Compare · honestly measured

Quolens vs Scrunch AI

Scrunch AI is the supply-side bet — now part of Sitecore — re-serving machine-readable pages to AI crawlers at the CDN. Quolens works the demand side: reading the answers themselves, 3× per prompt, with a Confidence Score on every number. Here is the honest comparison.

3 rows where Scrunch AI leads — shown the same weight

Line by line — including where we lose.

We don’t hide the rows we don’t win. If Scrunch AI is the better tool for your job, this table should tell you — that’s the point.

clear strengthpartial / nuancedthe other side leadsunknown / unverified
Per-datapoint Confidence Score
How much each number moved across 3 runs.
Quolens
On every number

Same prompt asked 3× per engine; each datapoint carries its reliability.

Scrunch AI
Not surfaced per datapoint

No equivalent per-number reliability score in the public product.

Model-vs-live-grounding split
Training memory vs live web fetch, per mention.
Quolens
Split on every mention

Separates the awareness problem from the content-freshness problem.

Scrunch AI
Citation source buckets, not a memory-vs-live split

Your/Competitor/Third-Party citation split — adjacent, not the same axis.

Reading cadence
How often each tracked prompt is re-read.
Quolens
Daily, 3× per prompt

Every tracked prompt runs daily on paid tiers.

Scrunch AI
~Weekly refresh

Tracked prompts refresh roughly weekly.

Honest free tier & entry price
Cost of a real reading, without a card.
Quolens
Free €0, then €49 Starter

One brand, real engines, no signup wall; entry starts at zero.

Scrunch AI
From ~$250/mo, no free tier

Mid-market entry pricing; prompts counted per engine.

EU-built · GDPR-native
Where the data lives and the law it’s built under.
Quolens
EU-built, GDPR-native

Designed for EU data residency and GDPR from day one.

Scrunch AI
Residency not verified post-acquisition

US-based, now Sitecore-owned; marked unknown rather than assumed.

CDN Agent Experience Platform
Re-serving AI-optimised pages to crawlers at the edge.
Quolens
Not offered

Quolens measures answers; it does not intercept crawlers or re-serve pages.

Scrunch AI
AXP re-serves pages at the CDN

Verified case study: +364% presence / +218% citations (Akamai).

Agent / bot-traffic analytics
Server-log view of which AI crawlers hit your site.
Quolens
Not offered

Quolens measures the answer side, not your server logs.

Scrunch AI
Deep CDN + server-log ingestion

Site Maps compare what humans see vs what agents see.

Enterprise backing & track record
We are pre-launch — no customers yet.
Quolens
Pre-launch — no customers yet

We have no customer logos to show and won’t invent them.

Scrunch AI
Acquired by Sitecore (2026)

Enterprise distribution and roadmap muscle behind it.

Scrunch AI details reflect public positioning verified 2026-07-09; verify before quoting. Quolens is pre-launch — no customer logos or testimonials are shown, by design.

Pricing, with dates.

Quolens · published
Free €0 · €49 · €199

Free €0, Starter €49/mo, Pro €199/mo, Scale €499/mo — published, no card to start, 14-day full-depth trial.

Scrunch AI · entry
$250 / mo

Scrunch publishes ~$250 and ~$417/mo tiers plus Enterprise; custom prompts are counted per engine, a hidden cap multiplier. Quolens publishes Free €0, Starter €49, Pro €199.

Where Scrunch AI is the better fit

Choose Scrunch AI if your problem is the supply side — you want AI crawlers intercepted at the CDN and served machine-readable pages, with deep bot analytics, inside an enterprise (now Sitecore) stack. If your problem is the demand side — knowing what the answers say about you and how much to trust each number — that’s the instrument Quolens builds.

We’d rather you pick the right tool than the wrong one with our name on it. The honesty above is the whole product — an instrument that flatters itself isn’t one.

See exactly how we measure
See it on your own brand

See your own brand read against Scrunch AI.

A real reading across the engines that matter — your Share of Answer, a Confidence Score on every number, in about a minute. Free, no card.