Conecta Media vs Semrush AI Search

Semrush's SEO plan costs $139 a month, as of September 2026, and does not include AI Search tracking. AI Search tracking is bundled into three higher plans instead: Starter "SEO + AI Search" at $199 a month ($165.17 billed annually), Pro+ at $299 a month ($248.17 annually), and Advanced at $549 a month ($455.67 annually), all as of September 2026. Enterprise pricing is custom. Extra users cost $45 a month and up on top of a plan, as of September 2026. These plans also carry the rest of Semrush's SEO suite alongside AI Search tracking. That is useful if a business already pays for Semrush to run its SEO. It is a lot of dashboard for an owner who just wants to know if ChatGPT names their shop.

Semrush, and tools built the same way (see our note on Peec), are made for a team that tracks many prompts, across many markets, over time, and logs in to check on it. Neither Semrush nor a tool like it does the implementation work on a business's own site. They report. Someone still has to fix what the report finds. For the fuller picture on how AI visibility tracking works across tools, see our guide at AI search optimization.

Type a domain into Semrush's free checker and it shows results from a database Semrush already built, not a live answer generated for your business today. Our free check at ai-check works differently. It reads your website's home page, robots.txt and llms.txt, writes six questions a local buyer would actually ask for your trade and your town, and asks ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity those questions right now with live web search turned on. It reports whether your business got named, who got named instead, and which directories the assistants quoted. Since July 23, 2026, ChatGPT has licensed Yelp reviews, ratings and business details directly into its answers, and directory pages are also among the pages ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity can cite when they answer with live web search (Search Engine Land, searchengineland.com/openai-yelp-deal-483326).

No email gate, no sign-in. You can share the result page, and an emailed copy is optional. It also flags whether robots.txt is blocking AI crawlers and whether llms.txt exists, can run one competitor side by side on the same six questions, checks how the assistant describes your business, and works in English or Spanish. We line up more free checkers, Semrush's included, at free AI visibility checkers compared.

Add-ons like extra Semrush users start at $45 a month on top of the plan price, as of September 2026. Neither Semrush nor Peec, which we cover in a separate comparison, does the page-building or schema work; both assume a team that already has someone to act on the report.

Semrush makes sense for a marketing team that already logs into Semrush every week for its SEO tools, wants AI visibility tracked in the same dashboard, and needs to watch many prompts across many markets over time. If that describes your team, adding AI Search to a plan you already pay for can cost less than running a second tool, and keeps SEO data and AI data in one login. Semrush is not built to fix what it finds. Someone on the team still has to write the pages, add the schema and clean up the listings.

We built for the business that does not have a marketing team logged into Semrush. One owner, one trade, one or two towns. A free check that answers a plain question today, and if the pilot finds real gaps, a fixed-price job to close them.

Does Semrush's free AI checker show my business's current results?

No. It reads from a stored database of prompts, not a live check of your business today. Our free check at /ai-check/ asks the six questions live on ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity right now.

Can I get AI visibility tracking from Semrush without buying the whole SEO suite?

No. As of September 2026, AI Search tracking is bundled into the Starter, Pro+ and Advanced SEO + AI Search plans starting at $199 a month. It is not sold on its own.

Does Semrush fix pages or schema for us?

No. Semrush tracks and reports. It does not do the implementation work on your site. Our $397 pilot builds the missing pages, schema and crawler fixes for you.

When should a business pick Semrush instead of Conecta Media?

When a team already runs its SEO through Semrush and wants to track many prompts across many markets in the same dashboard. For one local business checking its own visibility, our free check and fixed-price pilot are built for that instead.

Does Conecta Media guarantee we'll be named by ChatGPT?

No one can guarantee that. Answers change over time. We re-ask the same six questions on day 14 of the pilot and show the before and after.

The check costs nothing to run. It reads your site, asks the six questions your buyers would ask, and shows you the same answers ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity give today, whether your business is named, who was named instead, and which directories got quoted. If it finds pages missing, schema missing or listings inconsistent, the AI visibility pilot is $397 once, 14 days, everything in writing, as of September 2026. No one can promise what an assistant will say tomorrow. Answers change over time. The day 14 re-run, before and after, is the proof we offer.

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