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Enterprise demo-gated", "affiliate": {"exists": true, "rate": "not disclosed (tiered Verified/Advanced/Expert referral commissions)", "duration": "not publicly available", "cookie": "not publicly available", "url": "https://www.tryprofound.com/partners/apply", "network": "in-house partner program (customer + certification required)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://www.tryprofound.com/pricing", "https://www.tryprofound.com/partners/apply", "https://help.tryprofound.com/articles/3443229936-answer-engine-insights-overview", "https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/exclusive-as-ai-threatens-search-profound-raises-96-million-to-help-brands-stay-visible/", "https://www.adweek.com/media/profound-raises-35-million-series-b-for-ai-search-optimization-sequoia/"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Peec AI", "website": "https://peec.ai", "hq": "Berlin, Germany", "founded": "2024-2025 (sources vary)", "funding": "~€25M ($29M) total: seed led by 20VC Jul 2025; €18M ($21M) Series A led by Singular Nov 2025; ~$10M ARR May 2026", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google AI Mode", "Google AI Overviews", "Microsoft Copilot", "Perplexity", "Gemini"], "engine_count": 6, "collection_method": "browser/scraper-based (docs: 'advanced UI scraping technology to interact with AI models exactly as real users do'; API responses noted to differ from UI)", "features": "AI search analytics: visibility/citation/sentiment tracking, competitor benchmarking, source analysis, Looker Studio + API export; choose 3 models per tier, extra engines as paid add-ons (Claude, DeepSeek, Grok, Llama reported)", "pricing_tiers": [ "Starter — ~€85-89/mo: 25-50 prompts, 3 models, 1 project", "Pro — ~€199-205/mo: 100-150 prompts, 2 projects", "Advanced — €425/mo: 350 prompts, 5 projects, multi-country, Looker Studio", "Enterprise — custom", "Engine add-on: ~€30/€70/€140 per extra model by tier; annual billing ~15% off" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 7 days, no credit card", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "none — creator/agency partnerships explicitly non-monetary", "duration": "not applicable", "cookie": "not applicable", "url": "https://peec.ai/partnerships/creators", "network": "not applicable"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://peec.ai/pricing", "https://docs.peec.ai/intro-to-peec-ai", "https://peec.ai/partnerships/creators", "https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/11/berlins-peec-ai-lands-e18-million-as-demand-grows-for-ai-based-brand-visibility-tools/", "https://www.workduo.ai/blog/peec-ai-pricing"], "confidence": "medium" }, { "name": "Otterly.AI", "website": "https://otterly.ai", "hq": "Austria (registered Persenbeug; launched in Vienna)", "founded": "2024", "funding": "bootstrapped / self-funded (stated); 40,000+ users by Aug 2026", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google AI Overviews", "Perplexity", "Microsoft Copilot", "Claude (add-on)", "Google AI Mode (add-on)", "Gemini (add-on)"], "engine_count": 7, "collection_method": "API-based (per site FAQ: automatically sends queries to AI search engines; notes manual searches differ due to memory/RAG personalization and location)", "features": "Brand/link mention monitoring, citation tracking, GEO URL audits, competitor tracking, API + MCP access, Agent Analytics", "pricing_tiers": [ "Lite — $29/mo ($25/mo annual): 15 prompts, 4 engines, 1,000 GEO audits", "Standard — $189/mo ($160/mo annual): 100 prompts, 5,000 audits, API/MCP", "Premium — $489/mo ($422/mo annual): 400 prompts, 10,000 audits", "Enterprise — custom, from ~$1,000+/mo", "Add-ons: +100 prompts $99/mo; extra engines $9-439/mo by tier" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 7 days, no credit card", "affiliate": {"exists": true, "rate": "20% of monthly subscription", "duration": "first 12 months", "cookie": "not stated", "url": "https://otterly.ai/referral/", "network": "in-house (invite-only via hello@otterly.ai; monthly payout after 30-day grace; no paid ads; no minimum payout)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://otterly.ai/pricing/", "https://otterly.ai/referral/", "https://otterly.ai/about", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otterly.ai"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Scrunch AI", "website": "https://scrunch.com", "hq": "Salt Lake City, Utah, USA", "founded": "2023", "funding": "$15M Series A Jul 2025 led by Decibel (Mayfield, Homebrew); 500+ brands", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Perplexity", "Gemini", "Claude", "Google AI Mode", "Google AI Overviews", "Microsoft Copilot", "Grok", "Meta AI"], "engine_count": 9, "collection_method": "hybrid (FAQ: 'a mix of browser automation and official platform APIs', chosen per platform to reflect real consumer interaction)", "features": "Prompt analytics, persona-based tracking with geographies, citation analysis, error detection, Agent Experience Platform (AI-optimized page serving), query + responses APIs; daily refresh first 14 days then 72h cadence", "pricing_tiers": [ "Starter — $250/mo annual ($300 month-to-month): 350 custom + 1,000 industry prompts, 3 seats, 3 personas", "Growth — $417/mo annual ($500 month-to-month): 700 custom + 2,500 industry prompts, 5 seats (demo-gated)", "Enterprise — custom: SSO, Enterprise Data API; annual = 17% off; extra seats $25/mo" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 7-day free trial of Starter, no credit card; Growth/Enterprise demo-gated", "affiliate": {"exists": true, "rate": "up to 20% referral commission", "duration": "not stated (commissions on actual payments received)", "cookie": "not stated", "url": "https://scrunch.com/agencies/", "network": "in-house Agency Partner Program (not a standalone affiliate program)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://scrunch.com/pricing/", "https://scrunch.com/faqs/what-methods-does-scrunch-use-to-collect-data-from-ai-platforms", "https://scrunch.com/faqs/which-ai-platforms-and-llms-can-scrunch-track-and-monitor/", "https://scrunch.com/agencies/", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/scrunch-ai-raises-15-million-series-a-to-rebuild-the-internet-for-ai-consumption-302510915.html"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Rankscale", "website": "https://rankscale.ai", "hq": "Vienna, Austria (Rankscale GmbH)", "founded": "Oct 2024 (public launch Jul 2025)", "funding": "bootstrapped, no institutional funding on record; 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some third-party roundups claim 15% lifetime — outdated)", "duration": "up to 12 months per referred customer", "cookie": "60 days", "url": "https://rankscale.ai/affiliate-program", "network": "Rewardful (signup: rankscale-gmbh.getrewardful.com/signup; €30 minimum payout; monthly)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://rankscale.ai/pricing", "https://rankscale.ai/affiliate-program", "https://rankscale.ai/facts", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/rankscale"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Evertune", "website": "https://www.evertune.ai", "hq": "New York City, USA", "founded": "2024", "funding": "$15M Series A Aug 2025 led by Felicis (Eniac Ventures, NextView Ventures, angels from OpenAI/Google/Meta/Uber); 700+ advertisers/agencies", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "ChatGPT Search", "Gemini", "Gemini Search", "Google AI Mode", "Google AI Overviews", "Meta AI", "Claude", "Microsoft Copilot", "Perplexity", "DeepSeek"], "engine_count": 11, "collection_method": "hybrid (methodology page: direct API access isolates base-model knowledge; live consumer apps measured separately; each prompt sampled up to 100x per model, ±1pt margin of error; prompts from EverPanel, 150M+ real conversations)", "features": "AI Brand Index, EverPanel prompt volumes, content agent, Partner Connect (impact.com/PartnerStack integration), in-conversation advertising, AI retargeting", "pricing_tiers": [ "Pro — $800/mo: 100,000 prompts tracked across 11 AI models, daily/weekly/monthly frequency, global language + country tracking, 25 AI articles/mo, demo-gated", "Enterprise — custom: unlimited content generation, AI bot analytics, SSO, dedicated AI Success Manager" ], "sales_gated": true, "free_trial": "no — demo request required", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "none for promoting Evertune (Partner Connect is a customer-facing product integration, not a referral program)", "duration": "not applicable", "cookie": "not applicable", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not applicable"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://www.evertune.ai/pricing", "https://www.evertune.ai/platform/methodology", "https://www.evertune.ai/resources/faq", "https://pulse2.com/evertune-15-million-series-a-raised-for-scaling-ai-marketing-platform/", "https://impact.com/press-releases/impact-com-evertune-partnership-ai-search/"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Goodie AI", "website": "https://higoodie.com", "hq": "New York