Writesonic

Writesonic started as an AI writer and has turned itself into a tool for showing up in AI search. It tracks how ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews answer the questions your customers ask, whether your brand is mentioned, how competitors compare and which sources the AI cites. It then suggests fixes, writes SEO articles, runs site audits and on the top plan suggests off-site actions to get you cited more.

Pick it if your main question is "why does ChatGPT recommend my competitor and not me?" and you also want articles written to fix it. Frase and Clearscope are better content tools with lighter AI tracking; Semrush and Ahrefs have broader SEO data and their own AI visibility add-ons, which may be enough if you already pay for them.

The catch: plans start at $79 a month billed yearly, the lower plans only track three AI platforms, and Writesonic has a long trail of complaints about charges after cancelling, credits that do not roll over and lifetime-deal buyers who lost access to newer features.

• Marketing teams
• SEO agencies
• B2B software companies
• E-commerce brands

Marketing teams and agencies that want to measure and improve how AI assistants talk about their brand.

• AI visibility tracking

  Daily tracking of how ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews answer your chosen questions, and whether you appear.

• Competitor comparison

  Shows which competitors AI recommends instead of you and which sources it cites.

• Sentiment

  How AI describes your brand, positive or negative, on the Growth plan.

• SEO article writer

  Drafts SEO articles aimed at both Google rankings and AI citations.

• Site audits

  Crawls your site for technical and content issues that hold back rankings.

• Action Center

  Suggested on-page and off-site fixes to get cited more, on Growth and Enterprise.

• Starter

  $79/mo billed yearly

  A single brand testing AI visibility.

  • 50 tracked questions on 3 AI platforms
  • 15 articles a month
  • 10 site audits
  • 1 user

• Basic

  $199/mo billed yearly

  Small teams tracking more questions.

  • 100 tracked questions
  • 25 articles a month
  • 20 larger site audits
  • 2 users
• Our pick

  Growth

  $399/mo billed yearly

  Teams actively working to raise AI visibility.

  • 200 tracked questions with sentiment
  • 50 articles a month
  • Action Center trial
  • 3 users, 2 projects

• Enterprise

  Custom

  Large brands and agencies.

  • All 9 AI platforms
  • Custom questions, regions and languages
  • Full Action Center

Prices in USD unless noted, checked 22 October 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.

Ways Writesonic can slot into your week.

1. 1

   Find out what ChatGPT says about you

   Add the 20 questions customers ask before buying and see which brands AI recommends and why.

2. 2

   Close a gap with a competitor

   Spot the sources AI cites for a competitor, then write content or earn mentions on those sites.

3. 3

   Report AI visibility to the board

   Track your share of AI mentions month by month alongside normal SEO numbers.

4. 4

   Write articles that get cited

   Draft articles answering the exact questions where you are missing from AI answers.

Writesonic adds AI search tracking on top of your usual SEO stack (Google Search Console plus Semrush or Ahrefs). It can publish to WordPress.

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