Scalenut alternatives are worth a look if you want AI answers checked more than once a week, more AI engines for the money, or agents that do the work for you. Scalenut bundles GEO article writing, content optimization, Reddit monitoring and AI visibility tracking, and its yearly deal brings Starter down to $21 a month. But every plan refreshes prompts weekly, Perplexity starts at $199, Claude and Gemini aren't on the pricing page, and the deal is non-refundable.
These 10 Scalenut alternatives include content tools, AI writers, AI visibility trackers and an agentic AI search platform. Prices checked in November 2026.
How we compared these Scalenut alternatives
Scalenut sells an article writer and an AI visibility tracker in one plan, so we checked every tool on both sides:
- How often it checks AI answers, and on which engines, at the entry price
- Whether it writes, refreshes or publishes content, or leaves that to you
- What it really costs per month, including yearly-only deals and refund terms
We've used Writesonic, Peec AI and Promptwatch hands-on. Scalenut, Frase, Surfer, NEURONwriter, Clearscope, Searchable and MarketMuse aren't on our tested list, so we describe them from their pricing pages, docs, changelogs, archived pricing pages and user reviews. Review quotes are condensed from Trustpilot, Capterra, G2, OMR and Product Hunt and link to the original.
Orchly is our product. We held it to the same checks and say where it falls short. Checked November 2026.
Scalenut alternatives compared
| Tool | Starting price | AI tracking refresh | AI engines on entry plan | Content | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Scalenut | $59/month ($21 on the yearly deal) | Weekly | ChatGPT and AI Overviews; Perplexity on Professional ($199)  +1 on Professional | 5 articles; auto-publish from Plus | Cheap article bundle |
 Orchly | $49/month | Daily | ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, with Gemini, AI Mode, Claude, Grok and Copilot as add-ons; Meta AI and DeepSeek also tracked + add-ons | Agents write, refresh and publish | Agents that run the work |
 Frase | $39/month billed yearly | Daily | ChatGPT and Google AI on Starter; Perplexity from Professional; Claude and Gemini on Scale+3 on higher plans | 10 articles, publishing | Budget content loop |
 Surfer | $99/month billed yearly (first plan with tracking) | Weekly on Standard, daily from Pro | ChatGPT on Standard; Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews and Gemini added on Pro+4 from Pro | AI writer, exports to WordPress | Live editing |
 NEURONwriter | $23/month | 5 questions a month | AI Overviews and AI Mode; ChatGPT and Perplexity with an add-on from $9+2 with add-on | AI credits; WordPress from $69 | Cheap editor |
 Clearscope | $129/month | Not stated | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude  | Grades drafts, no writer | Grading |
 Writesonic | $79/month billed yearly | Daily | ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews | 15 articles, WordPress | Writing volume |
 Peec AI | €85/month (about $95) | Daily | Any 3 of ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews and Naver AI; Perplexity costs extraAny 3 of 6 | Briefs and page edits via Peec Agent | Dedicated tracking |
 Promptwatch | $95/month | Daily | ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, DeepSeek +3 more | Content writing from $245 | Every model, every plan |
 Searchable | $125/month | Daily | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, with six paid add-ons+6 add-ons | 20 articles, publishing | All-in-one at $125 |
 MarketMuse | Free; paid plans by demo | No AI tracking | None | Briefs, no publishing | Topic strategy |
1. Orchly: best Scalenut alternative for agentic SEO and AI search optimization
Orchly is an agentic AI search optimization platform. It tracks your brand every day in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, with Gemini, Google AI Mode, Claude, Grok and Microsoft Copilot as paid add-ons, and also tracks Meta AI and DeepSeek. It reads answers from each engine's real interface rather than an API, and its agents run on their own, on a schedule.
They analyze your AI visibility, your competitors, your SEO and your Search Console and GA4 data, decide what to write and which pages to refresh, and write and refresh them in your brand voice. They keep Brand Brain up to date, find the sites, people and Reddit threads worth reaching, run the outreach and draft the replies, and audit your site for technical SEO and AI search issues with the fixes ranked. You decide how each agent works, fully on its own or waiting for your approval.
