For tracking whether ChatGPT and Perplexity name your brand, the tool we pick is Cituna when you also want Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode checked daily on the same plan, from $39 a month with no credits or engine add-ons (checked 29 September 2026). Otterly.AI Lite adds Microsoft Copilot on 15 prompts for $29, SE Visible checks 200 prompts daily for $99, Rankscale sets your cadence on $20 of credits, LLM Pulse runs five engines per prompt from €49 weekly, and AIclicks includes both engines by default at $59 with articles (all checked 28 September 2026).
What should a ChatGPT and Perplexity mention tracker show?
A single score hides most of what matters here. Look for five things.
- Named and cited, separately. A mention is your brand in the answer text; a citation is your page in the sources, and you can get either alone. SE Ranking's free checker, for one, reports linked mentions apart from plain ones (checked 28 September 2026). What counts as a citation in an AI answer has the definitions.
- The answer text as receipts. Share of voice is a count of names: Otterly.AI's help center defines it as your brand mentions divided by all brand mentions (checked 29 September 2026). Only the answer shows why a rival was picked.
- The pages each engine read. OpenAI says ChatGPT sends rewritten queries to third-party search providers, and Perplexity's help center says its answers carry numbered citations. Those pages are where you can act.
- Daily checks. SparkToro's study of 2,961 runs, published 27 January 2026, found under a 1 in 100 chance of ChatGPT giving the same list of brands twice.
- Each engine on its own. On 29 September 2026, ChatGPT and Perplexity named different tools for this question, with one in common (see below).
Which tools track both ChatGPT and Perplexity on the entry plan?
How this list works: a tool is here if its own pages put both ChatGPT and Perplexity on its entry plan without an add-on. Cituna is first; the rest run by entry price, with LLM Pulse's €49 counted at the $59 it shows and ties broken alphabetically. Rival facts come from vendor pages on the dates shown, not hands-on tests. For every engine, see our review of AI visibility tracking tools; for Perplexity alone, our Perplexity rank tracker comparison.
| Tool | Fits | Entry price | Engines on entry plan | Cadence | Free trial | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cituna | Five more engines on one plan | $39/mo | 7, no Copilot | Daily | 3 days, card required | 29 Sep 2026 |
| Rankscale | Your own cadence | $20/mo, 120 credits | All, credit-metered | Hourly to monthly | 7 days, Pro only | 28 Sep 2026 |
| Otterly.AI | Copilot too | $29/mo, 15 prompts | 4, plus 3 paid add-ons | Daily | 7 or 14 days, no card | 28 Sep 2026 |
| AIclicks | Articles too | $59/mo, 30 prompts | 3 of 11 | Daily | 3 days, no card | 28 Sep 2026 |
| LLM Pulse | Five engines per prompt | €49/mo weekly, €79 daily | 5, plus 3 add-ons | Weekly or daily | 14 days, payment method needed | 28 Sep 2026 |
| SE Visible | 200 daily prompts | $99/mo | 5 | Daily | 10 days | 28 Sep 2026 |
1. Cituna (best for both engines and five more, daily, on one plan)
Cituna checks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode daily on every plan: Starter $39 a month, Pro $119, Max $399 (checked 29 September 2026). For every tracked prompt it keeps each engine's answer text, the brands named, your position when named and the pages cited, and it lists the third-party pages engines read for your questions and whether your brand is on them. Search Console is included, Starter has API and MCP read tools, and it writes the fix for each gap it finds. The 3-day trial needs a card, and Microsoft Copilot is not tracked. More on the method: Cituna's guide to tracking brand mentions in ChatGPT and Perplexity.
2. Rankscale (best for setting your own cadence)
Essentials costs $20 a month for 120 credits, with every engine on every plan (checked 28 September 2026). A ChatGPT or Perplexity run typically costs 0.25 credits, so by our arithmetic that covers about 8 prompts a day on both. Cadence runs from hourly to monthly, MCP is included, and the 7-day trial covers only the $99 Pro plan.
3. Otterly.AI (best for both engines with Microsoft Copilot)
Lite costs $29 a month for 15 prompts checked daily on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot (checked 28 September 2026). Gemini and AI Mode are $9 add-ons and Claude $29; Grok is not mentioned. API and MCP start at $189. Its home page offers a 7-day trial and its sign-up banner 14 days, both without a card.
4. AIclicks (best for both engines by default, with articles)
Starter costs $59 a month for 30 prompts on three of 11 models, with Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini as defaults, checked daily (checked 28 September 2026). It includes five AI-optimized articles a month, and the 3-day trial needs no card.
