AI visibility tools, head to head
BrandLight vs PromptWatch
Pricing, features and differences, researched August 2026.
BrandLight and PromptWatch both help teams track how AI search tools describe and cite their brands. Buyers often compare them when they need clearer reporting on AI visibility across tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The main difference starts with the audience each platform serves. BrandLight focuses on Fortune 500 brands, CMOs, and large agencies that need enterprise reporting, attribution, AI ads, and agentic commerce tools. PromptWatch serves brands and agencies that want to measure mentions, citations, sentiment, and share of voice, then use prompt and crawler-log data to guide content work. The comparison also comes down to data sources, reporting depth, and workflow. BrandLight examines the queries and sources that shape brand visibility in AI search. PromptWatch combines citation analysis with real prompt and crawler-log data, plus content agents designed to help teams produce content that AI systems may cite. Pricing, team size, supported AI platforms, and the need for advertising or commerce features can also shape the choice.
At a glance
BrandLight
Pick it if a demo-led purchase suits you, since the price, the prompt volume and the full engine list are all unpublished.
- Entry price
- Not published - demo only
- Tracked prompts
- Not published - custom
- Free trial
- None - paid pilot reported
PromptWatch
Pick it if you want agency tiers alongside monitoring, though plans cap you at 4 of its 11 engines and drafts start at $245.
- Entry price
- $95/mo
- Tracked prompts
- 50–350
- Free trial
- 7 days
Hi, MooseOur AEO tool
Pick it if you want the fix shipped rather than scored: an agent that publishes the change, audio repurposing no other tool here offers at any price, and a built-in model so the AI can cost you nothing.
- Entry price
- $39/mo BYOK; $79/mo AI included
- Tracked prompts
- No hard limit on any plan
- Free trial
- n/a - free plan, no expiry
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Full comparison
202 rows across 20 categories. Values are quoted as published; where a vendor does not publish a number, the cell says so.
| Feature | BrandLight | PromptWatch | Hi, Moose Our AEO tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing & cost model | |||
| Free plan available | No | Yes - free limited tier | Yes - free forever, no card |
| Free daily visibility runs, no cap | No | No | Yes - local runs unlimited on every plan |
| Engines free to run daily | 0 | No | 5 |
| Entry paid price | Not published - demo only | $95/mo | $39/mo BYOK; $79/mo AI included |
| Annual billing discount | Not published | Yes (~2 months free) | Yes - BYOK 2 months free; managed plans ~10% |
| Pricing model | Custom contract, per module | Per prompt + agent credits | Flat plan with monthly AI credit balance, or BYOK |
| Bring your own API key | No | No | Yes - OpenRouter |
| Can run with $0 AI cost to vendor | No | No | Yes |
| Usage metered in one transparent unit | No | Partial - credits meter agents only | Yes - AI credits, published rate card |
| In-app usage dashboard | Not published | Yes | Yes - % used, reset date, pace warning |
| Agency / reseller tier | Partner program, not a tier | Yes - 3 tiers | Yes - $149 BYOK Agency; $449+ AI included |
| Affiliate program | No | Yes | Yes |
| Annual contract required | Not published - enterprise terms | No | No |
| Free trial length | None - paid pilot reported | 7 days | n/a - free plan, no expiry |
| Paid plans pricing range | Not published | $95–$579/mo + custom | $39–$1,999/mo |
| Deployment, privacy & data ownership | |||
| Native desktop app | No | No | Yes - Windows and macOS |
| Browser-based app | Yes | Yes | No |
| Local-first data storage | No - cloud SaaS | No - cloud SaaS | Yes - local database on the device |
| Works offline | No | No | Partial - local models and stored data; engine checks need the web |
| On-device AI Inference | No | No | Yes |
| Local model sizes offered | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Data export on cancellation | Not published | CSV/XLSX/API anytime | CSV, PDF, DOCX exports plus full local backup |
| SOC 2 certification | SOC 2 Type II | Not published | Pending |
| ISO certification | Not published - GDPR stated | Not published | No |
| Local backup and restore | No | No | Yes - export and import a backup file |
| Visibility & prompt tracking | |||
| Engines tracked | 6 named; full list not published | 11 listed; max 4 per plan | 10; 5 of them also collected locally |
| Real consumer-surface capture | Not published | Yes - LLM UI scraping | Yes - 5 engines read from the device, no API |
| ChatGPT | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Claude | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Gemini | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google AI Mode | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| Google AI Overviews | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Grok | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bing Copilot | Yes | No - referral tracking only | Yes |
| DeepSeek | No | Yes | Yes |
| Meta AI | No | Yes | Yes |
| Tracked prompts included | Not published - custom | 50–350 | No hard limit on any plan |
