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Conductor is an enterprise AEO and SEO platform that tracks your visibility in AI answers and traditional search, and adds content creation, site monitoring and agents. Upthread works on one source those answers cite, Reddit: the threads, your replies and their record.

Last checked Nov 7, 2026. Every fact about Conductor is numbered to its source at the bottom of the page.

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  1. Why look beyond Conductor
  2. Who should choose which
  3. Conductor in brief
  4. Pricing, plan by plan
  5. Point by point
  6. What it watches
  7. Replying
  8. After you post
  9. Price and plans
  10. Switching from Conductor
  11. Questions
  12. Sources
  13. Related comparisons

Why people look beyond Conductor.

Conductor presents itself as an enterprise AEO and SEO platform. Conductor Intelligence tracks your visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and traditional search and ties it to revenue; Creator writes content, Monitoring watches your site around the clock, and AgentStack brings its data into LLM apps, an API and agents. 1

Its pricing page lists three plans, Essentials, Growth and Enterprise, and no prices. Essentials starts with a free trial, Growth with a demo and Enterprise with a sales call. Pricing is usage-based, and the plan table counts writing drafts, AI search credits, analyzed pages, keywords and competitors. 2

Upthread is a narrow tool by comparison. It looks at one kind of source AI answers cite, Reddit threads, finds the ones in front of your buyers, drafts replies that follow each subreddit's rules, and tracks what those replies did. Its prices are public, and it starts with a trial.

Who should choose which.

Who should choose Conductor

  • You run an enterprise SEO and AEO program and want AI visibility, content creation, technical site monitoring and agents in one platform. 1
  • Your teams work inside ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot: Conductor has apps there, plus an API and an MCP server. 1
  • You need scale and governance: Enterprise is built for global, cross-functional organizations, with custom limits. 2

Who should choose Upthread

  • Your search team owns the website, and someone else needs a focused way to answer the Reddit threads AI answers lean on.
  • You want to buy a self-serve plan today, see the price before talking to anyone, and work a ranked Reddit inbox the same day.
  • You need a record per reply, not per page: the comment's score, any moderator removal, and the cited thread's history.

Conductor in brief

An enterprise AEO and SEO platform: AI and search visibility, content creation, site monitoring and agents.

  • Sells three plans, Essentials, Growth and Enterprise, without public prices: Essentials can be tried for free, Growth needs a demo and Enterprise a sales call. 2
  • Describes its pricing as usage-based, built around the value you get rather than the seats you buy. 2
  • Tracks your brand's visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, Claude and traditional search, and connects it to traffic, conversions and revenue. 1
  • Measures how strongly AI recommends your brand against each competitor in the answer, with sentiment tied to the cited sources. 3
  • Adds AI content creation, 24/7 monitoring of how AI bots crawl your site, and agents and apps that bring its data into ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot. 1
  • Offers a free 3-week trial with no credit card needed. 4
  • Its plan table lists 60 or 180 writing drafts a year, 500 or 5,000 tracked keywords and 5 or 25 tracked competitors on Essentials and Growth. 2
  • No Reddit feature or reply drafting is described; recommendations lead into content work for your own pages. 3

Pricing, plan by plan.

Conductor

  • Pricing is not public. Essentials offers a free start; Growth asks you to request a demo and Enterprise to contact sales. 2
  • Essentials includes 60 writing drafts a year, 1,000 analyzed pages, 500 tracked keywords, 5 competitors and 3 websites. Growth includes 180 drafts, 2,500 AI search credits a year, 25,000 pages, 5,000 keywords, 25 competitors and 5 websites. Enterprise limits are custom. 2
  • Pricing is usage-based rather than per seat. 2
  • The free trial lasts 3 weeks and needs no credit card. 4

Upthread

Starter$49 a month
1 brand, 25 keywords, 25 buyer questions, 3 engines, 150 drafts a month, 1 seat. Discovery: Daily.
Growth$149 a month
3 brands, 100 keywords, 75 buyer questions, All engines, 600 drafts a month, 3 seats. Discovery: Every 6 hours.
Agency$499 a month
15 brands, 500 keywords, 300 buyer questions, All engines, 2,500 drafts a month, 10 seats. Discovery: Every 6 hours.

