Crescive vs Airefs

Crescive8.8Visit Airefs7.9Visit

Higher score Crescive #1 in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools 8.8/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Crescive

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Airefs #4 in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools 7.9/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 4 of 5 features Visit Airefs

• Crescive fits best

  Teams tracking visibility across multiple AI answer engines

• Airefs fits best

  Small teams needing analytics and implementation hooks

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Side by side

Feature	Crescive 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Airefs 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	7.9
Ranking	#1 in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools	#4 in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools
Best for	Teams tracking visibility across multiple AI answer engines	Small teams needing analytics and implementation hooks
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$89/mo	—
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	14 days	7 days
Free trial length	14 days · no card needed	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat	Email, Docs
Integrations	12 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Crescive 5/5 · Airefs 4/5
Citation monitoring	✓	✓
Competitor benchmarking	✓	✓
Content recommendations	✓	✓
Schema analysis	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
API access	✓	✓
Specs
AI engines tracked	6 engines (best)	1 engines
Prompt tracking limit	100 prompts (best)	25 prompts
Our review
Pros	Measures visibility, sentiment, share of voice and citations across six engines Combines citation gaps, prompt discovery and competitor benchmarking Connects crawler analytics and exports with analytics and workflow integrations	Tracks prompts, citations, competitors, and source URLs Connects with major hosting platforms plus API and MCP clients Adds crawler, referral, content, Reddit, and backlink analytics
Cons	Free visibility scans refresh monthly rather than daily Starter and Growth prices are annual-billing rates Enterprise API access and some connectors are limited to Enterprise or roadmap status	Only one tracked engine is listed Lite limits tracking to 25 prompts No free plan; paid access starts with a seven-day trial
Our verdict	Crescive helps teams monitor how AI answer engines represent their brands and identify opportunities to improve that visibility. It runs buyer prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek, tracking visibility,… Read the review →	Airefs is an Answer Engine Optimization platform for founders, small teams, agencies, and brands. It schedules prompts in AI search, reports brand and competitor mentions, monitors citations and source URLs, and measures AI crawler… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Crescive — where it wins

  • Measures visibility, sentiment, share of voice and citations across six engines
  • Combines citation gaps, prompt discovery and competitor benchmarking
  • Connects crawler analytics and exports with analytics and workflow integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Free visibility scans refresh monthly rather than daily
  • Starter and Growth prices are annual-billing rates
  • Enterprise API access and some connectors are limited to Enterprise or roadmap status

• Airefs — where it wins

  • Tracks prompts, citations, competitors, and source URLs
  • Connects with major hosting platforms plus API and MCP clients
  • Adds crawler, referral, content, Reddit, and backlink analytics

  Where it doesn't

  • Only one tracked engine is listed
  • Lite limits tracking to 25 prompts
  • No free plan; paid access starts with a seven-day trial

• Crescive8.8/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  Broad AEO monitoring pairs visibility metrics with citation gaps and content workflows.

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• Airefs7.9/10 · 7-day trial

  Airefs combines AI visibility analytics, competitor tracking, and implementation hooks for small teams.

  Visit AirefsFull verdict →