City, USA", "founded": "2022", "funding": "none disclosed (Crunchbase: no funding raised)", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google AI Overviews", "Perplexity", "Gemini", "Microsoft Copilot", "Amazon Rufus", "Sparky", "Claude", "Google AI Mode", "Meta AI", "DeepSeek/Grok (Enterprise)"], "engine_count": 11, "collection_method": "undisclosed", "features": "Prompt research with volume patterns, visibility + sentiment monitoring, prioritized optimization actions, Content Studio, Agentic Commerce Suite (AI shopping incl. Rufus/Sparky), agent/crawler analytics, revenue attribution", "pricing_tiers": [ "Explorer — $399/mo (20% annual discount): 3 models, 100 prompts, 3,000 AI responses/mo, 10 actions/mo, 3 seats, self-serve", "Pro — demo-gated, no public price: 7 models, 250 prompts, 7,500 responses/mo, 5 seats", "Enterprise — custom: up to 11 models, 500+ prompts, 15,000+ responses/mo, unlimited seats" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 7-day free trial on Explorer, self-serve; Pro/Enterprise demo-gated", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "not publicly available", "duration": "not publicly available", "cookie": "not publicly available", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not publicly available"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://higoodie.com/pricing/", "https://higoodie.com/", "https://higoodie.com/about-us", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/goodie-ai"], "confidence": "medium" }, { "name": "AthenaHQ", "website": "https://www.athenahq.ai", "hq": "San Francisco, USA", "founded": "2025 (Y Combinator W25)", "funding": "$2.2M (Y Combinator, FCVC, Red Bike Capital, Amino Capital, angels incl. Eli Schwartz); founders Andrew Yan (ex-Google Search), Alan Yao (ex-DeepMind)", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Perplexity", "Google AI Overviews", "Gemini", "Microsoft Copilot", "Google AI Mode", "Claude", "Grok", "DeepSeek", "Meta AI", "Mistral"], "engine_count": 11, "collection_method": "undisclosed (methodology-forward on query construction and citation parsing, but no explicit API-vs-browser statement)", "features": "GEO/AEO tracking, QVEM prompt-volume estimation, content gap + competitor analysis, Ask Athena agent, Citation Engine (Enterprise), GA4/GSC/Shopify/Webflow/BI integrations, SOC 2 Type II", "pricing_tiers": [ "Essential — Free: 300 credits/mo (1 credit = 1 AI response), 5 models, unlimited members", "Starter — $295/mo: 3,600 credits/mo, 10+ models, CSV export, 17% annual discount; API access is a paid add-on", "Enterprise — custom: SAML/OIDC SSO, multi-region (60+ countries/languages), persona targeting, white-glove setup" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — permanent free tier, self-serve signup", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "no public affiliate program; agency program offers discounted licenses", "duration": "not applicable", "cookie": "not applicable", "url": "https://athenahq.ai/agency", "network": "in-house agency program"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://www.athenahq.ai/pricing", "https://athenahq.ai/agency", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/athenahq", "https://www.marketingtechnews.net/news/athena-raises-2m-to-track-how-brands-appear-in-ai-responses/"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Knowatoa", "website": "https://knowatoa.com", "hq": "USA (city not publicly stated)", "founded": "not publicly available", "funding": "not publicly available (appears bootstrapped); founders Michael Buckbee, Ryan Castillo", "engines_tracked": ["Google AI Overviews", "Google AI Mode", "ChatGPT", "Claude", "Gemini", "Meta AI (Llama)", "Perplexity"], "engine_count": 7, "collection_method": "undisclosed (AI Search Console feature monitors inbound AI-bot crawling — separate from response collection)", "features": "AI rank/citation tracking, competitor visibility gaps, sentiment alerts, content-gap AI agents, AI Search Console (bot access checks), reporting stack (API, MCP, Looker Studio, NinjaCat); 112k+ audits", "pricing_tiers": [ "Starter — $59/mo: 3 of 7 AI services (ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode), multi-language/market, weekly digests", "Growth — $199/mo: all 7 AI services, AI agents, API/MCP/reporting stack", "Enterprise — custom: dedicated rep, custom volume/integrations; annual pricing available" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — free trial, no credit card, 60-second signup", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "no open program; select partners