What the assistants searched
Cheap Seats head to heads 2026-10-21 20:12 pooled with the set's finished runs before it that were asked and graded the same way: 1 run · search track only, from the stored answers · this run alone · JSON
22/22answers searched
66searches
66distinct queries
45%from prompt
44%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.
| Query | Prompts | Answers | Cheap Seats's sites | Competitors in results | Named Cheap Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 1/1 |
| Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | Gauge ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| Peec AI pricing 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AEO AI search visibility software company | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI agent pricing daily cost spending limits | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI brand monitoring how decides recommended brand recommendation mention | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring | Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand monitoring | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI brand visibility tracking ChatGPT Claude | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | |
| "Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand mentions tool startup | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand monitoring pricing | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO brand tracking startup | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO tool brand mentions LLM | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 1/1 |
| Popcorn AI search visibility marketing pricing Peec AI | Peec AI pricing official | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI search visibility platform ChatGPT brand mentions methodology | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI search visibility tool vs Peec AI | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI tool pricing | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" -site:reddit.com -badpopcorn | "Popcorn" "developer tools" recommendations | "Popcorn" "brand" "Claude" monitoring | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI visibility brand recommendation tracking how it works | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI visibility ChatGPT Claude developer tools brand monitoring | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility Gauge comparison | Gauge AI visibility platform features | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | Gauge ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI visibility GEO tool marketing brand tracking ChatGPT | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| "popcorn" "AI visibility" open source | "popcorn" "github" "visibility" | Peec AI pricing monitoring sources prompts | Otterly AI pricing monitoring +Otterly.AI +Peec AI | 6 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" pricing | "Popcorn" "Otterly" | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tool ChatGPT Claude brand recommendations | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | 1/1 | |
| "Popcorn" AI visibility tracker ChatGPT Perplexity brand mentions open source | 6 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 1/1 |
| popcorn "AI" "visibility" tracking -site:reddit.com -badpopcorn -bilarna | popcorn "GEO" "tracking" pricing | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking agency clients pricing | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | AI Peekaboo ×1 Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking brand recommendations Profound | Profound AI visibility pricing answer engine optimization platform | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" AI visibility tracking ChatGPT brand mentions GEO tool | 7 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking ChatGPT brand mentions tool | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking pricing | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking pricing Otterly AI | Otterly AI pricing plans prompts 2026 | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | AI Peekaboo ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool agencies | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "popcorn" "AI visibility" | "popcorn" "AI search" visibility tracking | 7 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "GEO" tracking agency | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "Peec" | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "Profound" tracking | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "recommendation" "brand" AI monitoring | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | site.withgauge.com pricing | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Gauge ×1 | 0/1 |
| Popcorn app pricing plans 2026 | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "popcorn" "brand" "AI" "monitoring" -site:reddit.com -popcorn-labs -pendium.ai -trypopcorn.ai -geoly.ai | "popcorn" "recommendation" "visibility" software | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "popcorn" "brand" "AI" "tracking" -site:reddit.com -food -kernels -snack -popcorners -redenbacher | "popcorn" "AI search" software | "popcorn" "GEO" "platform" tracking | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "popcorn" "brand" "recommendations" software AI -site:pendium.ai -site:reddit.com -site:geoly.ai -site:trypopcorn.ai -snack -movie | "popcorn" "recommended" "methodology" AI | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "popcorn" "brand" "tracking" AI -site:reddit.com -chocolates -popcorners -skinnypop | "popcorn" "Semrush" monitoring | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| "Popcorn" "Claude" brand | "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Popcorn Claude Code agent cost | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| "Popcorn" GEO AI search visibility LLM brand monitoring startup | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | Otterly.AI ×1 | 1/1 |
| "popcorn" "GEO" "AI" visibility tool | "popcorn" "Gauge" AI search visibility software | "popcorn" "brand mentions" AI | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 16 more in the JSON.
