Comparison · open-source AI visibility
AEOVisor vs Ansvisor for AI search visibility
Ansvisor is a genuinely good open-source platform, and if you want to self-host it, it's free. The comparison that matters is their managed cloud against ours — where the same category of work costs $49 to $249 a month with them, and $14 to $79 with us.
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Ansvisor is MIT-licensed, has a complete public docs site, and ships an active release every couple of weeks. Their managed cloud starts at $49/mo covering two AI engines; our Starter is $14/mo covering three, and our $29/mo Growth tier matches the engine count of their $249/mo plan. They ship several things we don't — AI traffic analytics, a daily anomaly digest, an in-product chat agent, an MCP server. If you have engineers who want to self-host and own the stack, their free self-hosted build is a real advantage we don't match.
Where the two differ
Four differences that actually change which tool you should buy — each with the specific evidence behind it.
Priced for teams, not for procurement
Every tier we offer sits below their entry plan. That isn't a discount on a thinner product — the engine coverage, Search Console integration, SERP tracking, citation analysis, auditing and white-label reporting are all comparable.
Starter $14 vs $49 · Growth $29 vs $249 · Agency $79 vs $999
More engines at the tier you'll actually buy
Their Starter tracks two engines. Ours covers three at entry level and adds Perplexity on Growth — still at less than a third of their entry price. Engine breadth is what makes a score meaningful, so gating it hard at the entry tier limits what you can conclude from it.
3 engines at $14/mo vs 2 engines at $49/mo
Measurement we control end to end
We run our own measurement stack rather than depending on an outside data supplier for the core signal. That means fewer moving parts between you and your results, and no third party whose outage becomes your blind spot.
No third-party dependency for core measurement
Nine tools you can use before paying
Crawl simulator, llms.txt generator and validator, schema checker, SERP checker, entity authority, query fan-out and more — no account required. Ansvisor offers a 14-day trial and no standalone free tools.
11 free tools, no signup vs 14-day trial
Feature by feature
Both products do the same core job. The differences are concentrated in pricing, how answers are captured, and a handful of features on each side that the other doesn't have. Rows we lose are marked honestly.
| Feature | AEOVisor | Ansvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Engine coverage | ||
| Purpose-built for AI answer engines | Yes | Yes |
| AI engines trackedChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and AEOVisor AI | 8 | 8 |
| Google AI Overviews tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Engines included at entry tier | 3 engines | 2 engines |
| Data & measurement | ||
| Citation tracking & source classification | Yes | Yes |
| Sentiment & framing analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Answer prominence / mention positionWhere in the answer you appear, not just whether | Yes | Yes |
| Google Search Console integration | Yes | Yes |
| Classic SERP position tracking | Yes | Not verified |
| Evidence links to raw AI answersTrace any score to the sentence that produced it | Yes | Not verified |
| Score traceable to source answers | Yes | Yes |
| Optimisation workflow | ||
| Technical AEO / site audit | Yes | Yes |
| AI crawler simulationGPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot vs your robots.txt | Yes | Not verified |
| llms.txt generation & validation | Yes | Not verified |
| Competitor benchmarking | Yes | Yes |
| Prioritised action list | Yes | Yes |
| White-label PDF reports | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing & access | ||
| Public API access | Yes | Yes |
| Permanent free tier (not a trial) | Yes | No |
| Free tools with no signup | 11 tools | No |
| Entry price | $14/mo | $49/mo |
| Self-hosted option | No | Yes |
Pricing side by side
Their self-hosted build genuinely unlocks every feature for free. If your team is happy running and maintaining the infrastructure themselves, that is the cheapest option on this page and we won't pretend otherwise. The comparison below is between the two managed products.
