Searchly vs Peec AI
Searchly's $99 Starter plan includes ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity with the REST API. On Peec AI, covering the same three engines costs about EUR 115 a month (EUR 85 for Starter plus EUR 30 for Perplexity) and the API starts on Pro at EUR 205.
Compared from Peec AI'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: its $99 Starter plan includes Perplexity, the REST API and Search Console. Peec AI sells Perplexity as an extra model, starts its API on Pro and has its Search Console view in early access. On Pro, Searchly also writes new articles from verified sources.
| Searchly | Peec AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $99 a month (Starter) | EUR 85 a month (Starter) |
| 50 prompts, 3 engines, daily | $99 a month | About EUR 115 a month (est.) |
| Engines on the entry plan | ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity | 3 you choose from 6; Perplexity costs extra |
| Site data on the entry plan | AI crawler logs once you connect a source, GA4 AI visits and Search Console | Crawler logs and Google Analytics AI referrals; Search Console in early access |
| Free trial | 14 days on Pro | 7 days |
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
- ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity all included on the $99 Starter plan. Peec AI sells Perplexity as an extra model at EUR 30 a month on Starter, EUR 70 on Pro and EUR 140 on Advanced, so covering all three costs about EUR 115 a month on its Starter. Source
- The REST API on every plan, the $99 Starter included; Peec AI starts its API on Pro at EUR 205 a month. Source
- Search Console clicks, impressions, CTR and position by query, page, country and device on Starter, beside the AI crawler logs you connect and GA4 AI visits; Peec AI's Search Console view is still in early access. Source
- Content Studio on Pro and up writes full articles or writer briefs from verified sources and sends approved articles to Webflow as drafts; Peec AI says it does not write or publish new content. Source
- A 14-day trial of Pro with Content Studio and the Agent; Peec AI's free trial runs 7 days. 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 Peec AI's public pages.
| Capability |  Searchly |  Peec AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Included3 chosen, more add-ons Choose 3 of ChatGPT, AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI; extra models EUR 30, 70 or 140 a month each, including Perplexity; Enterprise up to 13. 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 | Included Daily on every brand plan; daily or weekly on Enterprise and agency Scale. 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 | IncludedRelative volume Prompt, competitor and topic suggestions, prompts from keywords, personas and relative prompt volume (1 to 5). Source |
| Competitor benchmarkingCompetitors measured on the same answers. | Included Benchmark the competitors you choose on visibility, share of voice, position and citations. Source | Included Unlimited competitors on every plan. 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 | IncludedFrom Pro 1, 2 and 5 projects on Starter, Pro and Advanced; prompts can be split across projects. 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 | Included Per-chat detail with flags for ads, maps, shopping and web search; query fan-outs; CSV exports on every plan. 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 | Included Domain and URL views, accessed versus cited sources, citation share and source classification. Source |
| SentimentHow answers describe the brand, per answer or per brand. | Included How AI answers describe you, positive, neutral or negative, and why. Source | Included Visibility, position, sentiment and share of voice tracked daily; brand attribute scoring on Starter, objections from Pro. 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 | IncludedCSV CSV exports on every plan; Data Studio connector from Advanced. 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 | Included Crawl Insights on every plan (4.5M, 13.5M or 31.5M bot visits) from Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, WordPress, Akamai, a webhook or file upload; spoofed bots excluded. 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 | IncludedVia Google Analytics AI referrals from Google Analytics on every plan, with landing page, country, device, conversions and revenue. 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 | LimitedEarly access Search Console view in early access since Oct 13, 2026. 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 | LimitedCrawlability checks Crawlability audit of robots.txt against 40+ AI bots plus sitemap, llms.txt and schema checks; a multi-page audit is not documented. 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 | Included Actions queue for site fixes, owned content, earned media and fact-checks, written by you or drafted from a page or document. 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 | LimitedExisting pages only Content optimiser for existing pages in an in-app editor; Peec says it does not write new content. 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 | Not offered Peec says it deliberately does not write or publish content. 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 | Included Peec agent with 30 built-in skills, custom skills and 20+ MCP connectors on every plan. 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 | IncludedFrom Pro API from Pro (EUR 205) for brands and on every agency plan; not on Starter. 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 | Included MCP on every plan. 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 | IncludedAgency plans Agency plans from EUR 205 a month with 3, 10 or 25 client projects, pitch projects, view-only client links and automated client reporting; white label not documented. 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 | Sales plan onlyEnterprise SSO on Enterprise; role-based permissions on every plan. 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 | IncludedChatGPT, Google AI Overviews AI Shopping on every plan: ChatGPT product carousel, plus Google AI Overviews product data since Sep 11, 2026; catalogue upload. Source |
| AI ads trackingIncluded means ads inside AI answers captured on two or more surfaces. | Not offered AI ads tracking is not built. Source | LimitedChatGPT only Ads library on every plan, ChatGPT only for now. 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 | IncludedIn euros EUR 85, 205 and 425 a month (EUR 70, 180 and 360 billed annually); USD prices were not shown to an EU visitor. 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 | Included7 days 7-day free trial. 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 Peec AI counts or includes engines differently, the note says so.