Names the assistants added
Searches that named a product the prompt hadn't: the assistant added it to the search.
| Name | Searches | Answers | Prompts | For example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterly.AI | 2 | 2 | 2 | “"popcorn" "AI visibility" open source | "popcorn" "github" "visibility" | Peec AI pricing monitoring sources prompts | Otterly AI pricing monitoring”; “AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly” |
| Peec AI | 2 | 2 | 2 | “"popcorn" "AI visibility" open source | "popcorn" "github" "visibility" | Peec AI pricing monitoring sources prompts | Otterly AI pricing monitoring”; “AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly” |
| Profound | 1 | 1 | 1 | “AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly” |
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.
| Word | Searches | Prompts |
|---|---|---|
| visibility | 22 | 5 |
| brand | 19 | 8 |
| pricing | 18 | 8 |
| geo | 16 | 10 |
| tool | 16 | 10 |
| search | 14 | 9 |
| monitoring | 11 | 5 |
| chatgpt | 9 | 8 |
| tracking | 9 | 5 |
| mentions | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 6 |
| reddit.com | 8 | 6 |
| site | 8 | 6 |
| recommendations | 8 | 3 |
| platform | 7 | 4 |
| software | 7 | 4 |
| ai | 7 | 2 |
| startup | 6 | 6 |
| open | 6 | 2 |
| source | 6 | 2 |
| llm | 5 | 4 |
| github | 4 | 2 |
| engine | 3 | 3 |
| optimization | 3 | 3 |
| popcorners | 3 | 3 |
Dropped
Prompt words the searches left out.
| Word | Searches | Prompts |
|---|---|---|
| whether | 19 | 3 |
| tracking | 12 | 4 |
| assistants | 12 | 2 |
| recommend | 12 | 2 |
| vs | 12 | 2 |
| fit | 11 | 2 |
| chatgpt | 7 | 2 |
| compare | 7 | 1 |
| improving | 7 | 1 |
| small | 7 | 1 |
| team | 7 | 1 |
| popcorn | 6 | 6 |
| alternative | 6 | 1 |
| cheaply | 6 | 1 |
| checking | 6 | 1 |
| company | 6 | 1 |
| decide | 6 | 1 |
| developer-tools | 6 | 1 |
| downsides | 6 | 1 |
| measure | 6 | 1 |
| paid | 6 | 1 |
| pick | 6 | 1 |
| self-hosting | 6 | 1 |
| track | 6 | 1 |
| wants | 6 | 1 |
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.
“AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly” — 1 answers · Profound
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-search-visibility-tools-comparison" text = "AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly"
“Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge” — 1 answers · Gauge, Semrush AI Toolkit
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "gauge-ai-visibility-platform-withgauge" text = "Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge"
“Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "otterly-ai-pricing-plans-2026" text = "Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026"
“Peec AI pricing 2026” — 1 answers · Peec AI
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "peec-ai-pricing-2026" text = "Peec AI pricing 2026"
“Popcorn AI brand monitoring how decides recommended brand recommendation mention” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "popcorn-ai-brand-monitoring-decides" text = "Popcorn AI brand monitoring how decides recommended brand recommendation mention"
“Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring” — 1 answers · Semrush AI Toolkit
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "popcorn-ai-brand-tracking-chatgpt" text = "Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring"
“Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand monitoring” — 1 answers · Semrush AI Toolkit
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "semrush-ai-toolkit-claude-chatgpt" text = "Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand monitoring"
“Popcorn AI search visibility marketing pricing Peec AI” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "popcorn-ai-search-visibility-marketing" text = "Popcorn AI search visibility marketing pricing Peec AI"
“Peec AI pricing official” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "peec-ai-pricing-official" text = "Peec AI pricing official"
“Popcorn AI search visibility tool vs Peec AI” — 1 answers · Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "popcorn-ai-search-visibility-tool" text = "Popcorn AI search visibility tool vs Peec AI"