Scalenut gives you a weekly tracker and a set of content tools to run yourself, or a managed service with its own team. Orchly's agents run the work end to end, from AI answers to content, outreach and site fixes, from $49 a month.
Daily AI visibility
- Every prompt, every day. ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, with Gemini, AI Mode, Claude, Grok and Copilot as add-ons (Orchly also tracks Meta AI and DeepSeek). Scalenut checks its prompts once a week and adds Perplexity only on its $199 plan.
- Prompts by brand and intent. Branded vs non-branded, and commercial, informational or transactional.
- Perception and Mention Gap. How AI describes you, and cited sources that skip you.
Content from real data
- Content Agent. Runs on a schedule, picks what to write and refresh from Search Console decay and AI citation gaps, drafts in your brand voice from Brand Brain, and publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Wix, Sanity or Ghost, on its own or after your approval, as you choose.
- Search Console, GA4 and Page 360. Clicks, conversions and revenue per page from Search Console and GA4.
Outreach and fixes
- Activation and Site Health agents. The Activation Agent finds the publishers, people and Reddit threads AI cites, runs the outreach from your own inbox and drafts the replies. The Site Health Agent audits your site for technical SEO and AI search issues and ranks the fixes. Scalenut's Social Upreach and Backlinks Marketplace give you the lists, and you do the work.
Where Orchly falls short
- Fewer articles at the yearly deal price. Scalenut Plus includes 30 articles a month for $89, or 90 on its current yearly deal. Orchly Essential includes 20 for $49, and Pro 50 for $125.
- No done-for-you service. Scalenut's VIP Service adds a strategist, writers and editors. Orchly's agents do the work, and you choose how much of it your team signs off.
- Fewer engines in the base price. Gemini, AI Mode, Claude, Grok and Copilot are paid add-ons on every Orchly plan.
Orchly pricing
- Essential: $49/month for 25 prompts, 20 articles, 1 site and 1 user
- Pro: $125/month for 100 prompts, 50 articles, 3 sites and 5 users, with AI traffic analytics, custom agents and white-label reports
- Enterprise: custom, with a customer success manager
- There's a 7-day free trial, and yearly billing saves 25%.
See Orchly pricing or start a free trial.
2. Frase: best budget content loop
Frase is a content research and optimization platform with one AI agent for research, writing, publishing and decay fixes, plus daily AI visibility tracking from $39 a month billed yearly, which suits small teams that want Scalenut's all-in-one idea with tracking that refreshes every day. We haven't used Frase ourselves, so this section is based on its pricing page, changelog and Trustpilot reviews.
Frase was rebuilt in early 2026. You ask the agent for what you want in plain language, and it researches, drafts, scores the page for SEO and GEO and can publish it.
Next to Scalenut, the tracking is the main difference. Frase Starter checks 20 prompts a day on ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, while Scalenut Starter checks 10 prompts once a week.
The writing allowance is similar. Starter includes 10 articles a month and Professional 40, against 5 and 30 on Scalenut's first two plans. Perplexity arrives on Professional, and Claude and Gemini need the $239 Scale plan.
Key features
- Frase agent. Research, briefs, drafts and optimization from plain-language requests.
- SEO and GEO scores. Every draft is scored for Google and for AI search.
- Content Guard. Watches 10 to 300 live pages for decay, depending on plan.
- AI Visibility. 20, 50 or 75 prompts tracked daily, rebuilt in October 2026 with recommendations and sentiment.
- API, MCP server and CLI on every plan, plus an official ChatGPT app.
Where it falls short
- Starter tracks only ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.
- No Reddit monitoring like Scalenut's Social Upreach.
- Lifetime-deal customers were moved to a legacy app, and some say on Trustpilot that this broke the deal.
