Updated 2026-06-14 · maintained by Unsourced
Unsourced and Rankscale start at a similar, independent-friendly price, so this comparison is not about cost. It is about two different jobs. Rankscale analyses how AI engines interpret your content; Unsourced proves whether they actually cited you, and whether a real crawler read your page. Here is how they differ.
Rankscale describes itself as a way to “track, analyze, and optimize your brand's visibility across all major AI search engines”, and it leans analytical, examining how models read your content, authority and sentiment. That analysis is genuinely useful. Unsourced answers a narrower, harder question: in the actual answer, were you cited or was a competitor, and did a verified crawler fetch the page behind it.
Analysis points you at the likely why; evidence shows you the recorded what, the answer that happened and the crawl behind it.
Rankscale publishes credit-based plans from an entry tier around $20 a month up to $780 for Enterprise. Unsourced is in the same affordable bracket at £29 a month with a 14-day free trial, but it answers a different question: not how AI is likely to read you, but whether it actually cited you, who took the citation when it didn't, and whether your fix moved it. If you want the recorded evidence rather than the analysis, that is where Unsourced fits.
Is Unsourced a Rankscale alternative?
Yes, both track AI search visibility at an affordable price. The difference is approach: Rankscale leans analytical, examining how AI interprets your content, while Unsourced leads with recorded evidence, the actual cited answer, verified crawler identity, and measured lift.
How much does Rankscale cost?
As published on its pricing page at the time of writing, Rankscale offers credit-based plans from an entry tier around $20 a month up to $780 (Enterprise). Unsourced starts at £29 a month with a 14-day free trial, covering seven assistants plus verified crawler identity, the gap report, measured lift, and a downloadable AI Visibility Audit and Evidence Report. Prices change, so check each site.
Can I see the evidence for my own site first?
Yes, no card needed. The 14-day trial verifies your site, runs a first check immediately, then an automatic check every Monday with a Monday digest email, so you see the real answers and competitor gaps for your own domain before deciding. On-demand checks any time come with Pro.
Unsourced shows which AI assistants cite you, who is really crawling your site, and whether your fixes actually move a citation.
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