Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026

Peec AI vs Topvisor: which one wins in 2026?

Peec AI and Topvisor 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. Peec AI has raised $29M, Topvisor has raised Bootstrapped, no disclosed institutional funding; Peec AI is the more-funded incumbent; Topvisor is the leaner challenger.

Topvisor 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
★ Our pick
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Peec AI

Pick Peec AI if you want the cheaper option ($95/mo vs $0/mo); and you need broader AI platform coverage (10 platforms vs 0); and you trust traction signals — they list 15 customers, Topvisor lists 3; and you want the better-funded company ($29M).

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Topvisor

Pick Topvisor if you want the cheaper option ($0/mo vs $95/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 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

The case for Topvisor

Topvisor has raised Bootstrapped, no disclosed institutional funding. Founded by Dmitrii Udimov, based in Moscow, Russia. On their site they list 3 named customers including Yandex.Direct advertisers, Russian e-commerce sellers, Eastern European SEO agencies. Pricing starts at $0/mo.

SEO data and project management platform popular in Eastern Europe.

What people praise

  • Strongest Yandex coverage in the SEO category, which matters for any brand targeting Russian-speaking markets.
  • Pay-as-you-go credit model means small projects pay almost nothing, with per-check costs as low as $0.0017.
  • API access is included on every tier including the free XS plan, unusual at this price point.
  • Tracks rankings across Yandex, Google, Bing, Seznam, plus YouTube and app stores in one dashboard.

Where it falls short

  • Subscription balance is zeroed out when the plan expires, which surprises users who treat it like prepaid credit.
  • Documentation is widely flagged as thin and partially translated, slowing onboarding for English-speaking teams.
  • Account balance model creates unpredictable monthly costs because every feature has its own per-check fee.
  • Russia-based ownership and Ministry of Communications certification raise procurement and compliance concerns for Western enterprises.

Pricing, tier by tier

Tier 1
Peec AI
Starter
$95/mo
  • 50 prompts/month
  • 1 project
  • 3 AI models (choose from available set)
  • Daily tracking
Topvisor
XS
$0/mo
  • Access to all Topvisor tools
  • Rank tracking, SERP analysis, AI monitoring
  • Semantics tools (keyword research, clustering)
  • Technical SEO utilities
Tier 2
Peec AI
Pro
$245/mo
  • 150 prompts/month
  • 2 projects
  • 3 AI models
  • 3 countries per project
Topvisor
S
$29/mo
  • Subscription credit added to balance
  • All tools accessible
  • 10% savings on per-check costs
  • No keyword or project limits
Tier 3
Peec AI
Advanced
$495/mo
  • 350 prompts/month
  • 5 projects
  • 3 AI models
  • 3 countries per project
Topvisor
M
$89/mo
  • Subscription credit added to balance
  • 15% savings on per-check costs
  • All tools accessible
  • No keyword or project limits
Tier 4
Peec AI
Enterprise
Custom
  • Unlimited prompts
  • Unlimited projects
  • All AI models
  • Daily or weekly tracking frequency
Topvisor
L
$299/mo
  • Subscription credit added to balance
  • 20% savings on per-check costs
  • All tools accessible
  • Priority for agencies
Tier 5
Peec AI
Topvisor
XL
$599/mo
  • Subscription credit added to balance
  • 30% savings on per-check costs
  • Best for large agencies
  • API access included

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 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.
Only on Topvisor
  • Rank Tracker. Tracks positions across Yandex, Google, Bing, Seznam, YouTube and app stores, with regional and device segmentation.
  • AI Mention Tracking. Monitors brand mentions in AI Overviews and generative answers as part of the SERP analysis suite.
  • Keyword Clustering. Automated keyword grouping based on SERP similarity, useful for building topic clusters and content plans.
  • Website Auditor. Technical SEO crawler that checks for broken links, indexing issues, and on-page errors.
  • Yandex.Direct Bid Manager. PPC bid management designed specifically for Yandex.Direct campaigns, rare among Western SEO suites.
  • Index Status Checker. Bulk checks whether URLs are indexed in Yandex and Google, helpful for technical audits.

