Both platforms track how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and other AI systems talk about your brand. Here's where they actually differ, in the same evidence-first format we use for everything else on this blog: no unsubstantiated claims, no fabricated comparisons, just what's publicly verifiable as of August 2026.
AIMATE
PEEC AI
STARTING PRICE
$149/mo~€89/mo
WEBSITE CHATBOT
IncludedNot offered
LEAD CAPTURE
IncludedNot offered
GSC CORRELATION
YesNot specified
FROM PUBLIC PRICING PAGES · AUG 2026
[02] The short version
Six things to know.
Short on time? This is the whole comparison in one screen.
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Aimate's $149/mo Starter plan bundles a full website chatbot and lead-capture tool at no extra cost. Peec AI has no equivalent product at any price. That's a second product most teams would otherwise pay for separately (live chat and visitor tracking tools typically run $50 to $150+/mo on their own).
02
Peec AI is built around simplicity and prompt-based pricing, with unlimited seats at every tier and a strong self-serve onboarding experience, but it is a visibility tracker only, nothing more.
03
Aimate is built around evidence: every metric traces back to a stored raw response, and it's the only one of the two that joins AI citation data with your actual Google Search Console performance.
04
Peec's entry plan starts lower (€89/mo for 50 prompts across 3 models); Aimate's Starter plan is $149/mo for 30 prompts, but that price also includes the chatbot widget, 300 AI-powered replies/month, live visitor tracking and a team inbox for managing leads.
05
Teams without a dedicated marketing/SEO person also get a situational next-steps plan from Aimate, plus a free expert consultation if that's not enough. Peec's dashboard leaves interpretation entirely to you.
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If your priority is a lightweight, fast-to-set-up tracker and nothing else, Peec is a reasonable fit. If you want AI visibility monitoring, an on-site lead-gen chatbot, and guided next steps from one vendor and one bill, Aimate is built for that specifically.
[03] Quick comparison
Line by line,side by side.
FEATUREAimatePeec AI
Starting price
✓$149/mo
✕~€89/mo (Starter)
What that price includesKEY DIFFERENCE
✓AI visibility monitoring (30 prompts) plus a website chatbot with 300 AI replies/mo, live visitor tracking and lead capture, bundled with no add-on
✕AI visibility monitoring only (50 prompts, 3 models). No chatbot, live visitor tracking, or lead-capture product at any tier.
Monitored prompts
✓30 (Starter) → 150 (Growth, $399/mo) → custom
✕50 (Starter) → 150 (Pro) → 350 (Advanced)
Models per plan
✓ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews (plan-dependent)
✕Choose 3 models on Starter/Pro; up to 11 on Enterprise
Raw response storage
✓Yes. Every metric links back to the stored answer
✕Not specified on public product pages
Google Search Console correlation
✓Yes. Joins AI citations with GSC clicks, impressions, AI Overviews and AI Mode data
✕Not specified on public product pages
Website chatbotKEY DIFFERENCE
✓Included on every plan: 300 AI replies/mo (Starter), 800/mo (Growth), custom (Scale)
✕Not offered. You'd need a separate tool (e.g. Intercom, Crisp, Drift)
Live visitor trackingKEY DIFFERENCE
✓Included: live map of who's on your site, by page, device and location
✕Not offered
Lead captureKEY DIFFERENCE
✓Included: name and email requested at AI-to-human handoff, routed to a team inbox
✕Not offered
Competitor tracking
✓Yes
✕Yes
Reporting cadence
✓Structured biweekly report format
✕Dashboard-based; Looker Studio integration on Advanced+
Free trial
✓No. Demo on request
✕Self-serve signup
Seats
✓Not specified
✕Unlimited on every tier
Guided next steps + expert supportKEY DIFFERENCE
✓Included: a next-steps plan based on your current data, plus a free consultation with an Aimate expert if you need more help
✕Not offered. Self-serve dashboard only; interpreting the data is on you
Pricing and feature availability change frequently on both sides. Confirm current details on peec.ai/pricing and hiaimate.com/pricing before making a decision.
§ 04
The bundled chatbot: a second product Peec doesn’t have
This is the biggest practical difference between the two platforms, and it's easy to miss if you only compare prompt counts. Every Aimate plan, Starter included, comes with a website chatbot at no additional cost:
01A chat widget for your own site.Matches your brand's colors, installs with a single script tag, greets visitors with your own welcome message.
02AI-powered replies included in the plan price.300 AI replies/month on Starter, 800/month on Growth, custom on Scale. Answered only from your business profile, website content and knowledge base. Never fabricated.
03A live visitor map.See who's on your site right now: page, device and location. Plus proactive triggers that nudge a visitor after they spend time on a page.
