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Scrunch AI pricing and alternatives

Scrunch AI starts at $250/month for 125 prompts across 4 engines. Compare it with FoundByChat, Peec AI, AthenaHQ, Goodie AI and Profound.

Updated October 30, 20265 min read

$250/moScrunch Core starting price for 125 prompts (Scrunch, Oct 2026)
72 hrsDefault Scrunch data refresh rate after day 14 (Scrunch)
2 hrsHow often FoundByChat checks ChatGPT search (FoundByChat)

In short

Scrunch's Core plan costs $250/month for 125 unique prompts and 5,000 responses across 4 engines, per Scrunch's pricing page on October 29, 2026.
After 14 days of daily tracking, Scrunch refreshes data every 72 hours by default unless refreshed on demand, per Scrunch's FAQ.
Multi-engine alternatives start at $95/month for Peec AI and $295/month for AthenaHQ or Goodie AI, while Profound lists custom enterprise pricing as of October 29, 2026.
FoundByChat is free to start, checks ChatGPT search every 2 hours, and shows the exact title and snippet ChatGPT keeps.

What Scrunch does and costs

Scrunch (scrunch.com) monitors and benchmarks AI answers and offers AXP to serve AI-optimized page versions to AI agents, per Scrunch on October 29, 2026.

Per Scrunch's pricing page and FAQs on October 29, 2026, it offers three tiers:

Core ($250/month): 125 unique prompts, 5,000 monthly responses, 5 site audits, 5 competitors, 1 country, 1 language and 5 seats across 4 engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot).
Agency Core: $500/month.
Enterprise (Custom): Expands to 9 engines by adding Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI.

Core includes a 7-day free trial that auto-converts to paid.

Why people look for a Scrunch alternative

You might consider a Scrunch alternative if its $250 monthly entry price, 4-engine Core limit, or 72-hour default refresh schedule after 14 days does not fit your needs.

Scrunch Enterprise adds Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, Grok and Meta AI. For generative engine optimization, you might also consider faster checks or an audit that fetches a page using the OAI-SearchBot user agent and rebuilds its title and snippet.

Scrunch alternatives compared

The table compares Scrunch against five alternatives using available plan details.

Tool	Starting price or plan	AI engines tracked	Free option	Best for
FoundByChat	Free to start	ChatGPT search	Yes, plus a free GEO audit	Knowing when ChatGPT finds, cites or rewrites pages
Scrunch	$250/month	4 on Core; 9 on Enterprise	7-day free trial (auto-converts)	Benchmarking 4 engines plus AXP delivery
Peec AI	$95/month	3 of 6 on Starter; more on Enterprise	Not published	Lower-cost multi-engine tracking with unlimited seats
AthenaHQ	$295/month	5 on Essential; 11 on Starter	Free Essential tier (300 credits)	Tracking 11 engines with unlimited prompts
Goodie AI	$295/month	5 on Core; up to 14 on Enterprise	Free Agent Site Audit tool	Multi-country tracking and agentic commerce
Profound	Custom Enterprise	3 on Trial; up to 9 on Enterprise	7-day Free Trial (50 prompts)	Enterprise AI traffic attribution

The alternatives

Each tool takes a different approach to answer engine optimization and visibility tracking.

FoundByChat

FoundByChat tells site owners when ChatGPT's search finds, cites or rewrites their pages. Add your website and customer questions, and FoundByChat asks ChatGPT those questions with web search on every 2 hours from the US (English) or the Netherlands (Dutch).

Each check records whether ChatGPT's search found your page ("Found"), cited it ("Cited"), and its usual search result position. It lists "Pages in ChatGPT's index" with the title and snippet ChatGPT keeps, and emails you on "New in the index", "Snippet changed" or "No search results" (three checks in a row after baseline). It is free to start via Google or email link (no password or credit card), and offers a free GEO audit allowing 5 audits a day and fetching pages with the OAI-SearchBot user agent without an account.

FoundByChat checks ChatGPT search only. It does not track Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude or Copilot, track competitors, or give a visibility score.

Peec AI

Peec AI (peec.ai) provides AI search visibility analytics. Per Peec AI's pricing page on October 29, 2026, Starter costs $95/month for 50 prompts, 4,500 monthly AI answers, 1 country, 1 project, MCP access, and unlimited users and competitors.

