Scrunch alternative: BotSay and Scrunch compared
Scrunch Core is $250 a month on 4 engines. BotSay starts at $59 on six, says how often it reads, and prints a likely range and a test for a real change.
Written by the BotSay team.
BotSay starts at $59 a month and asks every question on six engines every week, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode included. Scrunch Core is $250 a month for 125 questions on 4 engines, and its Enterprise plan has a custom price. Every fact about Scrunch here comes from its own site, read on 11 Oct 2026, and is listed under Sources.
At a glance
| BotSay | Scrunch Core | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price a month | Yes: $59 | $250, per brand |
| Engines | Yes: 6 on every plan | 4 |
| Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode | Yes: Included on every plan | On Enterprise, at a custom price |
| How often it reads | Yes: Every week, same questions and engines | Not published |
| Likely range on Mention rate | Yes: Printed, with the answer count | Not published |
| Test for a real change | Yes: Labelled for you | Not published |
| Sentiment | Scored 0 to 100, labelled as estimated | Positive, mixed or negative |
BotSay starts at $59 a month, with six engines
| Plan | BotSay | Scrunch |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | ||
| Plan | Starter | Core |
| Price | $59 a month Lower price | $250 a month |
| Questions | 60 questions | 125 questions |
| Engines | All six engines More engines | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Microsoft Copilot |
A check marks where BotSay gives you more for the month.
Scrunch charges Core per brand, per month, for up to 5,000 responses. Enterprise has a custom price and adds Claude, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Meta AI and Grok.
Scrunch Core is $250 a month, charged per brand, for 125 questions and up to 5,000 responses on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Copilot. It covers 1 country and 1 language. Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode come with Scrunch Enterprise, at a custom price.
BotSay asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode on every plan, and the price is fixed each month:
- Starter: $59 a month for 60 questions.
- Growth: $139 a month for 150 questions.
- Scale: $359 a month for 400 questions.
You know when BotSay reads, and how sure your Mention rate is
Scrunch measures presence as yes or no in each response, and aggregates data over 90 days to smooth daily fluctuations (how accurate Scrunch is). To tell a real trend from a one-off change, it suggests watching over 2 to 3 week periods. Its pages publish no schedule for how often it checks your questions, no likely range for any figure and no test for when a change is real.
BotSay asks the same questions of the same six engines every week and compares the week with the one before. Your Mention rate comes with its likely range, the span the true rate almost certainly sits in, and the number of answers behind it. When the rate moves, BotSay runs the exact test on both weeks and labels the change as real once it clears their combined uncertainty. Share of voice, Average rank, Your pages cited and Sentiment show each week's figure and how it moved. Below, an invented brand's two weekly ranges sit clear of each other.
The figures as a table
| Week | Mention rate | Likely range (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Last week | 27.8% | 25.1 to 30.7 |
| This week | 34.0% | 31.1 to 37.0 |
Example, using an invented brand
The full method is on How we measure. Your reading arrives in the weekly email.
BotSay ranks the work by how many questions it could win
Scrunch ranks citation sources by an Influence Score, built from how often a source is cited and across how many questions.
BotSay's action list gives each item the number of your questions it could win, with the answers that show it:
- Pages to write: topics where rivals are named and you are not.
- Places to be mentioned: the review sites, communities and publishers the engines lean on, and whether you are on them.
- Quick decisions: small choices that make your numbers more accurate, like confirming which sites are yours.
Once you publish, BotSay follows the questions that work was meant to win and labels the change in Mention rate when it is real.
What you gain with BotSay
- Plans from $59 a month, at a fixed price.
- All six engines on every plan, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode included.
- A reading every week, with a likely range and answer count on your Mention rate, and a label when a change is real.
- A list of work sized by how many questions each item could win.
Sources: 5 pages on scrunch.com, each read on 11 Oct 2026
- scrunch.com/pricing does not publish: how often it checks your questions; a likely range for any figure; a test for when a change is real; supports: Scrunch charges Core per brand, per month; Scrunch Core lists ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AIO and Copilot; Scrunch Enterprise has a custom price and adds Claude, Gemini, Meta AI, Google AI Mode and Grok; Scrunch Core includes sentiment analysis, read on 11 Oct 2026
- scrunch.com/faqs/how-accurate-is-scrunch-at-tracking-brand-presence-across-llms does not publish: a likely range for any figure; a test for when a change is real; supports: Scrunch measures presence as yes or no in each response; Scrunch aggregates data over a long period to smooth daily fluctuations, read on 11 Oct 2026
- scrunch.com/faqs/how-can-i-see-if-my-visibility-in-ai-search-is-improving-or-declining-over-time supports: Scrunch suggests watching over periods of weeks to tell real trends from one-off changes, read on 11 Oct 2026
- scrunch.com/faqs/does-scrunch-track-sentiment-about-my-brand-in-ai-responses supports: Scrunch labels sentiment positive, mixed or negative, read on 11 Oct 2026
- scrunch.com/faqs/does-scrunch-help-me-prioritize-citation-sources supports: Scrunch ranks citation sources by an Influence Score built from how often a source is cited and across how many questions, read on 11 Oct 2026
Your first reading runs right after setup
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