the cheapest steady read |
| AthenaHQ | Tracking with recommendations. The paid plan covers 11 models | Essential free with 300 credits, Starter $295 a month | Teams that want to try it free, then want wide model coverage |
| Scrunch | Monitoring and page audits across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, AI Overviews and Meta | Starter $300 a month or $250 billed annually, Growth $500 or $417 | Content and technical SEO teams with the budget |
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | 25 custom prompts with daily rankings on ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini and Perplexity | $99 a month per domain, billed annually | Teams already on Semrush |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | Brand visibility in AI answers from Ahrefs' prompt database, plus your own prompts | AI add-on from $199 a month, custom prompt packs from $50 | Teams already on Ahrefs |
| SE Ranking | Rank tracking and site audits, with AI search tracking in the plan | Core $129 a month or $103.20 billed annually, AI Search add-on $89 | Teams that want SEO and AI tracking on one bill |
| Profound | Enterprise AI search analytics across up to nine engines | Free 7-day trial, then Enterprise by demo | Enterprise marketing teams |
| AfterLaunch | Weekly AI visibility on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, plus SEO, competitors and channels, ranked into growth moves with a draft in your voice | Free deep scan, 14 days free with no card, then $149 a month | A founder who is also the marketing team |
How to pick
- If the bill is the problem, Otterly's Lite plan is the cheapest steady read here. You give up prompt volume and some models for it.
- If you need wide model coverage, AthenaHQ's Starter lists 11 models, and Scrunch covers Claude and Meta as well as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.
- If you already pay for Semrush, Ahrefs or SE Ranking, switch on its AI tracking for a month first. It's the smallest new spend on this page.
- If you're an enterprise team with people to read the reports, Profound is built for you, and it sells by demo.
- If nobody acts on the report you have now, a different report won't help. Look at which tool drafts the work.
Where AfterLaunch fits
AfterLaunch runs the same weekly check on ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, and reads your SEO, your competitors and your channels next to it. Then it ranks what to do next as growth moves: the page to write, the listing to fix, the thread worth answering, each with its evidence and a draft in your voice. You or your AI finish it, and nothing goes out until you say yes.
It's one plan at $149 a month after 14 free days, and the deep scan costs nothing. If a number to watch is all you want, Otterly is cheaper. If you'd like the next piece of work drafted as well, that's the part AfterLaunch does.
Profound alternatives, with current prices →Otterly.ai alternatives, compared →What is the cheapest Peec AI alternative?
Of the tools here, Otterly.ai's Lite plan at $29 a month for 15 prompts, read off its pricing page on 22 October 2026. AthenaHQ also has a free Essential tier with 300 credits, which is enough to try it before paying.
How much does Peec AI cost?
On 22 October 2026 Peec AI's pricing page listed Starter at $95 a month, Pro at $245 and Advanced at $495 on monthly billing, or $80, $205 and $420 a month billed annually. In euros the monthly prices are €85, €205 and €425. Enterprise is a custom annual contract.
Is Profound a Peec AI alternative?
Every engine we asked on 22 October 2026 named it as one. It sits at the enterprise end: its pricing page showed a free 7-day trial and an Enterprise plan sold by demo, with no self-serve price.
Does AfterLaunch replace Peec AI?
For the AI visibility read, yes: on the Founder plan it checks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews every week. It also reads SEO, competitors and channels, and drafts the next move. It's built for a company watching its own product, so an agency running many client workspaces is better served by Peec.
- Peec AI, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- Otterly.ai, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- AthenaHQ, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- Scrunch, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- Semrush, AI Visibility Toolkit pricing, read 22 October 2026
- Ahrefs, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- SE Ranking, Subscription plans, read 22 October 2026
- Profound, Pricing, read 22 October 2026
- AfterLaunch's own AI visibility scan, 22 October 2026: the question "Peec AI alternatives" asked once each of ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity
The deep scan asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity the questions your customers ask, and shows who they name. Free, no card.
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