Prompt by prompt
1. Popcorn vs Profound for tracking whether AI assistants recommend us: which should I pick? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "Profound" tracking ×1
- "Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO brand tracking startup ×1
- "popcorn" "brand" "AI" "tracking" -site:reddit.com -food -kernels -snack -popcorners -redenbacher | "popcorn" "AI search" software | "popcorn" "GEO" "platform" tracking ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking ChatGPT brand mentions tool ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking brand recommendations Profound | Profound AI visibility pricing answer engine optimization platform ×1
- Profound AI visibility platform pricing 2026 ×1
Added: visibility ×5 brand ×4 platform ×3 geo ×2 pricing ×2 search ×2 2026 ×1 answer ×1
Dropped: assistants ×6 pick ×6 recommend ×6 vs ×6 whether ×6 profound ×3 popcorn ×1 tracking ×1
2. Popcorn or Peec AI for a small marketing team? — 7 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "Peec" ×1
- "Popcorn" "GEO" software marketing | "Popcorn" "AI search" tool marketing ×1
- "Popcorn" AI visibility GEO tool marketing brand tracking ChatGPT ×1
- Peec AI pricing 2026 ×1
- Popcorn AI search visibility marketing pricing Peec AI | Peec AI pricing official ×1
- Popcorn AI search visibility tool vs Peec AI ×1
- Popcorn marketing software startup 2026 review pricing ×1
Added: visibility ×4 pricing ×3 search ×3 tool ×3 2026 ×2 geo ×2 software ×2 brand ×1
Dropped: small ×7 team ×7 marketing ×3 peec ×3 ai ×1 popcorn ×1
3. Popcorn vs Otterly.AI for a startup that wants to track AI visibility cheaply? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" pricing | "Popcorn" "Otterly" ×1
- "Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand mentions tool startup ×1
- Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026 ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking pricing ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking pricing Otterly AI | Otterly AI pricing plans prompts 2026 ×1
- popcorn "AI" "visibility" tracking -site:reddit.com -badpopcorn -bilarna | popcorn "GEO" "tracking" pricing ×1
Added: pricing ×5 tracking ×3 2026 ×2 plans ×2 badpopcorn ×1 bilarna ×1 brand ×1 chatgpt ×1
Dropped: cheaply ×6 track ×6 vs ×6 wants ×6 otterly.ai ×5 startup ×5 ai ×1 popcorn ×1
4. How does Popcorn compare with Gauge for tracking and improving AI visibility? — 7 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | site.withgauge.com pricing ×1
- "Popcorn" GEO generative engine optimization startup brand visibility ChatGPT ×1
- "popcorn" "GEO" "AI" visibility tool | "popcorn" "Gauge" AI search visibility software | "popcorn" "brand mentions" AI ×1
- Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge ×1
- Popcorn AEO AI search visibility software company ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility Gauge comparison | Gauge AI visibility platform features ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool ×1
Added: brand ×2 geo ×2 platform ×2 search ×2 software ×2 tool ×2 aeo ×1 chatgpt ×1
Dropped: compare ×7 improving ×7 tracking ×6 gauge ×4 ai ×1 popcorn ×1
5. Popcorn or Semrush AI Toolkit for tracking our brand in ChatGPT and Claude? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "Claude" brand | "Popcorn" "AI visibility" ×1
- "Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO tool brand mentions LLM ×1
- "popcorn" "brand" "tracking" AI -site:reddit.com -chocolates -popcorners -skinnypop | "popcorn" "Semrush" monitoring ×1
- Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring | Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand monitoring ×1
- Popcorn AI brand visibility tracking ChatGPT Claude ×1
- Semrush AI Toolkit pricing LLM coverage ChatGPT Claude 2026 ×1
Added: visibility ×3 llm ×2 monitoring ×2 2026 ×1 chocolates ×1 coverage ×1 geo ×1 mentions ×1
Dropped: toolkit ×4 chatgpt ×3 semrush ×3 tracking ×3 claude ×2 brand ×1 popcorn ×1
6. Is Popcorn a good open-source alternative to paid AI visibility tools? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "visibility" "open-source" -site:reddit.com -movie -popcorntime -Paillier | "Popcorn" "AI" "brand" tracking tool ×1
