There are good AI-visibility tools out there — most are monthly subscriptions built for marketers tracking many brands. Found by AI is built for the business owner who wants an answer, a fix plan, and their evenings back. Here's the honest comparison (as at July 2026).
| Found by AI | Typical subscription tracker | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | Free scan, no signup, no card — real engine answers in ~60s | Trial or demo, card usually required |
| Pricing | US$79 once for the full human-reviewed report; monitoring optional from US$49/mo | US$49–99+/month, forever |
| Measurement | Each question asked several times per engine — reported as "named in 2 of 6 asks", never a single-run tick | Usually single-run sampling |
| Proof | The receipts: every AI answer quoted verbatim, your name highlighted, position stated honestly | Scores and dashboards, answers rarely shown in full |
| Market context | Public live index — 16 Australian industry leaderboards, growing nightly | Private per-account data only |
| Local depth (AU) | ABN registry verification, suburb & region visibility map, Google Business Profile signals | Generally global/US-centric |
| Deliverable | A living report — re-renders with every product improvement, plus copy-paste schema and llms.txt | Dashboard access while you keep paying |
When a subscription tracker IS the better fit: you're an agency tracking many brands weekly, or you need historical trend lines across markets from day one. For a single business that wants the answer and the fix plan, that's us.