Searchly vs Gushwork

Searchly shows how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity mention and cite you, with the evidence behind each number and AI traffic for your pages, from $99 a month. Gushwork is a managed content service from $900 a month that documents no prompt quota or answer evidence.

By Piotr Wasiluk, Founder of SearchlyPublished Oct 25, 2026

Compared from Gushwork's own pricing and documentation, checked Oct 21, 2026. How we compare

Our verdict

Our pick: Searchly

Searchly is the better choice for most teams that want to see and grow their AI visibility, at $99 a month against Gushwork's $900 starting price. Starter tracks 50 prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity and shows the full answer and citations behind every score; Gushwork documents no prompt quota or answer evidence. Gushwork's own pages point buyers who mainly want AI visibility tracking to dedicated tools; Searchly is that tool, and Starter adds AI crawler logs once you connect a source, GA4 AI visits, Search Console and the Agent.

Key facts
	Searchly	Gushwork
Entry price	$99 a month (Starter)	From $900 a month (service)
50 prompts, 3 engines, daily	$99 a month	Not comparable
Engines on the entry plan	ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity	ChatGPT and Perplexity named; no full list
Site data on the entry plan	AI crawler logs once you connect a source, GA4 AI visits and Search Console	Which AI bots visit which pages, method not stated; AI referrals and Search Console not documented
Free trial	14 days on Pro	None stated

strengths

Where Searchly comes out ahead.

From each company's own pricing pages and documentation, checked Oct 21, 2026. Each point links to its source.

Where Searchly is stronger

50 tracked prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity from $99 a month, with the full answer, its date and citations behind every score, plus sentiment and competitor benchmarks. Gushwork says it tracks mentions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI tools but documents no prompt quota, cadence or answer evidence. Source
AI crawler logs on the $99 Starter plan once you connect Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, WordPress, Next.js or the HTTP API, with GA4 AI visits and Search Console beside the AI answers for each page. Gushwork shows which AI bots visit which pages but does not document how it collects them, and documents no AI referral breakdown or Search Console data. Source
Published prices from $99 to $499 a month and a 14-day Pro trial; even Searchly Business, the top published plan, costs less than Gushwork's $900 starting price. Gushwork confirms its price on a call, and its own comparison tables give $900 to $2,200. Source
The Agent, Opportunities and AI shopping on the $99 Starter plan: ask about your AI visibility in plain language, get a ranked list of next steps tied to the evidence and see the products ChatGPT shows for your prompts and where they rank. Gushwork documents no in-app assistant, recommendation queue or shopping tracking; its agents run its own service. Source

Where Gushwork focuses

Pages written and published for you, 100+ in six months on every plan, from $900 a month with the price confirmed on a call. Source
A lead dashboard for sales-led B2B teams with buyer journeys and rep assignment; its follow-up agent is an add-on with no published price. Source

capabilities

Feature by feature, with sources.

The same capabilities, in the same words, for both tools. A tag beside the status names the plan or the limit, and each note links to the page it came from. Not documented means we could not find it in Gushwork's public pages.

