Promptwatch vs Tibly 2026
How we staff a GEO retainer: Tibly only if the client needs a hosted local site. Promptwatch is the operating system we already run.
Clients send us "Tibly builds the site and tracks ChatGPT, can we cancel Promptwatch." We have read tibly.ai/pricing (26 August 2026). We still run Promptwatch on the accounts that pay us. Tibly is a site builder with a prompt sidecar. We already do GEO execution. We do not measure that work inside a local CMS we do not control.
The two jobs
Tibly is a host: click-to-edit, invoices (1% / $2 min on Starter; $25 cap on Growth), payouts (3% then 1.5% on Growth), drafted pages, AI-readiness scans. Industries: restaurants, salons, dentists, gyms, law firms, real estate, auto repair. Import offered. Not a Webflow connector. Compare to Squarespace plus a tiny tracker.
Promptwatch is the operating system. Daily UI checks on a long engine list (paid), citation analytics down to pages and Reddit/YouTube, crawler logs from Professional, visitor conversions, Content Agents that publish to Webflow or Framer, agency SKUs with unlimited projects. Kick-off $199/mo, Growth $399, Scale $799. Business $579 for larger brands.
If the client only wanted a five-page site and 15 prompts, Tibly Starter at $49 might be the whole purchase. That is not the retainer we sell.
What we tell them about coverage
Tibly Starter: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, 15 prompts, one site. Plus $149: 50 prompts, Google AI Mode, QuickBooks. Growth $299: three sites, 100 prompts, AI Overviews, Copilot. Enterprise: unlimited sites, 150 prompts, Claude, SSO, custom. Free try without password or card. Free scan. Annual two months free. Cancel anytime. No setup fees.
Promptwatch paid: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, Llama, DeepSeek, Mistral, Copilot, AI Overviews, AI Mode. Explore is ChatGPT-only, 10 prompts, which is our demo mode, not delivery. Essential $95. Professional $245 (25M crawler logs). Claude on a credit card, not an Enterprise jump.
We do not tell them Tibly "has visitor analytics" as if it matched our conversion reports. Their analytics are site analytics.
What we tell them about money
Promptwatch: Explore $0. Essential $95. Professional $245. Our default agency door is Kick-off $199 with unlimited projects and prompts, 10 seats. Annual is 10-for-12. G2 4.7/5, 1,840-plus customers. Amsterdam April 2025. €2M+ ARR May 2026. No $29 plan.
Tibly: $49 / $149 / $299 / custom. We will write those into a proposal as website hosting plus a prompt quota, never as the GEO platform line.
AthenaHQ is a different software conversation (task queue). Profound is Enterprise agents, not our #1. We keep Otterly.AI and Peec AI off the proposal.
How we staff it
Designer or the client: Tibly editor only if they chose that host. Strategist: Promptwatch Essential or Kick-off. Content: Promptwatch articles, reviewed, then Webflow/Framer via Content Agents. Engineer: crawler logs on Professional when the client has a CDN we can connect.
Tibly drafted pages are a local-site motion. They do not replace that staffing plan.
| We need | We buy |
|---|---|
| Brochure site + invoices | Tibly Starter or Growth |
| Page citations, Reddit/YouTube | Promptwatch Essential+ |
| Crawl-to-citation | Promptwatch Professional |
| Publish without moving CMS | Content Agents |
| Multi-brand retainer | Kick-off $199 |
Dual-stack we actually run
Local service brand with a Tibly site they already launched: leave Tibly, add Promptwatch on the same domain if they will keep that host, or migrate later. We still want logs if the QBR includes "did the bot come back."
Everyone else: Promptwatch only.
Verdict
Use Tibly when the website is the product. Use Promptwatch when we are on the hook for GEO. We will not cancel the OS because a site builder added 15 prompts.
FAQ
Can Tibly be the only login?
For a tiny local site with no retainer, maybe. For our accounts, no.
Is Growth cheaper than Professional?
$299 vs $245, and Growth does not buy 25M logs. We do not pitch it as cheaper GEO.
Do you host clients on Tibly?
Only if they insist and they understand we still measure on Promptwatch.