Best Perplexity Mention Tracker in 2026: 13 Tools Compared

The best Perplexity mention tracker includes Perplexity in the plan you actually buy and records the sources behind every answer, because in Perplexity the citation is what you are tracking. For a free check today, our Perplexity mention tracker shows the full answers and the domains cited, with no account. For daily monitoring with Perplexity in the entry plan, Otterly.AI Lite (€29 or $29 a month), Am I Cited Starter (50 euros) and Promptwatch Essential ($95) are the clearest options. If you already pay for Ahrefs or Semrush, start there.

Checked 11 November 2026. We re-opened every vendor's pricing page today and compared it with our September check. Several facts changed, and we flag each one. Disclosure: LaunchIt builds the free tracker in this list, and cloro paid to be included in our cross-engine comparison. Weigh both accordingly.

What makes Perplexity tracking different

Perplexity searches the web for every answer and shows its sources as clickable links. So each question has two outcomes: your brand can be named in the answer, and your domain can be cited under it. A roundup or directory listing can get you named without your site appearing, and your site can be cited while a competitor gets the recommendation.

That makes the source list the most useful output. Tally the domains Perplexity cites across your buyer questions and you have the pages you need to be on. Perplexity's visits are also measurable, showing up in analytics with perplexity.ai as the source, and its crawler, PerplexityBot, honours robots.txt rules aimed at it.

The manual method, with a scoring sheet and GA4 steps, is in how to track brand mentions in Perplexity. Here we judge the tools on four questions:

• Is Perplexity in the plan you would buy, or is it an add-on, Enterprise-only, or one slot in a "pick four" list?
• Does it record the sources behind each answer?
• How many prompts do you get once Perplexity shares the allowance with other engines?
• Does the trial include Perplexity? Two trials below do not.

Perplexity coverage at entry tier

"Cheapest plan" is the cheapest plan whose page says it can track Perplexity, or the entry plan where that is unclear. For the cross-engine view, see our 13-tool comparison for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.

• LaunchIt tracker. Cheapest plan: Free; Perplexity at that plan: Perplexity only; Prompts: 6 per run; Cadence: On demand; Sources: Yes, with domain tally; Trial includes Perplexity?: No account needed.
• Otterly.AI. Cheapest plan: Lite, €29 or $29/mo; Perplexity at that plan: One of your 4 engines (of 7); Prompts: 16; Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: Trial, length not stated.
• Am I Cited. Cheapest plan: Starter, 50 euros/mo; Perplexity at that plan: Included; Prompts: 200 (3,000 responses); Cadence: No daily schedule; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: 7 days, card, 3 prompts.
• Promptwatch. Cheapest plan: Essential, $95/mo; Perplexity at that plan: Included ("track all models"); Prompts: 50 (6,000 responses); Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: Trial, length not stated.
• ZipTie. Cheapest plan: Starter from $25.65/mo; Perplexity at that plan: Included on paid plans; Prompts: Set by you; Cadence: Daily, weekly or monthly; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: No.
• Similarweb. Cheapest plan: AEO Intelligence, $99 (period not stated); Perplexity at that plan: Named on the page; Prompts: 150; Cadence: Not stated; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: Trial, length not stated.
• Ahrefs Brand Radar. Cheapest plan: Ahrefs Lite, $129/mo; Perplexity at that plan: Included; Prompts: 5 (150 checks/mo); Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes, pages and domains; Trial includes Perplexity?: No trial; free checker.
• Semrush. Cheapest plan: Starter, $199/mo; Perplexity at that plan: Named on the page; Prompts: 50; Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: 7 days.
• Rankscale. Cheapest plan: Essentials, $20/mo (yearly only); Perplexity at that plan: Homepage only; Prompts: 120 credits (480 answers); Cadence: Hourly to monthly; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: Pro only, length not stated.
• Peec AI. Cheapest plan: Starter, $95/mo + $30 extra model; Perplexity at that plan: Add-on below Enterprise; Prompts: 50; Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: Length not stated.
• SE Ranking. Cheapest plan: Core, $129/mo ($103.20 annual); Perplexity at that plan: Not named; Prompts: 25; Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: 14 days, no card.
• cloro. Cheapest plan: Free (500 credits); Lite $30/mo; Perplexity at that plan: In docs, not pricing page; Prompts: Set by you (API); Cadence: Set by you; Sources: Yes, in JSON; Trial includes Perplexity?: Free plan.
• Profound. Cheapest plan: Enterprise, custom; Perplexity at that plan: Enterprise only; Prompts: Custom; Cadence: Daily; Sources: Yes; Trial includes Perplexity?: No.

