Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026

Mediatoolkit vs Seobility: which one wins in 2026?

Mediatoolkit and Seobility 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. Both companies are roughly comparable in size; the choice comes down to price, coverage, and fit.

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

The verdict
Pick

Mediatoolkit

Pick Mediatoolkit if you want the cheaper option ($99/mo vs $0/mo); and you need broader AI platform coverage (10 platforms vs 0).

Pick

Seobility

Pick Seobility if you want the cheaper option ($0/mo vs $99/mo).

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 Mediatoolkit

Founded by Daniel Ackermann, Tomislav Grubisic, based in Zagreb, Croatia. They cover 10 AI platforms. Pricing starts at $99/mo.

Real-time media monitoring across web, social, blogs, and forums.

What people praise

  • Tracks 100+ million online sources across any language and location in real time
  • Synthia AI assistant summarizes monitored topics and recommends actions, faster than manually scanning mentions
  • Sentiment analysis is accurate enough that reviewers cite it as a buying reason
  • Unlimited users on every paid tier, no per-seat upsell

Where it falls short

  • Does not monitor print, radio, or TV, only online and social sources
  • Facebook data and alerts only appear in reports, not in real-time alert streams
  • Entry tier at €99/mo limited to 1,000 mentions, small for most brand monitoring use cases
  • Pricing in EUR only on the public site, US buyers face FX conversion uncertainty

The case for Seobility

Seobility has raised Bootstrapped. Pricing starts at $0/mo.

All-in-one SEO software for site audits, rank tracking, and backlink analysis.

What people praise

  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  • TF*IDF content optimization is repeatedly highlighted as the single most useful on-page tool at the price.
  • German-built with strong GDPR compliance and EU data residency, attractive to European customers.
  • Premium plan at ~$54/mo is dramatically cheaper than Semrush or Ahrefs for similar core SEO workflows.

Where it falls short

  • Keyword database is smaller and US-coverage weaker than Semrush, especially for niche queries.
  • Backlink index is shallower and refresh cadence slower than Ahrefs or Majestic.
  • Integration surface is limited: no Looker Studio connector, no Slack notifications, no Zapier triggers.
  • Limited competitor analysis depth makes it weaker for serious agencies tracking many client niches.

Pricing, tier by tier

Tier 1
Mediatoolkit
Focus
€99/mo
  • 1,000 mentions per month
  • 1 topic
  • Unlimited users
  • Unlimited keywords
Seobility
Basic
$0
  • 1 website project
  • 1,000 pages per crawl
  • 10 ranking keywords
  • 5 tool requests per day
Tier 2
Mediatoolkit
Expand
€299/mo
  • 5,000 mentions per month
  • 5 topics
  • Unlimited users and keywords
  • All AI features
Seobility
Premium
$54/mo
  • 3 website projects
  • 25,000 pages per crawl
  • 300 ranking keywords
  • 50 tool requests per day
Tier 3
Mediatoolkit
Command
€499/mo
  • 10,000 mentions per month
  • 10 topics
  • Unlimited users and keywords
  • Advanced reports
Seobility
Agency
$195/mo
  • 15 website projects
  • 100,000 pages per crawl
  • 1,500 ranking keywords
  • 200 tool requests per day
Tier 4
Mediatoolkit
Custom
Custom
  • Custom mention volume
  • Custom topic count
  • Enterprise SLA
  • Dedicated success manager
Seobility

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 Mediatoolkit
  • Real-time Media Monitoring. Tracks brand and keyword mentions across 100M+ online sources globally
  • Synthia AI Assistant. Auto-summarizes monitored topics and recommends next actions
  • Sentiment Analysis. AI-driven positive, neutral, and negative classification on every mention
  • Custom Alerts. Real-time email, Slack, or Teams alerts when keywords are mentioned
  • Reports. Advanced reporting with share of voice, sentiment trends, and influencer breakdowns
  • Multi-language Support. Monitors mentions in any language across any location
Only on Seobility
  • On-Page SEO Audit. Crawls site pages and surfaces prioritized on-page issues with explanations and fix suggestions.
  • TF*IDF Tool. Compares the term frequency of your content against top-ranking pages to recommend missing topics.
  • Keyword Research. Suggestions, related keywords, and ranking checker across major search engines.
  • Backlink Analysis. Tracks gained and lost backlinks with referring-domain and anchor-text breakdowns.
  • Rank Tracking. Daily updates for tracked keywords with historic graphs and competitor comparison.
  • White-Label PDF Reports. Agency-friendly client reports with custom branding and scheduling.

