Scrunch vs QuickSEO (2026)
An honest comparison of pricing, features, and who each tool is actually built for.
TL;DR
You are an enterprise brand or agency with SOC 2 / SAML SSO requirements, you need hallucination detection and an Agent Experience Platform to serve AI-optimized content, and you can budget Enterprise pricing to unlock Claude, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode.
You want all four major LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) on day one without a custom enterprise quote, a unified Google Search Console + AI visibility dashboard, an MCP server, and a free AI visibility audit you can run before paying anything.
At a glance
| Feature | ||
|---|---|---|
| AI visibility tracking | Scrunch | |
| AI platforms covered | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity | Starter/Growth: ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, Copilot. Enterprise: +Claude, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, AI Mode Scrunch |
| Claude tracking | Every paid plan | Enterprise only Scrunch |
| Gemini tracking | Every paid plan | Enterprise only Scrunch |
| Google Search Console integration | Scrunch | |
| Branded vs non-branded filter | Scrunch | |
| MCP server (query data from any AI client) | Scrunch | |
| Free AI visibility audit (no signup) | Scrunch | |
| 30+ free public SEO tools | Scrunch | |
| Free trial | 7-day Starter trial Scrunch | |
| Self-serve monthly billing | Starter & Growth only, at higher m2m rate Scrunch | |
| SOC 2 / SSO (SAML) | Enterprise tier Scrunch | |
| Entry price | $99/mo (50 prompts, 4 LLMs) | $250/mo annual / $300 m2m (4 of 9 LLMs) Scrunch |
Pricing breakdown
Side-by-side at QuickSEO and Scrunch's public tiers.
Self-serve from $99/mo. Cancel anytime. Free audit before signup.
Growth
$99/mo- Track 50 AI prompts
- 4 AI Models (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini)
- 1 website
- Advanced SEO analytics
Scale
$299/mo- Track 200 AI prompts
- 4 AI Models (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini)
- 5 websites
- Advanced SEO analytics
Starts at $250/mo (annual). Free trial available. No free tier.
Starter
$250/mo annual ($300 m2m)- 4 AI platforms tracked (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot)
- 350 custom prompts + 1,000 industry prompts
- 3 user licenses
- 3 personas
- 5 page audits
- Google SSO, citations, agent traffic monitoring
Growth
$417/mo annual ($500 m2m)- Same 4 AI platforms as Starter (Claude, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, AI Mode remain Enterprise-gated)
- 700 custom prompts + 2,500 industry prompts
- 5 user licenses
- 5 personas
- 10 page audits
- Reporting dashboard, integrations, customer success
Enterprise
Custom- All 9 LLMs unlocked: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, Meta AI, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode
- SAML / OIDC SSO and SOC 2 Type II
- Enterprise Data API
- Hallucination detection
- Dedicated GTM team and Slack support
- Expanded prompts, audits, personas, workspaces
7-day free trial of the Starter plan. Annual billing is 17% off (effectively 2 months free); month-to-month pricing is higher. Add-on user seats are $25/month each. Agency packages are sold separately and start higher.
Where they differ
LLM coverage is gated by tier, not bundled
Scrunch advertises tracking across nine AI engines, but Starter at $250/mo and Growth at $417/mo only cover four: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot. Claude, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode require the Enterprise tier (custom pricing, typically four figures monthly). QuickSEO takes the opposite approach: the four major LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity) are bundled on every paid plan from $99/mo Growth upward, with no platform-count tiering — what you pay more for is prompts and sites, not access to engines.
GA4 yes, Google Search Console no
Scrunch integrates with GA4 to attribute AI referral traffic, which is useful for closing the loop on downstream conversions. What it does not do is pull from Google Search Console — there is no clicks / impressions / average position view inside Scrunch, so you cannot tell whether a rise in AI mentions is moving organic search alongside it. QuickSEO connects GSC natively on every plan and shows AI mentions next to organic clicks in the same dashboard, with a global branded vs non-branded filter that splits both signals the same way.
Agent Experience Platform vs MCP server
Scrunch ships an Agent Experience Platform (AXP) that serves AI-optimized content back to crawlers — a genuinely interesting differentiator on the outbound side. What it does not ship is a Model Context Protocol server, so your visibility data stays inside the Scrunch UI or the Enterprise Data API. QuickSEO ships an MCP server on every paid plan, so Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible client can query your SEO and AI visibility data directly with a single tool call.
Enterprise sales motion vs self-serve
Scrunch is built around an enterprise sales motion: 7-day trial, custom Enterprise quotes for compliance and full LLM coverage, agency packages negotiated separately, and add-on seats at $25/month each. That works well if you have procurement, a champion, and a six-figure marketing tooling budget. It is heavier than necessary if you are a solo founder or a small agency that wants to swipe a card today, start a free audit, and have results in a dashboard inside an hour — which is how QuickSEO is designed.
Who is Scrunch best for?
Large brands and agencies with SOC 2 / SSO requirements, dedicated AEO budget, and the need for hallucination detection, AXP content serving, and Enterprise Data API integration with internal BI stacks.
Where Scrunch wins
- Enterprise-grade compliance out of the box — SOC 2 Type II, RBAC, and SAML/OIDC SSO on Enterprise
- Strong logo customer base (Lenovo, Skims, Crunchbase, Penn State) and 4.7 / 59 G2 reviews
- Agent Experience Platform (AXP) plus AI bot crawl observability — serves AI-optimized content back to crawlers, which most monitors do not
- Hallucination detection on Enterprise — a differentiator vs most AI visibility tools
- Dedicated agency packages with multi-client workspaces and Enterprise Data API access
Where Scrunch falls short
- No Google Search Console integration — AI side only, so you still need a separate tool to reconcile AI visibility with organic search performance
- Starter and Growth ($250–$500/mo) only track 4 platforms; Claude, Gemini, Grok, Meta AI, and Google AI Mode are gated behind Enterprise custom pricing
- No MCP server — visibility data is locked inside the Scrunch UI and Data API; you cannot query it from Claude or ChatGPT directly
- Entry price is $250/mo annual ($300 month-to-month) — 2.5–3x QuickSEO Growth, with a heavier sales motion at the Enterprise tier
- No free AI visibility audit and no perpetual free tier — only a 7-day Starter trial
G2 rating: 4.7/5 across 59 reviews.
Who is QuickSEO best for?
QuickSEO is built for SMBs, solo founders, and agencies who want one dashboard for both SEO and AI visibility — without an enterprise contract or six-figure budget.
- Solo founders and SMBs who want SEO + AI visibility without an enterprise contract
- Agencies managing multiple client sites from a single dashboard
- Teams that want to query their SEO and AI data from Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP-compatible client
- Anyone who wants to validate AI visibility with a free audit before paying
Switching from Scrunch to QuickSEO
- 1Sign up and paste your site URL — QuickSEO auto-analyzes the site to suggest competitors, topics, and prompts
- 2Review the suggested competitors and adjust the list if you already track a specific set
- 3Pick the topics that match how customers describe your space
- 4Review the auto-generated AI prompts and edit any you want tracked differently
- 5Subscribe to a QuickSEO plan, then connect Google Search Console from the site dashboard for unified SEO + AI data
- 6Cancel your previous tool — your first AI visibility scan runs automatically
Frequently asked questions
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Sources & last verified
Pricing and feature claims for Scrunch verified on May 13, 2026. Sources:
- Scrunch homepage
- Scrunch pricing page
- Scrunch AI on G2
- Trakkr Scrunch AI review (2026)
- Airefs — LLM tier-gating breakdown
Pricing changes frequently — verify on the vendor site before committing.