LLMrefs alternative for small businesses
Tracking that turns into published answers, re-asked after they go live, from $99 a month.
7 days free, then your plan. Cancel before day 8 and nothing is charged.
Rankli and LLMrefs, side by side
LLMrefs tracks keywords across many AI search engines on one $79 plan. Rankli Growth is $99 and asks fewer engines; what it adds is the writing. It publishes the answer pages for the questions where AI names someone else, then asks again after they go live. Every LLMrefs figure below was read off its own page on 16 October 2026.
| Row | Rankli | LLMrefs |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistants asked | ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on every plan, with Perplexity added on Scale and Agency. | ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, Copilot, Meta AI and DeepSeek, all with no additional fees. |
| Questions tracked | 50 on Growth, 150 on Scale, 400 on Agency, asked every week. | You enter keywords and LLMrefs generates the prompts. The plan card lists 500 prompts, and every keyword is updated in the dashboard at least once a week. |
| Questions you are losing, and who wins them | Each round lists the questions where AI recommends someone else, and who it picks instead. | Competitor benchmarking by share of voice and position per keyword, and the source URLs AI engines cite. |
| Writes the answer pages | About 30% of each month's articles are planned at the questions you are losing, and Rankli writes them. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Publishes to your CMS | 10 connections: WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Wix, Ghost, Notion, Framer, Webhook and Next.js Blog. Live or as a draft. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Re-asks the question after publishing | Each article's question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Before and after, per article | On every article: named in how many answers before and after, and whether AI cited the page. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Price | Growth $99, Scale $249, Agency $499, billed monthly. | All in One: $79/month, marked "Limited time only". Unlimited projects and team members on the one plan. |
| Free trial | 7 days free on every plan. A card starts it; cancel during the trial and nothing is charged. | A 7-day free trial, cancel anytime, and a free account with no credit card required. |
Every LLMrefs cell was read on from llmrefs.com/pricing. Every Rankli figure on this page is a rule, a limit or a price in the running product; every figure about the other product was read off their own live page on the date stamped above.
- Prompt allowance: the plan card lists 500 prompts, while the FAQ on the same page refers to buying more than 50 keywords.
- Writing and publishing articles, and re-asking after a page goes live: not listed on the pricing page we read.
Why teams switch
- Rankli starts each month's plan with the questions you are losing and publishes the articles to your CMS.
- Each article's question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live, and the article shows before and after.
- Each round lists the questions where AI recommends someone else and who it picks instead, as your customers would ask them.
When LLMrefs fits better
- You want the lowest price for tracking alone: LLMrefs All in One is $79 a month, marked limited time only.
- You track many domains: LLMrefs lists unlimited projects and team members on its one plan.
- You want the widest engine list, including Grok, Meta AI and DeepSeek, with no add-on fees.
- You work from an SEO keyword list and want prompts generated from it rather than writing the questions.
Questions
Is Rankli a good LLMrefs alternative for a small business?
If you want the pages that get you named written for you, yes. If you want tracking only, LLMrefs at $79 a month costs less than Growth at $99 and lists more engines.
LLMrefs costs less. What does the extra buy?
The writing and the proof. Growth includes 30 articles aimed at the questions you are losing, published to your CMS, with each question asked again 7 and 14 days after the article goes live.
Which AI assistants answer in Rankli today?
Every plan lists ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini, with Perplexity added on Scale and Agency. ChatGPT access is unavailable at the moment, so answers currently come from Claude and Gemini, plus Perplexity on Scale and Agency. On the free checker, when ChatGPT is unavailable, Claude answers and the report says so.
How do I switch from LLMrefs to Rankli?
Add the questions your customers ask, connect your CMS, and start the 7-day free trial. Rankli asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini that week, lists the questions you are losing and plans articles at them. It publishes to any of 10 connections and re-asks each one 7 and 14 days after it goes live.
See which questions you are losing this week.
Start with the free check: ask an AI assistant the questions your buyers ask and see who it names. Then start the trial to get the answers written.
7 days free, then your plan. Cancel before day 8 and nothing is charged.