When each one wins

When Mediatoolkit wins
  • Platform coverage matters. Mediatoolkit monitors 10 AI platforms; Seobility covers 0.
  • Tracks 100+ million online sources across any language and location in real time
When Seobility wins
  • Budget is the constraint. Seobility starts at $0/mo vs Mediatoolkit's $99/mo, so on a per-seat basis it's the cheaper way in.
  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
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 Mediatoolkit 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 Mediatoolkit over Seobility

  1. More plan flexibility. Mediatoolkit offers 4 pricing tiers vs Seobility's 3, so there's a better chance one fits your team size.
  2. Broader AI platform coverage. Mediatoolkit tracks visibility across 10 AI engines vs Seobility's 0.
  3. What users praise most. Tracks 100+ million online sources across any language and location in real time

Reasons to pick Seobility over Mediatoolkit

  1. Lower entry price. Seobility starts at $0/mo vs Mediatoolkit's $99/mo.
  2. More verified reviews. Seobility has 401 G2 reviews vs Mediatoolkit's 43, so the average rating carries more weight.
  3. What users praise most. Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  4. EU data residency. Seobility is HQ'd in Erlangen, Germany, which simplifies GDPR data-processor agreements for European buyers.

Switching from one to the other

From Mediatoolkit to Seobility

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

From Seobility to Mediatoolkit

Same flow in reverse. Export from Seobility, import to Mediatoolkit. 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

MediatoolkitSeobility
Starts at (USD/mo)$99/mo$0/mo
Founded20142014
HeadquartersZagreb, CroatiaErlangen, Germany
Funding raisedBootstrapped
AI platforms tracked10
G2 rating4.6 / 5 (401 reviews)
Named customers
SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR✓ Yes✓ 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.

Mediatoolkitwhat users praise

  • Tracks 100+ million online sources across any language and location in real time
  • Synthia AI assistant summarizes monitored topics and recommends actions, faster than manually scanning mentions
  • Sentiment analysis is accurate enough that reviewers cite it as a buying reason
  • Unlimited users on every paid tier, no per-seat upsell
  • Native integrations with Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zapier, and Buffer for alert routing

Mediatoolkitwhat users complain about

  • Does not monitor print, radio, or TV, only online and social sources
  • Facebook data and alerts only appear in reports, not in real-time alert streams
  • Entry tier at €99/mo limited to 1,000 mentions, small for most brand monitoring use cases
  • Pricing in EUR only on the public site, US buyers face FX conversion uncertainty
  • Topic count is restrictive (1 to 10 across paid tiers) for multi-brand portfolios

Seobilitywhat users praise

  • Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
  • TF*IDF content optimization is repeatedly highlighted as the single most useful on-page tool at the price.
  • German-built with strong GDPR compliance and EU data residency, attractive to European customers.
  • Premium plan at ~$54/mo is dramatically cheaper than Semrush or Ahrefs for similar core SEO workflows.
  • On-page audit gives granular, actionable recommendations rather than vague scores per G2 reviewers.

Seobilitywhat users complain about

  • Keyword database is smaller and US-coverage weaker than Semrush, especially for niche queries.
  • Backlink index is shallower and refresh cadence slower than Ahrefs or Majestic.
  • Integration surface is limited: no Looker Studio connector, no Slack notifications, no Zapier triggers.
  • Limited competitor analysis depth makes it weaker for serious agencies tracking many client niches.
  • Tool requests are capped daily even on paid plans, which power users find restrictive.

A third option

Both Mediatoolkit and Seobilityare 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.

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Mediatoolkit or Seobility?

Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. Mediatoolkit and Seobility 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 Seobility 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 Mediatoolkit and Seobility cost?

Mediatoolkit starts at $99/mo. Seobility starts at $0/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 Mediatoolkit and Seobility cover?

Mediatoolkit covers 10 AI platforms. Seobility covers an undisclosed number of. 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 Mediatoolkit and Seobility actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?

Both Mediatoolkit and Seobility 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 Mediatoolkit and Seobility?

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.