Starter lets you pick 3 active models out of 6 (ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI). Higher plans cost $245 and $495, and custom Enterprise plans add Perplexity, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek. No free plan or trial is listed. See our guide to Peec AI alternatives.

AthenaHQ

AthenaHQ (athenahq.ai) combines AI answer monitoring with a content optimization agent and citation outreach, per AthenaHQ's plans page on October 29, 2026. Its $295/month Starter plan (17% off annually) runs daily scans across 11 engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral.

Starter includes 3,600 monthly credits (1 credit = 1 AI response), unlimited prompts and competitors in 1 country and language. A free Essential tier gives 300 credits ("$25 free credit") on 5 models, and Enterprise is custom with multi-region and multi-language support. See our AthenaHQ alternatives breakdown.

Goodie AI

Goodie AI (higoodie.com) is an AEO platform for research, monitoring, content, revenue attribution and agentic commerce, per Goodie AI's pricing page on October 29, 2026. Its Core plan costs $295/month ("2 Months Free" billed annually) for 110 prompts, 2 countries, 2 languages and daily collection across 5 engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and Copilot.

Pro covers 250 prompts on 8 models, and Enterprise covers 500+ prompts on up to 14 engines. Goodie lists no free trial or plan, but offers a free Agent Site Audit tool.

Profound

Profound (tryprofound.com) is an enterprise AEO/GEO platform with "Answer Engine Insights", AI Marketer agents, ChatGPT Shopping tracking, Prompt Volumes, and Agent Analytics with Cloudflare, Vercel, Akamai, AWS and GA integrations, per Profound's pricing page on October 29, 2026.

While an October 21, 2025 blog post stated "Our new pricing starts at $99/month" for Starter, the pricing page on October 29, 2026 lists only a 7-day Free Trial (50 daily prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews in 1 language and region) and Custom Enterprise. Enterprise covers up to 9 engines (adding Perplexity, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot, DeepSeek, Claude and Exa Search) with daily tracking, API, SSO and unlimited seats. See our Profound alternatives guide.

How to choose

Scrunch ($250/mo): Best for AXP page serving plus 4-engine benchmarking and 5,000 monthly responses.
FoundByChat (Free to start): Best for 2-hour ChatGPT search checks and seeing the exact title and ~200-character snippet ChatGPT keeps. Run a free GEO audit first to fetch your page using the OAI-SearchBot user agent and rebuild its title and snippet.
Peec AI ($95/mo): Best for lower-cost multi-engine tracking with unlimited seats.
AthenaHQ ($295/mo): Best for tracking 11 models or testing with 300 free credits.
Goodie AI ($295/mo): Best for 2 countries and 2 languages on Core, or agentic commerce.
Profound (Custom): Best for enterprise AI traffic attribution and tracking up to 9 engines.

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Questions

How much does Scrunch AI cost?

According to Scrunch's pricing page on October 29, 2026, Scrunch Core costs $250 a month, Agency Core costs $500 a month, and Enterprise pricing is custom. The Core plan includes 125 unique prompts, 5,000 responses a month, 5 site audits, 5 competitors, 1 country, 1 language and 5 seats across 4 AI engines.

Does Scrunch AI have a free trial?

Yes, Scrunch offers a 7-day free trial of its Core plan that automatically converts to paid, according to Scrunch's FAQ. FoundByChat is free to start with no credit card, and AthenaHQ offers a free Essential plan with 300 credits.

How often does Scrunch update its AI visibility data?

According to Scrunch's data collection FAQ, Scrunch refreshes data daily during your first 14 days, and then every 72 hours by default, with an option to refresh on demand. AthenaHQ, Goodie AI and Profound run daily scans, while FoundByChat checks your questions in ChatGPT search every 2 hours.

Why is my page missing from ChatGPT search results?

FoundByChat's free GEO audit checks OAI-SearchBot access, bot protection and whether text is present in the HTML without JavaScript. Blocking GPTBot (OpenAI's training crawler) does not remove a site from ChatGPT search, and ChatGPT-User only fetches pages for users. Check your OAI-SearchBot access, HTML text and snippet with FoundByChat's free GEO audit.