Questions about PuffinScout

Updated 15 Aug 2026

PuffinScout does

  • Find the thread and say why it picked it
  • Read the subreddit's rules first
  • Suggest a reply in your voice
  • Count 9 helpful posts before 1 mention
  • Count who else gets named

PuffinScout does not

  • Post, comment, vote or message on Reddit
  • Touch or ask for your Reddit password
  • Create or run accounts for you
  • Buy upvotes or karma
  • Promise a ranking or an AI mention

Start here

What is PuffinScout?

PuffinScout finds where AI gets your brand wrong, tells you what to fix, and turns up the Reddit threads where your buyers are asking.

Why does Reddit decide what an AI names?

No promise
A buyer asks an assistant, or adds Reddit to a search
It answers from the pages it retrieves
Often a Reddit thread. Yours is in it

Nobody can edit an AI answer, and no tool can promise you a place in one. What you can work on is the thread behind it, and who gets named there.

Who is PuffinScout for?

a drinks brand
a clothing brand
an app you built
a service you offer

Anyone whose buyers ask an AI assistant, check listings, or research on Reddit before they buy.

Using it

How does PuffinScout work?

1Reads your site, fills in your profile
2Checks where you are listed and what AI gets wrong
3Finds Reddit threads asking your buyers' questions
4You get a list: fixes, listings and replies to post

Give it your website. It fills in a profile you edit, then every run hands you a short list: places to get listed, mistakes to fix, and Reddit threads worth answering.

My Reddit account is brand new. What then?

one warmup run
helpful · 12mention · none

It starts in karma warmup: every suggestion is a plain helpful comment, with no brand name and no link, until the account has real history.

What data does PuffinScout read?

Reads

  • public Reddit threads
  • a public archive of them
  • public search results
  • your site and your notes

Never reads

  • private messages
  • your Reddit password
  • bought personal data
YOURSyour replies, your notes, your brand name SHAREDsubreddit size, whether its rules allow a mention

Everything PuffinScout reads is either public or something you gave it.

Reddit and your account

Does PuffinScout post to Reddit for me?

No
PuffinScout suggests a reply
You edit it
You post it, from your account
its access to your Reddit account: none

No. PuffinScout never posts, votes or messages on Reddit, and never asks for your password. You tell it what you posted, so the next run counts it.

Is using PuffinScout against Reddit's rules?

No
REDDIT ASKSPUFFINSCOUT DOES Take part first 9 helpful posts, then 1 mention Keep mentions rare 1 in 10, capped per subreddit Say who you are a disclosure line in the reply

It is built around what Reddit's own self promotion guidance asks for, and it refuses to suggest a mention where a subreddit forbids one.

Will my Reddit account survive this?

30 posts in a row, oldest first
helpful · 27mention · 3
drops rule breaking suggestions caps activity per subreddit new accounts start in warmup
Your own window, with your own numbers, is in the app.

It holds you to one post naming your brand for every nine helpful ones, over a rolling 30 days. Until the count is there it stays locked.

Is PuffinScout affiliated with Reddit?

No

It is an independent product, not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Reddit, Inc. Reddit is a trademark of Reddit, Inc.

What it costs

What does PuffinScout cost?

PuffinScout plans and prices in US dollars
PlanMonthly (USD)Yearly (USD)Brands
Starter $19 $190 1
Growth $79 $790 3
Pro $249 $2,490 8
Agency $399 $3,990 15
Real prices, with no inflated list price to discount from. What each plan includes.

Your first report is free: see real output before you pay. After that, plans differ only by how many brands you run. Stop at the end of any paid period.

What is the difference between tracked and actively monitored questions?

TRACKEDevery question on your list CHECKED WEEKLYthe ones re-run each week

Every plan tracks a full list of buyer questions, then re-checks a smaller set each week against the four AI engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini. Top plans add daily checks.