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Answergist vs HubSpot AEO
How HubSpot AEO positions itself: The household name in our price band — a standalone AEO tracker from a company founders already trust, with no HubSpot subscription required.
Here's how the two compare on what you actually walk away with, what the public can see, and then price, cadence and engines. Where HubSpot AEO is ahead of us, it says so.
$50/mo ($45/mo billed annually) — 25 prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. No HubSpot subscription needed. A free AEO Grader runs as a one-time diagnostic.
| Dimension | HubSpot AEO | Answergist |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | a tracker with a free diagnostic in front of it | a generator: it writes the pages, then measures the same prompts afterwards |
| What you walk away with | prompt tracking and diagnostics | generated files — FAQ + JSON-LD, comparison drafts, checklist, llms.txt — rewritten after your weekly scan when your losing prompts change |
| Public visibility surfaces | tracking lives in your own dashboard | public Visibility Index profile — a followed link to your site once you verify ownership, Organization schema, your category and tracked rivals — plus a labeled, nofollow front-page board row |
| Price | $50/mo ($45 annual) | $39/mo |
| Free tier | a free AEO Grader diagnostic, plus a no-card trial tracking 25 prompts across all three engines — more than we give away | full scorecard — 15 questions, three engines, work-email signup, no card, one per domain |
| Engines | 3 — ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | 3 — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews |
| Prompts | 25 | 15, generated from your own site |
| Company | HubSpot — public company; AEO sits beside Marketing Hub | Wilphia LLC, launched 2026 |
When HubSpot AEO is the better choice
- Their trial gives away more than our free tier does — 25 prompts, three engines, no card
- You already run your marketing inside HubSpot
- 25 tracked prompts against our 15
- A brand name your board already recognizes
- Marketing Hub Pro/Enterprise integration
When Answergist is the better choice
- You want pages to ship, not prompts to watch
- $39 with deliverables against $50 for tracking
- A public profile engines can read, not only a private dashboard
- Nothing here needs a marketing suite around it
Facts checked September 2026 — tell us if something's out of date: hello@answergist.com