Updated October 2026

SurfacedBy vs Siteline

Monitoring and approved action drafts alongside native attribution, compared with detailed agent analytics and a free bot-analytics tier.

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The Quick Verdict

Siteline and SurfacedBy both monitor AI visibility and provide optimization guidance. Siteline goes deeper on agent behavior, page journeys and topic demand, with a free plan for one website and 50K agent events. Paid visibility monitoring starts at $49/mo and includes a Reporting API and MCP. SurfacedBy starts at $29/mo, offers executive briefs and weekly action plans, drafts content, community replies and publisher outreach for approval, and measures AI conversions and revenue through its collectors. Siteline's current public documentation supports referral analytics, but does not establish shipped conversion or revenue attribution. Choose Siteline for detailed agent analytics and a free ongoing bot-analytics plan; choose SurfacedBy for monitoring, drafted action and native conversion measurement together.

Feature Comparison

How the two platforms compare across monitoring, analytics, pricing, and integrations.

Feature	SurfacedBy	Siteline
Monitoring
AI platforms monitored	4 included by tier; Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek as add-ons	ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews; Google organic separately
Server-side bot traffic analytics	Server collectors; WordPress sees requests reaching PHP; snippet sees no bots	Tracks actual AI crawler visits
Check frequency	Daily Check + Full Check	Configurable schedule and repetitions
Prompts tracked	Up to 350 included; prompt packs add 50 / 100 / 200 each	Paid: 500 to 4,000 prompt runs/mo; count depends on schedule
Analytics & Insights
AI Visibility Score		Share of voice
Citation tracking
Individual bot-to-conversion attribution		Not documented as shipped
Conversion tracking from AI traffic	Native on paid plans with a collector	Human referral analytics; conversions not documented as shipped
AI Content Readiness Score		Free Agent Readiness Check
Actionable recommendations	21 types with action steps	Content, technical and authority guidance; Insights Agent
Executive Brief		Insights Agent
Weekly Action Brief		Insights Agent
Read actual AI responses
AI agents' share of page loads	Cloudflare and NGINX collectors	Agent requests and human referrals
Agent readiness from real requests (Markdown asked for, slow and failing pages)	Cloudflare and NGINX collectors	Free Agent Readiness Check
Pricing & Access
Free tier	Free AI visibility check (30 real AI answers)	1 website, 50K agent events; no prompt tracking
Starting paid price	$29/mo	$49/mo
Free trial	7 days	Free tier plus a 7-day trial
Integrations
GSC + GA4 integration	GSC + GA4	Not documented
Edge / CDN collectors	Cloudflare Worker (one-click install and update), NGINX (one-command install)	Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, Azure CDN, CloudFront, Next.js; Fastly has setup docs
WordPress plugin
API access	Professional (read), Agency (read + write). On-demand checks for anyone via SurfacedBy Console.	Reporting API and MCP from Starter ($49/mo)

SurfacedBySiteline

Monitoring

AI platforms monitored

4 included by tier; Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek as add-onsChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews; Google organic separately

Server-side bot traffic analytics

Server collectors; WordPress sees requests reaching PHP; snippet sees no botsTracks actual AI crawler visits

Check frequency

Daily Check + Full CheckConfigurable schedule and repetitions

Prompts tracked

Up to 350 included; prompt packs add 50 / 100 / 200 eachPaid: 500 to 4,000 prompt runs/mo; count depends on schedule

Analytics & Insights

AI Visibility Score

Share of voice

Citation tracking

Individual bot-to-conversion attribution

Not documented as shipped

Conversion tracking from AI traffic

Native on paid plans with a collectorHuman referral analytics; conversions not documented as shipped

AI Content Readiness Score

Free Agent Readiness Check

Actionable recommendations

21 types with action stepsContent, technical and authority guidance; Insights Agent

Executive Brief

Insights Agent

Weekly Action Brief

Insights Agent

Read actual AI responses

AI agents' share of page loads

Cloudflare and NGINX collectorsAgent requests and human referrals

Agent readiness from real requests (Markdown asked for, slow and failing pages)

Cloudflare and NGINX collectorsFree Agent Readiness Check

Pricing & Access

Free tier

Free AI visibility check (30 real AI answers)1 website, 50K agent events; no prompt tracking

Starting paid price

$29/mo$49/mo

Free trial

7 daysFree tier plus a 7-day trial

Integrations

GSC + GA4 integration

GSC + GA4Not documented

Edge / CDN collectors

Cloudflare Worker (one-click install and update), NGINX (one-command install)Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, Azure CDN, CloudFront, Next.js; Fastly has setup docs

WordPress plugin

API access

Professional (read), Agency (read + write). On-demand checks for anyone via SurfacedBy Console.Reporting API and MCP from Starter ($49/mo)

Pricing Comparison

Siteline offers a free tier. SurfacedBy starts at $29/mo with a free AI visibility check.