Searchly and Gushwork: 25 capabilities, sources checked Oct 21, 2026
Capability	Searchly	GushworkManaged service
TrackingWhat is tracked, how often and for how many brands.
AI enginesIncluded means five or more named engines on a published plan, counting paid add-ons.	Included3 included, 2 add-ons ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity on every plan; Gemini and Claude as paid add-ons (Starter +$50 and +$100 a month, Pro +$150 and +$300, Business +$250 and +$500, Custom included); Copilot, DeepSeek, Google AI Mode and Grok coming soon. Source	LimitedClaimed, no detail AI mention tracking claimed for ChatGPT, Perplexity 'and other AI tools'; no quota or plan detail. Source
Tracking cadenceIncluded means a daily run is available on a published plan.	Included Each tracked prompt runs once a day on every engine in the plan. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Prompt suggestions and researchSuggested prompts or a prompt database; the note says whether volume data is shown.	IncludedNo volume data Buyer prompts suggested from your site and topics, tracked only after you accept them, or typed, pasted or uploaded as CSV and tracked at once; no search volume or difficulty. Source	Not documented Topic research is done for you; prompt suggestions not stated. Source
Competitor benchmarkingCompetitors measured on the same answers.	Included Benchmark the competitors you choose on visibility, share of voice, position and citations. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Several projects or brandsTwo or more projects, brands or workspaces on one published plan.	Included2 on Pro, 3 on Business 1 project on Starter, up to 2 on Pro and up to 3 on Business, sharing one prompt budget; more on Custom. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Answer evidenceWhat you can open and take away from each answer.
Full answer textThe full answer behind each result, exportable or available through an API.	IncludedAPI fallbacks labelled Open the answer behind every score with its date and citations; API fallback answers are labelled and kept out of headline metrics, and Claude is collected through Anthropic's API; answers export as CSV. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Citations and sourcesCited pages and domains for each answer, with source analysis.	Included Cited domains and pages per answer, the sources that cite competitors but not you and content types including Reddit threads and YouTube videos. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
SentimentHow answers describe the brand, per answer or per brand.	Included How AI answers describe you, positive, neutral or negative, and why. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Data exportsCSV or spreadsheet exports of answers, prompts or citations.	IncludedCSV CSV exports of answers, prompts, page evidence and crawler logs on every plan; articles export as Markdown, HTML or text on Pro and up. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Site evidenceWhat your own site data adds.
AI crawler logsAI crawler requests read from server, CDN or edge logs.	Included Requests from AI crawlers, verified or declared, after you connect Cloudflare (Logpush or Worker), Vercel, Next.js, Netlify, WordPress or the HTTP API; 90-day retention; CSV export. Source	LimitedMethod not stated Shows which AI bots visit and which pages; collection method and scope not stated. Source
AI referral visitsHuman visits from AI assistants, from GA4 or the vendor's own script.	IncludedVia GA4 Visits from ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and other AI assistants, read from Google Analytics 4 through a read-only connection, with no extra script. Source	Not documented Traffic by source and lead journeys shown; AI-referral breakdown and GA4 not stated. Source
Google Search ConsoleSearch Console data inside the product.	Included Search Console clicks, impressions, CTR and position by query, page, country and device beside the AI evidence for each page; no indexing data. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Site auditIncluded means a multi-page technical or AI-readiness audit.	LimitedHomepage only Site Health checks your homepage and selected root files, including AI crawler access in robots.txt, llms.txt and structured data, with a fix for each; not a whole-site crawl. Source	Not documented Page speed, schema and llms.txt are done for you; no audit product stated. Source
Taking actionWhat happens after a finding.
Recommendations or action queueA ranked list of next steps or tasks.	Included Opportunities: a ranked list of next steps tied to the evidence, from setup and on-page fixes to sites worth pitching; outreach is drafted, nothing is sent. Source	Not documented A recommendation queue is not documented; Gushwork does the work for you. Source
Content generationIncluded means article generation that is generally available.	IncludedPro and up Content Studio on Pro, Business and the Pro trial: full articles or writer briefs in 8 formats from verified sources, readiness checks and accept or reject revisions; English only, hourly generation caps, no monthly article quota. Source	IncludedWritten for you Every plan: 100+ pages in 6 months, written and published for you. Source
CMS publishingIncluded means content sent to two or more CMSs, as drafts or live.	LimitedWebflow drafts, Pro and up Approved articles go to your Webflow CMS as drafts on Pro and up; WordPress, Framer and Shopify publishing are not built. Source	LimitedGushwork-hosted pages Publishes on Gushwork's own layer at /feeds or a subdomain; no third-party CMS named. Source
AI agent or assistantAn in-app agent that works on the product's own data.	Included Agent on every paid plan and the Pro trial: ask about your AI visibility in plain language; it reads your Searchly data, opens the right page and proposes changes such as new prompts or competitors that you confirm; it does not write or publish articles. Source	LimitedRuns the service Background agents run the service; no in-app assistant stated. Source
Access and teamsHow data leaves the tool and who can sign in.
REST APIA documented API for the visibility data.	Included REST API with an OpenAPI spec and scoped, expiring keys on every plan; operations that generate content need an active subscription or the Pro trial. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
MCP serverA documented MCP server for the visibility data.	Included MCP server on every plan for AI tools that support Streamable HTTP and a custom Authorization header (bearer key, no OAuth). Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Agency plans and client reportingAn agency plan, client workspaces or branded or shareable client reports.	Not offered No agency plan, white label, scheduled or PDF reports or share links; client data leaves as CSV or through the API. Source	Not documented Not stated (affiliate program only). Source
SSO (SAML or OIDC)Company identity-provider sign-in; Google sign-in does not count.	Not offered No SSO, SAML, SCIM or audit log; customers sign in with email and password or Google. Source	Not documented Not stated. Source
Shopping and adsProducts and ads inside AI answers.
AI shopping visibilityIncluded means the products AI answers show are captured and tracked; the tag names the engines.	IncludedChatGPT AI shopping on every plan: the products ChatGPT shows for your prompts, whose they are, their price, rating and retailer and where they rank. Source	Not documented Not stated (agentic-commerce post is direction only). Source
AI ads trackingIncluded means ads inside AI answers captured on two or more surfaces.	Not offered AI ads tracking is not built. Source	Not documented Runs paid campaigns for you; AI-ads tracking not stated. Source
BuyingPublic prices and free trials.
Published priceA public price for a paid plan that tracks AI answers, listed on the vendor's pricing page.	Included Starter $99, Pro $239 and Business $499 a month; yearly billing is 10 times monthly; Custom is quoted. Source	LimitedFrom $900, on a call From $900/mo; exact price confirmed on a call. Source
Free trial or free tierA documented free trial or free tier that includes AI-answer tracking.	IncludedOn Pro, 14 days 14-day trial on Pro ('Start for free'); Starter and Business have no trial; the free AI visibility report is a one-off sample, not a trial. Source	Not documented None stated; a free AI Search Grader tool exists. Source

pricing

The same workload, priced on both.

