Best LLM SEO Rank Trackers in 2026: Xtrusio First for Teams That Need the Cited Page, With Pricing for Each

This is the cross-engine list. If you only care about one engine, see our guides to ChatGPT rank tracking tools and Perplexity rank tracking tools.

Every competitor price and engine above comes from that vendor's own pricing or product page, checked October 9, 2026 (Ahrefs showed euros that day). Recheck before buying, because trackers reprice and rename plans often.

What an LLM SEO rank tracker measures

A Google rank tracker records where your page sits on a results page. Large language models write a new answer each time, and the same question can produce a different shortlist an hour later.

So an LLM rank tracker runs a fixed set of buyer questions on each engine and records, for every answer:

• Mentions: which brands the answer names, and in what order.
• Citations: which domains and which exact pages the answer links to as sources.
• Description: how the answer talks about you, and which competitors it puts beside you.
• The full answer, so you can check any number against what the engine actually said.

An engine may recommend you while its citation points to a competitor's review, or it may cite your guide and never say your name, so a useful report keeps mentions and citations apart. For the basics of how engines choose sources, read what LLM SEO is and how optimization works.

Why the engines need to be read one by one

The engines do not behave alike, so a blended "AI visibility score" can hide what is going on. In Xtrusio's checks, ChatGPT and Claude search the web on every answer; Gemini and Grok decide when to search. An engine that searches pulls from pages it finds today, while an answer from memory leans on what the model learned in training. Google AI Overviews and AI Mode sit on top of Google's own index.

So a brand can lead in one engine and be missing from another for different reasons. Read results by engine first, then add them up. If a tool shows one combined number, ask to see the split.

Xtrusio: built for the cited page

We build Xtrusio, which is why it comes first here.

Seven engines, one question set. Each of your buyers' questions runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode. For every run, Xtrusio holds onto the answer text in full, the order brands appear in, and the exact pages linked as sources.

Positions you can act on. Average position sits next to visibility, share of voice, citations and sentiment, and every metric splits by engine, by topic and by buyer persona, so a drop on one engine never hides behind a blended score.

Plans built from the engines' own searches. When ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok search the web before answering, Xtrusio logs those queries along with the sites that get cited. That record becomes a content plan per buyer question, with a channel chosen for every piece (LinkedIn, your blog, YouTube, Medium, Reddit, guest posts or PR), and a strategist approves it before writing begins.

The work, not just the report. Articles are written and scored against Citation-Grade Content (CGC), a standard Xtrusio coined, with every link checked before approval and publishing to your blog where it is connected. Placements reach a network of about 2,000 publisher websites, PR goes out via Connectively, Featured, HARO and SourceBottle with a journalist team, and Link Strategy keeps track of every placement, guest post or published piece until it is live at its own URL.

Only a citation counts. Each piece is linked to the question it targets and is marked verified once a later scan shows that exact URL cited in an engine's answer to that question.

Your Google pages stay watched. With Google Search Console connected, Xtrusio flags slipping pages and gives the reason for each in plain words.

Pricing for Xtrusio: Free self-serve plan; managed service with a free trial, then tiered plans (details on request).

Eight more LLM rank trackers

Profound

Profound fits large enterprise programs that want position data at scale, and its Prompt Volumes dataset, Profound says, covers more than a billion AI conversations. Its free Trial (50 prompts run daily for 7 days) runs preset prompts on Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini. Enterprise reaches as many as nine engines, priced on request.

Peec AI

Peec AI fits in-house teams that want tidy dashboards and will act on the numbers themselves, starting at $95 a month for 50 prompts across three models you select. Its FAQ spells out the unit math: 25 prompts on 3 models over 30 days equals 2,250 AI answers. Perplexity is available as an added model, while Claude and Grok appear on the Enterprise plan.

Semrush AI Visibility

Semrush AI Visibility fits teams whose rank tracking already lives in Semrush. Its base plan comes to $99 a month per domain (25 prompts), with positions read from Google AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.

Otterly.AI

Otterly.AI fits small teams adding engines one at a time: Lite costs $29 a month and covers 15 prompts across Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT. Adding engines on Lite costs $9 a month each for Gemini and Google AI Mode, and $29 a month for Claude.

AthenaHQ

AthenaHQ fits teams that want the longest model list, billed at one credit per AI response. Its free Essential plan carries 300 credits on five models, and Starter costs $295 a month for 3,600 credits that reach 11 or more models.

Rankscale

Rankscale fits SEO teams that prefer paying per check to paying per prompt. Everything runs on credits, with a typical check costing 0.25 credits per engine and a Claude check costing 2. The entry Essentials plan is $17 a month on yearly billing, Pro gives 1,200 credits for $99 a month, and there is a 7-day free trial.

SE Ranking

SE Ranking fits teams that want Google positions and AI answers reported side by side. SE Ranking Core ($129/month, or $103.20 billed annually) includes AI prompt tracking (its pricing page lists 100 prompts); the AI Search add-on ($89/month) adds 200 checks a month, where one check is one prompt on one engine, across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and AI Mode.

Ahrefs Brand Radar

Brand Radar fits teams already paying for Ahrefs, since tracked AI prompts come with paid plans, starting at 5 tracked AI prompts (150 checks a month) on Lite ($129), so beginning may add no cost. Bigger packages begin at €47 a month and the AI Visibility Index at €179 a month, and Ahrefs notes that each Claude update uses 8 checks.

What the engines say about this question

Our October 7, 2026 scan asked seven AI engines: "What are the best tools for LLM SEO rank tracking?"

The five domains those answers cited most were agencyanalytics.com, rankability.com, rankscale.ai, zapier.com and marketermilk.com. Almost all are dated tool lists or vendor pages. Engines build shortlists from pages that list, price and date the options. If your brand is missing from those pages, a tracker will tell you, but it will not put you on them.

How to compare LLM rank trackers before you buy

Vendors sell prompts, answers, credits or checks, and adding an engine can multiply the bill. Claude is the clearest case: an add-on at Otterly.AI, 2 credits at Rankscale and 8 checks at Ahrefs.

Run a short pilot with the same questions in every tool:

1. Choose 10 real buyer questions, including a "best tools for X" question and a comparison with a named competitor.
2. Price the engines you need, not the entry plan.
3. Open the full answer behind every score.
4. Check exact cited pages, not only domains. A specific G2 page tells you more than "g2.com" does.
5. Ask who does the next step, and how you will see it worked. On that same question, what will show you that an engine has started citing your page?

Stop at step four and what you have is a tracker; Xtrusio is designed for all five.

How will you know it worked?

A rising visibility score proves nothing on its own. Choose a question where engines cited competitors, publish or place a page that answers it better, and ask the question again. The test is passed when an engine's answer cites your exact URL, and Xtrusio counts nothing else as a win.

See what Xtrusio includes, then run your own buyer questions through it.