Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026

AlsoAsked vs Peec AI: which one wins in 2026?

An honest editorial comparison from the team at GrowthManager.ai. We make a competing product, which is disclosed in full at the bottom.

AlsoAsked and Peec AI both claim to do the same thing: tell you where your brand shows up in AI search. They go about it differently enough that the choice matters. AlsoAsked has raised Bootstrapped, Peec AI has raised $29M; Peec AI is the more-funded incumbent; AlsoAsked is the leaner challenger.

AlsoAsked is cheaper out the gate, but Peec AI tracks more AI platforms. The right pick depends on which dimension matters most for you.

The verdict
Pick

AlsoAsked

Pick AlsoAsked if you want the cheaper option ($12/mo vs $95/mo).

★ Our pick
Pick

Peec AI

Pick Peec AI if you want the cheaper option ($95/mo vs $12/mo); and you need broader AI platform coverage (10 platforms vs 0); and you trust traction signals — they list 15 customers, AlsoAsked lists 0; and you want the better-funded company ($29M).

If neither is right, GrowthManager.ai does both citation tracking AND the production work (content, infrastructure, distribution) for $999/mo — see the bottom of this page.

The case for AlsoAsked

AlsoAsked has raised Bootstrapped. Founded by Mark Williams-Cook, based in Bath, UK. Pricing starts at $12/mo.

People Also Ask research tool for AEO and content strategy.

What people praise

  • Tree-style visualization of People Also Ask data is more useful for pillar-page planning than the AnswerThePublic radial diagram.
  • Pulls live PAA data from Google, so questions reflect real SERP behavior instead of cached autocomplete suggestions.
  • Bulk search supports up to 1,000 queries at a time, which agency users say is rare at this price point.
  • Region and language targeting works for any Google locale, not just US English, which most cheap PAA tools restrict.

Where it falls short

  • Only sources Google's PAA box; no data from Bing, YouTube, Reddit, or social platforms.
  • CSV export is paywalled behind the Lite tier; the $12 Basic plan only exports PNG images.
  • API access is locked to the $47/mo Pro plan, which blocks Lite users from automating workflows.
  • PAA relationships are algorithmic, not semantic, so the tree sometimes maps loose associations as if they were topical clusters.

The case for Peec AI

Peec AI has raised $29M (Series A — $21M led by Singular (November 2025)). Founded by Marius Meiners, Tobias Siwonia, Daniel Drabo, based in Berlin, Germany. On their site they list 15 named customers including Merge, Wix, Glide, Graphite. They cover 10 AI platforms. Pricing starts at $95/mo.

AI search analytics platform that helps marketing teams track, benchmark, and improve their brand's visibility across AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews.

What people praise

  • Intuitive, clean interface that gets users to data fast
  • Outstanding customer support with direct Slack access to the founding team
  • Unlimited team seats on every paid plan — no per-user pricing
  • Suggested Prompts feature saves significant setup time

Where it falls short

  • Monitoring only — no optimization guidance or content tools
  • No historical data — tracking only starts from signup date
  • Add-on costs for additional AI models inflate the real price substantially
  • Limited value for early-stage or low-recognition brands

Pricing, tier by tier

Tier 1
AlsoAsked
Basic
$12/mo
  • 100 search credits per month
  • 24-hour search history
  • All regions and languages
  • PNG export
Peec AI
Starter
$95/mo
  • 50 prompts/month
  • 1 project
  • 3 AI models (choose from available set)
  • Daily tracking
Tier 2
AlsoAsked
Lite
$23/mo
  • 300 search credits per month
  • 1-month search history
  • CSV export
  • Bulk searches
Peec AI
Pro
$245/mo
  • 150 prompts/month
  • 2 projects
  • 3 AI models
  • 3 countries per project
Tier 3
AlsoAsked
Pro
$47/mo
  • 1,000 search credits per month
  • 1-year search history
  • API access
  • Deep search expansion
Peec AI
Advanced
$495/mo
  • 350 prompts/month
  • 5 projects
  • 3 AI models
  • 3 countries per project
Tier 4
AlsoAsked
—
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Peec AI
Enterprise
Custom
  • Unlimited prompts
  • Unlimited projects
  • All AI models
  • Daily or weekly tracking frequency

Feature parity

What each one ships that the other doesn't. We conservatively only include features each tool explicitly markets; absence here doesn't mean a feature is impossible, just that it isn't in their marquee list.

