A Peec AI alternative
that starts free
See how often ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews name you, what to change when they don't, and whether the change worked. Free to start, $49 a month after that.
Mention rate
Share of voice
Prominence
62%
how early you appear
Crawler access
4 of 6
reached your pages
Is Shruwd a good Peec AI alternative?
Yes. Shruwd is a Peec AI alternative for a team that wants a smaller, cheaper way in. Peec AI starts at $95 a month billed monthly, for 50 prompts on three AI models, run daily, and its pricing page lists no free plan.
Shruwd starts free, costs $49 a month after that, tracks ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews on every plan, and puts a range around every rate. They also ask differently: Peec says it uses "UI scraping technology to interact with AI platforms exactly as real users do", and Shruwd asks through OpenAI's API and Google's public results page.
Shruwd fits if
- You want a free plan to start on, and $49 a month after that.
- ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews are the answers you care about, and you’d rather not pick three models or pay for each extra one.
- You want a range around every rate.
Peec AI fits if
- You want answers collected by browser automation in the chat interfaces themselves, the way Peec describes its method.
- You want models beyond ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews: AI Mode, Gemini, Copilot or Naver AI, three at a time on any paid plan, with Perplexity as a paid add-on and Claude, Grok and more on Enterprise.
- Everyone on your team needs a seat, or you run several separate projects.
Shruwd and Peec AI, side by side.
Paid plans
- Shruwd
- Starter $49/month, Pro $149/month
- Peec AI
- Starter $95, Pro $245, Advanced $495 a month billed monthly. Enterprise "Custom"
Free plan
- Shruwd
- 10 prompts you choose, measured once on both engines. Crawler logs every month. No card
- Peec AI
- None on its pricing page. Its site’s button says "Start Free Trial"
AI engines
- Shruwd
- Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT, both on every plan
- Peec AI
- "Choose 3 models" from six on the self-serve plans. Extra models from $35 a month. Enterprise: "Choose from all models"
How often
- Shruwd
- Weekly on Starter and Pro. Once on the free plan
- Peec AI
- "Daily tracking frequency". Enterprise "Daily or weekly"
Prompts
- Shruwd
- 25 on Starter, 100 on Pro
- Peec AI
- 50 on Starter, 150 on Pro, 350 on Advanced
Brands or projects
- Shruwd
- 1 on Starter, 3 on Pro
- Peec AI
- "1 project" on Starter, "2 projects" on Pro, "5 projects" on Advanced
Team seats
- Shruwd
- 5 on Starter, 15 on Pro
- Peec AI
- "Unlimited users"
Regions and languages
- Shruwd
- Google AI Overviews: US, English
- Peec AI
- Its FAQ says "any supported country or language with no additional cost". Its feature table caps countries at 1 on Starter and 3 on Pro and Advanced
Crawler logs
- Shruwd
- Every plan. From hosts with a log drain (Vercel, Netlify and similar) or from Cloudflare
- Peec AI
- "CDN & log providers" on every plan: Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS, CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Wordpress, Akamai, a generic webhook or a CSV upload
Run-to-run changes
- Shruwd
- A range on each rate, like 32% (24–41%)
- Peec AI
- Daily runs. Its docs advise focusing "on trends over weeks rather than daily changes"
Where answers come from
- Shruwd
- OpenAI's API and Google's public results page, labelled a proxy
- Peec AI
- "Peec AI uses UI scraping technology", through the platforms’ web interfaces
What to do next
- Shruwd
- Findings: the likely reason, the page to change, the change to make
- Peec AI
- Actions: "a prioritized list of ways to improve your AI visibility, with the evidence behind each recommendation"
After a fix
- Shruwd
- A recheck of the affected questions: moved or did not move. 1 a month on Starter, 6 a month on Pro
- Peec AI
- Impact, which "measures the results afterward", with day markers on the graph
Peec AI's details are from peec.ai and docs.peec.ai, checked September 20, 2026. The prices are the monthly-billing dollar ones; annual billing is cheaper per month ($80, $205 and $420), and Peec shows euros to European visitors (€85, €205 and €425). There's a matching page for Shruwd and Profound, side by side
Starting free, and what it costs after.
