AEO tools have gone from a niche experiment to a legitimate line item in marketing budgets. But the market is moving fast, and the pricing gap between tools is growing faster.
On one end: Profound, an enterprise platform backed by $58M in funding, built for Fortune 500 brands with dedicated data teams. On the other: AEO Copilot, a focused tool built for freelancers and agencies who need clarity, not complexity. In the middle: Peec.ai, a well-funded mid-market player that has been iterating aggressively on both features and pricing.
This is an honest breakdown of all three: who they're built for, and where the money goes.
Short answer: Peec.ai is a credit-based AEO tracker. It starts at €89/month (about $97), but prompts, models, and tracking frequency are billed separately, so switching on every LLM pushes the real cost to around €169–209/month. You get daily tracking and unlimited seats, but no permanent free plan, only a 7-day trial.
The flat-priced alternative is AEO Copilot: $34/month for the Freelancer plan, $99 for Agency, with all four major LLMs included and no add-ons. The free tier doesn't expire.
What we're comparing
All three tools track how your brand appears in AI-generated answers. The core job is the same: run prompts across major LLMs, report on visibility, sentiment, and citations, and help you understand where you stand vs. competitors.
Where they diverge is in scope, pricing model, and intended audience.
The comparison table
AEO Copilot
> I built AEO Copilot because there was no real alternative to Peec.ai or Profound for freelancers or small agencies working directly with clients.
> Sofian Bettayeb, Founder
AEO Copilot is built around one idea: tracking your brand's AI visibility shouldn't require a finance degree. The pricing is flat. The Freelancer plan is $34/month for up to 5 brands, 250 prompts, weekly tracking, and all four major LLMs. The Agency plan is $99/month and lifts that to unlimited brands, 600 prompts, and 5 seats, so signing a new client doesn't change your bill. No add-ons. No credits to manage.
!AEO Copilot pricing plans
The free plan is genuinely useful: one brand, 50 prompts, monthly tracking. Not a 7-day timer designed to create urgency.
The LLM coverage is where it stands out at this price point. At $34/month you get ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews tracked by default. Those four platforms currently drive the most meaningful AEO traffic. Gemini is on the roadmap. Peec.ai charges €80–120 extra per month just to add Claude and others on top of their base plan.
The other thing neither Peec.ai nor Profound offers is an MCP server. AEO Copilot plugs into Claude Code and other AI agents, so you can pull a brand's visibility data, set up a client's tracking, or build a full report straight from a conversation, without opening a dashboard. If you already work inside Claude, the tool meets you there.
> Instead of spending up to $80 on ads per lead, I'd rather offer useful data to my users.
> Sofian Bettayeb, Founder
Where it doesn't compete: daily tracking (it's weekly) and AI content generation (it doesn't have it). If you need daily refreshes or want the tool to write content briefs, look elsewhere.
If you're a freelancer with 2–5 clients, or an agency that wants something you can actually afford to put on every retainer, it's designed for you. See full pricing →
Peec.ai
Peec.ai has moved fast. Founded in 2022, they raised a $21M Series A and overhauled their pricing to a credit system. You pay for prompts, models, and frequency separately, adjusting as your needs shift.
!Peec.ai pricing plans
The product does a lot well. Competitor benchmarking is strong. The prompt suggestion engine, which recommends queries based on your domain, saves real setup time. Unlimited seats is a genuine advantage for agencies that share access with clients.
The credit model is also where the math gets complicated. Every additional model costs more, and full LLM coverage on the Starter plan can push the effective monthly cost to €169–209/mo. That's not a gotcha, just worth modelling before you commit.
That said, their recent pricing update was a real move: they publicly acknowledged the industry's overcharging problem and gave existing customers more capacity at no extra cost. That's not nothing.
If you need daily tracking, 115+ language coverage, and something that scales with a growing agency portfolio, Peec.ai is worth a serious look. Just run the numbers with all the LLMs you actually need switched on.
Profound
Profound is a different product category. Backed by Sequoia and $58M in total funding, it tracks visibility across 10+ AI surfaces, runs a Conversation Explorer that processes hundreds of millions of prompts monthly, and is SOC 2 Type II compliant.
!Profound pricing plans
The "read/write" angle is what sets it apart: Profound doesn't just show you where you're visible. It helps you create content to improve that visibility, with AI-generated content briefs built into Growth and Enterprise plans. No other tool in this comparison does that.