SurfacedBy

Recommendations-first approach

Starter

$29/mo

1 domain , 15 prompts , 3 platforms (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) , Daily Check + Full Check

Professional

$99/mo

5 domains , 100 prompts , 4 AI platforms (adds Google AI Mode) + AI Overviews , Content, community + outreach

Agency

$299/mo

10 fully monitored domains , 350 prompts , 4 AI platforms + AI Overviews , Command center + read/write API

Every plan starts with a 7-day trial. Free AI visibility check with 30 real AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. Run a free check.

Siteline

Analytics-first with free tier

Free

$0/mo

1 website , 50K agent events , No prompt tracking

Starter

$49/mo

2 websites, 500K agent events , 500 prompt runs/mo , 10 products or competitors , Reporting API and MCP

Scale

$99/mo

5 websites, 2M agent events , 1,100 prompt runs/mo , 50 products or competitors , Slack and email support

Pro

$299/mo

Unlimited websites, 10M agent events , 4,000 prompt runs/mo , Unlimited products or competitors

Enterprise

Custom

Contact Siteline for limits and terms

Free tier available with no credit card. Formerly GPTrends.

Where SurfacedBy leads

Recommendations and Drafted Actions

Executive briefs and weekly action plans connect findings to content, community replies and publisher outreach you approve. Siteline also provides recommendations and an Insights Agent.

Readiness and Competitor Intelligence

AI Content Readiness scoring, competitor auto-discovery from real AI responses, AI-synthesized competitor intelligence profiles, and the ability to read actual AI responses about your brand.

GSC + GA4 Integration

Native Google Search Console and GA4 integration to correlate AI visibility with search performance and traffic. Siteline focuses on its own CDN-based tracking instead.

Where Siteline leads

Server-Side Bot Analytics

Deep server-side analysis of AI crawler behavior: which pages each bot accesses, how often, and where they get stuck. SurfacedBy also tracks bot crawls on your site, but Siteline goes deeper on the per-page stuck-state analysis.

Free Agent Analytics

One website and 50K agent analytics events on the free plan. Prompt tracking starts on paid plans. Setup options include Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, Azure CDN and AWS CloudFront.

Which one should you choose?

Choose SurfacedBy if...

You want typed, actionable recommendations with specific fixes
You need executive briefs and weekly action plans
You want AI Content Readiness scoring for your site
You need GSC and GA4 integration
You want competitor auto-discovery from real AI responses
You want content, community replies and publisher outreach drafted for approval
You want AI agents' share of your page loads next to what AI answers say and the conversions AI sends

Choose Siteline if...

You want deeper per-page bot-crawl analysis (which pages each bot gets stuck on)
You want topic-level demand inferred from agent traffic
You want free ongoing agent analytics (1 website and 50K events)
You need CDN integrations beyond Cloudflare and NGINX (Vercel, Netlify, AWS CloudFront, Azure CDN)
You want configurable prompt schedules and repetitions

SurfacedBy is our own product. We've done our best to represent competitors accurately based on their public pricing pages and documentation, each checked on the date shown on its page and all of them since October 2026. We encourage you to try each tool yourself. Pricing and features may have changed since publication.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Siteline have a free plan?

Yes. Siteline's free plan includes one website and 50K agent analytics events. It does not include prompt tracking. SurfacedBy offers a free visibility check with 30 real AI answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. For ongoing monitoring, SurfacedBy starts at $29/mo.

What is Siteline's server-side bot tracking?

Siteline measures actual agent requests, page journeys, topic demand and human referrals. SurfacedBy also offers server-side tracking through Cloudflare and NGINX. WordPress sees bot requests that reach PHP; the JavaScript snippet measures AI referrals and conversions, not bot crawls. Native conversion attribution requires an installed collector.

Is Siteline the same company as GPTrends?

Yes. Siteline was formerly GPTrends. Its rebrand announcement was published on February 23, 2026. The legal entity is Large Language Analytics, Corp.

Which tool provides better optimization guidance?

Both provide guidance. SurfacedBy offers 21 types with action steps, executive briefs, weekly action plans, and content, community and outreach drafts for approval. Siteline offers content, technical and authority recommendations with an Insights Agent. Their strengths differ: SurfacedBy combines drafted actions with native conversion measurement; Siteline emphasizes detailed agent behavior.

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