#1 pickSurfient — Shopify-native
Surfient
Audit, fix, and ship in one Shopify app.
- AI Fix Pack
- Per-URL scoring
- Hallucination Guard
- Free audit
Best for
Shopify merchants who need fixes shipped, not just data shown.
Pricing
Free + $39/mo
Vizby alternatives
Vizby alternatives — turn AI visibility into shipped fixes
Vizby gives Shopify merchants a clean AI visibility dashboard. If you also want the dashboard's findings translated into shipped fixes, here are the four tools to compare.
- Vizby's job ends at the dashboard — your team owns the fixes.
- Surfient ships the fixes — llms.txt, ai-sitemap, NDJSON, Schema.org all auto-generated.
- Otterly AI, Brandlight, and Peec AI are the credible alternatives at different scales.
Vizby alternatives
Top 4 Shopify GEO picks
The 4 best alternatives to Vizby
Surfient leads the lineup — here's the rest of the realistic shortlist
#2Alternative
Otterly AI
Lightweight AI visibility monitoring at the lowest entry price.
- Weekly digests
- 5+ engines
- Easy setup
#3Alternative
Brandlight
AI brand monitoring with misattribution and tone analysis.
- Misattribution alerts
- Sentiment tracking
- Slack integrations
Pricing
From $99/mo
Best for
Mid-market brands managing reputation across AI surfaces.
#4Alternative
Peec AI
API-first mid-market AEO platform.
- Public API
- Prompt mining
- Share of AI Voice
Why Surfient leads
The differentiators that put Surfient ahead of Vizby
- AI Fix Pack ships llms.txt, ai-sitemap, products.ndjson, and Schema.org fixes one-click.
- Per-URL GEO scoring across the full Shopify catalog — Vizby scores at the homepage + collection level.
- Hallucination Guard surfaces misattributions, not just citations.
- Free tier covers the full catalog audit; Vizby's free tier is dashboard-read-only.
Where Vizby earns its keep
Vizby tracks more AI engines than most monitoring tools — eight or more — and their historical charting is genuinely well-designed.
Side-by-side capability matrix
Every row is a real capability either side ships in production today. Winner column flags where one of us does the job meaningfully better — ties marked honestly.
| Capability | Surfient | Vizby | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlatformShopify-native install | Yes — app store install | Yes — Shopify-friendly | |
| VisibilityAI engines tracked | 6 engines weekly | 8+ engines daily | |
| VisibilityHistorical charting depth | 30/90/365-day views | 3-year lookback on Pro | |
| AuditPer-URL GEO scoring | Every URL in sitemap | Homepage + collections | |
| FixAI Fix Pack one-click apply | Yes — llms.txt, Schema, answer blocks | Not offered | |
| FixAI files (llms.txt, ai-sitemap, NDJSON) | Generated + served weekly | Not offered | |
| FixHallucination Guard | Yes — flags + corrections | Not offered | |
| PricingEntry pricing (USD/mo) | Free / $39 | $19 |
Migrate in 20 minutes
How to switch from Vizby to Surfient
- 1
Install Surfient on Shopify
~2 minApp store install with OAuth — no code edits.
- 2
Import Vizby competitor list
~3 minVizby exports your competitor list under Settings → Export. Drop the file into Surfient's Competitor Intelligence module.
- 3
Run a full catalog audit
~10 minSurfient scores every URL in your sitemap on AI readiness, Schema coverage, and hallucination risk.
- 4
Ship the AI Fix Pack
~5 minOne click applies llms.txt, ai-sitemap, NDJSON, and Schema.org markup.
Frequently asked
Is Surfient more expensive than Vizby?
Surfient Premium is $39/mo vs Vizby's $19/mo. The scope differs — Surfient's $39 includes the AI Fix Pack and file generation that Vizby doesn't offer at any tier.
Does Vizby apply Schema.org fixes?
No — Vizby is a read-only visibility dashboard. For Schema.org auto-injection or llms.txt generation you need a separate tool or in-house implementation.
Can I run Surfient and Vizby together?
Yes. Many teams use Vizby for broader engine tracking and Surfient for the audit + fix workflow. They don't conflict.
Does Surfient cover the same engines as Vizby?
Currently 6 — Vizby is ahead on breadth at 8+. Surfient is adding two engines on the M17 roadmap.
Keep reading on Surfient
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