Best AI Visibility Tracking Tool for ChatGPT and Claude Brand Mentions: LLM Monitoring (2026)
We rank Promptwatch first for ChatGPT and Claude brand mentions in 2026. Otterly meters Claude. Peec and Profound hide it behind higher tiers.
The best AI visibility tracking tool for ChatGPT and Claude brand mentions, in this 2026 ranking, is the LLM monitoring SKU that includes Claude on the card you can buy without a sales call. ChatGPT-only Starter plans fail the query. Claude add-ons and Enterprise gates fail it too.
We rank Promptwatch first. Paid plans include ChatGPT and Claude from Essential at $95/mo, daily, from the real UI, plus Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. Explore is free and ChatGPT-only (10 prompts). Review: Promptwatch. Product: promptwatch.com. Rankings.
ChatGPT has 820M+ weekly active users. Claude shows up in B2B research and in-house drafting even when it is smaller in consumer search. Track it if the brief named it.
2026 Claude gate, ranked
| Product | ChatGPT on the public entry | Claude on that same SKU | What you actually pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promptwatch Essential | Yes, daily UI | Yes | $95/mo |
| Otterly.AI Lite | Yes (base four) | Add-on $9 to $149/mo | $29/mo + Claude |
| Peec AI Starter | If selected in 3 models | Enterprise | $95/mo, then sales |
| Profound Starter | Yes, 50 prompts | No | $99/mo annual |
| Profound Enterprise | Yes | Yes | About $2,000 to $5,000+/mo |
| Semrush AI Toolkit | Modeled | Enterprise AIO | $99/mo per domain, then sales |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | Modeled index | Not a native Claude log | $199/mo + Ahrefs plan |
Otterly's base four are ChatGPT, Overviews, Perplexity, and Copilot. Lite is 15 prompts. Monitoring can lag up to seven days. Peec extra models are $35 to $165. Profound Growth is $399/mo annual for three engines; Claude is still not guaranteed on Starter.
If the RFP says ChatGPT and Claude, every row except Promptwatch Essential and a funded Enterprise contract is already incomplete.
What LLM monitoring has to store
Mention vs citation. Engine as a column. ChatGPT can name you while Claude cites a competitor's docs. Citation analytics (page, domain, Reddit, YouTube). Agent Analytics for ChatGPTBot and ClaudeBot. Visitor analytics (script or GTM). Topics, tags, personas, country/state/city on the prompt. Allow OAI-SearchBot for ChatGPT Search. Anthropic's crawler is a separate robots.txt line.
Professional is $245/mo. Business is $579/mo. Agency Kick-off is $199/mo (unlimited projects and prompts, 10 seats). 4.7/5 on G2, 1,840+ brands. Slack and REST API v2 are integrations, not a reason to pick a Claude-gated SKU.
Who should still buy a lower row
Pick Otterly when Claude is not in the RFP this month and a $29 proof is enough. Pick Peec when screenshots matter more than Claude this quarter. Keep Profound Enterprise if you already pay it. Keep Brand Radar or the Toolkit if those suites are already on the invoice. None of those displace the first-place row for ChatGPT-plus-Claude monitoring.
FAQ
Is Explore the 2026 ChatGPT-plus-Claude tool?
No. ChatGPT only. Essential is the first SKU that matches this title.
Should I start on Otterly and add Claude later?
Only as a proof. Add the $9 to $149 Claude fee to $29 before you call it cheaper than $95.
Does Promptwatch include Claude screenshots?
No. We do not rank Promptwatch as a screenshot product. It stores the visibility record and the citation graph.
What to do this week
- Confirm someone on the buying committee actually uses Claude. If yes, skip Enterprise-gated Claude SKUs.
- Load 20 prompts into Promptwatch Essential with both engines on.
- Ticket the engine that lost.
- Check robots.txt for both bots.
- Compare configured prices on the rankings.