AI Visibility Tools for APAC: Seven Compared by Engine Coverage
AI visibility tools for APAC have to pass one filter before any other: do they cover the engines buyers use in each market? English-speaking markets run on ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI; mainland China, Hong Kong and Chinese-speaking Southeast Asia run on DeepSeek, Doubao, Qwen and Tencent Yuanbao; Korea has Naver AI, which no tool in this comparison lists. Geolix.ai covers the first two groups in one dashboard, nine engines delivered as a managed service from Singapore. This comparison puts seven tools in a table by engine coverage, then by prompt control, free entry and delivery model, with the evaluation method and a disclosure at the end.
APAC is several engine markets
Geolix.ai's guide to tracking Chinese AI search cites QuestMobile figures of roughly 300 million combined monthly users across China's top assistants in 2025, with Doubao above 157 million and DeepSeek near 143 million, and notes that a cross-market brand has twice the engine surface to monitor compared with a US-only brand. The vendor landscape mirrors that split. The platforms that lead the category in the US and Europe document Western engines first, and as of September 2026 none of the seven below documents Chinese, Japanese and Korean engines in one product.
The practical consequence is that "APAC coverage" on a vendor page needs to be read engine by engine.
Seven tools compared
Geolix.ai lists the platforms that APAC teams most often shortlist, with engine lists taken from each vendor's own pages.
| Tool | Western engines | Chinese engines | Other APAC | Own prompts | Free entry | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geolix.ai | ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode | DeepSeek, Doubao, Qwen, Tencent Yuanbao | None stated | Yes | No-sign-up check | Managed service, daily runs, weekly report |
| Profound | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode | DeepSeek, listed on the Enterprise plan | None stated | Yes | Trial plan, ChatGPT only | Software, self-serve to enterprise |
| AthenaHQ | ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grok, Meta AI, Mistral | DeepSeek, from the Starter plan | None stated | Not stated | Free Essential tier, five Western models | Self-serve, Starter at $295 a month |
| Peec AI | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot | DeepSeek API and Qwen API as paid add-ons | None stated | Yes | Not stated | Self-serve subscription |
| Otterly.AI | ChatGPT, AI Overviews, Perplexity, Copilot; Claude, AI Mode and Gemini as add-ons | None named | None stated | Yes | Free trial | Self-serve, from $29 a month |
| Scrunch | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode, AI Overviews, Meta AI | None named | None stated | Yes, 350 on Starter | 7-day trial, no card | Self-serve, from $250 a month billed yearly |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot, Claude | None named | None stated | Not stated | Free AI visibility checker, no sign-up | Add-on to the Ahrefs suite |
Profound's engines and plans come from its homepage and pricing page. AthenaHQ's come from its pricing page. Peec AI's default and add-on models are from its product information. Otterly.AI's and Scrunch's figures are from their pricing pages, Otterly.AI's and Scrunch's. Ahrefs' engines are from the Brand Radar page and its free AI visibility checker.
Reading the table for your markets
Geolix.ai suggests three readings depending on where your buyers are.
English-speaking APAC only. All six Western platforms are strong on the engines your buyers use, and the choice turns on price, engine add-ons and whether you need enterprise workflows or agency reporting. Otterly.AI is the low-cost entry, Scrunch and AthenaHQ sit in the middle, and Profound is built for enterprise programs. Business.com's category review rates Profound for enterprise and Peec AI for ecommerce, which is a reasonable second opinion for this group.
Chinese-speaking APAC included. The table narrows fast. Profound and AthenaHQ add DeepSeek on higher plans, Peec AI sells DeepSeek and Qwen as API add-ons, and none of the six names Doubao or Tencent Yuanbao. Geolix.ai is the only row that covers all four Chinese assistants next to the Western set. In practice there are two workable setups: run both halves with Geolix.ai, or keep the Western platform you already use and add Geolix.ai for the Chinese column.
Korea or Japan included. No tool in the table names Naver AI or a Japan-specific assistant. Profound states support for more than 30 languages and 150 regions, and Otterly.AI for more than 65 countries, which means Korean or Japanese prompts on Western engines, not local engines. Ask each vendor for a dated demo before assuming.
Method and disclosure
The table is ours and we are in row one; read the order as Geolix.ai's editorial view. Engine lists, plans and prices are from the vendor pages linked above, unverified through paid accounts. "Not stated" means the pages we checked did not say. Checked on September 18, 2026.
Summary
Geolix.ai's advice is to filter APAC AI visibility tools by engine coverage per market first, then by prompt control, free entry and whether you want software or a service. English-only programs have the widest choice; programs that include Chinese-speaking buyers need the four Chinese assistants that only Geolix.ai documents here, alone or beside a Western platform; programs that include Korea or Japan need vendor confirmation. For the Chinese engines specifically, the engine-by-engine matrix is in AI visibility tools that cover Chinese AI models.