User reviews
“Frase now handles our SEO and AI visibility. It shows the topics and questions where competitors appear and we don't, then gives us the research and briefs to close the gap.” (Source)
“Great support at a reasonable cost.” (Source)
“I bought 30 Rank Ready articles, then the AI said I needed a subscription to do anything, and support stopped replying.” (Source)
Pricing
- Starter: $39/month billed yearly ($49 monthly) for 1 seat, 10 articles and 20 prompts on ChatGPT and Google AI
- Professional: $103/month billed yearly ($129 monthly) for 3 seats, 40 articles and 50 prompts, adding Perplexity
- Scale: $239/month billed yearly ($299 monthly) for 5 seats, 100 articles and 75 prompts, adding Claude and Gemini
- Every plan has a 7-day free trial with no card. Enterprise is custom.
3. Surfer: best live editor
Surfer is a content optimization platform built around a live Content Editor and Content Score, with an AI Tracker from its $99 Standard plan, which suits writers who want a more polished editor than Scalenut's and are happy to pay for it. We haven't used Surfer ourselves, so this section is based on its pricing page, changelog, archived pricing pages and Trustpilot reviews.
The editor is the reason to switch. You write in Surfer, Google Docs or WordPress and the score moves as you type, and since May 2026 it scores the page for Google and AI search side by side.
The tracking doesn't beat Scalenut at the lower tiers. Standard checks 25 prompts on ChatGPT once a week, the same refresh rate as Scalenut. Daily tracking on five engines starts at $182 on Pro, or $82 for the tracking-only AI Search Analytics plan, both billed yearly.
Surfer also costs more for less writing. Discovery has no AI tracking at all, and Claude, Grok and Copilot aren't tracked on any plan.
Key features
- Content Editor and Content Score. Live SEO and AI search scoring, with Auto-Optimize to close the gaps.
- AI Tracker. ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews and Gemini on Pro, with Mention Gap and sentiment.
- AI Search Analytics. 50 daily prompts on all five engines, without the editor, for $82 a month billed yearly.
- Site audit and internal linking. Internal linking and cannibalization checks from Pro.
- MCP server on Pro and higher since October 2026.
Where it falls short
- Standard tracks 25 ChatGPT prompts once a week.
- No Claude, Grok or Copilot tracking.
- The 7-day Pro trial needs a card and turns into a paid plan unless you cancel.
User reviews
“Real-time recommendations, competitor analysis and keyword guidance make content optimization easier.” (Source)
“Good client support and a comfortable interface.” (Source)
“We signed up at about $80 a month and were charged about $119 for several months, and our account was billed after we cancelled.” (Source)
Pricing
- Discovery: $49/month billed yearly ($59 monthly), with no AI tracking
- Standard: $99/month billed yearly ($119 monthly) for 25 ChatGPT prompts checked weekly
- Pro: $182/month billed yearly ($219 monthly) for 50 daily prompts on five engines
- AI Search Analytics: $82/month billed yearly ($95 monthly). New accounts get a 7-day Pro trial with a card.
4. NEURONwriter: best cheap editor
NEURONwriter is a low-cost NLP content editor that scores drafts against the competitor pages you choose, from $23 a month, with a small AI visibility tracker on every plan, which suits bloggers and freelancers who mostly want the editor part of Scalenut for less money. We haven't used NEURONwriter ourselves, so this section draws on its pricing page, FAQ and Capterra reviews.
The editor works the way Scalenut's optimizer does. You pick a keyword, choose which top pages to learn from, and NEURONwriter suggests terms, questions and a target score as you write.
It's cheaper to start. Bronze costs $23 a month against Scalenut Starter's $59, and first plans can be refunded within 30 days, which Scalenut doesn't offer after its trial.
AI tracking is thinner. Every plan monitors 5 to 20 questions a month in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, and ChatGPT and Perplexity cost extra, from $9 a month. Search Console, WordPress and Shopify integrations only start on Gold at $69.
Key features
- NLP content editor. Terms, questions and a target score from the competitor pages you pick.
- AI Visibility Standard. 5 to 20 questions a month in AI Overviews and AI Mode, by plan.
- AI Monitoring add-on. Adds ChatGPT and Perplexity, from $9 a month.
- Content Designer and AI writing. Drafts and rewrites on AI credits.
