Pick
Mentions.ai
Pick Mentions.ai if you need broader AI platform coverage (4 platforms vs 0).
Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026
Mentions.ai vs Seobility: which one wins in 2026?
Mentions.ai 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.
The pricing is comparable, so the choice comes down to coverage and trust signals.
The verdict
Pick
Seobility
Seobility is the right pick if your team prefers their approach and pricing fits.
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 Mentions.ai
They cover 4 AI platforms.
Generative AI mention tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude.
What people praise
- Purpose-built for tracking brand visibility inside AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, not bolted onto a legacy social listening platform.
- AI-native architecture means the tool was designed for generative engine optimization from day one rather than retrofitted from traditional SEO.
Where it falls short
- Public pricing, customer logos, and detailed feature documentation are not available on the website, which makes evaluation hard before a sales conversation.
- No G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot review presence at meaningful volume, so prospective buyers cannot validate the product through peer reviews.
- Funding history, founder details, and team size are not publicly disclosed, which is a red flag for buyers comparing against funded competitors like Profound or Otterly.
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
Mentions.ai
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Seobility
Basic
$0
- 1 website project
- 1,000 pages per crawl
- 10 ranking keywords
- 5 tool requests per day
Tier 2
Mentions.ai
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Seobility
Premium
$54/mo
- 3 website projects
- 25,000 pages per crawl
- 300 ranking keywords
- 50 tool requests per day
Tier 3
Mentions.ai
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Seobility
Agency
$195/mo
- 15 website projects
- 100,000 pages per crawl
- 1,500 ranking keywords
- 200 tool requests per day
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 Mentions.ai
- AI Search Visibility Tracking. Monitors brand mentions and citations across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity.
- Brand Mention Analysis. Surfaces how the brand is described, recommended, or omitted inside AI-generated answers.
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 Mentions.ai wins
- Platform coverage matters. Mentions.ai monitors 4 AI platforms; Seobility covers 0.
- Purpose-built for tracking brand visibility inside AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, not bolted onto a legacy social listening platform.
When Seobility wins
- Budget is the constraint. Seobility starts at $0/mo vs Mentions.ai's $∞/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 Mentions.ai 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 Mentions.ai over Seobility
- Broader AI platform coverage. Mentions.ai tracks visibility across 4 AI engines vs Seobility's 0.
- Built for the LLM era. Mentions.ai was founded in 2024, built around AI search from day one; Seobility dates back to 2014 and is retrofitting.
- What users praise most. Purpose-built for tracking brand visibility inside AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, not bolted onto a legacy social listening platform.
Reasons to pick Seobility over Mentions.ai
- Lower entry price. Seobility publishes a clear entry tier at $0/mo; Mentions.ai gates pricing.
- Public pricing. Seobility publishes 3 tiers on its website; Mentions.ai requires a sales conversation.
- More verified reviews. Seobility has 401 G2 reviews vs Mentions.ai's none on file, so the average rating carries more weight.
- More mature platform. Seobility (founded 2014) has had more time to harden the product than Mentions.ai (2024).
- Wider integration ecosystem. Seobility integrates with 5 tools; Mentions.ai ships 0.
- What users praise most. Free Basic tier is unusually capable, with reviewers saying it beats paid tiers of some competitors for solo site owners.
Switching from one to the other
From Mentions.ai to Seobility
Export your saved queries and prompt panels from Mentions.ai (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 againstMentions.ai's; one to two weeks of full reconciliation before you cancel Mentions.ai. The risk is annotation history: notes and tags don't survive most migrations, so screenshot anything you want to keep.
From Seobility to Mentions.ai
Same flow in reverse. Export from Seobility, import to Mentions.ai. 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
| Mentions.ai | Seobility | |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at (USD/mo) | Custom | $0/mo |
| Founded | 2024 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | — | Erlangen, Germany |
| Funding raised | — | Bootstrapped |
| AI platforms tracked | 4 | — |
| G2 rating | — | 4.6 / 5 (401 reviews) |
| Named customers | — | — |
| 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.
Mentions.ai — what users praise
- Purpose-built for tracking brand visibility inside AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, not bolted onto a legacy social listening platform.
- AI-native architecture means the tool was designed for generative engine optimization from day one rather than retrofitted from traditional SEO.
Mentions.ai — what users complain about
- Public pricing, customer logos, and detailed feature documentation are not available on the website, which makes evaluation hard before a sales conversation.
- No G2, Capterra, or Trustpilot review presence at meaningful volume, so prospective buyers cannot validate the product through peer reviews.
- Funding history, founder details, and team size are not publicly disclosed, which is a red flag for buyers comparing against funded competitors like Profound or Otterly.
Seobility — what 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.
Seobility — what 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 Mentions.ai 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.
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Frequently asked questions
Which is better, Mentions.ai or Seobility?
Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. Mentions.ai 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 Mentions.ai 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 Mentions.ai and Seobility cost?
Mentions.ai starts at Custom. 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 Mentions.ai and Seobility cover?
Mentions.ai covers 4 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 Mentions.ai and Seobility actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?
Both Mentions.ai 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 Mentions.ai 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Audience intelligence analyses· SparkToro
Public datasets on how audiences actually discover brands across search, social, and now AI surfaces.
- 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.