The short version:
- Adacity is a pay-per-report alternative to Knowatoa: one report, from $5, no subscription and no account. The $39 full report covers ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude.
- Knowatoa at $59 a month watches ChatGPT, AI Overviews, and AI Mode daily, with questions generated from search keywords. All seven engines, including Claude and Gemini, need the $199 plan.
- If you check monthly or quarterly, a report fits better. If you live in Google's AI surfaces, Knowatoa is the cheapest way to watch them.
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What is Knowatoa?
Knowatoa is an AI search monitoring subscription. Starter at $59 a month covers ChatGPT, AI Overviews, and AI Mode, generates questions for you from search keywords, and tracks competitor visibility gaps with sentiment alerts and a weekly digest. Growth at $199 covers all seven engines, adding Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Meta AI, plus API, MCP, and Looker Studio reporting. One account can track unlimited sites, and both plans have free trials.
How Adacity compares to Knowatoa
| Adacity | Knowatoa | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5 to $39 per report | $59 to $199 per month |
| Billing | Per report | Subscription |
| Account required | No | Yes, free trial |
| Prompts | 100+ discovered for you | Generated from search keywords |
| ChatGPT | Yes, in the $39 report | Yes |
| Gemini | Yes, every tier | Yes, on the $199 plan |
| Claude | Yes, in the $39 report | Yes, on the $199 plan |
| AI Overviews and AI Mode | No | Yes |
| Visibility by buying stage | Yes | No |
| Competitor comparison | Yes, discovered from AI answers | Yes, ones you pick |
| Continuous monitoring | No | Yes, daily |
| Trends over time | Snapshot only | Yes |
| Best for | Founders, small businesses | Small teams watching Google's AI surfaces |
Knowatoa pricing and features checked on August 4, 2026 against Knowatoa's pricing page; a capability its site does not show is marked No. Check their site for the latest.
What is different about Adacity
You pay per report, not per month
Knowatoa bills monthly whether anything changed or not. Adacity charges per report. Run one now, run another in three months to see if the work moved anything. Nothing recurring, and nothing to cancel.
Questions from buyer language, not keywords
Knowatoa generates its questions from search keywords, which is more than most tools do. Adacity starts further upstream: your site, what communities say about you, and what authoritative sources publish in your category. Buyers ask AI worried, specific questions, and keyword phrasing misses most of them.
Gemini and Claude at $39, once
On Knowatoa, Gemini and Claude sit on the $199 plan, every month. Adacity runs ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude in the $39 full report, and each one answers differently, which is why checking one engine is a partial read.
When Knowatoa is the better choice
We are honest about the fit. Knowatoa is the stronger pick when:
- You care about Google's AI surfaces. $59 a month is the cheapest daily watch on AI Overviews and AI Mode, which Adacity does not cover at any price.
- You want all seven engines with trend lines, including Perplexity and Meta AI, on the $199 plan.
- You track many sites. One Knowatoa account covers unlimited sites, which suits agencies and portfolios.
If instead you want one clear answer about where you stand and what to fix, without a subscription, that is what Adacity is for. For the whole field, see the best AEO tools in 2026, compared. To see live rankings built from our report data, browse the free AEO industry leaderboards.
Common questions
- How much does Knowatoa cost?
- Starter is $59 a month and watches ChatGPT, AI Overviews, and AI Mode. Growth is $199 a month for all seven engines, including Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and Meta AI, plus API and MCP access. Enterprise is custom. Both paid plans have free trials.
- Does Knowatoa track Claude?
- Yes, on the $199 Growth plan. The $59 Starter covers ChatGPT and Google's two AI surfaces only. Adacity includes Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini in the $39 full report.
- Do I need daily AI visibility tracking?
- Only if your team acts on the data weekly or daily. AI answers change over weeks and months, so if you check monthly or quarterly, a periodic report covers it.
- When is Knowatoa the better choice?
- When you want a daily watch on AI Overviews and AI Mode, which Adacity does not cover, or all seven engines with trend lines, or one account tracking many sites. Adacity gives you one clear answer per report.