- Integrations, API and MCP from Gold.
Where it falls short
- ChatGPT tracking is a paid add-on on every plan.
- No auto-publishing or Search Console below Gold.
- No Reddit monitoring or backlink tools like Scalenut's Social Upreach and Backlinks Marketplace.
User reviews
“A great way to write content when you manage several clients at once. I just hope they add a sources and facts feature and external links.” (Source)
“Watch the tutorial videos first, or it has so many tools that it gets complicated.” (Source)
“Easy layout and real-time scoring. The AI writing needs work, but it's fine for drafts and short sentences.” (Source)
Pricing
- Bronze: $23/month for 2 projects, 25 documents and 5 AI-monitored questions
- Silver: $45/month for 5 projects, 50 documents and 7 questions
- Gold: $69/month for 10 projects, 75 documents, 10 questions, unlimited team members and integrations
- Yearly billing gives 2 months free. The 7-day free trial runs on Gold, and first plans can be refunded within 30 days.
5. Clearscope: best for grading
Clearscope is a content grading tool that scores drafts from F to A++ inside Google Docs and WordPress, with unlimited users and tracked queries in AI answers, which suits editorial teams that want a simple grader instead of an AI writer. We haven't used Clearscope ourselves, so this section is based on its pricing page, product pages, archived pricing pages and Capterra reviews.
It's the opposite of Scalenut's approach. Clearscope doesn't write your articles. It tells your writers which terms and topics to cover and grades the draft while they work in Google Docs.
The AI side grew in 2026. Its product pages now list ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude for tracked queries, although the pricing page still names only ChatGPT and Gemini, and Essentials includes 50 tracked queries. That's more engines than Scalenut's Starter and Plus plans, but there's no Perplexity.
It costs more, at $129 a month, and 20 drafts a month is a hard cap on both paid plans.
Key features
- Content grades. F to A++ against the terms and topics the top results cover.
- Google Docs add-on and WordPress plugin. The grade shows up where writers already work.
- Tracked queries. Brand mentions in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude over time, with query fan-outs.
- Content Inventory. Connects to Search Console and shows grades and clicks for live pages.
- Unlimited users and projects on every plan.
Where it falls short
- No AI writer, auto-publishing or Reddit tools.
- 20 drafts a month, with extra drafts sold in packs of 10.
- No Perplexity, AI Overviews or AI Mode tracking.
User reviews
“The Google Docs integration is my favorite part. My writers see their live scores as they write, and outlining and assigning articles is much easier.” (Source)
“We've seen big gains from rewriting old pages that scored badly. I'd like an alert when a page drops a grade.” (Source)
“The keyword tool is very basic, and it's really expensive.” (Source)
Pricing
- Essentials: $129/month for 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 Discoveries and 20 Drafts
- Business: $399/month for 300 tracked queries, 300 pages and 50 Discoveries, with an account manager
- Enterprise: custom, with SSO and custom credits
- There's a 14-day free trial and no contract.
6. Writesonic: best for writing volume
Writesonic is an AI writing and GEO platform that tracks your brand in AI answers every day and writes 15 to 50 articles a month for WordPress, which suits content teams that want Scalenut's writing volume with daily tracking.
We signed up and had tracking running within a few minutes. You pick topics, trim the suggested prompts, add competitors, and citation share starts filling in day by day.
It's the closest match to Scalenut here. Both write articles and publish to WordPress, but Writesonic Starter tracks 50 prompts a day where Scalenut Starter tracks 10 a week, and it uses Reddit and Search Console data to suggest topics.
What held us back was the engine list. Every self-serve plan tracks ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews only, so Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and AI Mode need Enterprise. The headline prices are also for yearly billing.
Key features
- AI articles. 15, 25 or 50 a month, published to WordPress.
- Daily AI tracking. 50, 100 or 200 prompts on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews.
- Site audits. 10 to 50 a month, depending on plan.
- Action Center. Fixes re-measured on day 14 and day 28, as a trial on Growth and in full on Enterprise.
