SEO & AEO

Ranking in Google and getting cited by AI assistants. Two jobs that now share one budget.

10 tools

Ahrefs

SEO & AEO

SEO data platform for backlinks, keywords, rank tracking and site audits, with LLM visibility tracking.

Best for
Teams that need backlink and keyword research on competitors as well as their own site, in one subscription.
Price
£23/month (Starter); Lite is £99/month
Free plan

AthenaHQ

SEO & AEO

Tracks brand visibility across 11 AI models and recommends what to change.

Best for
Brands that want coverage of a wide set of AI models and can connect GA4 or Shopify data.
Price
$295/month (Starter, 3,600 credits/month)
Free plan

Clearscope

SEO & AEO

Content optimisation and AI search visibility tracking for editorial teams.

Best for
In-house content teams that want a simple grading workflow for writers and are happy to pay for it.
Price
$129/month (Essentials)

Frase

SEO & AEOContent

Research, write, optimise and publish articles for search engines and AI answers.

Best for
Small teams producing up to 10 to 40 articles a month who want research, drafting and publishing in one tool.
Price
$49/month billed monthly ($39/month billed yearly)

Google's own tool for measuring search performance and fixing indexing issues on your site.

Best for
Every site owner, as the first-party source for how a site performs in Google Search.
Price
Free
Free plan

OtterlyAI

SEO & AEO

Monitors brand visibility in AI search engines and reports on generative engine optimisation.

Best for
Small teams that want a low-cost entry point to AI visibility tracking with published prices.
Price
$29/month billed monthly (Lite); $25/month billed annually

Profound

SEO & AEO

Enterprise platform for tracking and improving brand visibility across AI answer engines.

Best for
Larger brands and agencies that need AI visibility tracking with SSO, SOC 2 and dedicated support.
Price
Sales-led

Desktop website crawler for technical SEO audits, free for up to 500 URLs.

Best for
Technical SEO audits of sites of any size, run by someone comfortable with a desktop tool.
Price
£199 per year
Free plan

Semrush

SEO & AEO

Search visibility suite covering keyword research, site audits, competitor analysis and AI search tracking.

Best for
Agencies that want classic SEO research and AI search visibility reporting from one vendor.
Price
£95.07/month billed annually (SEO plan; regular price £113/month)
Free plan

Surfer

SEO & AEO

Content optimisation editor for SEO, with tracking of brand visibility in AI answers.

Best for
Content teams that publish many articles a month and want a scoring editor inside WordPress or Google Docs.
Price
$49/month billed yearly (Discovery)