| Samples per prompt configurable | Not published | No - response cap by plan | Yes |
| Run cadence options | Not published | Daily | Multiple times a day, weekly, monthly, and on-demand |
| On-demand run now | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Instant one-off check | No | Limited free brand report | Yes |
| Prompt manager | Yes - vendor-assisted setup | Yes | Yes |
| Branded vs non-branded classification | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Prompt categories and topics | Yes - topics, personas, regions | Yes | Yes |
| Per-prompt model selection | Not published | No - set per monitor | Yes |
| Brand name variant support | Yes - brands and sub-brands | Yes | Yes - secondary brand terms |
| Brand multi-domain support | Yes - uncapped | Partial - 1 site per project | Yes - secondary owned domains |
| Suggested prompts from Google Search Console | No | Yes | Yes - real GSC questions |
| Suggested prompts from competitor gaps | Partial - topic suggestions | Yes | Yes |
| Perplexity | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scoring & analysis | |||
| Mention detection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Citation detection | Yes - domain and page level | Yes | Yes - domain and page level |
| Sentiment scoring | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Average position / rank | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Share of Voice | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Share of Mentions | Yes - 0–100 visibility score | Yes | Yes |
| Share of Citations | Partial - source influence share | Yes | Yes |
| Narrative drift detection | Partial - sentiment and bias score | Partial - sentiment only | Yes - scored against a brand truth profile |
| Feature-parity / accuracy scoring | No - no ground-truth check | No | Yes |
| Untracked brand extraction | Partial - competitor ranking tables | Yes | Yes - with sentiment and average rank |
| Cited source categorization | Yes - media, social, review, partner | Yes | Yes - 8 source types |
| Topic-level breakdown | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Engine-level breakdown | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Competitor tracking | Yes | Yes | Yes - or promote any brand seen in results |
| Competitors included | Not published | Not published | 15 |
| Visibility gap analysis | Yes - category coverage map | Yes | Yes |
| ChatGPT fan-out capture | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| AI Mode grounding queries capture | No | No | Yes - the live grounding searches |
| Bing Index probe | No | No | Yes |
| AI crawler access check | Yes - robots plus server logs | Yes | Yes - retrieval, live fetch and training |
| Reporting & exports | |||
| Executive dashboard | Yes - cross-brand and region | Yes | Yes |
| AI-written narrative summary | Partial - priority insight cards | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Not published | Yes - CSV, XLSX, API | Yes - CSV |
| Branded PDF report | No | No - PDF export, no branding | Yes |
| Scheduled email reports | Not published | Yes | Yes - paid, per-user opt-in |
| Action log with export | No | Partial - task board only | Yes - CSV on paid managed plans |
| Historical data retention | Not published | Not published | No cap - stored on device,. Paid plans offer 400 day backup on-cloud; audio analytics 180–365 days |
| Taking action (the AEO loop) | |||
| Covers full loop: track → fix → verify → deploy | No - no fix or deploy step | Partial - no page audit step | Yes |
| Page-level AEO audit | No - site-level health score | No - limited free tool only | Yes |
| Scored categories | 0 per page; 4 site-level issue types | 0 | 9 |
| Retrieval-readiness scoring | No | No | Yes - deterministic dense retrieval |
| Evidence tiers on recommendations | No - priority ranking only | No | Yes - proven, directional, best-practice |
| Element-level rewrite suggestions | No - structure and tone scoring | No - page-level rewrite | Yes - element, character budget, before and after |
| Second-model QA pass | No | No - human review | Yes - pass, revised or needs human review |
| Static crawler-view snapshot | No | No | Yes - full-page screenshot, JavaScript off |
| Audit input sources | Site crawl and server logs | n/a | Live URL, pasted text, file, WordPress, Webflow, Grav |
| Baseline vs verification re-runs | Partial - issues-over-time chart | Partial - re-run gap analysis | Yes - compares against the baseline |
| Recommendation status tracking | Not published | Yes | Yes - planned, staged, completed |
| Visibility data sets page priority | Yes | Yes | Yes - defend, recover, convert, earn |
| Search Console sets page priority | No | Partial | Yes - protect, balanced or expand |
| Branded audit PDF | n/a - no AI page audit | No | Yes |
| CMS integration & publishing | |||
| WordPress | No | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes - official plugin, production and staging |
| Webflow | No | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes - OAuth MCP, pages and collection items |
| Framer | No | Yes - $245+ tiers | On roadmap |
| Grav | No | No | Yes - official plugin |
| Shopify | No - retailer listings read only | No | On roadmap |
| Surgical element-level edits to live page | No | No - publishes whole article | Yes |
