Rankability is an agency-oriented platform that bundles AI-answer tracking, keyword and topic research, content drafting, technical and Google Business Profile auditing, and backlink monitoring into one client-workspace system, with white-label reporting on every tier. Spyro AI starts at $99/month - Rankability starts at $199/month, $100/month more - and covers the same core ground for solo founders and small teams: AI visibility, SEO, GEO auditing, content and publishing, with all five major AI engines and unlimited seats included from the first plan. Here is where they differ.
Eight capabilities that decide most evaluations. The detail sits in the full comparison further down.
| Capability |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| AI visibility tracking (citations, mentions) | AvailableIn the plan, all 5 engines | LimitedCore: 3 engines; Team adds 2; Agency adds 3 more |
| Sentiment on AI answers | AvailableCited answers, all 5 engines | LimitedNamed as evidence inside citation analysis, not a scored metric |
| Keyword research and rank tracking | Available | AvailableVia Researcher and Track, every plan |
| Technical SEO site audit | Available150-1,500 pages by plan, weekly and manual | AvailableFull-site crawl, credits vary by site size; page-count ceiling not published |
| GEO / AI-crawlability audit | Available16 checks | LimitedNamed as 'technical and content factors,' not itemized |
| Full article generation | AvailableIn the plan | AvailableVia Copywriter's Autopilot, human review required |
| Publishing to a CMS | AvailableWordPress, Shopify, Notion | AvailableLive publish to WordPress/Webflow via connected plugin, one-way (not synced back) |
| API access | AvailablePer-website keys, both plans | AvailableIncluded from Core, no tier gate documented |
Four questions, answered before you read another row.
Both chain research, tracking and content into one platform. They part company on price, on how many AI engines the entry plan reaches, and on how far content goes before a human has to step in.
5 stepsPrompts re-check weekly or daily, ranks and audits run weekly, and one keyword from every published article is tracked automatically, so this week's measurement decides next week's content.
5 stepsRankability names its five modules Track, Research, Create, Audit and Promote, run inside a per-client workspace built for agencies. Autopilot can draft a piece end to end, but Rankability's own help center states the result 'still requires human editorial and publishing approval' before it ships anywhere.
26 capabilities, grouped so you can open only the ones you care about. Where support comes with a caveat, the caveat is stated rather than rounded up to a tick.
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| Custom prompt tracking | Available50 per site on Pro, 250 on Agency, metered | Available75 (Core) to 250 (Agency) daily prompts, run across every included platform |
| Engines checkedCore tracks ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Claude. Team adds Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Agency adds Gemini, Grok and Microsoft Copilot. | Available5, including Claude, both plans | Limited3 (Core) to 8 (Agency), tier-gated |
| Check frequency | AvailableWeekly or daily, set per prompt | AvailableDaily, weekly or monthly, chosen per report |
| Prompt citations and sources | AvailableExact URLs and titles, and your place in the list | AvailableURL, title, platform and citation position, per source |
| Sentiment on AI answersRankability's Tracker product page describes AI visibility as including whether an engine 'spoke about you positively, neutrally, or negatively,' but its Search Performance Index docs state sentiment is 'a separate evidence dimension,' explicitly excluded from the score itself, and neither page documents a dedicated scored sentiment output the way Spyro's sentiment feature does. | AvailableOn cited answers, all 5 engines | LimitedReferenced as 'sentiment evidence' inside citation analysis, not a scored output |
| Share of voice and competitive benchmarking | AvailableRanked, with a You row | AvailableNamed share-of-voice metric via Tracker, computed automatically across your keyword set |
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| Keyword research | Available21 credits a search | AvailableVia Researcher, every plan |
| Rank tracking | Available500 keywords per website, weekly | AvailableGoogle, local and video included on every paid plan; keyword ceiling not published |
| Technical site auditRankability's Site Auditor covers page inventory, indexability, metadata, canonicals, crawl depth and duplicate content across a full site, plus a separate Page Content Auditor and Google Business Profile Auditor. Its own docs note results can be affected by authentication, robots rules, firewalls, rate limits and JavaScript rendering, and do not publish a page-count limit the way Spyro's plan-tiered figures (150 to 1,500 pages) are stated. Rankability's own help center currently labels Site Auditor 'Beta.' | Available150-1,500 pages by plan, no credit cost | AvailableFull-site crawl via Site Auditor, credits vary by site size; page-count ceiling not published |
