AI visibility software comparison
Runexus vs LightSite AI
Runexus and LightSite AI are built for different buyers. Runexus shows how ready a website is for AI recommendations, with a free quick snapshot and an AI readiness score. This comparison covers what each product is designed to do, where they overlap, and which may fit your needs.
Published by Runexus. Competitor information reviewed , using the official sources linked below.
Overview
LightSite AI describes itself as "AI search infrastructure" for mid-market B2B SaaS, e-commerce, agencies and professional services firms. Runexus is a self-serve tool for local and service-area businesses: one workspace per website, with a free quick snapshot as the starting point.
Both products publish a machine-readable source of business information. The difference is scale and who does the work. LightSite focuses on prompt volume, analytics and implementation support. Runexus focuses on one owner reviewing and approving their own facts.
What Runexus is designed for
A Rune is a workspace permanently linked to one canonical domain, your website's main domain. The free quick snapshot and the AI readiness score show how ready the site is for AI recommendations. Domain Scanner checks your website's information, and SEO Health covers supporting website fundamentals. Site Agent gives you a review and publication workflow for business knowledge.
SEO Health reviews crawl access, indexability and conventional technical checks. It doesn't replace your SEO work.
What LightSite AI is designed for
LightSite publishes a machine-readable layer on your domain: an AI sitemap, JSON endpoints (company profile, catalog, FAQ), JSON-LD structured data, and a "Skills API" for AI agents. It also measures AI crawler activity, citations, sentiment, competitor visibility and AI-referred traffic. Source: LightSite FAQ.
Its described workflow is connect, test, analyze, ship approved fixes, and measure. Source: LightSite LLM SEO tool. A Shopify app is also available. Source: Shopify App Store.
Feature comparison
On a narrow screen, scroll the table horizontally to read both products.
| Need | Runexus | LightSite AI |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Local and service-area businesses; self-serve. | Mid-market B2B SaaS, e-commerce, agencies and professional services. FAQ. |
| AI visibility | A free quick snapshot and an AI readiness score, plus website assessments and recommendations for one Rune. | Prompt tracking (500 prompts/mo on Foundation, 2,700 on Pro), with daily monitoring on Pro. Pricing. |
| Machine-readable business info | Site Agent: owner-approved facts published by Runexus; you add one snippet to your site's header. | AI sitemap, JSON endpoints, JSON-LD and Skills API published on your domain. FAQ. |
| Analytics | Website and SEO Health findings. No AI crawler or AI-referral traffic analytics. | LLM bot and crawler analytics, AI-referred traffic, competitor and sentiment tracking. Pricing. |
| Help with implementation | Self-serve only; you make the changes. | Hands-on onboarding on Pro; implementation support on Enterprise. Pricing. |
| Try it first | Free quick snapshot, no account or card. 14-day trial on paid plans (card required). | 7-day free trial. Pricing. |
| Pricing | Starter $49/mo, Core $149/mo. | Pricing listed on request. |
The biggest difference: who it's built for
LightSite's plans are sized around prompt volume, competitor analytics and traffic attribution, the needs of marketing teams and agencies. Runexus is sized for one business owner with one website who wants a free quick snapshot and an AI readiness score, and to keep their own facts accurate.
Who may prefer Runexus
- A local or service-area business that wants a low monthly cost and month-to-month billing
- An owner who wants to approve their own published facts
- Anyone who wants to start with a free snapshot before paying
Who may prefer LightSite AI
- Teams that need high prompt volumes, competitor share-of-voice, or AI crawler and AI-referral traffic analytics
- Shopify stores (it has a native app)
- Organizations that want onboarding or implementation help, or multi-brand and localized coverage (including Japan, on Enterprise)
Pricing
Runexus: Starter is $49/month or $490/year. Core is $149/month or $1,490/year. Every paid plan starts with a 14-day trial; a card is required, and you aren't charged if you cancel before day 14. One plan covers one website. The quick snapshot is free. Runexus pricing and getting started.
LightSite AI: Pricing listed on request. LightSite's main pricing page mentions a 90-day exit window, and its FAQ says pricing is available on request. Confirm current terms with LightSite before you buy. Sources: lightsite.ai/pricing, FAQ.
Start with your own website
Start with a free quick snapshot of how ready your business is for AI recommendations, then decide whether a Rune fits.