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AI visibility tools / Head to head
Peec AI vs Semrush
Whether to buy a dedicated AI-visibility tracker or get AI-prompt tracking bundled into the SEO suite you pay for.
Peec AI is the cheaper, more focused buy if AI-engine visibility is the only job: $95 a month, unlimited seats, daily tracking across 3 chosen engines. Semrush is the better buy if you want one login for SEO plus AI-prompt tracking and can accept per-seat add-on costs. Neither one closes a gap it finds; both only measure.
Peec AI
Self-serve SaaS dashboard that tracks how a brand appears across AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews/AI Mode, Copilot, Gemini and more).
Semrush
All-in-one SEO suite (rank tracking, site audits, backlinks, competitor research) now folding AI-answer-visibility (prompt) tracking into its core plans; became an Adobe subsidiary in April 2026.
Essentras
Earned-media and entity execution with its own measured corpus of AI answers, priced per item rather than per seat.
Why Peec AI and Semrush buyers end up looking at a third option
If what you need after the dashboard flags a gap is the gap closed, not another chart, that is different work entirely. Essentras sells named publication placements, Wikipedia pages, Google Knowledge Panel work and review remediation item by item, with price and link policy shown before you pay. It cannot guarantee a ranking or an AI citation, nobody honestly can, and it is not a measurement tool: use Peec AI or Semrush to find the gap, a program like this to go close it.
The destination is named before you pay
You pick the outlet from the catalog, see its price, turnaround and link policy, and receive that URL. No blind retainer, no placeholder list.
We publish how we measure
The /ai-check corpus is real answers from six models, updated and open to read. The method is checkable rather than a proprietary score.
You can buy one unit
No seats, no prompt allowance, no annual prepay and no notice window. One placement is a complete purchase with nothing to cancel.
Peec AI vs Semrush, side by side
| Peec AI | Semrush | Essentras | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $95/mo (Starter) | $139/mo (SEO plan) | Priced per placement, no subscription |
| Realistic cost for AI tracking | $95-245/mo, unlimited seats | $199-450/mo, 2-person team | Scales with placement volume |
| Seats included | Unlimited, every tier | 1 seat, +$45-100/mo each | Order-based, not seat-based |
| Minimum commitment | Monthly or 12-month annual | Monthly or annual prepay | None, pay per placement |
| Refund on early exit | None, barring Peec's breach | 7-day window, annual card only | Priced upfront, before you buy |
| Prompt volume, top self-serve tier | 350/month (Advanced) | 200/day (Advanced) | Not a tracking product |
| Core scope | AI-visibility tracking only | Full SEO suite + AI tracking | Placements, Wikipedia, Knowledge Panel, reviews |
| Ownership | Independent, VC-backed | Adobe subsidiary (Apr 2026) | Independent |
| G2 rating | 4.7/5 (21 reviews) | 4.5/5 (3,000+ reviews) | Not a rated SaaS product |
| Built for | In-house team, self-serve | Team wanting one dashboard | Buyer wanting the gap closed |
Published list pricing, checked 4 October 2026 on each vendor's own site. Vendors change pricing and add-ons without notice, and quote-only vendors negotiate per deal, so confirm at the source before you buy. Anything we could not verify is marked, not estimated.
The decision, in three lines
Pick Peec AI if
Pick Peec AI if AI-engine visibility is the whole job: a focused, self-serve dashboard from $95 a month, unlimited seats, and you already have, or do not need, a separate SEO suite.
Pick Semrush if
Pick Semrush if you want one subscription for rank tracking, site audits, backlinks and AI-prompt visibility together, especially across many sites, and you do not mind paying per extra seat.
Pick Essentras if
If what you need after the dashboard flags a gap is the gap closed, not another chart, that is different work entirely. Essentras sells named publication placements, Wikipedia pages, Google Knowledge Panel work and review remediation item by item, with price and link policy shown before you pay. It cannot guarantee a ranking or an AI citation, nobody honestly can, and it is not a measurement tool: use Peec AI or Semrush to find the gap, a program like this to go close it.
Where Peec AI genuinely wins
Peec AI genuinely wins for a team that already has in-house content, PR and SEO capability and just needs a reliable, self-serve, reasonably priced instrument to see daily how its brand and competitors are showing up across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and AI Overviews, broken down by country, project and prompt, and to pipe that data into its own reporting stack via API/MCP, an agency managing several client brands, or an in-house team that wants the dashboard and will do its own execution, is better served by Peec's software-only model than by paying for an execution program it does not need.
Where Semrush genuinely wins
Semrush genuinely wins for a team that already has in-house SEO, content, or PR capacity and just needs one dashboard to track rankings, backlinks, technical site health, competitor moves, and AI-prompt visibility together, especially at scale (up to 40 sites, 5,000 keywords/day, 200 prompts/day on Advanced, or custom volume on Enterprise), with API access for building custom reporting on top. Agencies managing many client sites, or any in-house team that wants ongoing self-serve monitoring across traditional and AI search rather than an outsourced placement engagement, are honestly better served by Semrush's breadth and seat-based access model than by a service like Essentras.
Measured, not asserted
The numbers behind this page
Every comparison on this site rests on two things we recompute rather than claim: the live catalog of what we actually sell, and a running study of what answer engines actually say. Both are linked below so you can check them.
