CrunchJunkie vs Frase
Frase is a strong content operating system for AI search — research, briefs, drafting, scoring and publishing, with visibility tracking alongside it. It is built for teams producing content. CrunchJunkie is built for teams reporting on performance: all 10 AI engines on every plan, plus cross-channel marketing reporting Frase does not attempt.
The difference in one line
Frase writes and optimises the content. CrunchJunkie measures what AI says about you across all 10 engines and reports it next to every ad channel — from €14/mo.
Feature by feature
A fair, side-by-side look — including where Frase is genuinely stronger.
| Capability | CrunchJunkie | Frase |
|---|---|---|
| AI visibility trackingFrase tracks share of voice, citations and daily prompts against competitors you choose | ||
| AI engines trackedFrase tracks 5 engines in total (ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini) and gates them by tier: 2 on Starter, 3 on Professional, 5 on Scale. CrunchJunkie includes all 10 on every plan, including Solo at €14 | 10 | 2–5 |
| Prompts trackedNo prompt cap on any plan. Frase: 50 (Starter), 200 (Professional), 500 (Scale) | Unlimited | 50–500 |
| Content briefs & optimisationThis is Frase's core strength — research, briefs, drafting, scoring and publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity and Wix, and a 'Frase Agent' that drafts and auto-publishes in your brand voice. CrunchJunkie generates evidence-grounded briefs and re-scans to measure the lift, but does not write or publish for you | ||
| AI crawler monitoring | ||
| Marketing reportingFrase has no ad-channel connectors at all — Google Search Console is its only performance data source | — | |
| Ad-channel connectors | 8+ | — |
| GA4 / conversion attributionCrunchJunkie ties AI visibility to the sessions and conversions AI actually drives, via GA4. Frase does not connect GA4 | — | |
| White-label client reportsFrase reserves white-label, branded client portal and custom domain for Enterprise. CrunchJunkie white-labels on standard plans | Enterprise | |
| MCP serverBoth ship MCP on every plan. Frase's is read and write across research, briefs, drafts and publishing; CrunchJunkie's is 32 tools on one client-agnostic server covering reports, AI visibility, citations, content gaps, signals and the GEO audit | 32 tools | |
| Public REST APICrunchJunkie ships a read-only REST API (v1) on paid plans, alongside its MCP server. Frase includes API access on every plan, metered at 250 / 1,000 / 3,000 requests a month | Read-only | |
| Bring-your-own AI keysPay providers' rates, no markup | — | |
| Starting priceFrase Starter is $39/mo billed yearly, or $49 month to month — 1 user, 1 site, 2 AI engines, 50 prompts | €14/mo | $39/mo |
Pricing, side by side
Where you start matters. Here's the entry point for each.
CrunchJunkie
Reporting + AI visibility, one subscription.
- Solofor individuals getting started€14/mo
- Startersmall teams€59/mo
- Progrowing client books€149/mo
- Agencyup to 40 Brands / Domains€224/mo
Annual billing saves up to 17% (14% on Solo) · AI Visibility: bring your own LLM keys at cost, or Managed AI metered by check from €25/mo (€0.05/check overage) · 14-day free trial · All prices exclude VAT.
Frase
Content operating system for AI search.
- Starterbilled yearly ($49 monthly) · 1 user, 1 site · 2 engines, 50 prompts$39/mo
- Professionalbilled yearly ($129 monthly) · 3 users, 5 sites · 3 engines, 200 prompts$103/mo
- Scalebilled yearly ($299 monthly) · 5 users, 10 domains · 5 engines, 500 prompts$239/mo
- Enterpriseall named engines · SSO/SAML · white-labelCustom
Prices shown are annual-billed; month-to-month is roughly 25% higher · 7-day free trial, no card · Extra users $29/mo on Professional and Scale · Metered by articles (10/40/100), audit pages (50/250/1,000), AI-visibility prompts (50/200/500) and API requests (250/1,000/3,000) per tier · No ad-channel connectors, no GA4, no BI export — Search Console is the only performance source · Re-verified from frase.io/pricing, 27 Aug 2026 (Starter $49/mo, $39 annual; Professional $129/$103; Scale $299/$239).
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