| Backlink profile | Not offeredSpyro does not fetch backlink data | AvailableVia Promoter: domain authority, backlinks, referring domains, anchor text |
| Search Console data | AvailableFree | AvailableGSC and GA4, native, no plan gate documented |
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| AI readiness score | AvailableBeside the SEO score | LimitedAudit checks technical/local SEO signals; no named AI-readiness score currently published |
| Itemized GEO checks | Available16 named checks | LimitedNot broken into a published checklist |
| AI crawler access diagnostics | AvailableAudit plus free checker | AvailableFree AI Search Indexability Checker: Googlebot, GPTBot and other AI crawlers |
| Structured data checks | AvailableAudit plus free validator | LimitedPage Auditor verifies structured data presence; free viewer inspects/validates JSON-LD, not full spec-conformance |
| Rendering / JS-readability check | AvailableScored as a GEO signal | LimitedCrawls render JS via Firecrawl; still listed among factors that can affect results, no dedicated score |
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| Full article generation | AvailableIn the plan, 261 credits an article | AvailableVia Copywriter's Autopilot; human review required before publishing |
| Content plan and calendar | AvailableRolling 30-article plan, free | LimitedIndividual content projects; no rolling calendar documented |
| Publishing to WordPress | AvailableSelf-hosted and .com | AvailableLive publish via Rankability's own WordPress plugin, one-way (not synced back) |
| Publishing to Shopify | Available | Not offeredNot named among Rankability's documented export destinations |
| Publishing to Notion | Available | Not offeredNot named among Rankability's documented export destinations |
| Capability | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled digest email | AvailableRanks plus citations, weekly, built in | LimitedClient portal and share links documented; a scheduled email digest is not |
| Data exports | AvailableBoth plans | LimitedTracker reports and individual free tools export; no single platform-wide export manifest documented |
| Seats | AvailableUnlimited, both plans | AvailableUnlimited, every tier |
| Public API | AvailablePer-website keys, both plans | AvailableIncluded from Core ($199/mo); rate-limited 30-120 requests/min by plan |
| Free tools without an account | Available5 tools | Available11 tools |
Four capability differences, stated as fit rather than as a verdict on Rankability.
Spyro's $99/mo Pro plan tracks ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews from day one. Rankability's $199/mo Core plan tracks three engines (ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Claude); the other five (AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok, Copilot) only complete once you move up to Team or Agency.
Spyro's audit produces a 16-point GEO readiness score alongside its SEO score from the same crawl. Rankability's Auditor product page bills the Audit module as discovering 'what's hurting AI visibility' and its Page Auditor verifies technical health signals like meta tags, heading structure, structured data and canonical tags, but neither page publishes an itemized AI-readiness checklist or a single named readiness score the way Spyro's does.
Spyro's article generation includes direct publishing to WordPress, Shopify or Notion. Rankability's Copywriter can publish directly to a connected WordPress or Webflow site through its own plugin, or open a GitHub pull request, but its own help center is explicit that this is one-way delivery -- it 'does not turn the Rankability editor into a two-way WordPress editor' -- and Shopify and Notion are not named as destinations at all.
Spyro plans a rolling 30-article calendar from the audit's own findings, free of charge. Rankability's Copywriter is organized around individual content projects; a standing editorial calendar is not part of its published documentation.
As listed by each vendor in August 2026. Prices change, so check the live pages before you commit.
Spyro starts at $99/month; Rankability starts at $199/month, $100/month more at the entry tier, and gates full AI-engine coverage behind higher tiers: Core reaches three engines, and the remaining five complete only on Agency. Rankability uses a pooled-usage model rather than a credit pool, with rolling 24-hour and 7-day windows for on-demand work rather than a single monthly allowance.
Neither product is the right answer for everyone, and the split falls along fairly clean lines.
