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Writesonic
Tracks brand mentions and citations across 10+ AI search engines, with tools to optimize visibility through content, outreach, and technical fixes.
- Entry price
- from $79/mo
- AI coverage
- 6 engines
- Free trial
- 7 days
- Collection
- real browser sessions, not vendor APIs
Product overview
What is Writesonic?
Writesonic monitors how brands appear across AI platforms including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. It shows visibility scores, citation sources, and sentiment analysis.
The platform includes AI-powered content creation, site audits, robots.txt fixes, and outreach templates to improve AI visibility. Includes agentic workflows for content creation and technical optimization.
Based on its published feature set, Writesonic brings brand mention monitoring, citation tracking, sentiment analysis, competitor benchmarking, prompt discovery, and share-of-voice reporting into one workflow, with 13 more verified capabilities documented below.
How it measures AI visibility
The recorded coverage spans ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Grok. Measures with real browser sessions, not vendor APIs.
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Perplexity
Google AI Overviews
GrokWho it's for
Best for
Teams that need brand mention monitoring, citation tracking, sentiment analysis.
“The only platform that combines SEO and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) in one unified workflow. Most AI visibility tools stop at the dashboard; Writesonic ships the work—content creation, technical fixes, and execution.”
Writesonic, from their site
Pricing
Writesonic's pricing page ↗| Plan | Price | Engines | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $79/moannual billed monthly | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 50 prompts · 1 seat · daily Full notesHide notesTrack ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews. 50 prompts, 50 answers tracked daily. Ads monitoring. 15 AI articles/mo. 10 site audits (100 pages each). Limited agentic workflows (10 trial runs). 1 user, 1 project. Standard email support. |
| Starter | $99/mo | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 50 prompts · 1 seat · daily Full notesHide notesSame as annual Starter tier; derived from stated annual savings of $240/year vs the $79/mo annual-billed price (not shown directly on pricing page, which defaults to the annual toggle). |
| Basic | $199/moannual billed monthly | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 100 prompts · 2 seats · daily Full notesHide notesTrack ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews. 100 prompts, 300 answers tracked daily. Ads monitoring. 25 AI articles/mo. 20 site audits (1,200 pages each). Limited agentic workflows (50 trial runs). 2 users, 1 project. Standard email support. |
| Basic | $249/mo | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 100 prompts · 2 seats · daily Full notesHide notesSame as annual Basic tier; derived from stated annual savings of $600/year vs the $199/mo annual-billed price (not shown directly on pricing page, which defaults to the annual toggle). |
| Growth | $399/moannual billed monthly | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 200 prompts · 3 seats · daily Full notesHide notesTrack ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews. 200 prompts, 600 answers tracked daily. Ads monitoring. Sentiment Analysis included. Action Center trial (5 off-page + 5 on-page actions/mo). 50 AI articles/mo. 50 site audits (2,500 pages each). Limited agentic workflows (100 trial runs). 3 users, 2 projects. Priority email support. Marked 'Most popular'. |
| Growth | $499/mo | 3 of 6ChatGPTGeminiGoogle AI Overviews | 200 prompts · 3 seats · daily Full notesHide notesSame as annual Growth tier; derived from stated annual savings of $1,200/year vs the $399/mo annual-billed price (not shown directly on pricing page, which defaults to the annual toggle). |
| Custom (Enterprise) | Custom | 10not specified | daily Full notesHide notesAll 10 AI platforms tracked. Custom prompts, regions, languages. Full Action Center. Sentiment Analysis. AI search volume & trend insights. Ads monitoring. Brand Explorer, Page Tracker, Prompt Explorer, Alerts. Shopping & Agentic Commerce. Looker Studio & other integrations. Custom AI articles/mo. Custom site audits. Full agentic workflows access. Custom users, projects & access control. Dedicated AI search strategist. SSO/SAML, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR. Quote-only via 'Book a demo'. |
What $79/mo actually buys
Writesonic supports 6 engines across its plans, but the Starter tier tracks 3. The coverage list is the whole product — not the entry plan.
Capabilities
19/20 answeredWhat it does
19 of 20| Monitors brand mentions | Yes |
| Tracks citations | Yes |
| Sentiment analysis | Yes |
| Competitor benchmarking | Yes |
| Prompt discovery | Yes |
| Share of voice | Yes |
| Recommends fixes | Yes |
| Writes content | Yes |
| Publishes content | Yes |
| Builds off-site citations | Yes |
| Does outreach | Yes |
| Generates schema / llms.txt | Yes |
| Technical audit | Yes |
| AI crawler analytics | Yes |
| Traffic attribution | Yes |
| Revenue attribution | Yes |
| Geo segmentation | Yes |
| AI advertising | Yes |
| Product catalogue optimisation | Yes |
| A/B testing | Not published |
Where it runs
4 of 6| Web app | Yes |
| Chrome extension | Yes |
| Public API | Yes |
| MCP server | Yes |
| Slack app | Not published |
| Requires a script on your site | Not published |
What you get out
6 of 11| JSON export | Yes | ||||||
| Looker Studio | Yes | ||||||
| White-label reports | Yes | ||||||
| Scheduled reports | Yes | ||||||
| Shareable dashboards | Yes | ||||||
| Email alerts | Yes | ||||||
| CSV export | Not published | ||||||
| PDF reports | Not published | ||||||
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Agencies & teams
3 of 3| Multiple brands | Yes |
| Client sub-accounts | Yes |
| Role permissions | Yes |
Trust & compliance
3 of 4| SOC 2 | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes |
| SSO | Yes |
| ISO 27001 | Not published |
Not published is not a no.Yes means it is on their site. Doesn't means we read a page that would list it and it wasn't there. A blank in their docs is a gap in ours — not a claim about their product.
Compare
Same research depth. One real difference on each row.
vs ProfoundGenerates schema / llms.txt: Writesonic yes · Profound no$99/mo
vs Peec AIWrites content: Writesonic yes · Peec AI no$80/mo
vs Otterly.aiWrites content: Writesonic yes · Otterly.ai no$25/mo
vs ScrunchWrites content: Writesonic yes · Scrunch no$250/mo
vs SemrushWrites content: Writesonic yes · Semrush no$139/mo
vs AhrefsWrites content: Writesonic yes · Ahrefs no$129/mo
vs RankScaleWrites content: Writesonic yes · RankScale no$20/mo
vs SuperlinesPublishes content: Writesonic yes · Superlines no€74/mo
They name Profound, AirOps, Semrush, Ahrefs, Peec AI, Scrunch AI, HubSpot AEO, Searchable, BrightEdge, Conductor, AthenaHQ and Promptwatch as peers on their own site.
Funding
Sourced rounds only — we never add them into a running total.
+1 earlier roundHide earlier rounds
- Y Combinator S21$125K2021-06led by Y Combinator
$2.6M-$2.72M (single seed round; no further disclosed rounds since) total raised, per a figure the company or press published as a cumulative sum — not our arithmetic on the rounds above.
FAQ
- How much does Writesonic cost?
- Writesonic starts at $79/mo. The entry tier tracks 3 of 6 engines the product supports.
- Which AI engines does Writesonic cover?
- Writesonic tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Grok.
- Does Writesonic offer a free trial?
- Yes — 7 days.
- What are alternatives to Writesonic?
- Tools checked to the same depth in this category include Profound, Peec AI, Otterly.ai, Scrunch.
