Qwairy is a French AI visibility platform that meters monitoring with credits: every plan reaches the same ten AI providers, and every check draws on a monthly balance. The right Qwairy alternative depends on what you want to change. For a fixed monthly bill with seven engines checked every day, Cituna is the closest swap. For many languages or countries on a self-serve plan, look at Peec AI and Otterly.ai, both based in the EU. For the widest engine list on one flat plan, with weekly data, LLMrefs. Every figure below comes from the vendor's own site, read on September 25, 2026.
Fair-comparison note:
Why teams look for a Qwairy alternative
Qwairy covers a lot of ground, so the reasons people move are mostly about how it prices and packages that ground:
- Credits shrink as you add engines. Qwairy's FAQ counts one credit per model for every monitoring query. Checking 10 prompts every day on seven providers takes about 2,100 credits a month, and on all ten about 3,000 (our arithmetic), against 1,300 on Starter. Weekly checks or fewer providers stretch the balance, and new analyses pause when it reaches zero.
- One workspace on the entry plan. Agencies and multi-brand teams need Growth (€199 a month, five workspaces) or Business (€449, twenty).
- Some tools sit two plans up. The REST API starts on Growth, and AI crawler analytics and the Looker Studio connector start on Business. MCP access, to its credit, is on every plan.
None of these is a flaw so much as a pricing model. Credits suit a team that wants many engines and markets and is happy to meter them; teams that want a fixed cost usually shop around. Our guide to AI visibility tool pricing sets credit plans against flat ones across the category.
The seven at a glance
| Tool | Best for | Engines on the entry plan | Markets on the entry plan | Lowest listed paid price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cituna | Seven engines checked daily at a flat price | 7 | One country and language per brand | $39/mo |
| Otterly.ai | A low entry price from an EU vendor | 4, plus 3 as paid add-ons | More than 50 countries | $29/mo ($25 billed yearly) |
| LLMrefs | Ten engines on one flat plan, weekly data | 10 | Two different figures on its page (see entry 3) | $79/mo |
| Peec AI | Multi-language tracking from Berlin | 3 you choose from 6 | 1 country, unlimited languages | $95/mo |
| Scrunch AI | Personas and site audits beside tracking | 4 | 1 country, 1 language | from $250/mo |
| AthenaHQ | A free start, then eleven models | 5 free, 11 on Starter | 1 region, 1 language on Starter | Free, then $295/mo |
| Profound | Enterprise programs with custom regions | 3 on the trial | 1 region, 1 language on the trial | Free trial, then custom |
Monthly US-dollar list prices, read September 25, 2026. For reference, Qwairy's Starter is €79 a month and covers ten providers, metered by credits.
Engines, countries and languages side by side
This is where Qwairy is strongest, so it is the fairest place to test any replacement. The table shows what each tool publishes about coverage and where the company says it is based.
| Tool | Based in (its own site) | Engines | Countries | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwairy | France, with EU data hosting | 10 on every plan | More than 240, counted across all engines | More than 45 content languages |
| Cituna | United Arab Emirates | 7 on every plan | One per brand, set when you add it | One per brand, set when you add it |
| Otterly.ai | Austria | 4, with AI Mode, Gemini and Claude as add-ons | More than 50 on every plan | Not listed on its pricing page |
| LLMrefs | Not stated on the pages we read | 10 | More than 50 in its pricing block, more than 20 elsewhere | More than 20 in its pricing block, more than 10 elsewhere |
| Peec AI | Germany | 3 of 6 at entry, up to 13 on Enterprise | 1 on Starter, 3 on Pro and Advanced, unlimited on Enterprise | Unlimited on every plan |
| Scrunch AI | Not stated on the pages we read | 4 on Core, 9 on Enterprise | 1 on Core, unlimited on Enterprise | 1 on Core, custom on Enterprise |
| AthenaHQ | Not stated on the pages we read | 5 free, 11 on Starter | 1 on Starter, several on Enterprise | 1 on Starter, several on Enterprise |
| Profound | Not stated on the pages we read | 3 on the trial, up to 9 on Enterprise | 1 on the trial, custom on Enterprise | 1 on the trial, custom on Enterprise |
No self-serve alternative here matches Qwairy's country list, so if you report on dozens of markets, price that out before you leave. Coverage also only matters where the engines are available: our table of which AI engines work in each country notes that Perplexity and Grok publish no country list at all, and if France is your main market, start from the engines available in France.