Yearly billing gives 2 months free. Every workspace starts with a 7-day trial on Starter limits, with no card. See full pricing.

Conductor and Upthread, point by point.

Each row sets a sourced fact about Conductor next to what Upthread does, grouped by what you would check first.

What it watches

What it tracksDifferent approach
ConductorYour brand's visibility in AI answers and traditional search, tied to traffic, conversions and revenue. 1
UpthreadThe Reddit threads Google results and AI answers show your buyers, and how often those answers name you.
AI enginesDifferent approach
ConductorEngines including ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, with prompts generated by persona and intent. 3
UpthreadGoogle AI Overviews and AI Mode twice a week, from live Google results. ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude weekly through their APIs, labelled API.
RedditUpthread does more
ConductorNo Reddit view is described. Mentions, citations and sentiment are analysed across all sources. 3
UpthreadEvery cited Reddit thread, ranked in an inbox with the subreddit's rules and its citation history.

Replying

Acting on itDifferent approach
ConductorPrioritized recommendations that open straight into its content tools, to optimize or create pages. 3
UpthreadTwo drafts per cited thread, grounded in the thread and its rules, with your disclosure when they mention you.

After you post

After postingUpthread does more
ConductorNo reply tracking described. It ties AI visibility to referral traffic and conversions. 3
UpthreadScore over time, moderator removals, and the thread's citation history before and after your reply. Links carry UTM tags for your own analytics.

Price and plans

PriceDifferent approach
ConductorNot public. Essentials has a free start, Growth is sold through a demo, and Enterprise is custom, through sales. 2
Upthread$49 / $149 / $499 a month, or 2 months free yearly. A 7-day trial with Starter limits. No card required.

Switching from Conductor.

Setup is self-serve and starts with your website address. Upthread drafts a brand profile and suggests buyer questions, competitors, keywords and focus subreddits for you to edit. Choose your role, disclosure, engines and country, and the first discovery and visibility runs start straight away, with a ranked inbox as the goal inside three minutes.

What you bring across

  • Your AI search topics and prompts. The buying questions among them become Upthread buyer questions, asked in Google's AI answers and four assistants.
  • Your tracked competitors, with aliases, for share of voice in AI answers and for spotting them inside Reddit threads.
  • Your brand facts. Upthread grounds every draft in them and adds your disclosure when a draft mentions the brand.

What works differently

  • Conductor tracks visibility across AI answers and traditional search and ties it to site traffic and revenue. Upthread tracks the Reddit threads those answers cite, and what your reply in each one did. 1
  • Conductor turns an AI visibility gap into a content task for your own pages. Upthread turns a cited Reddit thread into two drafted replies, checked against the subreddit's rules, for you to post. 3
  • Conductor's plans are sold through a free start, a demo or a sales call, with usage-based pricing. Upthread lists its three plans and prices, and starts with a trial on Starter limits. 2

Conductor and Upthread: questions.

How much does Conductor cost?

Its prices aren't public: Essentials starts with a free trial, Growth with a demo and Enterprise with a sales call. Upthread lists its prices: Starter is $49 a month, Growth $149 and Agency $499. 2

Does Conductor track Reddit threads?

Its pages describe mentions, citations and sentiment across AI answers, but no Reddit view and no reply drafting. Upthread is built around the Reddit threads those answers cite, from the draft to the reply's record. 3

Is Upthread a replacement for Conductor?

Not for an enterprise SEO program. Upthread doesn't audit your site, write web pages or track your site's keyword rankings. It takes over one job: finding the Reddit threads AI answers cite and answering them well, with a record of each reply.

Can I try Conductor before buying?

Yes. It offers a free 3-week trial with no credit card. Upthread's trial lasts 7 days on Starter limits, also without a card. 4

Can I use Conductor and Upthread together?

Yes. Keep your enterprise platform for the site, content and AI visibility reporting, and use Upthread for the Reddit threads in those answers, where a person has to write and post the reply.

Sources

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  1. [1]Conductor homepage, checked Nov 7, 2026.
  2. [2]Conductor pricing page, checked Nov 7, 2026.
  3. [3]Conductor AI Search Performance page, checked Nov 7, 2026.
  4. [4]Conductor free trial page, checked Nov 7, 2026.

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