- MCP server and Project Hub, added in June 2026.
Where it falls short
- Perplexity, Claude, Copilot and AI Mode are Enterprise only.
- Starter includes 1 user, against 4 team members on Scalenut Plus.
- Sentiment starts on Growth at $399.
User reviews
“Unmatched among the AI visibility platforms I've demoed or used, with ready-made views that get you insights fast.” (Source)
“Not a bad AI SEO platform, but results were a little inconsistent and it's overpriced for my budget.” (Source)
“I emailed a cancellation before my annual renewal, was charged anyway and got locked out of the billing portal.” (Source)
Pricing
- Starter: $79/month billed yearly ($99 monthly) for 50 prompts, 15 articles and 1 user
- Basic: $199/month billed yearly for 100 prompts, 25 articles and 2 users
- Growth: $399/month billed yearly for 200 prompts, 50 articles, 3 users and sentiment
- Enterprise is custom, with all 9 AI platforms. You can start free with no card.
7. Peec AI: best dedicated tracker
Peec AI is a dedicated AI search analytics platform with daily prompt tracking, unlimited seats and plans from €85 a month, which suits marketing teams that care more about accurate AI visibility data than about an article writer.
We had data within a few minutes of signing up. Peec read our site, suggested prompts and competitors, and visibility, position and sentiment filled in for each engine we picked.
The sources view was the part we used most. Every cited domain is labelled owned, editorial, reference or UGC, which made it easy to see which sites to pitch.
Coming from Scalenut, you give up the content tools. There's no article writer, auto-publishing or Reddit monitoring, although Actions (February 2026) rank fixes and Peec Agent (October 2026) drafts briefs and page edits. You pick 3 engines per plan, and Claude, Grok and DeepSeek need Enterprise.
Key features
- Model choice. Any 3 of ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, AI Mode, AI Overviews and Naver AI, with Perplexity and other extra models from €25 a month.
- Daily tracking on 50, 150 or 350 prompts.
- Source analytics. Cited domains and URLs grouped into owned, editorial, reference and UGC.
- Actions and Peec Agent. Ranked fixes, plus an agent that drafts briefs and page edits since October 22.
- Unlimited seats, with Brand Perception and GA4 AI referrals.
Where it falls short
- No article writer or CMS publishing.
- 3 engines per plan unless you pay for more.
- Claude, Grok and DeepSeek are Enterprise only.
User reviews
“The dashboard design and clear charts make it easy for us and our clients to keep an eye on performance. Onboarding can feel complex at first if you've never used an AI analytics tool.” (Source)
“Alerts tell us when a competitor overtakes us, but some reports load slowly and coverage outside German-speaking markets is still patchy.” (Source)
“It automates prompt research, citation tracking and sentiment. Expect some time to learn it.” (Source)
Pricing
- Starter: €85/month (about $95) for 50 prompts and 3 models
- Pro: €205/month for 150 prompts and 2 projects
- Advanced: €425/month for 350 prompts and 5 projects
- Enterprise is custom, with Claude, Grok and DeepSeek. Every plan has unlimited seats.
8. Promptwatch: best tracking plus content
Promptwatch is an AI search visibility platform that tracks every model it supports on every plan, daily, and adds content writing and AI crawler logs from $245 a month, which suits growth teams that want more engines than Scalenut and content tools in the same place.
We used the trial. You enter your URL, pick a few prompts to start, and the first answers arrive quickly.
The engine list is what stood out next to Scalenut. ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek are all on Essential, with no add-ons to price out.
The limit is responses. Essential's 6,000 a month won't run 50 prompts on every model every day, so we ended up choosing models. The content writer, which Scalenut includes from $59, needs the $245 Professional plan here.
Key features
- All models on every plan, including Claude, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek.
- Daily tracking within your monthly response allowance.
- Content writing and refresh. Grounded in a knowledge base, from Professional.
- Crawler logs. AI bot visits through log integrations, from Professional.
- Citations Analysis, MCP and API. Which pages and outside sources get cited, on every plan.
