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Choosing an AI visibility tool 2026-10-21 20:05 · search track only, from the stored answers · pool the last 7 runs · JSON

34/34answers searched
79searches
78distinct queries
32%from prompt
40%prompt kept

Top queries

Queries counted together whatever their case, quotes or spacing. Cheap Seats's sites: searches whose results included a page on one of them. Competitors: named in a result's title, or its site. Named Cheap Seats: of the graded answers that ran the query, those that named Cheap Seats.

QueryPromptsAnswersCheap Seats's sitesCompetitors in resultsNamed Cheap Seats
Peec AI pricing plans 20265 620/2Peec AI ×2 0/2
'$'110/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar API AI visibility data export +Ahrefs Brand Radar1610/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features 2026810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Dageno AI ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tool Slack email alert brand mention lost competitor appears (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly, Semrush AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch) +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit1710/1Dageno AI ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison 2026 Semrush AI toolkit Ahrefs Brand Radar Scrunch AthenaHQ +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Semrush AI Toolkit1310/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush methodology how many runs per prompt 2026 +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit1410/1Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility "alerts" "daily" site.scrunch.com | AI visibility "alerts" "daily" site.peec.ai | AI visibility "alerts" "daily" site.nightwatch.io | AI visibility "alerts" "daily" site.keyword.com +Peec AI1710/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch evaluation criteria +Peec AI +Profound210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations methodology location model Peec Profound Otterly | Google AI features website Search Console AI Overviews AI Mode reporting +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Profound Otterly | site.otterly.ai alerts brand monitoring schedule | site.tryprofound.com alerts visibility monitoring +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1710/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility platform API reporting Profound Scrunch Peec Otterly API | AI visibility tools API AthenaHQ AirOps API +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility platform SOC 2 Type II enterprise GEO1510/10/1
AI visibility tool agency white label reporting multiple clients SE Ranking Otterly AgencyAnalytics | AI visibility tracking white label agency reporting Peec AI AthenaHQ +Otterly.AI +Peec AI910/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 0/1
AI visibility tool Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews Profound Peec Athena Otterly coverage +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1010/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tool pricing 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly prompts per month plans +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1310/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility tools methodology sampling variance repeated prompts reliability LLM answers1410/10/1
AI visibility tracking low cost pricing Otterly AI Peec AI free tools 2026 | Ahrefs AI brand radar free AI visibility checker pricing +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1110/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tool alerts when brand drops from ChatGPT answers 20261710/10/1
AI visibility tracking tools API access Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly API +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tools Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews coverage comparison 20261010/1Dageno AI ×1 0/1
Amplitude AI Visibility free tool what it tracks1210/10/1
best AEO AI visibility tools B2B SaaS track ChatGPT Claude mentions 2026310/10/1
best AI search visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Gauge comparison +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound710/1Profound ×1 0/1
best AI visibility tool white label agency reporting LLM tracking 2026910/10/1
best free AI search visibility tools review LLM brand tracking free plan1210/10/1
best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing Profound Peec AI Otterly +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound110/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
cheapest AI visibility tracking tools ChatGPT Perplexity mentions startups 2026 pricing1110/10/1
Conductor BrightEdge Semrush AI visibility SOC 2 Type II trust center +Semrush AI Toolkit1510/10/1
free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 20261210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
free AI visibility tracker free plan Otterly Peec Semrush AI visibility 2026 | Ahrefs free AI visibility checker brand radar free AI search visibility +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Semrush AI Toolkit1210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
GA4 track ChatGPT Perplexity referral traffic AI search regex 20261110/10/1
Gauge AI visibility site:withgauge.com | Gauge AI visibility tracking platform pricing710/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Gauge ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility tool review 2026710/1Gauge ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility tracking pricing get gauge | AI visibility tracking tools alternatives Profound Peec AI Otterly Ahrefs Brand Radar +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound710/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Dageno AI ×1 Gauge ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
generative engine optimization tracking tool accuracy API vs scraping LLM answers methodology210/10/1
how AI visibility tracking tools work prompt tracking API vs scraping accuracy criticism110/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
HubSpot AEO Grader free; LLMrefs free tier1210/10/1
Otterly AI pricing plans monthly prompts | Peec AI pricing plans monthly prompts610/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 0/1
Otterly.AI pricing free plan or free trial 2026; LLMrefs free plan limits +Otterly.AI1210/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026610/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI API documentation docs.peec.ai +Peec AI1610/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI pricing features | Profound AI pricing marketing platform features510/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Peec AI vs Profound comparison review510/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Peec AI vs Profound vs Otterly vs Semrush AI Toolkit agency white-label pricing +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit910/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026510/1Profound ×1 0/1
Profound AI visibility SOC 2 Type II security | Scrunch AI SOC 2 security enterprise | Peec AI SOC 2 security | Conductor AI visibility SOC 2 security +Peec AI +Profound1510/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking Peec AI Scrunch Otterly Ahrefs Brand Radar +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI410/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking tools 2026410/1Profound ×1 0/1
Profound API docs tryprofound answer engine insights API +Profound1610/1Profound ×1 0/1

Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 28 more in the JSON.

