Comparison
CitePrism vs Rankscale, honestly.
Rankscale is a Vienna company that tracks 7 consumer AI interfaces and a long list of API models, priced in credits. CitePrism tracks seven engines on every plan, priced by plan rather than by query, with every raw answer stored and clickable. Rankscale wins on breadth for the price; CitePrism wins on a bill you can predict. Facts about Rankscale were last checked on 1 October 2026.
Side by side
| What matters | CitePrism | Rankscale |
|---|---|---|
| Cost model | ✓ Free plan on your own API keys, Pro at $29 a month; either way you can bring your own keys and pay the providers directly, with hard spend caps | · Credits: each engine query typically uses 0.25. Pro is $99 a month for 1,200 credits, and unused credits roll over |
| Cheapest way to start tracking | ✓ Free on your own keys; Pro at $29 a month on ours | · Essentials is $20 a month with no credits included; tracking needs Pro ($99) or top-ups at an unpublished price |
| Engines sampled | ✓ ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Copilot on every plan | ✓ 7 consumer interfaces plus API models such as GPT-5, Claude, DeepSeek and Mistral, the same on every paid plan |
| Answers read from the consumer interface | · Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Copilot always; ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can be read there too; Claude through its API | ✓ ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, listed as AI search interfaces on its facts page |
| Schedule | · 1 run a day on Free, up to 4 a day on Pro, each at a separate UTC hour | ✓ Hourly, daily, weekly or monthly, set by you |
| Searches behind the answer | · Queries an engine reports running, shown where the engine exposes them | ✓ Query fanout insights |
| What to do next | ✓ Gaps, search-query analysis and a weekly Opportunities action list | · Page audits with 94+ checks (50 a month on Pro) and prompt research (5 a month on Pro+) |
| Agencies | · 5 brands on Pro, more on a Custom agreement; no white-label reports today | ✓ 10 brand dashboards on Pro; white-label from Growth ($385 a month) |
Competitor details change; their website is the source of truth for current plans and coverage. Corrections welcome at [email protected].
Pricing, side by side
CitePrism
- Free: $0
- 1 brand, 25 prompts, 5 competitors, 1 run a day, all 7 engines, on your own API keys
- Pro: $29 a month or $299 a year
- 5 brands, 100 prompts and 25 competitors per brand, 4 runs a day, all 7 engines, on our keys with daily usage included
Rankscale
- Essentials: $20/mo ($17/mo yearly)
- No credits included, top up anytime. Unlimited seats, shareable dashboard links, email support.
- Pro: $99/mo
- 1,200 credits a month, 10 brand dashboards, 50 page audits. Credits roll over up to 2x. 7-day free trial.
- Pro+: $229/mo
- 3,000 credits a month, 25 brand dashboards, 100 page audits, REST API, 5 prompt researches a month. Rollover up to 3x.
- Growth: $385/mo
- 5,500 credits a month, 50 brand dashboards, 200 page audits, REST API, white-label. Rollover up to 3x.
- Enterprise: $780/mo
- 12,000 credits a month, 100 brand dashboards, 200 page audits, REST API, dedicated partner.
- Custom: Quote
- Priced on request.
Rankscale says each engine query typically uses 0.25 credits, so some queries cost more. By our arithmetic, Pro’s 1,200 credits buy about 4,800 engine queries a month: 50 prompts on 3 engines daily, or on 7 engines about every 2.2 days. Engines are the same on every paid plan, with no add-ons. The top-up price is not published.
Rankscale prices last checked . Source: Rankscale pricing page . Prices change; check their page before you decide. CitePrism prices are on our pricing page.
The concession
Where Rankscale wins: breadth for the price. At $99 a month, Pro covers 7 consumer interfaces (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode) plus API models such as Claude, DeepSeek and Mistral. It adds query fanout insights, schedules from hourly to monthly, and 10 brand dashboards.
Pick Rankscale if
Pick Rankscale if you want answers from 7 consumer AI interfaces at $99 a month, query fanout data, hourly schedules, Grok or Mistral, or many brand dashboards for an agency.
Pick CitePrism if
Pick CitePrism if you want a bill you can predict without credit math, a free plan that tracks every engine on your own keys, a paid plan at $29 a month, and every number traceable to the raw answers behind it.
FAQ
Does Rankscale read the consumer apps?
Its facts page lists 7 AI search interfaces (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode) and a separate group of API models, at the time of writing (last checked 1 October 2026). It lists the surfaces but does not explain how it reads them. CitePrism reads Google AI Overviews, AI Mode and Copilot from the product itself, can read ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity that way too, and samples Claude through its API.
How do Rankscale credits compare with CitePrism pricing?
Rankscale Pro is $99 a month for 1,200 credits, and one engine query typically uses 0.25 credits. By our arithmetic, that is 50 prompts on 3 engines daily. CitePrism Pro is $29 a month for 5 brands, 100 prompts and 25 competitors per brand, on all 7 engines, with up to 4 runs a day and a daily included usage amount. Rankscale lets you trade engines against frequency; CitePrism charges by plan, not by query.
Which suits an agency better?
Rankscale Pro includes 10 brand dashboards, and Growth adds white-label at $385 a month, at the time of writing. CitePrism Pro covers 5 brands for $29 a month with no white-label reports today. If you manage more than 5 client brands, Rankscale offers more dashboards per plan: 10 on Pro, and up to 100 on Enterprise.
See your own numbers first
The fastest way to evaluate any tool in this category is to measure your brand and read the raw answers. CitePrism is free to start, and Pro is $29 a month.