Where it falls short
- 6,000 responses on Essential limit how many models you can run daily.
- Content writing and crawler logs need the $245 plan.
- Shopping data starts at $579 a month, and there's no Reddit or outreach tool.
User reviews
“The content coverage report shows exactly where competitors get cited and we don't, so our content team has a real to-do list. Setup takes thought, though, and you have to be deliberate about prompts and personas to get useful data.” (Source)
“The cleanest interface I've tried, and support answers quickly.” (Source)
Pricing
- Essential: $95/month for 50 prompts, 6,000 responses and 1 project
- Professional: $245/month for 150 prompts, 18,000 responses, 2 projects and content writing
- Business: $579/month for 350 prompts, 42,000 responses and shopping insights, by demo
- Essential and Professional come with a 7-day free trial.
9. Searchable: best all-in-one at $125
Searchable is an AI visibility platform that bundles daily tracking, 20 articles and 200 page audits a month in one $125 plan, with an agent that writes and publishes, which suits small teams that want Scalenut's bundle with more prompts and daily data. We haven't used Searchable ourselves, so this section is based on its pricing page, changelog and G2 reviews.
Pro tracks 100 prompts per model every day, against Scalenut Plus's 25 prompts a week, and includes unlimited seats and one project. Since July 2026 its agent can plan, write and publish articles to WordPress, Webflow and Shopify.
ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity are included. Copilot, DeepSeek, AI Mode, Gemini, Grok and Claude are paid add-ons, and the Claude Lite and Grok Lite options added in September cost less because they answer with web search off.
Key features
- Content Studio. 20 articles a month on Pro, published to WordPress, Webflow or Shopify.
- Daily tracking. 100 prompts per model on Pro.
- Page audits. 200 a month on Pro.
- GA4 and Search Console, plus MCP and API on every plan.
- Unlimited seats and AI shopping data on every plan.
Where it falls short
- Only ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity before add-ons.
- One project on Pro, against two workspaces on Scalenut Plus.
- White-label reports start on the $400 Scale plan.
User reviews
“Good value, and they keep teaching you as the channel changes, but it's more metrics-centric than content-centric, so it works best as the monitoring layer.” (Source)
“It covers both the technical and the content side of AI visibility. Sometimes the agent raises issues that aren't relevant to the page.” (Source)
“I like that the site audits come with recommendations, but audits drive the cost and it's hard to choose which pages get audited.” (Source)
Pricing
- Pro: $125/month for 100 prompts per model, 20 articles, 200 audits and 1 project
- Scale: $400/month for 500 prompts per model, 80 articles and 10 projects
- Enterprise: from $999/month
- Pro and Scale have a 14-day free trial. Extra models are paid add-ons.
10. MarketMuse: best for topic strategy
MarketMuse is a content strategy platform that models topic coverage across your whole site and scores how hard each topic is for you in particular, which suits content strategists deciding what to write next rather than teams that want articles written for them. We haven't used MarketMuse ourselves, so this section is based on its pricing page and Capterra reviews.
Scalenut works keyword by keyword and cluster by cluster. MarketMuse starts from your site inventory and shows Personalized Difficulty and Topic Authority, so you can see which topics you can realistically win.
It doesn't track AI answers, and it doesn't publish. Paid plans are sold through a demo with no prices on the page, and the free plan gives one user 10 queries a month.
Key features
- Site inventory. Pages, topics and page and topic pairs, updated automatically.
- Personalized Difficulty and Topic Authority. How hard each topic is for your site.
- Content Briefs. Up to nine brief types on Strategy, including comparison and listicle briefs.
- Content Score. A target score from MarketMuse's topic model.
- Strategy documents. 1, 3 or 5 a month, depending on plan.
Where it falls short
- No AI visibility tracking.
- No published prices for paid plans.
- No CMS publishing or Google Docs add-on.
