Cognizo starts at $149/mo for 3 platforms with no fix generation or verification. Surfedo is $79/mo for 4 engines — including Claude — with exact position rankings, a 40-point audit, and a verified fix loop.
Claude, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are the four platforms where your buyers are actively searching. Missing one of them means missing a real portion of your AI visibility picture.
Cognizo's cheapest plan is $149/mo for 50 prompts across 3 platforms. Surfedo Pro is $79/mo for 50 queries across 4 engines including Claude — with fix generation, a 40-point audit, and verification included.
Cognizo tracks actual AI-referred traffic to your site — how many visitors arrived from ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini recommendations. This is a genuinely valuable data layer that Surfedo doesn't currently offer.
Surfedo extracts the numerical rank — #1, #2, #3 — for every query on every engine. This tells you which queries to fix first and lets you measure exact progress. A "visibility score" can improve or decline without telling you what actually changed.
Cognizo's Prompt Volumes feature lets you research the actual questions people are asking AI engines — a keyword research layer built specifically for AEO. This is a strong research tool that Surfedo doesn't have.
| Feature | Surfedo Pro $79/mo |
Cognizo Core $149/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking & Visibility | ||
| AI engines tracked | 4 (incl. Claude) | 3 of 6 (Claude is Enterprise) |
| Real #1/#2/#3 position rankings | ✓ | ✗ (share of voice only) |
| Queries / prompts tracked | 50 | 50 |
| Daily tracking | Weekly (daily on Agency) | ✓ |
| Position history & trends | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fix & Action | ||
| Fix content generation | ✓ (8 types) | 2 articles/mo only |
| Fix verification loop | ✓ | ✗ |
| JSON-LD schema generation | ✓ | ✗ |
| llms.txt file generation | ✓ | ✗ |
| FAQ page generation | ✓ | ✗ |
| Entity description generation | ✓ | ✗ |
| 40-point technical site audit | ✓ | ✗ (Growth plan only) |
| Competitor Intelligence | ||
| Competitor detection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Competitor WHY analysis | ✓ | ✓ |
| Battle cards per competitor | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics Extras | ||
| AI traffic analytics | ✗ | Growth plan only ($499/mo) |
| Prompt volumes research | ✗ | ✓ |
| Sentiment analysis | ✗ | ✓ |
| Pricing & Access | ||
| Self-serve signup | ✓ | Core only (Growth requires demo) |
| 7-day free trial | ✓ | ✗ |
| Starting price | $79/mo (Pro) | $149/mo (Core) |
| White-label reports | ✓ Agency plan | ✓ Agency plan |
Neither tool is right for every buyer. Here's our honest take on when to choose each.
Yes. Surfedo Pro is $79/mo. Cognizo's cheapest plan (Core) is $149/mo — nearly twice the price — and it only includes 3 platforms with Claude excluded. Surfedo tracks all 4 major engines including Claude from day one, and includes a 40-point site audit and fix verification loop that aren't available on Cognizo Core.
Claude is only available on Cognizo's Enterprise plan, which requires custom pricing and a sales call. On Cognizo's Core ($149/mo) and Growth ($499/mo) plans, you can choose from ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot, and Grok — but not Claude. Surfedo includes Claude on all plans from $79/mo.
Cognizo shows visibility scores and share of voice across AI engines — but not the exact numerical rank (#1, #2, #3) for each query. Surfedo extracts the exact position number per query per engine, so you can prioritize fixes and track precise improvements over time.
Cognizo has two features Surfedo doesn't currently offer: AI Traffic Analytics (real referral traffic from AI engines to your site, with Google Analytics integration) and Prompt Volumes (research tool showing what questions people are asking AI). If those data layers are critical to your workflow, Cognizo is the stronger choice — especially at Growth or Enterprise tier.
Yes. Surfedo is fully self-serve. Sign up, add your domain and queries, and your first scan runs in minutes. No demo, no sales call, no contract. There's also a 7-day Pro trial so you can validate results before committing to a subscription.
Surfedo generates 8 types of fix content: FAQ pages, JSON-LD schema markup, llms.txt entries, entity descriptions, comparison pages, Reddit reply drafts, structured data, and off-site content briefs. Cognizo generates AI-optimized articles (2/mo on Core, 5/mo on Growth). They serve different needs — Surfedo focuses on technical and structural fixes, Cognizo on long-form content.
Exact position rankings across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude — plus a 40-point audit and one-click fix generation. No sales call required.
7-day free trial · $79/mo Pro · No contracts