case-by-case via partnerships@knowatoa.com", "duration": "not applicable", "cookie": "not applicable", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not applicable"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://knowatoa.com/pricing", "https://knowatoa.com/features", "https://knowatoa.com/about", "https://docs.knowatoa.com"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "ZipTie", "website": "https://ziptie.dev", "hq": "not publicly stated ('ZipTie, Inc.'; team spun out of Polish technical-SEO agency Onely — co-founders Bartosz Goralewicz, Sebastian Skowron, Tomasz Rudzki)", "founded": "not publicly available", "funding": "not publicly available", "engines_tracked": ["Google AI Overviews", "ChatGPT", "Perplexity"], "engine_count": 3, "collection_method": "browser/scraper-based ('Unlike many tools that rely on APIs — which can produce artificial results — ZipTie mimics real user behavior to capture the actual results your customers see')", "features": "AI visibility + competitor tracking, AI Data Summaries, content optimization recommendations, AI prompt-generation assistant, query/category/project-level monitoring, 28 countries", "pricing_tiers": [ "Trial — free 14 days: 75 AI searches, 3 summaries, 5 optimizations", "Basic — $69/mo ($703.80/yr): 500 AI searches/mo, 5 summaries, 10 optimizations, 1 seat", "Standard — $99/mo ($1,009.80/yr): 1,000 searches, 50 summaries, 100 optimizations", "Pro — $159/mo ($1,621.80/yr): 2,000 searches, 100 summaries, 200 optimizations", "Custom — contact; annual ~15% off" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 14 days, self-serve", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "not publicly available", "duration": "not publicly available", "cookie": "not publicly available", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not publicly available"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://ziptie.dev/pricing/", "https://ziptie.dev/faq/", "https://ziptie.dev/about/", "https://ziptie.dev/"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Gauge", "website": "https://www.withgauge.com", "hq": "San Francisco, USA", "founded": "2024 (Y Combinator S24); founders Evan Doyle, Caelean Barnes", "funding": "$2.4M pre-seed (Y Combinator, Paul Graham, Julien Khaleghy, Quinn Slack, Kulveer Taggar)", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google AI Overviews", "Google AI Mode", "Gemini", "Perplexity", "Microsoft Copilot", "Claude (Enterprise)", "Grok (Enterprise)"], "engine_count": 8, "collection_method": "browser/scraper-based per Gauge's own resources ('real web experience monitoring that pulls data from actual user interfaces, not just API calls'); no formal methodology page — possibly hybrid", "features": "600 prompts/day (~108k answers/mo), citation intelligence, competitor displacement, 18 publish-ready articles/mo, Ask Gauge agent, GA4/GSC/DataForSEO integrations, unlimited domains/competitors", "pricing_tiers": [ "Growth — $599/mo: 600 prompts/day, 6 AI platforms, 18 articles/mo, 10 seats (monthly billing only; promo agents10 = 10% off first 3 months)", "Enterprise — custom: custom prompt volume, adds Claude + Grok, custom locations, strategy sessions" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — one-week free trial, self-serve, no sales call (Growth); Enterprise demo-gated", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "not publicly available", "duration": "not publicly available", "cookie": "not publicly available", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not publicly available"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://www.withgauge.com/pricing", "https://www.withgauge.com/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gauge", "https://www.withgauge.com/blog/gauge-raises-2-4-million-pre-seed/"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Bluefish AI", "website": "https://www.bluefishai.com", "hq": "New York City, USA", "founded": "2024; founders Alex Sherman (CEO, ex-PromoteIQ/Microsoft), Andrei Dunca (CTO, ex-LiveRail/Meta), Jing Feng (COO)", "funding": "$68M total: $20M Series A Aug 2025 led by NEA; $43M Series B Apr 2026 co-led by Threshold Ventures + NEA (Amex Ventures, TIAA Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Bloomberg Beta); ~10% of Fortune 500 as customers", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google Gemini", "Google AI Overviews", "Meta AI"], "engine_count": 4, "collection_method": "undisclosed", "features": "Enterprise Agentic Marketing Platform: AI monitoring, GEO optimization + measurement, agentic commerce (ACP), AI Accuracy claim