Can I vibecode LLM Pulse?

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price $56.52/moyou'd save $678.24/yrbuild time multi-daycategory 📈 seo & marketingreplaced by 1 people

The core loop is a realistic weekend build: run a fixed prompt set against a model API, detect brand and competitor mentions, collect citations, and chart the results. The gap appears when you need dependable runs across many models, long-term evidence, team access, exports, alerts, and the broader visibility and reputation workflow.

the prompt
Build a local, single-user AI visibility tracker for one brand.
Use Node.js 22, TypeScript, Express, better-sqlite3, server-rendered HTML, and vanilla JavaScript.
Bind the app to localhost:4173 and provide one documented command for the first run.
Keep MODEL_BASE_URL, MODEL_API_KEY, and MODEL_NAME in .env and ship a safe .env.example.
Support one JSON chat endpoint configured entirely through those environment variables.
Document the endpoint contract and isolate it behind one small adapter so it can be replaced later.
Let the user configure one brand, aliases, three competitors, and up to 25 prompts.
Run prompts manually and on a weekly local schedule with a clear API budget limit.
Limit concurrency, retry transient failures, and keep failed prompts visible instead of dropping them.
Store every prompt, raw answer, model name, timestamp, latency, and error in SQLite.
Detect case-insensitive brand and competitor mentions using editable aliases.
Extract and normalize URLs from answers, then preserve the source answer for every citation.
Use one structured model pass to label brand sentiment as positive, neutral, negative, or absent.
Calculate mention rate, citation rate, competitor share of voice, and net sentiment with documented formulas.
Show current results, weekly trends, and a prompt-level evidence table on a compact dashboard.
Make every aggregate metric link back to the raw answers used to calculate it.
Export prompts, answers, mentions, citations, and weekly metrics as CSV files.
Add backup and restore commands for the SQLite database.
Do not add accounts, billing, teams, telemetry, web crawling, or an integration catalog.
Do not claim parity with managed multi-model collection, reputation workflows, traffic analytics, or production monitoring.
Write tests for alias matching, URL normalization, retry handling, and metric calculations.
Include a README with setup, API cost controls, data location, backup steps, and limitations.
Run the tests and production build before finishing, then list the exact commands used.

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why people still pay

Teams pay to keep large prompt sets running on schedule, preserve evidence over time, and analyze mentions, citations, sentiment, competitors, and traffic in one dependable workflow without maintaining the execution pipeline themselves.

what you lose

xmanaged execution across the full model set

xlong-term historical comparisons and evidence

xreputation, source, traffic, and competitor workflows

xteam permissions, exports, alerts, and integrations

xproduction monitoring and support

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the escape hatch

Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.

ElmoTracks mentions, citations and competitors across the major engines; sentiment and referral traffic are still on the road map.224aug 2026open source

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the numbers

LLM Pulse pricing

planmonthlyannual (per mo)what you get
starter weekly$56.52/workspace$47.09/workspace1 project; 50 prompts; 50 AI responses/week/model; 10 competitors.
growth weekly$114.19/workspace$95.16/workspace2 projects; 150 prompts; 150 AI responses/week/model; 15 competitors.
scale weekly$344.87/workspace$287.39/workspace5 projects; 450 prompts; 450 AI responses/week/model; 20 competitors.
scale+ weekly$690.89/workspace$575.74/workspace10 projects; 1,200 prompts; 1,200 AI responses/week/model; 20 competitors.
scale++ weekly$1382.93/workspace$1152.44/workspace15 projects; 2,400 prompts; 2,400 AI responses/week/model; 25 competitors.
starter daily$91.12/workspace$75.93/workspace1 project; 50 prompts; 50 AI responses/day/model; 10 competitors.
growth daily$171.86/workspace$143.22/workspace2 projects; 150 prompts; 150 AI responses/day/model; 15 competitors.
scale daily$517.88/workspace$431.57/workspace5 projects; 450 prompts; 450 AI responses/day/model; 20 competitors.
scale+ daily$1036.91/workspace$864.09/workspace10 projects; 1,200 prompts; 1,200 AI responses/day/model; 20 competitors.
scale++ daily$2190.31/workspace$1825.26/workspace15 projects; 2,400 prompts; 2,400 AI responses/day/model; 25 competitors.
enterprisecustomCustom projects, prompt volume, refresh frequency, model coverage, data access, and support.

free tierno free tier; 14-day card-required trial on weekly Starter, Growth, and Scale only; daily plans and Scale+/Scale++ start immediately

billingmonthly + annual (annual is billed for 10 months, effectively 2 months free); VAT/tax may be added

hidden costsAdditional AI models are sold as paid add-ons; public add-on rates are not disclosed.

verified 2026-08-14 · source ↗

questions
Can I vibecode LLM Pulse?

Kinda. The core of LLM Pulse is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: managed execution across the full model set, long-term historical comparisons and evidence. Read the honest list above before committing.

How much does LLM Pulse cost?

LLM Pulse costs about $56.52/month (Starter Weekly, checked 2026-08-14), which is $678.24 per year.

What do I lose by replacing LLM Pulse?

Honestly: managed execution across the full model set; long-term historical comparisons and evidence; reputation, source, traffic, and competitor workflows; team permissions, exports, alerts, and integrations; production monitoring and support. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.

Is there an open-source alternative to LLM Pulse?

Yes: Elmo (Tracks mentions, citations and competitors across the major engines; sentiment and referral traffic are still on the road map.) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.

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