Names the assistants added

Searches that named a product the prompt hadn't: the assistant added it to the search.

NameSearchesAnswersPromptsFor example
Peec AI372615“best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing Profound Peec AI Otterly”; “site.profound.com pricing answer engine optimization | site.scrunch.com pricing AI search | site.peec.ai pricing | site.otterly.ai pricing”; “site.peec.ai UI scraping not API methodology | site.semrush.com ai visibility toolkit pricing 99”
Otterly.AI282213“best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing Profound Peec AI Otterly”; “site.profound.com pricing answer engine optimization | site.scrunch.com pricing AI search | site.peec.ai pricing | site.otterly.ai pricing”; “AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations methodology location model Peec Profound Otterly | Google AI features website Search Console AI Overviews AI Mode reporting”
Profound272212“best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing Profound Peec AI Otterly”; “site.profound.com pricing answer engine optimization | site.scrunch.com pricing AI search | site.peec.ai pricing | site.otterly.ai pricing”; “AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch evaluation criteria”
Semrush AI Toolkit111110“site.peec.ai UI scraping not API methodology | site.semrush.com ai visibility toolkit pricing 99”; “site.semrush.com AI Visibility Toolkit 99 prompt tracking brand performance | site.peec.ai pricing 89 2026 | site.otterly.ai pricing $29 15 prompts”; “Peec AI vs Profound vs Otterly vs Semrush AI Toolkit agency white-label pricing”
Ahrefs Brand Radar1099“site.tryprofound.com answer engine insights citations prompt volumes | site.peec.ai AI visibility sources prompts countries | site.otterly.ai AI search monitoring pricing prompts | site.ahrefs.com brand radar custom prompts AI”; “Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking Peec AI Scrunch Otterly Ahrefs Brand Radar”; “Gauge AI visibility tracking pricing get gauge | AI visibility tracking tools alternatives Profound Peec AI Otterly Ahrefs Brand Radar”

How the prompts were rewritten

Words compared without stopwords, plurals folded. From prompt is the share of a search's words that were in its prompt; prompt kept, the share of the prompt's words still in the search.

Added

The vocabulary the assistants search with.

WordSearchesPrompts
pricing3113
20262916
tracking2212
prompt1710
site.peec.ai1411
search129
scrunch107
brand96
plans94
site.otterly.ai88
engine86
vs77
answer76
site.scrunch.com75
chatgpt64
methodology63
comparison55
site.tryprofound.com55
tools53
visibility53
custom44
llm44
mentions44
platform44
radar44

Dropped

Prompt words the searches left out.

WordSearchesPrompts
tools3411
visibility2010
ai137
what's123
dashboards91
pull91
brand83
best72
actually71
out71
run71
that's71
useful71
answers62
chatgpt62
data61
schedule61
search52
tracking52
dedicated51
drop51
enough51
many51
meet51
ones51

Add as prompt

Queries whose results named competitors and never reached Cheap Seats's sites. To measure one as a prompt of its own, paste its entry into the set's file in the config repo and reword it as the question a buyer would ask; prompt ids are permanent, so pick one you'll keep.

“Peec AI pricing plans 2026” — 2 answers · Peec AI

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "peec-ai-pricing-plans-2026"
text = "Peec AI pricing plans 2026"
“Ahrefs Brand Radar API AI visibility data export” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-api-ai"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar API AI visibility data export"
“Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features 2026” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Dageno AI

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-pricing-features"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features 2026"
“AI search visibility tool Slack email alert brand mention lost competitor appears (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly, Semrush AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch)” — 1 answers · Dageno AI, Otterly.AI

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-tool-slack"
text = "AI search visibility tool Slack email alert brand mention lost competitor appears (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly, Semrush AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch)"
“AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison 2026 Semrush AI toolkit Ahrefs Brand Radar Scrunch AthenaHQ” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-tracking-pricing"
text = "AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison 2026 Semrush AI toolkit Ahrefs Brand Radar Scrunch AthenaHQ"
“AI search visibility tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush methodology how many runs per prompt 2026” — 1 answers · Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-tracking-profound"
text = "AI search visibility tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush methodology how many runs per prompt 2026"
“AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch evaluation criteria” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-geo-tools-comparison"
text = "AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch evaluation criteria"
“AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations methodology location model Peec Profound Otterly” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-geo-tools-evaluate"
text = "AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations methodology location model Peec Profound Otterly"
“Google AI features website Search Console AI Overviews AI Mode reporting” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "google-ai-features-website-search"
text = "Google AI features website Search Console AI Overviews AI Mode reporting"
“AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Profound Otterly” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

Append to prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-monitoring-alerts-brand"
text = "AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Profound Otterly"