04THE LEAD-CAPTURE MOMENTHonest human handoff.The moment the AI isn't confident, or a visitor asks for a person, the conversation hands off to your team, and that's also when name and email are requested, never upfront. That handoff is the lead-capture moment.
05A real team inbox.A 3-pane conversation view, assignment, resolve/reopen, search and filters, CSV export, and sound/badge alerts. Not just a chat log.
Peec AI's public product pages describe AI visibility monitoring only. There's no chat widget, no live visitor tracking, and no lead-capture flow anywhere in its feature set. A team choosing Peec that also wants on-site chat and lead capture would need to buy and integrate a separate tool, typically another $50 to $150+/month, on top of Peec's subscription. Aimate's $149/mo Starter price already includes both.
§ 05
Guidance for teams without a dedicated marketing or SEO person
Both platforms hand you a dashboard. Aimate goes further for teams that don't have in-house AEO expertise: based on your current visibility data, Aimate surfaces a recommended next-steps plan tailored to where your brand actually stands, not a generic checklist. If that's still not enough, you can get a free consultation with an Aimate expert to work through it directly.
BOTHDashboard
AIMATE ONLYNext-steps plan
AIMATE ONLYFree expert consultation
Peec AI's public product pages don't describe anything like this. Interpreting the dashboard and deciding what to do next is left entirely to the customer.
§ 06
Where Peec AI is strong
Peec's own customers consistently praise how uncluttered the product feels. One reviewer specifically credits it with avoiding:
“the issues we see with other SEO/AEO platforms, where there's often an overload of features and information that isn't of primary importance.”
Unlimited seats at every tier, transparent published pricing, and a fast self-serve signup make it an easy first tool to try. Peec also publishes dedicated tracker pages for individual platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Mode), which makes it easy to understand exactly what you're getting for a specific engine.
§ 07
Where Aimate is different
Aimate's platform is built around a single idea: every number in a report should be traceable back to the exact prompt, provider, timestamp and raw response that produced it. That shows up in ways Peec's public product pages don't describe:
Aimate joins AI citation data with your actual Google Search Console performance, including AI Overviews and AI Mode impression data, so you can see whether a page that gets cited by AI systems is also performing in classic search, or whether the two are diverging. This is useful for prioritization: a page with strong citations but weak search performance points to a different fix than a page with strong search performance but no citations.
Aimate’s platform explicitly separates “not yet supported” from “zero score” for any given provider, so a coverage gap never gets reported as a performance decline. This matters most when you’re presenting results to a team that will ask hard questions about a number.
Rather than leaving analysis entirely to a live dashboard, Aimate ships a defined biweekly report format (executive changes, prompt flips, competitor movement, citation changes, and owned next actions) designed to be handed to a team, not just browsed.
Covered in detail above, it’s the other major structural difference: a second product included in the price, not an add-on.
So which onefits your team?
[08] The verdict
Choose Aimate if5 REASONS
✓You need to show your team or leadership exactly which response produced a given metric.
✓You want AI citation data connected to your real Search Console performance, not tracked as a separate system.
✓You're building a recurring reporting cadence and want a format already designed for that, not just a dashboard export.
✓You also want a website chatbot with live visitor tracking and lead capture, without adding a separate tool.
✓You don't have a dedicated marketing/SEO team and want a next-steps plan, or a free expert consultation, rather than a raw dashboard to interpret yourself.
✓You want the lowest-friction way to start tracking a handful of prompts across 3 models today.
✓Unlimited seats at a lower entry price matters more than citation-to-search correlation.
✓You're an agency managing several brands and want per-brand project structure out of the box.
A fair pick if a lightweight tracker is all you need.
[09] Frequently asked questions
Questions peopleactually ask.
Straight answers about switching, pricing and what's included.
Both track ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Aimate's platform is built around ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews; Peec's model coverage depends on plan tier, up to 11 models (including API-based models like GPT-5 Search and DeepSeek) on Enterprise.
Yes. Aimate builds your prompt library from your website during onboarding, so you can bring the prompts you track in Peec and add them to your workspace before your first report.
Peec's entry plan is lower (~€89/mo for 50 prompts). Aimate's Starter is $149/mo for 30 prompts, but it also includes a website chatbot, 300 AI replies a month, live visitor tracking and lead capture, which would typically cost another $50 to $150+/mo as a separate tool.
No. Peec AI's public product pages describe AI visibility monitoring only. There's no chat widget, live visitor tracking or lead-capture flow at any tier.
Aimate surfaces a next-steps plan based on your current visibility data, and you can book a free consultation with an Aimate expert if you need more help. Peec's dashboard leaves interpretation to you.
CORRECTIONS
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