ShownInAI vs Sightivo (2026): cheap fix pages or outreach to the authors AI cites
ShownInAI writes 3 fix pages a month for SaaS from $9, then $29/mo. Sightivo drafts articles and pitches to cited authors from $99/mo. Both track very little. Compared.
Neither of these is really a tracker. Both are content tools with a small measurement layer attached. That makes them easy to compare: count the output, then count the measurement.
The one-sentence difference
ShownInAI writes three on-site pages a month (comparisons, alternatives, listing kits) for SaaS brands; Sightivo drafts articles and outreach emails to the authors and publications AI already cites.
Side by side
| ShownInAI | Sightivo | Promptwatch | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company | Aurumaxis Labs Limited | Not published | Promptwatch B.V., Amsterdam |
| Entry price | $9 first month, then $29/mo | $99/mo | Free Explore; Essential $95/mo |
| Prompts at entry | 10 buyer prompts | 20 prompt checks a month | 10 on Explore; 50 on Essential |
| Refresh | Every 14 days | Per prompt check | Daily on paid plans |
| Engines | OpenAI is the only provider named | ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Overviews | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Copilot and more, plus AI Overviews and AI Mode |
| Content output | 3 pages a month | 25 articles, 60 email drafts a month | 5 AEO articles on Essential, 15 on Professional |
| Off-site outreach | No | Author discovery, drafted pitches, sending inbox | Offsite mention and Reddit/YouTube citation data |
| CMS publishing | Not described | Not described | Webflow, Framer, WordPress |
| AI crawler logs | Not published | Not published | Agent Analytics from Professional |
| Trial | 7-day refund window | 7 days, card required | 7-day trial on Essential |
How ShownInAI works
ShownInAI prices were read on showninai.com/pricing on 20 October 2026. Starter is $9 for the first month, then $29/mo: 10 buyer questions, 3 pages written up front and 3 new pages each month, tracking every 14 days and email alerts. Agency is $99/mo for up to 10 client sites, white-label PDFs and an embeddable lead-gen scanner. Enterprise is custom. One-off products: a $49 AI Visibility Report and a $99 Local Report. The llms.txt lists a $299 GEO audit. There's no free plan. Refunds within 7 days, and a full refund if AI answers don't name you within 60 days.
It reads your domain, infers your category and rivals, and writes 10 unbranded prompts ("best X for Y", "X alternatives", "X vs Y", "tools like X"). It runs them with web search on and reports whether you are named, your position, who is named instead and which sources are cited (G2, Capterra, Reddit, roundups). Then it writes pages aimed at the biggest gaps, with FAQ schema.
Two contradictions. The homepage advertises "weekly or daily tracking with alerts to email and Slack", while Starter lists every 14 days with email. The security page limits the API to "Growth and Enterprise" workspaces, and there is no Growth plan. The only AI provider its pages name is OpenAI, via the API. Ask which engines you are paying for.
How Sightivo works
Sightivo figures come from our catalog entry (pricing read 15 October 2026). Solo is $99/mo for 80 recommendations, 2 projects, 20 prompt checks, 25 articles and 60 email drafts. Indie is $199/mo with 60 prompt checks. Studio is $399/mo with 100 prompt checks, 80 articles and 160 email drafts. Seats are unlimited on every plan. The 7-day trial includes 10 recommendations and asks for a card.
The unit is the recommendation. Each one arrives finished: a page draft, a prompt gap to close, or an author with contact details and a pitch ready to send from your own domain. The Opportunity Map lists places to get mentioned. Ahrefs, Semrush or Moz data can be imported but isn't required.
The measurement is the weak spot. A prompt check is one prompt run once. Twenty a month won't show a trend. Gemini and Perplexity are not listed.
Who should pick which
Pick ShownInAI if you're an early-stage SaaS founder with no comparison or alternatives pages yet and $29 a month to spend. It will get the obvious pages written.
Pick Sightivo if you've already got the pages and your gap is third-party coverage: the listicles, review roundups and blogs that AI pulls into its answers. It's the only one of the two that does outreach.
Pick neither for measurement. One names a single AI provider and checks every two weeks. The other runs 20 prompts a month.
The Promptwatch option
Both tools produce work. Neither can tell you whether the work landed. Promptwatch does. Citation analytics show which pages, domains, Reddit threads and YouTube videos the models cite, page by page, so a Sightivo pitch list can be built from real citation data. Prompt tracking runs the same buyer prompts daily across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Copilot and Google's AI surfaces, so you can see whether a new ShownInAI comparison page starts getting cited, and on which engine.
It writes too. Content Agents plan, draft and publish to Webflow, Framer or WordPress with a review inbox and content gap analysis. Essential is $95/mo with 50 prompts and 5 AEO articles. Professional is $245/mo with 150 prompts, 15 AEO articles and 25M crawler logs, so you can also see whether ChatGPTBot fetched the new page.
Verdict
ShownInAI is the cheapest way to get a few fix pages written. Sightivo is the only one here that works off-site. Both are thin on measurement, and ShownInAI's own pages disagree about its cadence. Let whichever fits produce the content, and measure it in Promptwatch.
FAQ
Which is cheaper?
ShownInAI: $9 for the first month, then $29/mo. Sightivo starts at $99/mo.
Which AI engines do they check?
ShownInAI names only OpenAI as its provider. Sightivo tracks ChatGPT, Claude and Google AI Overviews.
Do either publish to a CMS?
Neither describes CMS publishing. Both deliver drafts.
Measure what you publish at promptwatch.com.