| Item | Searchly | Peec AI |
|---|---|---|
| Covers the workload | Covers it | Covers it with extras |
| Plan | Starter | Starter plus Perplexity as an extra model |
| Monthly price | $99 | About EUR 115 (EUR 85 plus EUR 30), est. |
| Billed yearly | $990 a year ($82.50 a month) | About EUR 95 a month billed annually (EUR 70 plus EUR 25), est. |
| The three engines | All three included | ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews among Starter's 3 models; Perplexity as an extra model |
| Extra cost | None | Perplexity, EUR 30 a month (EUR 25 billed annually) |
| Free trial | None on Starter; a 14-day trial of Pro ($239 a month after) | 7 days |
| What the plan counts | 50 prompts on 3 engines once a day: up to 4,500 runs in 30 days, the whole Starter allowance | 50 prompts and 4,500 answers a month on 3 models (1 answer = 1 prompt x 1 model x 1 day); how an extra model changes the quota is not stated |
Without the extra model, Peec AI Starter covers only two of the three engines, ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, at EUR 85 a month. Prices in EUR before VAT; Peec AI showed no USD price to an EU visitor.
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; Peec AI: Peec AI pricing (EUR, monthly, annual and add-on views)
fit
Which one to choose.
Choose Searchly if…
you want ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews and Perplexity on the entry plan with no extra model to buy, the REST API and Search Console included, plus new articles from verified sources on Pro.
Peec AI may suit you if…
you need Naver AI, Copilot or Google AI Mode among your three entry models and plan only to improve existing pages, not write new ones.
switching
Moving from Peec AI, or running both.
- Your prompts.Peec AI exports to CSV on every plan. Source In Searchly, paste or upload your prompts as CSV. Prompts you add are tracked at once; the ones Searchly suggests wait until you accept them.
- Competitors.Add the competitors you follow in Peec AI. Searchly benchmarks the ones you choose.
- History.Past results stay in Peec AI. Scores are not comparable between tools, because engines, collection methods and formulas differ, so compare trends from the same start date.
- Site data.Connect Google Analytics 4 and Search Console read-only, and send AI crawler logs from Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, WordPress, Next.js or the HTTP API by following a setup guide. Searchly installs nothing on your site.
- Run both.Track the same prompts in both tools during the 14-day Pro trial before you decide.
evaluation
Put both tools to the test.
Use your own brand, the same buyer prompts and the same dates in both tools. Ask the other vendor these three questions.
- Does Perplexity cost extra on the plan you need, and does an extra model raise the monthly answer quota or draw from it?
- Which plan includes the API, and what does that plan cost?
- Is Search Console data generally available on the plan you need, or still in early access?
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.
Peec AI sources
- Peec AI pricing (EUR, monthly, annual and add-on views)
- Peec AI agency pricing
- Changelog (latest Oct 13, 2026)
- Free trial terms
- Peec AI page for AI assistants
Searchly sources
Spotted an out-of-date detail about Peec AI? Email piotr@trysearchly.com and we will check it against Peec AI's pages.
The positioning map and its methodChanges
- Rewritten with a feature table, pricing for the same workload and dated sources.
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