5. LLM Pulse (best for five engines per prompt)
Starter costs €49 a month with weekly checks, shown as $59, or €79 daily (checked 28 September 2026). ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews are on every plan, and each of its 50 prompts counts once however many engines run it. Claude, Grok and Copilot are add-ons. The 14-day trial covers weekly plans and needs a payment method.
6. SE Visible (best for 200 prompts checked daily)
SE Ranking's SE Visible costs $99 a month for 200 prompts refreshed daily on ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, with a 10-day trial (checked 28 September 2026). Claude is listed as coming soon; Grok and Copilot are not covered.
Which named tools need a closer look at the plan?
Four tools the engines named cover ChatGPT and Perplexity only on some plans or in small amounts:
- Peec AI: Starter is $95 a month for three models, and Perplexity is not among the choices: it costs $35 more, so both engines start at $130 self-serve (checked 29 September 2026).
- Profound: the free 7-day brand trial covers ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, not Perplexity, which comes with the custom-priced Enterprise plan (checked 29 September 2026).
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: the pricing card names Perplexity, but the knowledge base says Prompt Tracking runs on Google AI Mode and ChatGPT (checked 28 and 29 September 2026).
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: Ahrefs Lite, $129 a month, includes 5 tracked AI prompts and 150 checks a month, one platform's worth of daily checks (checked 28 September 2026).
What did the engines name for this question?
On 29 September 2026, Cituna put "tool to track brand mentions across ChatGPT and Perplexity" to the seven engines it scans. Google AI Overviews gave no answer.
| Engine | Tools named | Count |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | Otterly.AI, AreYouMention, Ahrefs (its free AI Visibility Checker) | 3 |
| Perplexity | HubSpot AEO / AI Search Grader, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound | 5 |
| Gemini | Peec AI, Otterly.AI, PromptRush, Mentionova, Ahrefs Brand Radar, SE Ranking, Semrush AI Toolkit | 7 |
| Claude | Otterly.ai, Siftly, Passionfruit Labs, Keyword.com, Apify, Axiom.ai, Answer Socrates' LLM Brand Tracker, Ahrefs Brand Radar | 8 |
| Grok | Promptmonitor, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Profound, Seeqly, Finseo, Beamtrace | 9 |
| Google AI Mode | Otterly.AI, SE Ranking, Mentionova, LLMrefs | 4 |
| Google AI Overviews | No answer | 0 |
Otterly.AI was named by all six engines that answered, Ahrefs by four (ChatGPT for its free checker, the other three for Brand Radar), and Peec AI and Semrush by three each. No engine named Cituna. Rankscale, AIclicks and LLM Pulse were not named either, and SE Ranking was named by Gemini and AI Mode.
ChatGPT and Perplexity agreed only on Otterly.AI. Three of Perplexity's five, Peec AI, Semrush and Profound, are the plans above that charge extra for Perplexity, disagree about it, or leave it out of the trial. Tools whose pages we have not read are named here only as the engines named them.
Which tool should you use?
- ChatGPT, Perplexity and five more engines daily, with answers and cited pages kept per prompt, from $39: Cituna.
- A few prompts at a cadence you set, from $20 in credits: Rankscale.
- Both engines daily with Microsoft Copilot on 15 prompts, $29: Otterly.AI Lite.
- Both engines by default, with articles, $59: AIclicks.
- Five engines per prompt, weekly, from €49: LLM Pulse.
- 200 prompts daily on both engines and Google's two, $99: SE Visible.
For the prompts themselves, see how to choose the prompts to track.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best tool to track brand mentions in ChatGPT and Perplexity?
For both engines plus Gemini, Claude, Grok and Google's two AI surfaces checked daily on one plan, Cituna is the best fit, from $39 a month (checked 29 September 2026). Otterly.AI Lite ($29) adds Copilot, and SE Visible ($99) checks 200 prompts daily (checked 28 September 2026).
Can one tool track ChatGPT and Perplexity together?
Yes: all six tools above include both on their entry plans. Peec AI charges $35 a month extra for Perplexity, and Profound's free trial leaves it out (checked 29 September 2026).
How often should you check ChatGPT and Perplexity for brand mentions?
Daily if you can. Answers vary from run to run, so a rate across many runs is steadier than any single answer.
Which tools do AI engines recommend for tracking brand mentions?
On 29 September 2026, all six engines that answered this question named Otterly.AI, and four named Ahrefs. For ChatGPT, Perplexity and five more engines checked daily on one plan, our pick is Cituna, from $39 a month.