Nightwatch
Rank tracker for search engines and AI assistants, with keyword research and site audits.
Key facts
- Lowest listed plan
- €99/moStarter plan≈ $110/mo (at the ECB reference rate of 27 Oct 2026)
- Billing
- Month-to-month billing
- Free plan
- Unknown
- Free trial
- Yes, 14 days, no card requiredPlans covered not recorded
- Prices last verified
- 30 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Vendor-checkedVerified 30 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation. Not independently tested.
What Nightwatch does
Nightwatch is a web-based rank tracker that checks Google, Bing, YouTube, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Google Maps daily and tracks brand mentions and citations in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode and AI Overviews. Every plan includes keyword research, a site audit, a content writer and unlimited seats; plans differ by tracking volume.
Built for (vendor-stated)
- Agencies
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Vendor documentation, 30 Oct 2026. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Prices as listed by Nightwatch; annual totals only where the vendor lists them. Lowest plans differ in limits between tools, so compare what each plan includes. How we check prices
| Plan | Month-to-month | Billed annually | Limits and inclusions (vendor-listed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Month-to-month€99/mo | Billed annually€79/mo€948/yr listed | 500 keywords tracked daily, 50 AI prompts and 1,500 AI answers a month, 5 websites, 5 competitors per site, 100 keyword researches and 100 SEO Agent credits a month, 1,000 site audit pages. Unlimited seats. |
| Professional | Month-to-month€199/mo | Billed annually€159/mo€1,908/yr listed | 2,500 keywords, 150 AI prompts and 4,500 AI answers a month, 25 websites, 10 competitors per site, 500 keyword researches and 1,000 SEO Agent credits a month, 10,000 site audit pages. Adds Looker Studio, white label reports and API access. |
| Agency | Month-to-month€499/mo | Billed annually€399/mo€4,788/yr listed | 7,500 keywords, 500 AI prompts and 15,000 AI answers a month, 100 websites, 15 competitors per site, 2,500 keyword researches and 5,000 SEO Agent credits a month, 100,000 site audit pages. Adds a dedicated account manager, priority support (SLA) and custom API rate limits. |
| Enterprise | Contact sales — Custom pricing | From 20,000 keywords with custom limits. Adds SSO, custom data retention, dedicated infrastructure and custom integrations. | |
Paid add-ons
Nightwatch capabilities
Checked against Nightwatch's documentation on 30 Oct 2026 unless a row says otherwise; not independently tested. The plan column shows where a capability is confirmed, not that lower plans lack it.
- Offered17
- Partial0
- Paid add-on0
- Not offered0
- Unknown3
- * Not yet verified
| Capability | Availability | Confirmed plan | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI visibility9 | |||
| AI visibility monitoringTracks brand mentions or citations in AI assistants and AI search answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for AI visibility monitoringChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” Notes: Same AI platforms on every plan. Includes sentiment analysis. |
| ChatGPT trackingMonitors answers from ChatGPT. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for ChatGPT trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Google AI Overviews trackingMonitors Google AI Overviews. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Google AI Overviews trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Google AI Mode trackingMonitors Google AI Mode answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Google AI Mode trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Perplexity trackingMonitors Perplexity answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Perplexity trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Gemini trackingMonitors Google Gemini answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Gemini trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Claude trackingMonitors Claude answers. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Claude trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “AI platforms ChatGPT Claude Gemini Perplexity AI Mode AI Overview” |
| Citation and source trackingShows which pages AI answers cite as sources. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Citation and source trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Citation analysis Which sources AI answers cite, and how often.” |
| Prompt trackingTracks a defined set of prompts over time. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Prompt trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “500 Keywords 50 AI prompts” Notes: 50 AI prompts on Starter, 150 on Professional, 500 on Agency. |
| Content3 | |||
| Automated content generationGenerates drafts or full articles with AI. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Automated content generationChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Research, draft and score SEO content against page one.” Notes: Content Studio on every plan. |
| Content optimizationScores or guides content against ranking competitors. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Content optimizationChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Scores your draft live against that research, so "done" is a number and not a feeling.” |
| Content briefsGenerates outlines or briefs from search results. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Content briefsChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Crawls every page ranking for your keyword and builds the brief from what they actually cover.” |
| Research4 | |||
| Keyword researchKeyword discovery with volume or difficulty data. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Keyword researchChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Keyword researches / mo Research runs for new keyword ideas and search volumes.” Notes: 100 keyword researches a month on Starter, 500 on Professional, 2,500 on Agency. |
| Rank trackingMonitors positions in traditional search results over time. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Rank trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “500 Keywords 50 AI prompts Tracked daily, in any location or language” Notes: Daily checks with on-demand refreshes. Google, YouTube, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo and Google Maps on every plan; mobile and desktop tracked separately. SERP snapshots kept for 3 years. |
| Local rank trackingTracks positions in map and local results, by location. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Local rank trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Same on every plan Engines Google YouTube Bing Yahoo DuckDuckGo Google Maps” Notes: Google Maps tracking and zip-code level locations (107,000+ locations). |
| SERP feature trackingRecords which search result features (such as featured snippets or AI Overviews) appear for tracked keywords. | Availability: Offered | Plan not specified | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for SERP feature trackingChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Featured snippets, knowledge panels, local packs and AI overviews.” |
| Technical SEO1 | |||
| Technical site auditCrawls a site to find technical and on-page issues. | Availability: Offered | Confirmed plan: Confirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan | Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested., details for Technical site auditChecked against vendor documentation on 30 Oct 2026. Not independently tested. Vendor wording: “Site audit pages Pages crawled per site audit.” Notes: 1,000 pages per audit on Starter, 10,000 on Professional, 100,000 on Agency. |
Unknown: 3 capabilitiesNo vendor documentation found either way. Unknown is not the same as Not offered.
Publishing
- Automated publishingPushes content directly to a CMS such as WordPress.
Backlinks
- Backlink analysisExplores referring domains and link profiles.
- Backlink buildingHelps acquire new backlinks, for example through outreach tooling or link exchanges.
Integrations
4 verified in vendor documentation, 0 not yet verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google Search Console
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Google AnalyticsConfirmed from Starter, the lowest paid plan
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Looker StudioConfirmed from ProfessionalAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Vendor documentation. Checked against the vendor's own pages on the date shown. Not independently tested.Public APIConfirmed from ProfessionalAvailability on lower plans not verified.
Sources
Official Nightwatch pages read on 30 Oct 2026. These are the vendor's own claims; SEOFinder has not independently tested them.
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