| Preview before applying | No | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes |
| Staging environment support | No | No - lands as CMS draft | Yes - WordPress, with promote to production |
| One-click rollback | No | No | Yes - WordPress |
| Patch history per site | No | No | Yes - WordPress |
| Visual placement picker | No | No | Yes - pick the spot on the rendered page |
| Push Schema JSON-LD into page | No | Not published | Yes - FAQPage schema |
| Publish approval gate | n/a - never publishes | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes - always, including scheduled runs |
| Agentic capability | |||
| Truly agentic (agent chooses its own steps) | No | Partial - chat agent only | Yes - plans and executes against the live web |
| Fixed-workflow automation only | No workflow builder either | Content runs on a schedule | No - workflows exist alongside the agent |
| Agents can run on local model at zero cost | No | No - credit-metered | Yes |
| Multi-agent panel | No | No | Yes - two extra agents, paid plans |
| Live browser view | No | No | Yes |
| Take control mid-run | No | No | Yes |
| Steer agent while running | No | No | Yes - talk to any agent mid-job |
| Background execution | No | Yes | Yes - with notify on completion |
| Approval gate before real-world actions | n/a - takes no actions | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes |
| Long-running deep work jobs | No | No | Yes |
| Scheduled agent jobs | No | Yes | Yes - daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly |
| Agent produces saved artifacts | No | Yes - 5–10 articles/mo, $245+ | Yes - briefs, drafts, FAQs, audits |
| Evidence capture | Partial - stored AI answers | No | Yes - screenshots and captured proof |
| Searchable job history | No | Partial - run history | Yes |
| Chat & assistant | |||
| Agentic chat with mid-answer tool calls | No | Yes | Yes |
| Model picker per conversation | No | No | Yes |
| LLM models available | n/a | Not disclosed | 27 hosted + 3 local; any model on BYOK |
| Chat memory across conversations | No | Partial - archived chats | Yes - semantic search over past chats |
| Live web search | No | Not published | Yes |
| Fetch and read URLs | Partial - crawls your own domains | Partial - your own pages | Yes |
| Semantic search over your own site | No | Partial - sitemap only | Yes - on-device index |
| Topic coverage check | Partial - category coverage map | Yes | Yes - covered, partial or not covered |
| File attachments | No | Partial - knowledge base docs | Yes - txt, md, doc, docx, pdf, images |
| In-app screenshot capture | No | No | Yes - screen or window, with crop |
| Custom specialists with own tool access | No | Partial - preset skills | Yes - plus 6 presets |
| Image generation | No | Yes | Yes |
| Content generation | |||
| Research-backed briefs | Partial - topic and structure guidance | Yes | Yes |
| Live SERP / PAA research | No | Yes | Yes - plus related searches and AI search snapshots |
| Full draft generation | Not published - direction, not drafts | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes |
| Brand voice grounding | No | Yes | Yes |
| Brand truth profile | Partial - brand facts and bias score | Partial - brand fields only | Yes |
| Internal linking placement | No | Yes | Yes |
| Featured image generation | No | Yes | Yes |
| FAQ generation with schema export | No | Not published | Yes - HTML and JSON-LD |
| Key points extraction | No | No | Yes - pushable into the live pag |
| AI-tell removal pass | No | No | Yes - paid, toggleable |
| Artifact library | No | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | Not published | MD, HTML, PDF, CSV, XLSX | Markdown, HTML, DOCX, PDF, TXT |
| Revise artifacts in place | No | Yes | Yes |
| Deploy directly to CMS | No | Yes | Yes |
| Content repurposing / audio | |||
| Turn any page into audio | No | No | Yes - URL, pasted text or file |
| Two-voice conversation format | No | No | Yes |
| Voices | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Languages | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Length options | n/a | n/a | Short, standard, deep dive |
| Embeddable audio player | No | No | Yes |
| Player theming and layout | No | No | Yes - theme, layout, accent, title, transcript |
| White-label audio attribution | No | No | Yes - agency plans |
| Attribution backlink to agency | No | No | Yes - real link in page HTML |
| Listening analytics | No | No | Yes - plays, completion, listen time |
| BYOK audio generation | No | No | Yes |
| Site crawl & monitoring | |||
| Automatic site discovery | Yes - multi-domain | Yes - sitemap only | Yes |
| Scheduled full-site crawl | Yes - plus AI bot logs | Partial - sitemap, not full crawl | Yes - weekly or on demand |
| Monitored page management | Partial - domain level | Yes | Yes |
| Batched change digests | No | No | Yes |
| On-device semantic index | No | No | Yes |
| Page freshness tracking | Partial - crawl frequency | Partial - citation decay | Yes |
| Entity & knowledge graph | |||
| Site-wide entity graph | No | No | Yes |
| Inferred relationships | No | No | Yes |
| Salience scoring | No | No | Yes |
| Graph readable by AI agent | No | No | Yes |
| Graph export | No | No | Yes - CSV and PDF |