verification, Custom AI Audiences; engine list not fully disclosed — 4 named via press only", "pricing_tiers": ["No public pricing — demo-only, enterprise custom contracts"], "sales_gated": true, "free_trial": "no — request-a-demo only", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "not publicly available", "duration": "not publicly available", "cookie": "not publicly available", "url": "not publicly available", "network": "not publicly available"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": false, "sources": ["https://www.bluefishai.com/", "https://www.bluefishai.com/solutions", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bluefish-raises-20m-to-power-ai-marketing-for-the-fortune-500-302534342.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bluefish-raises-43-million-series-b-to-power-agentic-marketing-for-the-fortune-500-302741124.html"], "confidence": "medium" }, { "name": "Am I On AI", "website": "https://www.amionai.com", "hq": "New York, USA + Tel Aviv, Israel (Mindshare AI Ltd); founders Tomer Dean, Peleg Aran, Ran Alter", "founded": "not publicly available", "funding": "not publicly available", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Google AI Overviews"], "engine_count": 2, "collection_method": "undisclosed (site discloses regional queries run from local IP addresses with native-language prompts; API-vs-browser never stated)", "features": "AI visibility score, auto + manual prompt tracking, citation/source analysis, sentiment, weekly reports, public Index leaderboards, API; 2,500+ users claimed", "pricing_tiers": [ "Pro — $100/mo: up to 150 prompts, full citations, recommendations", "Prism — $349/mo: 5 audience segments, up to 750 prompts, per-segment action plans", "GEO Council — $2,500/mo: custom segments/prompts, expert consultation (sales-gated, waitlisted)", "Agency white-label: $250/mo (3 clients) to $1,750/mo (30 clients), custom 50+" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — 7 days, no credit card, self-serve; free AI visibility audit", "affiliate": {"exists": false, "rate": "no commission program; white-label agency reseller model instead", "duration": "not applicable", "cookie": "not applicable", "url": "https://www.amionai.com/agency", "network": "in-house white-label (not an affiliate network)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://www.amionai.com/pricing", "https://www.amionai.com/agency", "https://www.amionai.com/international", "https://www.amionai.com/product"], "confidence": "medium" }, { "name": "Writesonic (AI Visibility/GEO)", "website": "https://writesonic.com", "hq": "San Francisco, USA", "founded": "2020 (Oct; Y Combinator S21); founder Samanyou Garg", "funding": "~$2.6M (Y Combinator, HOF Capital, Soma Capital); pivoted from AI writing to AI search visibility platform", "engines_tracked": ["ChatGPT", "Perplexity", "Claude", "Gemini", "Grok", "DeepSeek", "Microsoft Copilot", "Meta AI", "Google AI Mode", "Google AI Overviews"], "engine_count": 10, "collection_method": "browser/scraper-based (vendor-stated: 'crawls the web interface like a buyer would rather than querying AI through APIs'; cites 2B+ real-conversation dataset)", "features": "Visibility/citation/sentiment tracking, Action Center on/off-page fixes, agentic content engine, site audits, AI traffic attribution, REST API + MCP; self-serve tiers track only 3 engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews) — all 10 are Enterprise-only", "pricing_tiers": [ "Starter — $79/mo: 3 AI platforms, 50 prompts, 15 articles/mo", "Basic — $199/mo: 100 prompts, 300 answers/day", "Growth — $399/mo: 200 prompts, sentiment analysis, Action Center trial", "Enterprise — custom: all 10 platforms, custom prompts/regions/languages, SOC 2/HIPAA/SSO; annual = 20% off" ], "sales_gated": false, "free_trial": "yes — free trial, no credit card, self-serve", "affiliate": {"exists": true, "rate": "20% recurring (stale third-party claims of 30% lifetime are contradicted by the live page)", "duration": "up to 12 months per customer", "cookie": "60 days, last-click", "url": "https://writesonic.com/affiliate", "network": "FirstPromoter (monthly payouts, no traffic minimum)"}, "prompt_controls_disclosed": true, "sources": ["https://writesonic.com/pricing", "https://writesonic.com/affiliate", "https://writesonic.com/ai-visibility-tracker", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writesonic"], "confidence": "high" }, { "name": "Searchable", "website": "https://www.searchable.com", "hq": "London, UK (Searchable Limited); 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