Prompt by prompt

#PromptSearchedSearches per answerDistinctFrom promptPrompt kept
1How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for?2/22.5514%20%
2What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools?2/22.0418%46%
3What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?2/22.0424%23%
4What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility?2/21.5348%83%
5Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team?2/22.0449%38%
6Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget?2/22.0423%16%
7Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives?2/22.0451%79%
8Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool?2/22.5537%36%
9What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand?2/22.5533%33%
10Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT?2/22.0442%56%
11What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup?2/21.5317%25%
12Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful?2/23.5729%39%
13How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats?2/21.5331%36%
14AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them?2/21.5326%30%
15Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2?2/22.5543%52%
16Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards?2/24.5934%38%
17Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers?2/23.5729%37%
1. How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? — 5 queries

Added: ai ×3 pricing ×3 visibility ×3 api ×2 scraping ×2 site.peec.ai ×2 2026 ×1 99 ×1

Dropped: ones ×5 paying ×5 worth ×5 generative ×4 work ×4 engine ×3 optimization ×3 tools ×3

2. What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools? — 4 queries

Added: citations ×2 engine ×2 methodology ×2 prompt ×2 search ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1 accuracy ×1

Dropped: evaluating ×4 look ×4 geo ×2 ai ×1 tools ×1 visibility ×1

3. What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×3 tracking ×3 2026 ×2 supported ×2 add ×1 ai ×1 answer ×1 engine ×1

Dropped: company ×4 know ×4 recommend ×4 wants ×4 what's ×4 aeo ×3 b2b ×3 best ×3

4. What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility? — 3 queries

Added: 2026 ×2 15 ×1 29 ×1 89 ×1 99 ×1 brand ×1 performance ×1 pricing ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×1 profound ×1 search ×1

5. Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×3 2026 ×2 plans ×2 comparison ×1 features ×1 platform ×1 review ×1 visibility ×1

Dropped: better ×4 mid-size ×4 team ×4 marketing ×3 vs ×3 peec ×1 profound ×1

6. Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×4 plans ×3 2026 ×2 89 ×1 95 ×1 monthly ×1 prompts ×1 site.peec.ai ×1

Dropped: budget ×4 search ×4 tight ×4 tracking ×4 visibility ×4 otterly.ai ×3 ai ×2 peec ×2

7. Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives? — 4 queries

Added: 2026 ×2 pricing ×2 best ×1 comparison ×1 platform ×1 review ×1 search ×1 site ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×3 tool ×1 tracking ×1

8. Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool? — 5 queries

Added: 2026 ×4 pricing ×4 tracking ×3 citations ×2 prompt ×2 answer ×1 chatgpt ×1 custom ×1

Dropped: dedicated ×5 enough ×5 semrush's ×5 tool ×5 ahrefs ×3 ai ×2 brand ×2 radar ×2

9. What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? — 5 queries

Added: label ×4 white ×4 pricing ×2 ranking ×2 reporting ×2 se ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1

Dropped: brand ×5 many ×5 seo ×5 under ×5 what's ×5 best ×4 reports ×4 clients ×3

10. Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT? — 4 queries

Added: coverage ×2 engines ×2 2026 ×1 add ×1 athena ×1 brand ×1 comparison ×1 custom ×1

Dropped: chatgpt ×4 cover ×4 google ×2 tools ×2 visibility ×2 gemini ×1 overviews ×1

11. What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup? — 3 queries

Added: 2026 ×3 chatgpt ×2 perplexity ×2 pricing ×2 tools ×2 tracking ×2 brand ×1 cheapest ×1

Dropped: cheap ×3 measuring ×3 small ×3 start ×3 what's ×3 startup ×2 visibility ×1

12. Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? — 7 queries

Added: 2026 ×3 brand ×3 plan ×3 chatgpt ×2 llmrefs ×2 pricing ×2 search ×2 tracking ×2

Dropped: actually ×7 that's ×7 useful ×7 tracker ×5 ai ×2 visibility ×2

13. How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? — 3 queries

Added: pricing ×3 2026 ×2 answer ×1 athenahq ×1 comparison ×1 engine ×1 month ×1 optimization ×1

Dropped: cost ×3 drives ×3 price ×3 models ×2 plans ×2 seats ×2 tools ×2 ai ×1

14. AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them? — 3 queries

Added: methodology ×3 prompts ×2 runs ×2 sampling ×2 2026 ×1 daily ×1 llm ×1 many ×1

Dropped: ask ×3 change ×3 check ×3 numbers ×3 reliable ×3 time ×3 tools ×2 answers ×1

15. Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? — 5 queries

Added: ii ×4 type ×4 conductor ×2 scrunch ×2 search ×2 brightedge ×1 center ×1 compliance ×1

Dropped: meet ×5 requirements ×5 platforms ×4 security ×3 enterprise ×2

16. Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards? — 9 queries

Added: documentation ×3 scrunch ×3 access ×2 enterprise ×2 site.peec.ai ×2 site.scrunch.com ×2 2026 ×1 add-on ×1

Dropped: dashboards ×9 pull ×9 tools ×7 data ×6 visibility ×5 ai ×3

17. Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? — 7 queries

Added: daily ×3 tracking ×3 brand ×2 monitoring ×2 prompts ×2 scheduled ×2 site.peec.ai ×2 site.scrunch.com ×2

Dropped: out ×7 run ×7 schedule ×6 answers ×5 drop ×5 tools ×5 ai ×2 visibility ×2