What Qwairy does well
Before you switch, be clear about what you would give up:
- The broadest engine list here on every plan. Ten providers from Starter up, including Mistral and DeepSeek. For ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Grok it checks both the consumer app and the API.
- Market coverage. More than 240 countries and 45 content languages is the widest claim on this page, from the entry plan.
- Generous collaboration. Unlimited team members, CSV exports, PDF reports and shareable report links on every plan, plus MCP access from Starter.
- Search data beside AI data. Qwairy's plan table lists Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, referrer analytics and page performance.
- A low-risk start. A free plan with 120 credits and no card, credits that roll over at renewal, card or SEPA direct debit, and cancellation at the end of the billing period.
- Content as well as tracking. Qwairy's Content Studio writes briefs for prompts where rivals appear and you do not (50 credits a brief, per its FAQ).
The 7 best Qwairy alternatives in detail
We started from the tools teams most often compare with Qwairy and kept the seven whose own sites publish enough to compare: engines, markets, and a price or a trial. Where a vendor does not publish a figure, we say so rather than estimate it. The other six follow in order of their lowest listed paid price, and each entry covers who the tool suits, what it costs, how it handles countries and languages, and where it falls short.
How this list works: every entry tracks how AI engines mention and cite a brand. Cituna comes first because we make it. After that the numbers help you find your way; they are not a ranking.
1. Cituna (best for seven engines checked daily at a flat price)
Cituna asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode the questions your buyers ask, records which brands each answer names and which pages it cites, and writes the fix for each gap. There are no credits: your plan sets the number of prompts, and every prompt runs on every engine. Starter is $39 a month for one brand and 10 prompts with daily scans; Pro is $119 for three brands and 30 prompts, with alerts, auto-generated fixes and competitor tracking; Max is $399 for ten brands and 90 prompts. Every plan includes Google Search Console, CMS publishing and weekly reports, and API and MCP read access start on Starter.
Set against Qwairy, the trade is simple: Cituna's $39 plan checks 10 prompts on seven engines every day, about 2,100 engine answers a month, for a fixed fee. The same schedule on Qwairy's €79 Starter would need about 2,100 credits against the 1,300 it includes.
Where it falls short for a Qwairy user:
- One market per brand. Each brand is tracked in the country and language you choose when you add it, so a team reporting on many countries at once is better served by Qwairy or Peec AI.
- Seven engines, not ten. No Microsoft Copilot, Mistral or DeepSeek.
- Not an EU company. Cituna is operated by Eternum Capital FZE LLC in the United Arab Emirates (about), which matters if your procurement requires an EU vendor.
- No fan-out report or crawler visit logs. Qwairy lists query fan-out, and crawler analytics on Business.
- A short, card-required trial. Three days with a card, against Qwairy's free plan with no card, and self-serve plans bill monthly only.
To see your own numbers, start the free trial from the pricing page: five prompts on all seven engines, with your top three checked daily.
2. Otterly.ai (best for a low entry price from an EU vendor)
Otterly.ai is run by OtterlyAI GmbH in Austria, according to its imprint. Otterly's Lite plan is $29 a month ($25 billed yearly) for 15 prompts checked daily on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot, with Google AI Mode ($9), Gemini ($9) and Claude ($29) as paid add-ons. Otterly's Standard is $189 for 100 prompts and adds API and MCP access, agent analytics and a Looker Studio connector; Premium is $489 for 400 prompts. Otterly lists support for more than 50 countries and unlimited team members on every plan, so on this page multi-country reporting starts at $29 a month.
Where it falls short: Grok is not on Otterly's engine list at any price, and the full set it offers costs $76 a month on Lite for 15 prompts. API, MCP and Looker Studio start at Otterly's $189 Standard tier, and its pricing page does not say which languages it covers.
3. LLMrefs (best for ten engines on one flat plan, with weekly data)
LLMrefs works from keywords: you import keyword lists and it generates the fan-out prompts behind them. LLMrefs' one plan, $79 a month with a 7-day free trial, tracks 500 prompts on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek at no extra cost per engine, with unlimited team members and projects, CSV export and API access.
On markets the page is inconsistent: its pricing block lists geo-targeting in more than 50 countries and 20 languages, while another section says more than 20 countries and 10 languages. Ask which applies before you plan multi-country reporting.