The free option

LaunchIt Perplexity mention tracker

Ours, so read this with that in mind. It sends six questions to Perplexity's Sonar API: four about your category that never mention you, two about you by name. In 15 to 40 seconds you get every answer in full with its citations, a tally of cited domains, whether your site was among them, the competitors recommended instead, and a score out of 100 (category mentions 70 points, brand recognition 30).

Not for: monitoring. One brand per run, no history, no alerts.

Perplexity included at entry level

Otterly.AI (€29 or $29 a month)

Lite has changed since September (checked November 2026): 16 prompts and 2,000 credits a month on "4 of 7 AI engines", tracked daily. A credit is one prompt checked once on one engine, and the comparison table marks Perplexity as included on every plan, so it can be one of your four. Citation source tracking is included. Otterly prices in USD or EUR; the page showed €29 in November, $29 in September.

Watch: 16 prompts fill up fast, and the page contradicts itself on engines.

Am I Cited (50 euros a month)

Unchanged since September. Starter is 50 euros a month for one domain, 200 prompts and up to 3,000 responses, with Perplexity a core engine alongside ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode. The most prompts for the money here.

Watch: no daily schedules and one team member on Starter; the 7-day trial needs a card and covers 3 prompts. Daily runs start on Pro (120 euros).

Promptwatch ($95 a month)

A stronger Perplexity option than in September (checked November 2026). Essential is still $95 a month for 50 prompts, 6,000 responses and daily tracking, but the card now says "Track all models" and "Unlimited Seats", where in September it was four models and one seat. Perplexity is in its model list, and API access comes with the first tier.

Watch: 6,000 responses is 50 prompts on four engines daily over 30 days, so check how the cap is spent across models.

ZipTie (from $25.65 a month)

ZipTie prices by prompt slots, cadence and engines, at "about a cent a check". The Starter preset now starts at $25.65 a month (checked November 2026; $42.75 in September), prompt count unpublished. All seven engines cost the same, Perplexity included. Seats are unlimited, and the API (a $10 a month add-on) exposes citations.

Watch: the 7-day trial (no card, 25 daily prompts) runs only on ChatGPT, AI Overviews and AI Mode. ZipTie says Perplexity and three other engines "unlock on a paid plan", so you cannot test Perplexity first.

Similarweb AI Search Intelligence ($99)

AEO Intelligence is $99 for one user, 150 prompts, three months of history, citation analysis and AI traffic data. Its Perplexity angle is traffic: the page describes tracking visits from Perplexity over time.

Watch: the page does not say whether $99 is monthly or which engines each plan includes.

Already in your SEO suite

Ahrefs Brand Radar (with Ahrefs Lite, $129 a month)

Brand Radar covers Perplexity among seven engines and shows which pages and domains get cited. It comes with every paid plan from Lite, which the pricing page showed at $129 a month (checked November 2026; 119 euros in September). Lite includes 5 prompts and 150 checks a month, and each prompt is checked daily on every selected platform, so by our arithmetic five prompts on Perplexity alone use all 150 checks.

Watch: Lite is a taste, not a monitor.

Semrush AI Visibility (Starter, $199 a month)

Semrush's plan graphics name Perplexity ("Google Search, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini & more"). Starter is the first plan with a stated allowance: 50 prompts tracked daily for one domain, $199 a month or $165.17 billed annually (checked November 2026).

Watch: Perplexity appears in graphics, not a plan list, so confirm it runs on your prompts.

SE Ranking (Core, $129 a month)

The biggest change for Perplexity buyers. In September, SE Ranking listed Perplexity and Core included 100 prompts. In November 2026, neither its AI Visibility Tracker page nor its pricing page names Perplexity. Core shows 25 prompts daily on five AI engines at $129 a month ($103.20 annual), and an AI visibility add-on from $71 lists "AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, ChatGPT, Copilot and more".

Watch: ask support whether Perplexity is one of the five.

Perplexity costs extra or is not confirmed

Peec AI (Starter $95, plus an extra model)

Starter is $95 a month (checked November 2026; 85 euros in September) for 50 prompts, daily tracking, unlimited users and 3 models chosen from ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI. Perplexity is listed as an add-on model and in the Enterprise list. One extra model costs $30 a month on Starter.

Watch: Starter with Perplexity is $125 a month, if the add-on can be Perplexity at that tier. Ask first.

Rankscale (from $20 a month)

Rankscale's homepage names Perplexity among "17+ engines"; its pricing page names none. Essentials is $20 a month, yearly only (the page also shows $17), and now has a stated allowance (checked November 2026): 120 credits, up to 480 answers. Scheduling runs hourly to monthly, with citations analysis included.