AEOVisor
Our pricing- Free1 tracker · 5 prompts · 1 AI engine$0
- Starter2 trackers · 3 AI engines · GSC$14/mo
- Growth3 trackers · + Perplexity · SERP + AI Overviews$29/mo
- Agency10 trackers · white-label · API access$79/mo
- EnterpriseUnlimited everything · 2-year historyCustom
Ansvisor
Their pricing- Trial14 days, then converts$0
- Starter1 brand · 50 prompts · 2 engines$49/mo
- Growth4 brands · 200 prompts · 7 engines$249/mo
- EnterpriseUnlimited brands · SSO/SAML$999+/mo
- Self-hostedMIT licensed · all featuresFree
Who gets the most out of AEOVisor
AI visibility touches SEO, content, PR and engineering. Here’s what each team actually uses.
Report on AI visibility the way you report on rankings
You already own organic performance, and now leadership is asking what happens when ChatGPT answers the question instead of Google. AEOVisor gives you a defensible number, a trend line, and the evidence behind both.
- A single 0–100 AI Visibility Score, with the evidence behind it
- Week-over-week trends across every engine you track
- Google Search Console data joined to AI visibility
- Every score traceable to the AI answer that produced it
Find the prompts you're losing and the pages that would win them
Knowing you're invisible isn't useful on its own. The Action Center turns tracker data into a prioritised list of what to write, what to fix, and which competitor is being cited in your place.
- Prompt-level win/loss against named competitors
- Citation gaps — domains citing rivals but not you
- Content opportunities surfaced from real Search Console demand
- Schema and FAQ generation for answer-ready pages
Ten client brands, white-labelled reports, one $79 subscription
AI visibility is the easiest new line item to sell right now, and the hardest to prove. Run every client from one account and hand over a report with your own branding on it.
- 10 trackers on the Agency tier — no per-brand pricing
- White-label PDF reports with your logo and accent colour
- Public API access for your own dashboards
- Free tools as a lead magnet for pitching new clients
Check whether AI recommends you before you commit to anything
Eleven free tools, no signup, no sales call. Simulate an AI crawl, validate your llms.txt, check your schema, and see your visibility score in about thirty seconds.
- AI crawl simulator for GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot
- llms.txt generator and validator
- Schema markup validation
- Public API on the Agency tier for custom integrations
When Ansvisor is the better choice
Choose Ansvisor if you want to self-host. Their MIT-licensed build unlocks every feature at no cost, and for an engineering-led team that already runs infrastructure, that's unbeatable on price. They also ship features we don't yet: AI traffic analytics via a referral pixel, a daily digest with anomaly detection, an in-product AI chat agent, a remote MCP server, and localisation across 13 languages. If reading and modifying the source matters to your organisation, or if any of those features is decisive, they're the better choice.
We include this section on every comparison page. A comparison that wins every row isn’t a comparison — it’s an advert, and you’d be right to discount it.
Switching takes about ten minutes
There’s no data migration in AI visibility — measurement is live, so you start generating history from day one.
Add your brand and competitors
Enter your domain, brand aliases and up to three competitors. Takes about two minutes — there's no data import step because AI visibility is measured live, not backfilled.
Bring your prompts across
Paste the prompts you're already tracking, or let the prompt library suggest a set from your category and Search Console demand. Nothing is locked to a vendor.
Run your first tracker
Results stream in engine by engine, usually inside a minute. You'll have a baseline score and evidence the same day rather than waiting for a scheduled run.
Connect Search Console
Optional, but it's what turns AI visibility from a vanity metric into an opportunity list grounded in real search demand.
AEOVisor vs Ansvisor: common questions
Straight answers, including where we're the weaker option
No. Engine coverage, Search Console integration, SERP and AI Overviews tracking, citation analysis, sentiment, technical auditing and white-label reporting are all comparable. Ansvisor does ship features we don't — we list them by name above rather than hiding them. The price difference reflects that we run a leaner operation and sell self-serve rather than through enterprise motions.
Sources & verification
Every claim about Ansvisor on this page was checked against public sources on . Pricing in this category changes often — if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it.