Where it falls short: reports refresh weekly, so it will not catch day-to-day swings, and the keyword-first setup means testing how it handles exact buyer questions during the trial.
4. Peec AI (best for multi-language tracking from a Berlin vendor)
Peec AI is a Berlin company (Peec AI GmbH, per its imprint) whose plans put languages first: every plan includes unlimited languages and unlimited users. Peec's Starter is $95 a month for 50 prompts, one project and one country, on three models you pick from ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Copilot, Gemini and Naver AI. Peec's Pro ($245) moves to 150 prompts, two projects and three countries; Advanced ($495) reaches 350 prompts and five projects, with a Looker Studio connector. MCP, a fan-out overview, a crawlability audit and agent analytics are there from Starter, and yearly billing saves 15%.
Where it falls short: three models per plan, with each extra model at $30 a month on Peec's Starter, and Claude, Grok, DeepSeek and Mistral appear only in its Enterprise model list. Starter covers a single country, and its API is listed on Enterprise (the plan table and the Enterprise card disagree about Pro, so ask).
5. Scrunch AI (best for persona-based tracking with site audits)
Scrunch AI's Core plan starts from $250/mo, with a 7-day free trial: 125 prompts on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot, five user licenses, five site audits a month, and AI agent and bot traffic reporting. Enterprise adds Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, AI Mode and Grok for nine models in all, plus unlimited countries, API access, SAML and OIDC single sign-on, and its Agent Experience Platform.
Where it falls short: Core covers one country, one language and one persona, so a multi-market program means Enterprise. Query fan-out is limited on Core, Looker Studio and the API are Enterprise-only, and Scrunch AI's pricing page does not say whether the $250 rate is billed monthly or yearly.
6. AthenaHQ (best for a free start, then eleven models on one plan)
AthenaHQ has a free plan with 300 credits on ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Gemini and Copilot, and unlimited members. AthenaHQ's Starter is $295 a month for 3,600 credits, where a credit is one AI response, across eleven models: the free five plus AI Mode, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Meta AI and Mistral. AthenaHQ connects GA4 and Google Search Console, and yearly billing takes 17% off.
Where it falls short: Starter covers one region and one language, with multi-region and multi-language support on Enterprise. API access and extra credits are paid add-ons, and 3,600 responses a month is enough for about ten prompts a day on all eleven models (our arithmetic).
7. Profound (best for enterprise programs that need custom regions)
Profound's brand plans are now a free trial and a custom Enterprise contract. The trial runs 50 prompts a day for seven days on ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, in one language and one region, with no exports, no API and prompts you cannot edit. Enterprise adds up to nine engines, Claude, Copilot, DeepSeek and Perplexity among them, with custom languages and regions, API access, SSO and SOC 2. Both come with unlimited seats, and Profound's agency track prices each client workspace at $399 a month for three engines and 100 prompts.
Where it falls short: no self-serve paid brand plan is published, so you cannot compare its price with Qwairy's without a sales call, and the trial is too short and narrow to judge multi-market coverage.
Which Qwairy alternative fits you
- You want a fixed bill and daily data on the engines most buyers use: Cituna.
- You report on many countries or languages: Peec AI for languages, Otterly.ai for countries. If you need Qwairy's full country list, stay.
- You need an EU vendor: Otterly.ai (Austria) or Peec AI (Germany), per their imprints.
- You want the most engines for one flat fee, and weekly data is enough: LLMrefs.
- You want to start without paying: AthenaHQ's free plan, or Qwairy's own.
- You run an enterprise program with SSO and custom regions: Profound or Scrunch AI Enterprise.
How to switch from Qwairy
- Export your history. Qwairy includes CSV exports and PDF reports on every plan; save your prompts, competitor set and recent results.
- List the providers, countries and languages you actually use, and check each candidate's entry plan against that list rather than its headline engine count.
- Rebuild your prompts in the new tool with the same wording, so the first weeks compare cleanly with your Qwairy data.
- Run both for two to four weeks. AI answers change from run to run and every tool samples them differently, so compare trends, not single readings.
- Cancel Qwairy last. Qwairy's FAQ says cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, so time it to your renewal date.
If a flat price for seven engines checked daily is what you are after, compare the plans and start your free Cituna trial, then set its first days of answers against your Qwairy data.
Drafted with AI assistance from our own research and Search Console data, and reviewed by Rahul A before publishing. Rules and prices change; check the linked official source before you act.