GEO Software Feature Comparison 2026: What Each Tool Can and Can't Do

A feature-by-feature breakdown of Peec AI, Profound, Scrunch AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit. Data sourced from vendor documentation, G2 reviews, independent audits, and direct testing.

Features verified: June 2026  |  Testing method: Direct platform access + vendor documentation  |  Disclosures

AI platform coverage

Which AI platforms does each tool track, at which pricing tier?

Feature Peec AI Profound Scrunch AI Ahrefs BR Semrush
ChatGPT ✓ (all plans) ✓ (all plans) ✓ (all plans)
Perplexity ✓ (all plans) ✓ (Growth+) ✓ (all plans) Semrush One+
Google AI Overviews ✓ (all plans) ✓ (Growth+) ✓ (all plans)
Gemini +$20-30/mo Enterprise ✓ (all plans) Semrush One+
Claude +$20-30/mo Enterprise ✓ (all plans)
Copilot / Grok / Meta AI +$20-30/mo each Enterprise ✓ (all plans) Copilot only
Total engines (base plan) 3 1 (Starter) / 3 (Growth) 9 6 (bundle) 2

Core tracking and reporting features

Feature Peec AI Profound Scrunch AI Ahrefs BR Semrush
Brand mention tracking
Share of voice
Citation source tracking (URL level) Partial
Sentiment analysis
Competitor tracking ✓ (Growth+)
Prompt-level tracking Partial
AI crawler / agent traffic monitoring
GA4 integration Looker Studio ✓ (native)
Content optimisation / action layer Beta ✓ (Growth+) Roadmap
Free trial 7 days 7 days
Unlimited seats Ahrefs plan limits ✗ ($99/user)
SOC 2 Type II Ahrefs overall
Tracking methodology UI scraping Real user prompts UI scraping Keyword database Prompt database

What the feature gaps mean in practice

Sentiment analysis: Ahrefs Brand Radar and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit do not track sentiment. If AI describes your brand negatively on specific prompts, you will not see it in those tools. Peec AI, Profound, and Scrunch all track positive, neutral, and negative sentiment per prompt.

Tracking methodology: This matters more than it looks in a feature table. Keyword-database approaches (Ahrefs) cross-reference your brand against a query database rather than running live prompts. UI scraping (Peec AI, Scrunch) simulates what a real user sees. Real user prompts (Profound’s Conversation Explorer) uses actual queries from users. Ask any vendor to explain their methodology before signing up.

GA4 integration: Scrunch AI is the only tool with native GA4 integration, connecting AI citations to actual user behaviour and conversion events. Peec AI supports Looker Studio connections. The rest require manual attribution work.

AI crawler monitoring: Profound and Scrunch track how AI bots crawl your site. This is a distinct data stream from brand citation tracking and matters for diagnosing why certain pages are or are not being cited.

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