Only on AlsoAsked
  • PAA Tree Visualization. Branching diagram of People Also Ask questions showing how queries relate.
  • Deep Search. Expands each PAA branch multiple levels deeper for pillar and cluster planning.
  • Bulk Search. Upload up to 1,000 seed queries at once and process them in a batch.
  • CSV and PNG Export. Export results as PNG diagrams or CSV files for sharing with clients.
  • Public API. REST API for programmatically pulling PAA trees into custom workflows.
  • Locale Targeting. Choose any Google country and language for region-specific PAA data.
Only on Peec AI
  • AI Search Visibility Tracking. Monitors how often and where a brand appears in responses from major AI search engines using custom prompts, with daily tracking, sentiment analysis, and citation/source attribution across 115+ languages and multiple countries.
  • Competitive Benchmarking. Tracks competitor visibility scores across the same AI platforms and prompts, enabling side-by-side comparison of share-of-voice and sentiment within AI-generated answers.
  • Looker Studio Connector & Data Export. Advanced and higher plans include a native Looker Studio connector for custom dashboards, CSV data export, and Google Analytics/Search Console integration for unified reporting.

When each one wins

When AlsoAsked wins
  • Budget is the constraint. AlsoAsked starts at $12/mo vs Peec AI's $95/mo, so on a per-seat basis it's the cheaper way in.
  • Tree-style visualization of People Also Ask data is more useful for pillar-page planning than the AnswerThePublic radial diagram.
When Peec AI wins
  • Platform coverage matters. Peec AI monitors 10 AI platforms; AlsoAsked covers 0.
  • You're enterprise and need to call a reference. Peec AI lists 15 named customers; AlsoAsked lists 0.
  • You want the better-funded incumbent. Peec AI has raised $29M, giving it more runway and shipping velocity.
When neither wins (pick GrowthManager)
  • You don't have an in-house content team and you don't want to hire one.
  • You want one $999/mo invoice instead of stacking AlsoAsked plus an agency.
  • You need the team that measures to also act on the data, in the same week.
  • You're a B2B SaaS, services firm, or e-commerce brand at $20K+ MRR.

Reasons to pick one over the other

Reasons to pick AlsoAsked over Peec AI

  1. Lower entry price. AlsoAsked starts at $12/mo vs Peec AI's $95/mo.
  2. Faster product velocity. AlsoAsked has shipped 4 public launches in the last year vs Peec AI's 0.
  3. What users praise most. Tree-style visualization of People Also Ask data is more useful for pillar-page planning than the AnswerThePublic radial diagram.

Reasons to pick Peec AI over AlsoAsked

  1. More plan flexibility. Peec AI offers 4 pricing tiers vs AlsoAsked's 3, so there's a better chance one fits your team size.
  2. Broader AI platform coverage. Peec AI tracks visibility across 10 AI engines vs AlsoAsked's 0.
  3. Better-funded incumbent. Peec AI has raised $29M, giving it more runway and shipping velocity than AlsoAsked (Bootstrapped).
  4. More named customers. Peec AI lists 15 customers vs AlsoAsked's 0, including Merge, Wix, Glide.
  5. More verified reviews. Peec AI has 11 G2 reviews vs AlsoAsked's none on file, so the average rating carries more weight.
  6. What users praise most. Intuitive, clean interface that gets users to data fast

Switching from one to the other

From AlsoAsked to Peec AI

Export your saved queries and prompt panels from AlsoAsked (most tools support CSV export). Most Peec AI setups can import the same query list in a single CSV upload. Expect 1-2 days of parallel running so you can validate Peec AI's data againstAlsoAsked's; one to two weeks of full reconciliation before you cancel AlsoAsked. The risk is annotation history: notes and tags don't survive most migrations, so screenshot anything you want to keep.

From Peec AI to AlsoAsked

Same flow in reverse. Export from Peec AI, import to AlsoAsked. The historical visibility data is the big loss; most platforms don't backfill from a competitor's data, so you start your trendline over.

From either to GrowthManager.ai

We handle the migration ourselves; you give us your query list (or we infer it from your existing dashboard) and we re-build the tracking on our infrastructure in week one. You also start getting content shipped from week one, so the switch produces results before the trendline restarts. The conversation that kicks this off is a 20-minute call.

Side by side, every number we could verify

AlsoAskedPeec AI
Starts at (USD/mo)$12/mo$95/mo
Founded20202025
HeadquartersBath, UKBerlin, Germany
Funding raisedBootstrapped$29M
AI platforms tracked—10
G2 rating—4.9 / 5 (11 reviews)
Named customers—15
SOC 2 Type 2——
GDPR✓ Yes—
HIPAA——

What real users say

Below: the recurring themes from G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviewers — distilled into the strengths and limitations that came up most often.

AlsoAsked — what users praise

  • Tree-style visualization of People Also Ask data is more useful for pillar-page planning than the AnswerThePublic radial diagram.
  • Pulls live PAA data from Google, so questions reflect real SERP behavior instead of cached autocomplete suggestions.
  • Bulk search supports up to 1,000 queries at a time, which agency users say is rare at this price point.
  • Region and language targeting works for any Google locale, not just US English, which most cheap PAA tools restrict.
  • Free tier of three searches per day is genuinely usable for one-off content briefs without a signup.