Watch: the credit cost of a Perplexity answer is not published.

cloro (free plan; Lite $30 a month)

cloro is an API, not a dashboard: one call returns JSON with each answer's sources. The free plan is 500 credits a month; Lite is $30 for 37,500. In October, Perplexity cost 4 credits an answer. In November 2026, its pricing and AI visibility pages list ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overview, AI Mode and Bing AI Mode but no Perplexity price, though its docs still mention Perplexity.

Watch: confirm Perplexity support before building on it. cloro paid to be in our cross-engine comparison; that did not change what we report here.

Profound (Enterprise, custom)

The 7-day trial runs 50 prompts daily on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews only, from a recommended set you cannot edit. Perplexity comes with Enterprise, priced by quote, which tracks up to nine engines.

Watch: no Perplexity data in the trial, and no published price.

How to choose, by situation

Start from your buyer questions. For one product in one market, 15 to 25 usually cover the ground, which rules out half this list.

• Cheapest daily monitor: Otterly.AI Lite, with Perplexity as one of your four engines.
• Many questions, no need for daily: Am I Cited Starter.
• Small team wanting seats for everyone and an API: Promptwatch Essential.
• Pay only for engines you use: ZipTie, though the trial will not show Perplexity.
• Already on an SEO suite: Semrush Starter's 50 daily prompts beat Ahrefs Lite's 5. On SE Ranking, confirm Perplexity first.
• Perplexity traffic next to mentions: Similarweb.
• Enterprise: Profound or Peec AI Enterprise, both listing Perplexity at that tier.

What a tracker can't tell you

• What real people saw. Trackers send your prompts from their servers, not your buyers' accounts. Write prompts from sales calls and support emails.
• Whether citations send visitors. Your analytics can: look for perplexity.ai referrals and the landing pages they hit.
• How to get onto the cited pages. That is the work, and how to get your startup recommended by LLMs covers it.
• Whether PerplexityBot can read your site. Check robots.txt yourself.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best Perplexity mention tracker?

For a one-off check, a free tracker showing the full answers and cited domains is enough. For daily monitoring, pick one with Perplexity in the plan you buy: Otterly.AI Lite, Am I Cited Starter (no daily schedule) or Promptwatch Essential. Ahrefs and Semrush customers should start with what they have.

What's a good tool to track Perplexity mentions for a small team?

One with Perplexity in the base plan, a clear prompt allowance and sources per answer. Promptwatch Essential has unlimited seats and daily runs; Otterly.AI Lite is cheaper but tracks 16 prompts. Someone also has to act on the cited pages, or the tool is just a chart.

Is there a free Perplexity mention tracker?

Yes. LaunchIt's Perplexity mention tracker is free with no account. Ahrefs, Semrush and SE Ranking have free checkers with daily limits; check that each covers Perplexity. None keep history, so log each run. Perplexity has no rank positions: you are named or not, cited or not.

How much does a Perplexity mention tracker cost?

In November 2026, plans that clearly include Perplexity start at €29 or $29 a month (Otterly.AI, 16 prompts), 50 euros (Am I Cited, 200 prompts) and $95 (Promptwatch, 50 prompts). ZipTie and Rankscale start lower but price by usage or credits. Peec AI needs a $30 add-on on top of $95, and Profound is quote-only.

Which platforms monitor brand mentions across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity?

Am I Cited includes all three from Starter. Otterly.AI, Promptwatch, ZipTie (paid plans), Ahrefs Brand Radar and Semrush cover them too. For free, run our ChatGPT tracker and Gemini tracker alongside the Perplexity one.

How can I monitor Perplexity brand mentions consistently?

Answers change between runs, so fix the wording of your questions, ask each more than once, and watch the share of answers that name or cite you over time. A daily tracker does this for you; by hand, a monthly run of the same six questions works.

Get on the pages Perplexity cites

Every tracker ends with the same list: the pages Perplexity cited instead of yours. For "best tools for X" questions, that list often includes directories and launch listings with a clear one-line description. A pattern from our own runs: when Perplexity names a competitor you have never heard of, they are usually on two or three well-cited roundups and directory pages.

A LaunchIt listing is one of those pages, and we are biased, so weigh this accordingly. Every launch gets a permanent listing page that never expires, on a domain with Ahrefs Domain Rating 71. The Basic Launch is free, waits in the standard review queue (the earliest free slot is about two months out) and needs a backlink to LaunchIt from your site. The Premium Launch is a one-time $24.99: launch as soon as tomorrow, guaranteed homepage placement on launch day, a verified badge, a spot in our newsletter (2,100+ subscribers), and no badge required on your site. For more citable pages, our directory submission service submits you by hand to 216 directories, 105 at DR 50 or higher, with a live report.

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