Comparison
AnswerTrack vs Rankscale
Rankscale sells monitoring as monthly credits across a wide engine list and any cadence from hourly to monthly. AnswerTrack sells pooled prompt slots with a fixed daily check on up to six engines: simpler pricing and a lower entry, plus ranked recommendations and an on-demand AI readiness site audit.
Competitor details from their public pricing · last verified . Re-check before purchasing decisions.
Bottom line
Pick AnswerTrack for predictable daily tracking on a $19 / $49 / $99 ladder, recommendations and a domain site audit, with no credit math. Pick Rankscale if you need credit flexibility, hourly or weekly schedules, shopping and ad analytics, page audits at volume, a REST API or MCP, white-label dashboards, or engines like Claude, DeepSeek, Mistral and Grok.
Plan ladder
Monthly USD, published list prices. Pricing last verified .
| AnswerTrack | Rankscale | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Lite · $19 · 20 daily prompts · up to 4 of 6 engines | Essentials · $17/mo billed yearly · no credits included, top up in-app |
| Core paid | Pro · $49 · 50 daily prompts · all 6 engines | Pro · $99 · 1,200 credits / mo · 10 brand dashboards |
| Upper | Enterprise · $99 · 120 daily prompts · all 6 engines | Pro+ · $229 · 3,000 credits · 25 dashboards |
| Growth | Enterprise · 120 prompts is the largest plan today | Growth · $385 · 5,500 credits · 50 dashboards; Enterprise · $780 · 12,000 credits |
| Pricing model | Prompt slots (1 slot = 1 prompt × 1 country) | Credits per engine answer (0.25 for most engines, 1 for DeepSeek, 2 for Claude) |
| Cadence | Daily (fixed) | Hourly, daily, weekly or monthly |
| Unused capacity | Fixed slots, nothing to roll over | Credits roll over up to 2× or 3× by plan |
| Trial | 7 days on the plan you choose, card required | Pro free for 7 days |
Features
| Capability | AnswerTrack | Rankscale |
|---|---|---|
| Daily AI answer tracking | Yes | Yes (also hourly to monthly) |
| Predictable monthly bill | Fixed plan price | Credits, top-ups as needed |
| Citations & sentiment | Included | Included |
| Ranked recommendations | Included | Rankscale Scout recommendations |
| Query fan-out | ChatGPT, Perplexity and Copilot | Included on every plan |
| Shopping / ad analytics | No | Yes, on higher plans |
| Page / site audits | AI readiness for your domain (on-demand, capped) | 50 / 100 / 200 page audits per month by plan |
| Prompt research | Prompt ideas with Google keyword volume, every plan | From Pro+ (5 a month) |
| Brands | Unlimited on every plan | 10 to 100 dashboards; extra slots paid |
| Notifications | No alerts yet | Listed in their plan table |
| MCP / REST API | Not yet | REST API from Pro+; MCP on higher plans |
| White-label dashboards | Not yet | Growth and up |
| Team members | No team invites yet | Unlimited seats |
Engines: AnswerTrack
ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot: up to 4 per prompt on Lite, all six on Pro and Enterprise. Claude, DeepSeek, Mistral and Grok are not tracked today.
Engines: Rankscale
A broad catalog: ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Gemini at 0.25 credits per answer, DeepSeek at 1, Claude at 2, plus Mistral, Grok, Copilot, Meta Muse Spark and GUI versions of AI Overview and Copilot. Each answer spends credits, so cost depends on the engines and cadence you pick.
Choose AnswerTrack if
- You want a fixed daily tracker without managing credit burn
- You want six engines without a credit calculator
- You want unlimited brands for $99 a month or less instead of paying per dashboard
- You want recommendations and a site audit included in every plan
Choose Rankscale if
- You need hourly or weekly monitoring, or credit rollover
- You need shopping cards, ad analytics or a large engine list including Claude and DeepSeek
- You need page audits at volume, prompt research, a REST API or MCP
- You're an agency that wants white-label dashboards and unlimited team seats
How we compared
We read Rankscale's public pricing page, its plan comparison table and its credit calculator, and compared monthly list prices, credits, credit cost per engine, dashboards and page-audit quotas. Prompts-per-credit figures are our arithmetic from their published rates. AnswerTrack figures come from our own billing configuration. We did not run both tools on the same prompts.
Competitor facts last verified from Rankscale pricing.
FAQ
Is AnswerTrack cheaper than Rankscale?
For straightforward daily tracking, AnswerTrack's $19 / $49 / $99 prompt plans are usually cheaper and easier to forecast than Rankscale's credit plans (Pro $99, Pro+ $229, Growth $385, Enterprise $780). Exact Rankscale cost depends on the engines and cadence you choose.
How many prompts does Rankscale Pro cover if I track daily?
By Rankscale's own calculator, one prompt on four 0.25-credit engines (for example ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Mode) costs 1 credit per run, about 30 credits a month when checked daily. Pro's 1,200 credits then cover about 40 daily prompts. AnswerTrack Pro is $49 for 50 daily prompts on all 6 engines. Weekly tracking stretches Rankscale credits about four times further.
Does AnswerTrack use credits?
No. You buy prompt slots. Each prompt runs once a day on the engines you selected (capped by plan), and the price stays fixed. Rankscale meters every AI answer in credits, with top-ups and rollover.
Does AnswerTrack audit pages like Rankscale?
AnswerTrack runs an on-demand AI readiness audit on your brand domain (site files, bot access, capped pages, fix prompts). Rankscale includes 50 to 200 page audits a month by plan for any URL, which is better if you need volume URL checks.
Can agencies use AnswerTrack for several clients?
Yes. Brands are unlimited on every AnswerTrack plan and prompt slots are pooled across them. Rankscale counts brand dashboards (10 on Pro up to 100 on Enterprise) but adds white-label dashboards, unlimited seats and an agency program, which AnswerTrack does not have today.
Which countries can I track?
Both let you choose the market. In AnswerTrack each prompt has one country and one language, and the same question in two countries uses two slots. Rankscale lists all regions on every plan, with each run spending credits.
How do I switch from Rankscale to AnswerTrack?
Add your brand through the onboarding wizard, then paste your Rankscale search terms into the Add prompt dialog in Several mode, one per line, and pick engines per prompt. Past results stay in Rankscale; AnswerTrack starts from your first daily run.
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