Shruwd's pricing page lists three plans: free, Starter at $49 a month and Pro at $149 a month. Every limit is a hard cap, so you pay the listed price and nothing else.
Peec AI's cheapest plan is Starter at $95 a month billed monthly, and it buys more volume than Shruwd's: 50 prompts on three models, run daily, against 25 prompts on two engines, run weekly.
- Crawl
- Free
- Starter
- $49/month
- Pro
- $149/month
A free plan to start on
- Starter
- $95/month
- Pro
- $245/month
- Advanced
- $495/month
- Enterprise
- "Custom"
No free plan on its pricing page
Peec AI's figures are its own, from peec.ai, billed monthly. Annual billing is cheaper per month, and European visitors are shown euros.
- ChatGPTAsked through OpenAI’s API
- Google AI OverviewsRead from Google’s public results page
A proxy for what one person sees, labelled as one. The same question, asked the same way, every week.
How each one asks.
Peec AI's docs say it "uses UI scraping technology to interact with AI platforms exactly as real users do", and that it uses "browser automation" rather than APIs. A section headed "Why we don't use APIs" gives its reasons, and Peec describes what the scrape returns as "the reality for a logged-out user".
Shruwd asks ChatGPT through OpenAI's API and reads Google's public results page, and calls those answers a proxy for what one person sees. The trade is repeatability: the same question, asked the same way each week, so a move in the number usually means the answers moved.
How sure a number is.
Peec AI runs prompts daily, and its docs say "AI models have inherent randomness in source selection", advising you to focus "on trends over weeks rather than daily changes".
Shruwd shows the range around each rate instead, so 32% (29–35%) and 32% (10–60%) don't read alike, and a number with too little behind it shows as "insufficient data" rather than a figure you might act on.
Switching from Peec AI.
Logs reach Shruwd through your host's log drain or Cloudflare, on every plan. How that works
Run your own prompts on both engines, read your crawler logs, and see your first findings before you pay anything.
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Is Shruwd cheaper than Peec AI?
Yes, at the entry price. Shruwd’s paid plans are $49 and $149 a month, and it has a free plan. Peec AI’s plans are $95, $245 and $495 a month billed monthly, or $80, $205 and $420 a month on annual billing, with an Enterprise plan listed as "Custom". Peec’s Starter buys more than Shruwd’s, though: 50 prompts on three models, run daily. Shruwd pricing
Does Peec AI have a free plan?
Its pricing page lists four paid plans and no free one, as of September 20, 2026. Its site’s button says "Start Free Trial", and the terms aren’t on the pricing page. Shruwd’s free plan measures 10 prompts you choose, once, on ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and it also reads your crawler logs every month.
Does Peec AI scrape ChatGPT?
By its own description, yes: its docs say "Peec AI uses UI scraping technology to interact with AI platforms exactly as real users do", and that it uses "browser automation" rather than APIs. Peec describes what that returns as "the reality for a logged-out user". Shruwd doesn’t sign in to chat apps. It asks ChatGPT through OpenAI’s API and reads Google’s public results page, and labels those answers a proxy for what one person sees.
Which AI engines do Shruwd and Peec AI track?
Shruwd tracks ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews on every plan, both included. Peec AI’s three self-serve plans let you choose three models from six, which it labels ChatGPT, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Naver AI and Gemini. Extra models cost from $35 a month, and its Enterprise plan says "Choose from all models", which adds Claude, Grok, Deepseek and others. Perplexity is also sold as a paid add-on.
Does Peec AI read server logs too?
Yes. Peec AI’s "CDN & log providers" integrations take logs from Vercel, Cloudflare, AWS, CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN, Wordpress, Akamai, a generic webhook or a CSV upload, on every plan. Shruwd also reads logs on every plan, and a visit is counted only after the crawler’s claimed owner checks out. AI crawler logs
Can I bring my prompts over from Peec AI?
Yes. They go in as plain text, one per line, pasted in a single go, up to what your plan holds: 10 free, 25 on Starter and 100 on Pro.
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