Foglift is the stronger fit when a team needs unlimited free single-page Technical Audits, a dedicated AI Readiness score, five-engine monitoring from $49 per month, first-party crawler and referral evidence, and API, CLI, or MCP delivery. Sitechecker is the stronger fit when rank tracking, backlinks, GSC, GA4, change monitoring, and agency reporting belong in the same SEO suite.
Last reviewed: September 19, 2026. Prices shown in USD.
Both products now audit sites and track AI visibility. The real choice is scope. Sitechecker wraps AI visibility into a traditional SEO and agency reporting suite. Foglift connects a five-dimension Technical Audit to answer evidence, recommendations, crawler behavior, recognized referrals, and developer workflows at a lower self-serve entry price.
Bottom line: choose Sitechecker for a broad SEO command center with classic rank and backlink monitoring. Choose Foglift for the audit-to-answer-to-referral loop, especially when free audits and developer access from Launch matter.
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| Capability | Foglift | Sitechecker |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Unlimited single-page Technical Audits: $0; Launch monitoring: $49/mo | Basic: $99/mo or $83/mo billed annually |
| Primary job | Connect technical readiness, AI answers, recommendations, crawler activity, and referrals | Combine site auditing, site monitoring, rank tracking, backlinks, GSC, GA4, and AI visibility |
| Free access | Unlimited single-page Technical Audits without signup or a credit card | Free SEO tools plus a 14-day platform trial without a credit card |
| Technical Audit | SEO, AI Readiness, performance, security, and accessibility in one report | Site Audit checks more than 300 technical issues and supports unlimited recrawls |
| Full-site audits | Launch+: up to 100 selected pages, automatic weekly coverage, and seven-day manual cadence | Project crawl limits vary by plan; unlimited recrawls are included |
| AI Readiness | Dedicated eight-dimension page score with structural findings | No equivalent readiness score described in the first-party sources reviewed |
| Tracked AI surfaces | ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overview on Launch+ | Pricing advertises ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Copilot |
| Prompt evidence | Mentions, citations, position, sentiment, competitors, and share of voice | Its help guide documents daily ChatGPT and Gemini mentions, citations, raw answers, and competitors |
| Recommendations | Evidence-ranked actions connect audit, AI-answer, search, competitor, crawler, and referral data | Issue guidance, SEO tests, page segmentation, alerts, and change monitoring |
| Crawler evidence | Sensor records recognized AI crawler visits by purpose and page | No equivalent AI-crawler visit log described in the sources reviewed |
| AI referral evidence | Sensor records recognized AI referrals and landing pages directly | AI Traffic reports use connected GA4 data for summaries, trends, and landing pages |
| Traditional rank tracking | Search Console and Bing evidence, without a classic keyword rank tracker | Rank Tracker with SERP history is included across paid plans |
| Backlink monitoring | Not a backlink index or backlink-monitoring product | Backlink Tracker is part of the broader SEO workflow |
| REST API | Public Technical Audit endpoint; authenticated workflows start on Launch | Read-only public API is currently in beta and available on Premium |
| CLI | Launch+ workflows through the foglift-scan npm package | No first-party CLI documented in the product and API sources reviewed |
| MCP server | Launch+ hosted MCP for audit, monitoring, and improvement workflows | No first-party MCP server documented in the sources reviewed |
| Agency delivery | PDF audit export, API, CLI, MCP, webhooks, and Growth+ client portals | Unlimited users, PDF/CSV/Google Sheets exports, alerts, and higher-tier white label |
Sitechecker's July 2026 release made AI visibility a real product surface, including daily runs, citations, competitors, and raw answers. Foglift still differs in the engine mix and the surrounding workflow: it tracks Claude and Google AI Overview, adds a page-level AI Readiness score, and ties answer outcomes to technical findings and recommendations.
Sitechecker's AI Traffic API reads connected GA4 data for summaries, trends, and landing pages. The Foglift Sensor records recognized AI referrals and recognized crawler visits directly, then classifies crawler activity as training, indexing, live user fetch, mixed, or owner-requested traffic. Neither a crawl nor a referral proves that an answer cited the page.
The Sitechecker side uses its current pricing page, July 2026 product release, help center, and API documentation. The Foglift side uses current public product and plan contracts. A missing capability means it was not described in the reviewed first-party sources; it does not prove that no private, beta, or custom implementation exists.
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See the exact SEO, AI Readiness, performance, security, and accessibility findings on one important page. The Foglift Technical Audit is unlimited and requires no signup or credit card.
Run a Free Technical AuditFoglift is the better fit when you need unlimited free single-page Technical Audits, a dedicated AI Readiness score, five-engine monitoring from $49 per month, first-party crawler and referral evidence, or API, CLI, and MCP workflows. Sitechecker is the better fit when traditional rank tracking, backlink monitoring, GSC and GA4 reporting, and agency white label belong in the same SEO suite.
Yes. Sitechecker now advertises visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Copilot. Its current help guide documents daily prompt-level mentions, citations, raw responses, and competitor reporting for ChatGPT and Gemini. It should no longer be described as a traditional-SEO-only product.
Foglift provides unlimited single-page Technical Audits without signup or a credit card. Active Free accounts also receive weekly Perplexity monitoring. Sitechecker offers free SEO tools and a 14-day platform trial without a credit card, while its current Basic subscription is $99 per month or $83 per month billed annually.
Yes. Foglift has a public Technical Audit endpoint, while authenticated API, CLI, MCP, and webhook access begins on Launch at $49 per month. Sitechecker's read-only REST API is currently in beta and available to Premium accounts; its documentation covers audit, monitoring, search, analytics, rank, and AI-visibility data.
Foglift connects a five-dimension Technical Audit and eight-dimension AI Readiness score to tracked answers, evidence-ranked recommendations, recognized AI crawler visits, recognized AI referrals, and developer workflows. Its Launch plan tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overview for $49 per month. That is a different operating model from adding AI visibility to a broad SEO suite.
Start by running the same important pages through Foglift's free Technical Audit, then add the buyer prompts you want to monitor. New Foglift history builds from those scans and prompt runs. Keep Sitechecker or another specialist tool if you still need classic keyword rank tracking or backlink monitoring, because Foglift does not claim to replace those jobs.