When each one wins

When Peec AI wins
  • Platform coverage matters. Peec AI monitors 10 AI platforms; Topvisor covers 0.
  • You're enterprise and need to call a reference. Peec AI lists 15 named customers; Topvisor lists 3.
  • You want the better-funded incumbent. Peec AI has raised $29M, giving it more runway and shipping velocity.
When Topvisor wins
  • Budget is the constraint. Topvisor starts at $0/mo vs Peec AI's $95/mo, so on a per-seat basis it's the cheaper way in.
  • Strongest Yandex coverage in the SEO category, which matters for any brand targeting Russian-speaking markets.
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 Peec 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 Peec AI over Topvisor

  1. Broader AI platform coverage. Peec AI tracks visibility across 10 AI engines vs Topvisor's 0.
  2. Better-funded incumbent. Peec AI has raised $29M, giving it more runway and shipping velocity than Topvisor (Bootstrapped, no disclosed institutional funding).
  3. More named customers. Peec AI lists 15 customers vs Topvisor's 3, including Merge, Wix, Glide.
  4. More verified reviews. Peec AI has 11 G2 reviews vs Topvisor's none on file, so the average rating carries more weight.
  5. Built for the LLM era. Peec AI was founded in 2025, built around AI search from day one; Topvisor dates back to 2010 and is retrofitting.
  6. What users praise most. Intuitive, clean interface that gets users to data fast
  7. EU data residency. Peec AI is HQ'd in Berlin, Germany, which simplifies GDPR data-processor agreements for European buyers.

Reasons to pick Topvisor over Peec AI

  1. Lower entry price. Topvisor starts at $0/mo vs Peec AI's $95/mo.
  2. More plan flexibility. Topvisor offers 5 pricing tiers vs Peec AI's 4, so there's a better chance one fits your team size.
  3. More mature platform. Topvisor (founded 2010) has had more time to harden the product than Peec AI (2025).
  4. Wider integration ecosystem. Topvisor integrates with 10 tools; Peec AI ships 6.
  5. What users praise most. Strongest Yandex coverage in the SEO category, which matters for any brand targeting Russian-speaking markets.

Switching from one to the other

From Peec AI to Topvisor

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

From Topvisor to Peec AI

Same flow in reverse. Export from Topvisor, import to Peec 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

Peec AITopvisor
Starts at (USD/mo)$95/mo$0/mo
Founded20252010
HeadquartersBerlin, GermanyMoscow, Russia
Funding raised$29MBootstrapped, no disclosed institutional funding
AI platforms tracked10
G2 rating4.9 / 5 (11 reviews)
Named customers153
SOC 2 Type 2
GDPR
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.

Peec AIwhat 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 AIwhat 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

Topvisorwhat users praise

  • Strongest Yandex coverage in the SEO category, which matters for any brand targeting Russian-speaking markets.
  • Pay-as-you-go credit model means small projects pay almost nothing, with per-check costs as low as $0.0017.
  • API access is included on every tier including the free XS plan, unusual at this price point.
  • Tracks rankings across Yandex, Google, Bing, Seznam, plus YouTube and app stores in one dashboard.
  • 24/7 support with a reported 4-minute average response time, faster than most legacy SEO suites.

Topvisorwhat users complain about

  • Subscription balance is zeroed out when the plan expires, which surprises users who treat it like prepaid credit.
  • Documentation is widely flagged as thin and partially translated, slowing onboarding for English-speaking teams.
  • Account balance model creates unpredictable monthly costs because every feature has its own per-check fee.
  • Russia-based ownership and Ministry of Communications certification raise procurement and compliance concerns for Western enterprises.
  • G2 reviewers note the UI still has bugs and some features lag behind dedicated competitors like Semrush or Ahrefs.

A third option

Both Peec AI and Topvisorare 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, Peec AI or Topvisor?

Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. Peec AI and Topvisor 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 Topvisor 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 Peec AI and Topvisor cost?

Peec AI starts at $95/mo. Topvisor 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 Peec AI and Topvisor cover?

Peec AI covers 10 AI platforms. Topvisor 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 Peec AI and Topvisor actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?

Both Peec AI and Topvisor 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 Peec AI and Topvisor?

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.