- "Popcorn" AI visibility tracker ChatGPT Perplexity brand mentions open source ×1
- "popcorn" "AI visibility" open source | "popcorn" "github" "visibility" | Peec AI pricing monitoring sources prompts | Otterly AI pricing monitoring ×1
- Popcorn GitHub AI search visibility GEO open source ×1
- Popcorn open source AI visibility tool GEO ×1
- Popcorn open-source AI visibility tool LLM brand tracking ×1
Added: open ×4 source ×4 brand ×3 geo ×2 github ×2 tracking ×2 chatgpt ×1 llm ×1
Dropped: alternative ×6 paid ×6 open-source ×4 tools ×3
7. What are the downsides of self-hosting Popcorn to measure AI search visibility? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "self-host" visibility | "Popcorn" "GEO" open source ×1
- "Popcorn" AI visibility tracking ChatGPT brand mentions GEO tool ×1
- "popcorn" "AI visibility" | "popcorn" "AI search" visibility tracking ×1
- "popcorn" "visibility" "self" AI tracker | "popcorn" "brand" "ChatGPT" "github" visibility ×1
- Popcorn self host AI search visibility github ×1
- Popcorn self-hosted AI search visibility open source ×1
Added: brand ×2 chatgpt ×2 geo ×2 github ×2 open ×2 self ×2 source ×2 tracking ×2
Dropped: downsides ×6 measure ×6 self-hosting ×6 search ×3 ai ×1
8. How does Popcorn decide whether an AI assistant recommended a brand? — 7 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "recommendation" "brand" AI monitoring ×1
- "Popcorn" AI search visibility platform ChatGPT brand mentions methodology ×1
- "popcorn" "brand" "AI" "monitoring" -site:reddit.com -popcorn-labs -pendium.ai -trypopcorn.ai -geoly.ai | "popcorn" "recommendation" "visibility" software ×1
- "popcorn" "brand" "recommendations" software AI -site:pendium.ai -site:reddit.com -site:geoly.ai -site:trypopcorn.ai -snack -movie | "popcorn" "recommended" "methodology" AI ×1
- Popcorn AI brand monitoring how decides recommended brand recommendation mention ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility brand recommendation tracking how it works ×1
- Popcorn GEO tool "recommended" AI assistants brands startup ×1
Added: recommendation ×4 visibility ×4 monitoring ×3 geoly.ai ×2 methodology ×2 pendium.ai ×2 reddit.com ×2 site ×2
Dropped: whether ×7 assistant ×6 decide ×6 recommended ×4
9. Is Popcorn a good fit for an agency tracking AI visibility for many clients? — 5 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "GEO" tracking agency ×1
- "Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand monitoring pricing ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking agency clients pricing ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool agencies ×1
- Popcorn GEO generative engine optimization platform LLM visibility startup ×1
Added: geo ×2 pricing ×2 agencies ×1 brand ×1 chatgpt ×1 engine ×1 generative ×1 llm ×1
Dropped: fit ×5 many ×5 clients ×4 agency ×3 tracking ×2 ai ×1
10. Is Popcorn a good fit for a developer-tools company checking whether ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? — 6 queries
- "Popcorn" "AI visibility" -site:reddit.com -badpopcorn | "Popcorn" "developer tools" recommendations | "Popcorn" "brand" "Claude" monitoring ×1
- "Popcorn" GEO AI search visibility LLM brand monitoring startup ×1
- "popcorn" "visibility" "SaaS" | "popcorn" "AI" "monitoring" "brand" -site:reddit.com -site:badpopcorn.ai -food -skinnypop -popcorners | "popcorn" "getpopcorn" ×1
- AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility ChatGPT Claude developer tools brand monitoring ×1
- Popcorn AI visibility tool ChatGPT Claude brand recommendations ×1
Added: visibility ×6 ai ×5 brand ×5 monitoring ×4 tools ×3 developer ×2 recommendations ×2 reddit.com ×2
Dropped: checking ×6 company ×6 developer-tools ×6 fit ×6 recommend ×6 whether ×6 chatgpt ×4 claude ×3
11. What does it cost to run Popcorn every day, and how do I keep the spend under control? — 4 queries
- Popcorn AI agent pricing daily cost spending limits ×1
- Popcorn AI tool pricing ×1
- Popcorn Claude Code agent cost ×1
- Popcorn app pricing plans 2026 ×1
Added: pricing ×3 agent ×2 ai ×2 2026 ×1 app ×1 claude ×1 code ×1 daily ×1
Dropped: control ×4 day ×4 keep ×4 run ×4 spend ×4 under ×4 cost ×2