The pricing tells the full story. The $99/month Starter plan tracks only ChatGPT. Adding Perplexity and Google AI Overviews requires the $399/month Growth plan. Full LLM access (Claude, Gemini, Grok, and others) is Enterprise only, custom-priced. No free trial at any tier.
Teams that have used it outside an enterprise context consistently mention the same things: steep learning curve, interface built for data teams, not for a solo marketer doing AEO alongside five other things.
If you're a large brand with a dedicated GEO team, compliance requirements, and a content production budget, it's the most complete platform in this space. If you're not, you're paying enterprise prices for a fraction of what the product can do.
How to choose
If you're a freelancer or an agency managing client brands, doing AEO as part of a broader service, and weekly tracking works fine: AEO Copilot. The Agency plan tracks unlimited brands at $99/month, so your cost doesn't climb every time you sign a client.
If you're an in-house marketing team at a mid-market company that wants daily tracking, flexible model coverage, and unlimited seats: Peec.ai. Work out your actual cost with add-ons before you sign up.
If you're an enterprise brand with a GEO team, data security requirements, and a content production budget: Profound.
Looking at the broader tool market beyond these three? See the full roundup: Best AEO Tools in 2026.
Peec.ai alternatives worth comparing
If you're searching for a Peec.ai alternative, you're usually solving for one of two things: the price, or the fit with how you actually work.
Profound is the alternative when you're moving upmarket. It covers more AI surfaces, writes content briefs, and clears enterprise security reviews. You pay enterprise prices for that.
AEO Copilot is the alternative when Peec.ai's credit math stops adding up for client work. The pricing is flat, all four major LLMs come on the entry plan, and the free tier is permanent rather than a 7-day countdown. You give up daily tracking (it's weekly) and content generation in return.
A few other names turn up in these searches too, like Rankshift, Otterly, and Scrunch. But for freelancers and agencies running AEO as a service, these are the three that hold up in a real side-by-side.
A note on the market
> The problem with Peec.ai and Profound is there's no real entry point. If you just want to try it, get a client on board, and start selling AEO, the pricing doesn't work.
> Sofian Bettayeb, Founder
Traditional SEO can't tell you whether your brand shows up when someone asks ChatGPT who to hire, what to buy, or which tool to use. That gap is real, and all three of these tools exist to fill it.
The difference is who each was built to serve. AEO isn't a discipline reserved for enterprise teams anymore. A freelancer managing a $3k/month client doesn't need Profound. They need something that works, costs less than a client lunch, and doesn't require a three-month procurement cycle.
That's the gap AEO Copilot was built for. View pricing.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Peec.ai cost?
Peec.ai starts at €89/month (around $97) on a credit model, where prompts, models, and tracking frequency are billed separately. Switch on full LLM coverage at the Starter level and the effective cost climbs to roughly €169–209/month. There's a 7-day trial, but no permanent free plan.
Does Peec.ai have a free plan?
No. Peec.ai runs a 7-day trial rather than a free tier. If a permanent free plan matters to you, AEO Copilot's free plan covers one brand, 50 prompts, and monthly tracking with no time limit.
What is the best Peec.ai alternative?
It depends on where you sit. Enterprise teams that need 10+ AI surfaces and built-in content generation will find Profound the closest match. Freelancers and agencies who want flat pricing and all four major LLMs without add-ons tend to land on AEO Copilot.
Peec.ai vs Profound: which is better?
Profound covers more AI surfaces and includes content briefs, but full LLM access is Enterprise-only and the entry plan starts at $99/month for ChatGPT alone. Peec.ai is more flexible for mid-market teams that want daily tracking and unlimited seats. Pick Profound for a large brand with a dedicated GEO team, Peec.ai for a growing marketing team.
Is Peec.ai worth it for AEO?
If you need daily tracking, broad language coverage, and unlimited seats, and you've modelled the credit cost with every LLM you actually need turned on, it earns its price. If you're running AEO across a few client accounts on a tight budget, a flat-priced tool is usually the better fit.
Not sure which metrics each tool actually tracks? AEO metrics that actually matter covers what to look for before committing to any platform.
AEO Copilot is built by the author of this article. The comparison above is based on publicly available pricing and feature information as of May 2026.