AlsoAsked — what users complain about

  • Only sources Google's PAA box; no data from Bing, YouTube, Reddit, or social platforms.
  • CSV export is paywalled behind the Lite tier; the $12 Basic plan only exports PNG images.
  • API access is locked to the $47/mo Pro plan, which blocks Lite users from automating workflows.
  • PAA relationships are algorithmic, not semantic, so the tree sometimes maps loose associations as if they were topical clusters.
  • Single-purpose tool; users still need a full SEO platform like Ahrefs or Semrush for keywords, backlinks, and audits.

Peec AI — what users praise

  • Intuitive, clean interface that gets users to data fast
  • Outstanding customer support with direct Slack access to the founding team
  • Unlimited team seats on every paid plan — no per-user pricing
  • Suggested Prompts feature saves significant setup time
  • Detailed source and citation tracking shows which URLs are driving AI mentions

Peec AI — what users complain about

  • Monitoring only — no optimization guidance or content tools
  • No historical data — tracking only starts from signup date
  • Add-on costs for additional AI models inflate the real price substantially
  • Limited value for early-stage or low-recognition brands
  • Graph visualizations use similar colors, making data hard to distinguish

A third option

Both AlsoAsked and Peec AIare tracking tools. They tell you what's wrong with your AI visibility. Neither one fixes it. That's our pitch for GrowthManager.ai — we do citation tracking too (parity with these two), and we also ship the content, configure the infrastructure, and run the distribution. $999/mo, managed end-to-end. If you're leaning toward picking one of these two and then hiring an agency to act on the data, it's worth a 20-minute conversation first.

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Frequently asked questions

Which is better, AlsoAsked or Peec AI?

Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. AlsoAsked and Peec AI are tracking tools — they tell you where your brand shows up in AI answers but don't change the answer. If you only need one of these two, pick AlsoAsked for the cheaper monthly price; pick the other if its specific integrations matter to your team. Our actual editorial pick is GrowthManager.ai, which does the tracking and ships the content, infrastructure, and distribution as a single $999/mo managed program. Disclosure: we publish this comparison and make GrowthManager.

How much do AlsoAsked and Peec AI cost?

AlsoAsked starts at $12/mo. Peec AI starts at $95/mo. Both have higher-tier plans for larger workspaces. GrowthManager.ai is a flat $999/mo for the full managed service (tracking + content + infrastructure + distribution) — usually cheaper than buying one of these two and hiring an agency on top.

Which AI platforms do AlsoAsked and Peec AI cover?

AlsoAsked covers an undisclosed number of AI platforms. Peec AI covers 10. Most tools in this space monitor ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity at minimum; the differences come down to less-common platforms (Copilot, Grok, Meta AI). GrowthManager.ai monitors the same four primary platforms and acts on the data.

Do AlsoAsked and Peec AI actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?

Both AlsoAsked and Peec AI are measurement tools. They show you where your brand appears (or doesn't) in AI answers, plus suggestions for what to improve. Neither one writes the content, configures the schema, or builds the backlinks that actually move the needle. To do that you need an in-house content team or an agency. GrowthManager.ai is the agency — and we include the tracking, so you don't pay twice.

What's the GrowthManager.ai alternative to AlsoAsked and Peec AI?

GrowthManager.ai is a managed AI visibility program. We give you the same citation tracking these two offer (parity on the measurement layer), plus 100 researched and published articles per month, schema and llms.txt configuration, ongoing backlink acquisition, and Reddit/Quora seeding. One $999/mo invoice, one dedicated account manager, twelve clients per team member maximum so we can actually deliver. If you were going to buy one of these tools and then hire someone to use it, we're cheaper and faster.

Further reading

External research that informs the editorial framework on this page. We cite these openly because the framework is meant to be auditable.

  1. Microsoft Bing Webmaster Guidelines (2025)· Microsoft

    How Microsoft's crawlers parse content for Copilot, which now powers a large share of AI answers behind the scenes.

  2. Generative Engine Optimization research· Kevin Indig

    Long-running practitioner research on what gets cited in AI-generated answers; the most-quoted source in the GEO category.

  3. Zero-Click Search forecasts· Gartner

    Industry forecasts on how a growing share of buyer queries end without a click to the brand site, making AI-answer presence the new pole position.

  4. Audience intelligence analyses· SparkToro

    Public datasets on how audiences actually discover brands across search, social, and now AI surfaces.

  5. Trust Barometer (2024)· Edelman

    The annual study on how buyers weigh source authority, used to weight our trust criterion against third-party review volume.

Disclosure + methodology

GrowthManager.ai makes a competing product in the AI visibility space, so this comparison is not neutral. Every pricing number was pulled from each competitor's public pricing page or triangulated from third-party reviews when the page is JavaScript-gated. Pros, cons, and user-review themes are distilled from real G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviews with the quotes preserved verbatim. We update this comparison whenever the underlying data changes.