| Automation & workflows | |||
| Visibility-threshold triggers | Not published | No | Yes - mentions or citations, all or one topic |
| Pre-built recovery recipe | No | Partial - task templates | Yes - detect, locate, audit, stage a fix |
| Conditional branching | No | No | Partial - branches on whether a matching page exists |
| Scheduled content cadence | No | Yes - $245+ tiers | Yes - daily to monthly |
| Workflow reports | No | Yes | Yes - posted to the inbox |
| Alerts & inbox | |||
| Unified project inbox | Partial - recommendations panel | Partial - task board only | Yes |
| Native OS notifications | No | No | Yes - Windows and macOS |
| Customized notifications with severity thresholds | Partial - priority labels only | No | Yes - per project |
| Email digest | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & workspaces | |||
| Seats included | Not published | 1 / 2 / 5; 10 agency | Unlimited on paid managed; 10 BYOK Premium, 25 BYOK Agency |
| Cost per additional seat | Not published | Not published - upgrade tier | $0 on paid managed plans, +$7 per seat for BYOK plans |
| Shared allowance across team | n/a - no metered allowance | Yes | Yes |
| Per-member usage visibility | Not published | Partial - per-project only | Yes |
| Multi-project workspaces | Yes - brands and regions | Yes | Yes |
| Projects included | Custom | 1 / 2 / 5; unlimited agency | 1 free, 3–10 managed, 25–unlimited agency; +$10 each |
| Archive and restore projects | Not published | Partial - restore deleted | Yes |
| Per-project API keys | Not published | No - org-level keys | Yes - rotatable |
| SSO / SAML | Not published | Enterprise only | Roadmap |
| Agency & white-label | |||
| White-label PDF reports | No | No | Yes - visibility report and audit |
| Custom logo, color and link | No | Partial - dashboard only, agency tiers | Yes |
| White-label audio player | No | No | Yes - custom attribution text and link |
| Client-facing backlink | No | No | Yes |
| Dedicated agency tier | No - co-sell partner program | Yes - 3 tiers | Yes - four tiers |
| Client sub-accounts | Partial - multi-brand workspaces | No - projects + guest seats | No - clients are projects, no client logins |
| Integrations | |||
| Google Search Console | Not published | Yes | Yes - OAuth, credentials stay on device |
| Google Analytics | Not published | No | Roadmap |
| MCP connector support | No | Yes | Partial - Webflow connects over MCP |
| Public API | Not published | Yes | No - project keys for own plugins only |
| Slack | No | Yes | No |
| Zapier | No | No | No |
| Custom connection support | Partial - server log ingestion | Partial - logs only | Yes - request a connection, paid plans |
| Platform & support | |||
| UI languages | 1 (English); tracks many | 1 (English) | 6 |
| Troubleshooting and recovery tools | No | No - status page only | Yes |
| In-app help agent | No | Yes | Yes |
| Done-for-you service available | Yes - assigned AI strategist | Yes | Yes |
| Team | |||
| Founders have SEO backgrounds | No. Founder Imri Marcus, is a serial entrepreneur with prior exits in media and AI. | No. Founded in 2025 by Gijs de Groot and Klaas Foppen, who met building Sparkbase, an AI sales tool; de Groot's background is in financial economics and sales. | Yes. Founder Sam Morris has 15+ years in SEO and software engineering. |
Which one to pick
BrandLight suits enterprise teams that need SOC 2 Type II certification, a cloud-based platform, and enterprise support. PromptWatch suits teams that prefer a browser app with a public API, Slack support, and scheduled content workflows. Both track AI visibility across major engines, but their pricing and deployment models may not fit every small business or agency.
Hi, Moose gives most SMB teams a lower-cost way to track, assess, and improve AI search visibility. Its free plan does not require a card, and it includes unlimited local daily visibility runs across five engines. Paid plans start at $39 per month with an OpenRouter API key, or $79 per month with AI included. Teams can also use local models and run with $0 AI cost to the vendor.
Hi, Moose also covers the work after a visibility report. It tracks 10 engines, captures live Google AI Mode grounding queries, audits individual pages across nine AEO categories, and compares verification runs against a baseline. It can prepare element-level changes, route them through approval, and publish controlled edits to WordPress, Webflow, or Grav. WordPress users can use staging support, rollback, and patch history.
The desktop approach will not suit teams that need a browser-only tool or enterprise compliance today. Hi, Moose stores data locally, supports local backup and restore, and offers on-device AI inference, while its SOC 2 certification remains pending. For SEO managers and agencies that want transparent costs, local control, and a track-to-fix workflow, Hi, Moose provides broader action tools than either visibility platform alone.
Sources and research date
Researched August 2026
Every value comes from vendor pricing pages, public docs or a live account. Where a vendor does not publish a number, the cell says not published instead of an estimate. Plans change often. If a row is wrong, tell us and we will date the correction.
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