Corpus figures recomputed 5 October 2026. Catalog figures are live.
How we compared
Both sides were compared on the same 10 dimensions, using published list pricing read off each vendor's own site on 4 October 2026. Where a vendor publishes nothing, the cell says so rather than carrying an estimate.
- 01Is the price published on the vendor's own pricing page today, or does learning it require a demo call? Profound, and the Enterprise tier of almost every other vendor here, is quote-only.
- 02How many AI engines are covered on the cheapest tier you can actually buy, and what the rest cost as add-ons. Peec caps self-serve at 3 of 6 models; Otterly's base tiers cover 4 and charge separately for Gemini, Google AI Mode and Claude.
- 03How many prompts or credits the plan includes per period, what an extra block costs, and how many user seats are included before per-seat fees apply. Semrush and Ahrefs ship one seat and charge $40 to $100/mo for each additional user.
- 04Exit terms in writing: monthly cancellation versus a prepaid annual term, the notice window before auto-renewal, and whether unused time is refunded. Peec, Otterly, Writesonic and HubSpot all state that prepaid fees are not refunded.
- 05Whether the product changes anything outside your own domain, or only reports on it. Measurement tells you a competitor was cited instead; it does not place the article, build the entity, or fix the review profile that caused it.
Deliberately excluded. Features neither side documents publicly, and any claim that rests only on a single review or a vendor's own case study.
Essentras sells services in this category, so this page is not a neutral review. Every competitor figure is published list pricing you can check on the vendor's own site, and the case for choosing a competitor over us is stated on every entry rather than left out.
FAQ
Peec AI vs Semrush, FAQ
Is Peec AI cheaper than Semrush?▾
Peec AI's Starter plan is $95 a month, built purely for AI-engine visibility tracking, with unlimited seats on every tier. Semrush's cheapest plan with any AI feature is $139 a month (SEO), but that tier only includes sentiment monitoring, not daily prompt tracking: real AI-prompt tracking starts on Starter at $199 a month, one seat included. Pound for pound on this one feature, Peec AI is cheaper to start.
What do you actually get for Semrush's entry price?▾
Semrush's SEO plan ($139/mo) covers 5 sites, 500 keywords tracked daily, site audits and AI sentiment monitoring, but not the daily AI-prompt tracking that shows how often a brand surfaces inside ChatGPT, Gemini or AI Overviews answers. For that you need Starter at $199/mo, which adds 50 tracked prompts a day on one domain. Reviewers flag this tier gating as a reason real cost runs above the $139 headline.
Can I track AI visibility without an annual contract?▾
Yes, both offer month-to-month billing at full list price with no term lock-in. Peec AI's annual plan, if chosen instead, auto-renews for a full 12 months and needs 30 days' notice before renewal, with no pro-rata refund unless the fault is Peec's. Semrush's annual plan is prepaid upfront; only a one-time 7-day money-back window applies, and only to a first annual purchase paid by card on semrush.com.
How much AI-prompt volume does each plan give you?▾
Peec AI's self-serve tiers cover 50 to 350 prompts a month depending on plan, across 3 of 6 listed AI engines you choose, with more engines available as paid add-ons. Semrush tracks a fixed 50, 100 or 200 prompts every day on Starter, Pro+ and Advanced, a materially larger monthly volume at the same tier level. Both reserve their largest, custom volumes for a quote-only Enterprise tier with no published price.
Does Adobe owning Semrush change anything for buyers?▾
Adobe completed an all-cash acquisition of Semrush Holdings for roughly $1.9 billion in April 2026. As of this comparison, no public pricing or plan changes tied to that acquisition are confirmed. Peec AI remains an independent, venture-backed company that raised a $21 million Series A in November 2025 and reportedly crossed $10 million in annualised revenue by May 2026.
Which is better for an agency running multiple client brands?▾
Peec AI's Advanced tier ($495/mo) covers 5 projects and multi-country tracking with Looker Studio export, built for an agency watching several brands at once. Semrush's Advanced tier ($549/mo) covers 40 sites and adds full API access plus the rest of its SEO toolset in the same login. An agency already living in Semrush for client SEO work gains more by staying put; one buying AI visibility alone gets more scope per dollar from Peec.
If the dashboard shows a visibility gap, what actually closes it?▾
Neither tool executes anything; both are dashboards that tell you where a brand is weak. Closing a measured gap, earning a citation, a Wikipedia entry, a Knowledge Panel, a cleaner review profile, is separate work. Essentras sells that work item by item, price and link policy shown before you pay, but it cannot guarantee a ranking or an AI citation, no one honestly can, and it is not a substitute for regulated disclosure work that belongs with a newswire.
Do G2 and Trustpilot reviewers rate these two the same way?▾
Peec AI holds 4.7/5 on G2 across 21 reviews, with reviewers mainly noting it shows visibility gaps without prescribing how to fix them. Semrush holds 4.5/5 on G2 from over 3,000 reviews, but only 1.7/5 on Trustpilot from 1,407 reviews, driven largely by billing, auto-renewal and refund complaints rather than core product complaints, alongside recurring G2 tags of being expensive at scale.
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