Plenty of agencies run an SEO-and-AEO platform alongside a separate publishing tool, and Rankability's own client-workspace model is built around that reality. If AI visibility, SEO, GEO auditing and the content that acts on all three are one budget line at the lowest entry price, that is the case Spyro is built for; if you run a multi-client agency that also needs backlink monitoring and local-SEO auditing in the same subscription, Rankability covers ground Spyro does not.
The questions that come up most often when teams weigh these two, including the ones where the answer is not in our favour.
For teams that want AI visibility, SEO, GEO auditing and content publishing in one subscription at a lower entry price, yes. For an agency that specifically needs backlink profile monitoring, Google Business Profile auditing and a per-client white-label reporting workspace bundled in, Rankability covers ground Spyro does not. In short, Spyro replaces the need to run a separate SEO tool and a separate AI-visibility platform for a founder or small team; it is not a drop-in replacement for Rankability's agency-workspace and white-label reporting features.
Rankability's Core plan is $199/mo for 3 client workspaces, unlimited seats and 3 AI engines. Spyro's Pro plan is $99/mo for up to 10 websites, unlimited seats and all 5 AI engines included from the entry tier. For a solo founder or small agency running a handful of sites, Spyro's lower entry price and full engine coverage are the more direct fit. For a multi-client agency that specifically needs white-label client reporting and Google Business Profile auditing bundled in, Rankability's workspace model is built for exactly that, and its price reflects the agency feature set.
At $99/mo, Spyro includes SEO, GEO auditing, all 5 AI engines and unlimited seats. Rankability's $199/mo Core plan includes 3 client workspaces and 3 AI engines, with the remaining 5 engines completing only at Agency, $799/mo. For a solo founder or a small agency running a few client sites, Spyro reaches full AI-engine coverage at less than half Rankability's entry price. Rankability's higher tiers earn their price with white-label client reporting, Google Business Profile auditing and backlink monitoring bundled in, which matter more as an agency's client count grows.
Yes, and this is one of Rankability's real strengths, not an afterthought: keyword and competitor research via Researcher, a full-site technical crawl via Site Auditor (currently labeled Beta), Google Business Profile auditing, and content drafting via Copywriter are included on every paid plan starting at $199/mo. What's genuinely tiered on Rankability is its AI-visibility tracking: Core reaches 3 AI engines, and Team and Agency add the rest. Spyro pairs the same kind of SEO and technical-audit ground with all 5 AI engines from its $99/mo entry plan. Both products do both jobs; they differ on which parts are gated by plan tier and at what price.
Spyro tracks five on every plan: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Rankability's Core plan ($199/mo) tracks three: ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Claude. Team adds Google AI Overviews and Perplexity; Agency adds Gemini, Grok and Microsoft Copilot, completing the set only at its highest self-serve tier.
Three tiers, all with unlimited seats: Core at $199/mo (3 client workspaces, 75 daily prompts, 3 AI engines), Team at $399/mo (10 workspaces, 150 daily prompts, 5 engines), and Agency at $799/mo (25 workspaces, 250 daily prompts, 8 engines). Each price drops about 17% on annual billing. Custom plans exist beyond 25 workspaces or 250 daily prompts.
It generates content: Copywriter's Autopilot workflow can draft a piece through research, brief, draft, improvements and fact-checking. Rankability's own help center is explicit that the result 'still requires human editorial and publishing approval,' and its Publish step can then push the finished article live to a connected WordPress or Webflow site (or open a GitHub pull request) -- but this is one-way delivery, not a two-way CMS sync back into Rankability's editor. Spyro's article generation publishes directly to WordPress, Shopify or Notion from the same credit pool as everything else.
Yes, on every plan: Rankability's Agent API and hosted MCP endpoint are both included from Core at $199/mo, per its own help documentation, with rate limits of 30 to 120 requests per minute depending on plan. Spyro includes per-website API keys on both the Pro and Agency plans.
Yes, through Promoter: domain authority, total backlink count, referring domains and anchor-text distribution for a client's own site, refreshed over time. Spyro does not fetch or display a backlink profile.
They were checked in August 2026 against the Rankability website, its help center and developer documentation, and against the Spyro codebase for our own numbers. Both products change often, so check the live pricing pages before you commit.
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