User reviews
“The topic-based keyword research and content optimization are as good as, or better than, much more expensive tools.” (Source)
“Don't believe every keyword it suggests. I was writing about the FOX channel and got recommendations about actual foxes.” (Source)
“It gives me ideas when other tools stop, but some features need extra credits.” (Source)
Pricing
- Free: 1 user and 10 queries a month
- Optimize: demo only, 1 user, 100 tracked topics and 5 briefs a month
- Research: demo only, 3 users, 1,000 tracked topics and 10 briefs a month
- Strategy: demo only, 5 users, 10,000 tracked topics and 20 briefs a month
Scalenut plans in 2026
These are the plans on Scalenut's pricing page in November 2026, at monthly prices.
- Starter: $59/month for 10 prompts refreshed weekly on ChatGPT and AI Overviews, 1 workspace, 5 GEO articles and 5 optimizations
- Plus: $89/month for 25 weekly prompts, 2 workspaces, 30 articles, 4 team members, auto-publishing to WordPress and Shopify, Social Upreach and the Backlinks Marketplace
- Professional: $199/month for 100 weekly prompts, adding Perplexity, with unlimited workspaces and team members and 75 articles
- VIP Service: custom pricing, with a senior strategist, writers and editors and what Scalenut calls 7 AI agents
- Yearly deal: the Black Friday early access offer takes 65% off yearly plans ($21, $31 or $70 a month) and triples the content limits. It's annual only and non-refundable.
- Trial and refunds: there's a 7-day free trial with no card. Scalenut's terms say it doesn't refund after the trial.
What changed with Scalenut in 2026
Scalenut folded AI visibility tracking into its main plans in early 2026 and moved further toward done-for-you work. Here's what changed, based on archived copies of its pricing page.
- Late 2025: AI tracking was a separate product called GEO Watchtower, with a $49 plan checking 25 prompts daily on ChatGPT and AI Overviews and a $249 plan adding Perplexity and Claude. The Black Friday 2025 bundles switched it to weekly checks.
- By February 6: today's Starter, Plus and Professional plans appeared at $59, $89 and $199, each with weekly tracking. Claude was no longer listed, and yearly plans were shown at 50% off.
- Between March 15 and May 15: the VIP Service appeared, with a strategist, writers and 7 AI agents, and the yearly discount grew to 60%, from $24 a month.
- By September 29: the Black Friday early access deal replaced it, at 65% off yearly plans with triple limits, non-refundable.
- Still mixed up: Scalenut's AI Visibility product page still shows the old daily $49 and $249 plans, while the pricing page lists weekly refreshes on every plan. We went by the pricing page.
What Scalenut users say
Scalenut has a 3.2 TrustScore on Trustpilot from 159 reviews, most of them five-star reviews from 2023, and no new reviews in the last 12 months. The seven one-star reviews are about billing, cancelling, support and inaccurate sources.
“Cruise Mode lets me write SEO-friendly blog posts in a few minutes, and having everything in one platform saves me hours of research.” (Source)
“It looks great, but I'd add more margins to the interface. Plain docs are a nightmare for me.” (Source)
“It's extremely difficult to cancel, and there's no way to delete your account from the settings page.” (Source)
When to stay with Scalenut
- You want a lot of articles for little money, and the yearly deal's 90 articles a month on Plus is worth more to you than daily tracking.
- You'd rather hand the work to a team, and the VIP Service's strategist, writers and AI agents fit your budget.
- You want Reddit monitoring, a backlinks marketplace and WordPress or Shopify publishing in one plan.
- Weekly checks on ChatGPT and AI Overviews are enough for how often you report.
Which Scalenut alternative should you choose?
- You want agents that track AI answers daily, then write, refresh, run outreach and fix the site on their own: Orchly.
- You want a cheap content loop with daily tracking: Frase.
- You want a live editor that scores for Google and AI search: Surfer.
- You want a cheap editor: NEURONwriter.
- You want simple grading with unlimited users: Clearscope.
- You want more AI articles with daily tracking: Writesonic.
- You want dedicated AI visibility data with unlimited seats: Peec AI.
- You want every AI model on every plan: Promptwatch.
- You want more prompts, articles and audits in one $125 plan: Searchable.
- You want site-wide topic strategy: MarketMuse.
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