# Outserp vs Searchable

> Searchable is a VC-funded AI search visibility platform ($14M raised May 2026, ~$2.6M ARR, 12,000+ users) that tracks brand mentions across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Grok. May 2026 launches: LLM Analytics + AI Traffic (server log drains for Vercel, Cloudflare, Netlify, Fastly, Google Cloud, CloudFront), MCP server at mcp.searchable.com, AI Ads Intelligence, and a Dual-Serve Content system. After their funding round Searchable hiked pricing to $125 / $400 / $999 per month, leaving a meaningful entry-tier gap for Outserp at $49 / $149 / $399.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Outserp | Searchable |
|---|---|---|
| AI Visibility Tracking | ✅ | ✅ |
| Server-Log AI Bot Tracking | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI Ads Intelligence | ✅ | ✅ |
| Dual-Serve Content (own marketing site) | ✅ | ✅ |
| MCP Integration | ✅ | ✅ |
| Actions (Task Workflow) | ✅ | ✅ |
| AI Content Generation | ✅ | ✅ |
| Autonomous Content Agent | ✅ | ❌ |
| AEO Optimization | ✅ | ✅ |
| Keyword Research | ✅ | ❌ |
| SEO + NLP Content Scoring | ✅ | ❌ |
| Brand Voice Training | ✅ | ❌ |
| Research Citations | ✅ | ❌ |
| Auto-Publishing (WP, Webflow, Shopify) | ✅ | ❌ |
| E-E-A-T Scoring | ✅ | ✅ |
| Entry Price | ✅ | ✅ |
| Team Collaboration | ✅ | ✅ |

## What Is the Difference Between Searchable and Outserp?

Searchable is a VC-funded AI search visibility and analytics platform — they raised $14M in May 2026 and now charge $125–$999/mo. Their strength is monitoring: how your brand appears across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Grok, plus a new LLM Analytics product that ingests AI bot crawl data from server log drains (Vercel, Cloudflare, Netlify, Fastly, Google Cloud, CloudFront). Their Actions feature converts audit insights into prioritized tasks for a marketing team to work through manually.

Outserp is a bootstrapped AI-powered SEO and AEO platform priced at $49–$399/mo. It includes visibility tracking plus keyword research, autonomous content generation, SEO + AEO scoring, and auto-publishing to WordPress, Webflow, and Shopify.

The key difference: Searchable identifies problems and creates tasks. Outserp identifies problems and fixes them automatically via AI agents that research, write, score, and publish content end-to-end.

## How Does Searchable Pricing Compare to Outserp in 2026?

After Searchable's May 2026 funding round their pricing increased to Pro $125/mo (100 tracked prompts), Scale $400/mo (500 prompts, white-label reports, API), Enterprise $999/mo (1,250 prompts, dedicated CSM). Yearly billing saves 20%.

Outserp Starter costs $49/mo and includes 50 tracked prompts plus 10 AI-generated articles, keyword research, and page audits. Growth at $149/mo adds 200 prompts, 50 articles, and auto-publishing. Scale at $399/mo gives 300 prompts and 200 articles.

At comparable feature surface, Outserp is ~60% cheaper at the entry tier ($49 vs $125) and ~60% cheaper at the top tier ($399 vs $999). Outserp also includes autonomous content generation that Searchable does not offer at any tier.

## What Is Searchable's LLM Analytics + AI Traffic?

Launched May 2026, LLM Analytics + AI Traffic is Searchable's server log drain product. It ingests web server access logs from supported providers (Vercel Log Drain, Cloudflare, Netlify, Fastly, Google Cloud, CloudFront, and custom integrations) and classifies AI crawler traffic alongside human traffic.

It provides live AI bot logs, which pages AI crawlers are reading, traditional page traffic from search, GSC and GA4 context alongside AI traffic, and AI source activity across the website. Setup is one-click for Vercel.

This is now table-stakes — Peec AI shipped their equivalent "Agent Analytics" on April 27, 2026 (Cloudflare Workers + CSV/CLF upload) and Profound's "Agent Analytics" has been live longer with IP-range verification and Network benchmarking. Outserp currently relies on a client-side JS tracker which captures only AI referral clicks (not actual bot crawls, since most AI crawlers don't execute JavaScript). Closing this gap is on the Outserp P0 roadmap.

## FAQ

### Does Searchable generate content like Outserp?

Searchable offers basic AI content generation but does not have an autonomous keyword-to-published-article pipeline. Outserp's agent handles research, writing, scoring (SEO + AEO), and publishing to WordPress, Webflow, and Shopify end-to-end.

### Does Searchable have AI Ads tracking?

Yes. Searchable's AI Ads Intelligence tracks sponsored placements in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. This is a feature Outserp does not currently offer.

### What is Searchable's LLM Analytics?

Launched May 2026, LLM Analytics ingests server log drains from Vercel, Cloudflare, Netlify, Fastly, Google Cloud, and CloudFront to show live AI bot activity, which pages AI crawlers read, and traditional traffic side-by-side with GSC and GA4 data. Most AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot) don't execute JavaScript, so this server-side approach captures crawls that client-side trackers miss.

### Does Outserp serve different content to AI crawlers?

Yes — Outserp ships dual-serve content on outserp.ai today. The Next.js middleware detects 14 AI bot user-agents (GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and others) and rewrites their requests to clean machine-readable markdown via /api/machine-content. Discovery signals include public/llms.txt, a permissive robots.txt, and machine.md files colocated with each public page. Searchable published a Jan 31, 2026 engineering blog post (“We Built a Dual-Served Content System for AI Crawlers”) describing the same setup on their own marketing site — it's an engineering implementation neither company sells as a customer-facing feature.

### How much did Searchable raise and at what valuation?

Searchable raised $14M in May 2026 according to Startups Magazine. The valuation was not publicly disclosed. The funding accompanied a pricing change from a $50–$400/mo range to $125–$999/mo.

**Verdict:** Searchable is the most-funded AI search visibility platform with $14M raised, 12,000+ users, and the broadest feature surface (LLM Analytics log drains, MCP, AI Ads). After their May 2026 funding round they hiked pricing to $125 / $400 / $999 — a 2.5× increase at the entry tier. Outserp Starter at $49/mo is now ~60% cheaper than Searchable Pro and includes 10 AI-generated articles, keyword research, AEO scoring, and auto-publishing that Searchable does not offer at any tier. For teams who want monitoring plus autonomous content creation in one tool, Outserp is the cheaper, action-oriented alternative. For teams who need enterprise SOC 2 procurement, dedicated CSM, AI Ads tracking, or pre-built log drain integrations, Searchable is the heavier-weight option.