Comparison · free one-off grader
AEOVisor vs HubSpot AEO Grader for AI search visibility
The HubSpot grader is a genuinely useful free snapshot — run it, get a grade, get some direction. It's a one-time measurement rather than a monitoring system. If that's all you need, use it; our free tools cover the same ground.
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HubSpot's AEO Grader gives you a free directional read in a couple of minutes, and it's a reasonable starting point. What it isn't is continuous. AI answers change constantly, so a grade from last month tells you little about today. AEOVisor tracks eight engines over time, shows which competitors win the prompts you lose, and produces a prioritised fix list — and our own free tools cover the snapshot use case if that's genuinely all you want.
Where the two differ
Four differences that actually change which tool you should buy — each with the specific evidence behind it.
Continuous, not a snapshot
AI answers shift as models update and as competitors publish. A one-off grade can't tell you whether you're improving, and improvement is the entire point.
Scheduled tracking · week-over-week trends
Competitive context
A grade in isolation isn't actionable. Knowing that a named competitor is cited on the prompts you're losing tells you exactly what to write and where.
Prompt-level win/loss vs 3 competitors
The fixes, not just the score
Crawl issues, schema gaps, citation gaps and content opportunities drawn from your own Search Console data, ordered by expected impact.
Action Center · prioritised by impact
Feature by feature
This isn't really a like-for-like comparison — a free grader and a monitoring platform are different categories of thing. It's here because a lot of people start with the grader and then ask what comes next.
| Feature | AEOVisor | HubSpot AEO Grader |
|---|---|---|
| Engine coverage | ||
| Purpose-built for AI answer engines | Yes | Yes |
| AI engines trackedChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek and AEOVisor AI | 8 | Not verified |
| Google AI Overviews tracking | Yes | Not verified |
| Engines included at entry tier | 3 engines | n/a |
| Data & measurement | ||
| Citation tracking & source classification | Yes | No |
| Sentiment & framing analysis | Yes | No |
| Answer prominence / mention positionWhere in the answer you appear, not just whether | Yes | No |
| Google Search Console integration | Yes | No |
| Classic SERP position tracking | Yes | No |
| Evidence links to raw AI answersTrace any score to the sentence that produced it | Yes | No |
| Score traceable to source answers | Yes | Not verified |
| Optimisation workflow | ||
| Technical AEO / site audit | Yes | Partial |
| AI crawler simulationGPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot vs your robots.txt | Yes | No |
| llms.txt generation & validation | Yes | No |
| Competitor benchmarking | Yes | No |
| Prioritised action list | Yes | Partial |
| White-label PDF reports | Yes | No |
| Pricing & access | ||
| Public API access | Yes | No |
| Permanent free tier (not a trial) | Yes | Yes |
| Free tools with no signup | 11 tools | 1 tool |
| Entry price | $14/mo | Free |
| Self-hosted option | No | No |
Pricing side by side
The grader is genuinely free with no upsell gate. It's a lead magnet for HubSpot's wider platform, which is a perfectly reasonable trade.
AEOVisor
Our pricing- Free1 tracker · 5 prompts · 1 AI engine$0
- Starter2 trackers · 3 AI engines · GSC$14/mo
- Growth3 trackers · + Perplexity · SERP + AI Overviews$29/mo
- Agency10 trackers · white-label · API access$79/mo
- EnterpriseUnlimited everything · 2-year historyCustom
HubSpot AEO Grader
Their pricing- FreeOne-off grade$0
Who gets the most out of AEOVisor
AI visibility touches SEO, content, PR and engineering. Here’s what each team actually uses.
Report on AI visibility the way you report on rankings
You already own organic performance, and now leadership is asking what happens when ChatGPT answers the question instead of Google. AEOVisor gives you a defensible number, a trend line, and the evidence behind both.
- A single 0–100 AI Visibility Score, with the evidence behind it
- Week-over-week trends across every engine you track
- Google Search Console data joined to AI visibility
- Every score traceable to the AI answer that produced it
Find the prompts you're losing and the pages that would win them
Knowing you're invisible isn't useful on its own. The Action Center turns tracker data into a prioritised list of what to write, what to fix, and which competitor is being cited in your place.
- Prompt-level win/loss against named competitors
- Citation gaps — domains citing rivals but not you
- Content opportunities surfaced from real Search Console demand
- Schema and FAQ generation for answer-ready pages
Ten client brands, white-labelled reports, one $79 subscription
AI visibility is the easiest new line item to sell right now, and the hardest to prove. Run every client from one account and hand over a report with your own branding on it.
- 10 trackers on the Agency tier — no per-brand pricing
- White-label PDF reports with your logo and accent colour
- Public API access for your own dashboards
- Free tools as a lead magnet for pitching new clients
Check whether AI recommends you before you commit to anything
Eleven free tools, no signup, no sales call. Simulate an AI crawl, validate your llms.txt, check your schema, and see your visibility score in about thirty seconds.
- AI crawl simulator for GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot
- llms.txt generator and validator
- Schema markup validation
- Public API on the Agency tier for custom integrations
When HubSpot AEO Grader is the better choice
If you want a quick free sense of where you stand and nothing more, the HubSpot grader does exactly that in a couple of minutes with no commitment. If you're already invested in HubSpot's ecosystem it also sits naturally beside your other tooling. There's no reason not to run it — run ours too and compare.
We include this section on every comparison page. A comparison that wins every row isn’t a comparison — it’s an advert, and you’d be right to discount it.
Switching takes about ten minutes
There’s no data migration in AI visibility — measurement is live, so you start generating history from day one.
Start with a free score
Run our AI Visibility Score tool on the same domain you graded. No account needed, about thirty seconds.
Add your brand and competitors
Enter your domain, brand aliases and up to three competitors. Takes about two minutes — there's no data import step because AI visibility is measured live, not backfilled.
Bring your prompts across
Paste the prompts you're already tracking, or let the prompt library suggest a set from your category and Search Console demand. Nothing is locked to a vendor.
Run your first tracker
Results stream in engine by engine, usually inside a minute. You'll have a baseline score and evidence the same day rather than waiting for a scheduled run.
AEOVisor vs HubSpot AEO Grader: common questions
Straight answers, including where we're the weaker option
Yes. It's free, quick, and gives a directional read. Just treat it as a snapshot rather than a monitoring system — and don't make a strategy decision on a single measurement from a single moment.
Sources & verification
Every claim about HubSpot AEO Grader on this page was checked against public sources on . Pricing in this category changes often — if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll correct it.