One brand, 50 buyer prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity, checked once a day in one country: a common base for AI visibility tracking. Every Searchly plan includes all three engines; where Gushwork counts or includes engines differently, the note says so.

50 prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity for one brand in one country, priced on Searchly and Gushwork
Item	Searchly	Gushwork
Covers the workload	Covers it	Not comparable
Plan	Starter	Managed service
Monthly price	$99	From $900, confirmed on a call
Billed yearly	$990 a year ($82.50 a month)	Billed monthly, cancel anytime
The three engines	All three included	Mention tracking claimed for ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI tools; not specified
Extra cost	None	Follow-up Agent add-on (price not published)
Free trial	None on Starter; a 14-day trial of Pro ($239 a month after)	None stated
What the plan counts	50 prompts on 3 engines once a day: up to 4,500 runs in 30 days, the whole Starter allowance	No prompt or answer quota published

Gushwork is a content service with no published prompt or answer quota, so no price per prompt or answer applies.

Prices before tax, in each company's own currency, as published on Oct 21, 2026. est. marks our arithmetic from published units. Units differ: Searchly counts runs, up to 4,500 in 30 days on 50 prompts.

Sources: Searchly: Searchly pricing; Gushwork: Gushwork pricing, Analytics (AI mentions, AI traffic)

fit

Which one to choose.

Choose Searchly if…

you want to see how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity mention and cite you, with site data for your pages and a ranked list of next steps, at published prices from $99 a month.

Gushwork may suit you if…

you are a sales-led B2B business that would rather pay from $900 a month for pages written for you and published on Gushwork's own layer at /feeds or a subdomain than run AI visibility in-house.

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Searchly is software that shows how ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity mention and cite you, keeps the full answer and citations for each result and ranks your next steps in Opportunities, with AI traffic and Search Console data for each page, the Agent, the REST API and the MCP server from $99 a month. Gushwork is a done-for-you content service for sales-led B2B businesses that starts from $900 a month and documents no prompt quota, answer evidence or in-app assistant.

Searchly Starter is $99 a month ($990 a year) for 50 prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity; Pro is $239 and Business $499 a month, with a 14-day trial of Pro. Gushwork starts from $900 a month, billed monthly and confirmed on a call; its comparison tables give $900 to $2,200 a month, with no prompt or answer quota published. That puts even Searchly Business below Gushwork's starting price.

Searchly tracks the prompts you choose on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity, keeps every answer in full with its date and citations and adds sentiment and competitor benchmarks; you can add Gemini and Claude as paid add-ons. Gushwork says its analytics cover AI mentions in ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI tools and show which AI bots visit your pages, but it documents no full engine list, cadence or answer evidence.

Searchly's Content Studio, on Pro ($239 a month) and up and in the 14-day Pro trial, writes full articles or writer briefs from verified sources and sends approved articles to your own Webflow CMS as drafts, so nothing goes live until your team publishes it. Gushwork writes 100+ pages in six months for you from $900 a month, but publishes them on its own layer at /feeds or a subdomain and names no third-party CMS.

sources

Sources and scope.

How we compare. We read each company's own pricing page, documentation and changelog, noting the day we checked each one. A capability we could not find is marked Not documented; Not offered means the company's own pages say it is not part of the product. Both columns follow the same rules. We do not compare visibility scores between tools: engines, collection methods and formulas differ.

Gushwork sources

Gushwork pricingwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Gushwork homewww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Analytics (AI mentions, AI traffic)www.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
AI-first CMSwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
AI search solutionwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Leads dashboardwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Gushwork alternatives (updated Aug 31, 2026)www.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Agentic commerce postwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026
Gushwork llms.txtwww.gushwork.aiChecked Oct 21, 2026

Searchly sources

Searchly pricingwww.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
AI Visibility product pagewww.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
Agent Analytics product pagewww.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
Content Studio product pagewww.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
Technical optimization (Site Health) pagewww.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
Production OpenAPI documentapp.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026
MCP documentationdocs.trysearchly.comChecked Oct 21, 2026