Zene vs Dageno
Dageno pairs an AI visibility tracker with a large public dataset. Its "Market Intelligence" search, free and without a login, lets anyone enter a brand and a market and see who AI engines recommend, the real competitors and the cited sources, across what it says are 3M+ brands and 12K+ markets.
The two tools differ in coverage and in what happens after the data. Dageno is strong on market data and Google integrations; Zene is strong on Claude coverage, a free start and drafted fixes. Dageno tracks nine engines but doesn't offer Claude; Zene Pro includes Claude, Perplexity and Grok from $19/month and turns each gap into an action with drafts.
Choose Zene if…
- You want Claude tracked - Dageno doesn't offer it on any plan we found
- You track several brands - Growth covers 5 brands and 40 questions shared across them for $49/mo; Dageno Starter is 1 brand and 50 prompts at $49
- You want a free plan with no card for ongoing tracking, not only a trial
- You want the tool to draft the fix (content brief, FAQ copy, schema JSON-LD, llms.txt) plus an outreach list of cited sources
Choose Dageno if…
- Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot, Brave or Dola matter to you - Dageno tracks them on every plan; Zene doesn't
- You want to see who AI recommends in your market before signing up - its free market lookup needs no login
- You want prompt-volume data and GSC + GA4 integration
- You sell online and want AI Shopping (Growth) or AI Advertising (Scale) tracking
- You want more prompts - Starter has 50 at $49 and Growth 250 at $199; Zene Pro tracks 15 questions and its largest plan 75 questions
The comparison, in one table.
| Zene | Dageno | |
|---|---|---|
| Engines tracked | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok | 9 on all plans: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot, Grok, Brave, Dola; no Claude. Amazon Alexa on Custom |
| Free plan / trial | Free forever: 1 brand, 10 questions, ChatGPT + Gemini, scans on demand, no card | 7-day trial (card terms not confirmed); free no-login Market Intelligence search |
| Entry price | $0; Pro $19/mo (2 brands, 15 questions, all 5 engines) | Starter $49/mo (listed from $89): 1 brand, 50 prompts, 2 market segments, 5 competitors |
| Higher tiers | Growth $49/mo: 5 brands, 40 questions, PDF reports, Slack/Teams/webhook alerts, 3 markets. Agency $99/mo: unlimited brands, 75 questions, white-label reports, REST API, Zapier, Looker Studio, 10 markets | Growth $199 (2 brands, 250 prompts, MCP, AI Shopping, alerts), Scale $410 (5 brands, 600 prompts, API, AI Advertising), Custom (SSO) |
| Refresh | Daily on paid plans (Gemini and Grok answers refresh daily, ChatGPT's every 3 days, Claude and Perplexity weekly); Free scans on demand | Not stated in the sources we checked |
| Fixes / content | Pro: prioritized action plan, content drafts (brief, FAQ, schema, llms.txt), outreach list | Free tools incl. an AI article writer, llms.txt generator, single-page audit and prompt finder |
| Demand data | Question discovery from real search demand (People Also Ask, related searches, autocomplete) | Prompt volume; free High-volume Prompt Miner |
| Integrations | Read-only MCP server from Pro; Slack, Teams and webhook alerts from Growth; the REST API, Zapier, Looker Studio and MCP write tools on Agency | GSC and GA4; MCP from Growth; API from Scale |
| Markets | 1 on Free and Pro, 3 on Growth, 10 on Agency | 86+ countries; 2 market segments on Starter |
| Best for | Small teams and agencies that want Claude coverage and fixes on a budget | Teams that want market-level data and Google connectors |
Facts as of October 4, 2026, from Dageno's public pages (sources below). Both products ship fast - verify current details at dageno.ai and on our pricing page.
Where Dageno is stronger
Breadth of engines and data before you commit. Dageno tracks nine engines on every plan, including Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot, Brave and Dola, none of which Zene tracks. Its free Market Intelligence search shows who AI recommends in a market without a login, and its paid plans add prompt volume, GSC and GA4 integration, AI Shopping and, on Scale, AI Advertising tracking. If you want to size a market or tie AI visibility to Google's own data, Dageno has more to offer.
Where Zene is different
Zene covers Claude, which Dageno doesn't offer, along with ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok. Pro starts at $19/month for 2 brands and 15 questions shared across them, and Growth covers 5 brands and 40 questions shared across them for $49, where Dageno's $49 Starter covers one brand and 50 prompts. Each Zene scan on Pro ends in a prioritized action plan with a content brief, FAQ copy, schema JSON-LD and an llms.txt, plus a list of cited sources where competitors appear. Zene also has a free plan with no card for ongoing tracking, and its own free no-signup ChatGPT visibility checker.
Pricing
Zene: Free, Pro $19/month, Growth $49/month, Agency $99/month ($190/$490/$990 yearly), in USD. Dageno's pricing page lists Starter at $49 (shown against $89), Growth at $199 and Scale at $410 a month, with Custom pricing for SSO and Amazon Alexa, and about 15% off annually.
How to choose
If you need Google's AI surfaces, market-wide data and GSC/GA4 in one place, Dageno fits. If you need Claude, several brands on a small budget and the fixes drafted, Zene fits.
Sources · facts as of October 4, 2026
Every Dageno fact on this page comes from these public pages, checked on October 4, 2026. Zene's side comes from our pricing page and methodology. Spot something outdated? Tell us and we'll fix it.
Common questions.
Yes. Both track whether AI engines mention your brand. Zene has a free plan and a $19/mo Pro plan with 2 brands and 15 questions shared across them, Claude included; Dageno starts at $49/mo for 1 brand and 50 prompts across 9 engines, including Google AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Dageno's engine list (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Copilot, Grok, Brave, Dola) does not include Claude. Zene includes Claude on Pro.
Dageno lists Starter at $49/mo (shown against a list price of $89), Growth at $199, Scale at $410 and Custom on request, with a 7-day trial (pricing page checked 2026-10-04).
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