AEOSearch or Scrunch

Where Scrunch Is the Better Pick

• Nine assistants on Enterprise, Grok and Meta AI among them

  “Scrunch currently supports nine major AI platforms: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, and Meta AI.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14

• Pages served to AI agents at the edge

  “Scrunch detects AI visits in real time and serves AI-optimized versions of your site pages at the edge.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14

• A refresh whenever you ask for one

  “prompt data can be refreshed at any time.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14

The Eight Questions

Each one is something you can test in a trial of either tool. A cell that says “not stated” means we found no page that says it, not that the tool cannot do it.

1. Lowest Listed Price

   What the cheapest thing on the price page costs, and what it buys.

   Scrunch

   “Core … $250/mo … 125 unique prompts … 5,000 responses / month … Start 7-day free trial”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: Core covers four assistants with a seven-day trial; Enterprise is priced on request.

   AEOSearch

   A free scorecard: 4 questions on ChatGPT and Gemini. A report of your own from $25, priced before you pay.

2. Assistants Measured

   Which AI assistants the numbers come from.

   Scrunch

   “Scrunch currently supports nine major AI platforms: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Microsoft Copilot, Grok, and Meta AI.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: Core covers four of them: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot. Enterprise covers all nine.

   AEOSearch

   ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode. You choose which ones a report asks.

3. Times Each Question Is Asked

   An assistant answers the same question differently from one run to the next, so a number built on one answer per question can move on a reroll.

   Scrunch

   “For new prompts being tracked, Scrunch collects AI responses daily for the first 14 days. After that Scrunch shifts to a default 72-hour refresh cadence, but prompt data can be refreshed at any time.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: Daily for two weeks, then every three days. How many answers each collection takes is not stated.

   AEOSearch

   Once or 3 times per question, chosen before you pay and printed on the report.

4. Model Named on the Answer

   ChatGPT is several models, and they disagree. A number that does not say which one answered cannot be checked against the app.

   Scrunch

   Not stated on any Scrunch page we read (2026-10-14).

   AEOSearch

   Stored with every answer, and printed on the report for each engine whose provider reports it.

5. Web Search Labelled

   An answer written without a web search reports what a model remembers, not what the live assistant says today.

   Scrunch

   “Scrunch uses multiple methodologies to collect data from AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and others, including browser automation and official platform APIs.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: Both the apps and the APIs. Which route served a given answer, and whether it searched the web, is not stated on the pages we read.

   AEOSearch

   Stored with every answer. The report says, engine by engine, whether web search was on, and for Claude and Perplexity, how many answers searched.

6. Answers You Can Read

   Whether the full answer behind a number opens when you ask for it.

   Scrunch

   “You’ll get a high-level overview of brand presence, position, sentiment, citations, and competitive presence for the prompt in question, as well as a full read-out of the LLM response for that platform.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14

   AEOSearch

   Every answer is stored in full, and the report opens the text behind its numbers.

7. Branded Questions Counted Apart

   A question that already names you is one you will almost always win. Mixed into the headline, it inflates it.

   Scrunch

   “Segment your analysis based on persona, prompt topic, AI platform, funnel stage, branded versus non-branded prompts, custom tags, and other filters.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: A filter, so the split is there when you set it.

   AEOSearch

   Yes. Questions that name you or a competitor you track are scored apart from the ones that name none of them.

8. Changes to Your Site

   Whether it edits your site, and whether each edit can be undone.

   Scrunch

   “it optimizes content for AI without touching the live website. The CMS stays the same; AXP simply creates an AI-friendly layer on top of what already exists.”scrunch.com, read 2026-10-14Our reading: Agent Pages serve AI agents a rewritten copy of your pages from the CDN while people see the live site. The pricing page lists AXP on Enterprise only.

   AEOSearch

   Only through our plugins, only after you opt in on that site, and every change carries a rollback. The platform itself never edits your site.

Check Us the Same Way

Run the free scorecard: it shows the stored answer for up to three questions you lost, and a paid report opens every answer behind every number, with the model where the provider names one, the search label and the full text. The standard lists the five standards a paid report's mention rate carries, and the other comparisons ask the same questions of every tool on the list. Something here wrong about Scrunch? Write to support@aeosearch.io with the page that says otherwise and we will correct it.