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Choosing an AI visibility tool 2026-10-22 04:31 · search track only, from the stored answers · pool the last 7 runs · JSON

34/34answers searched
75searches
73distinct queries
33%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
Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026 +Profound5 1320/2Profound ×2 AI Peekaboo ×1 0/2
Ahrefs Brand Radar API Semrush AI visibility API endpoint +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Semrush AI Toolkit1610/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features custom prompts 2026810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
AI visibility "alerts" "daily" "site:peec.ai" | site.tryprofound.com alerts slack visibility | site.scrunch.com alerts visibility daily | site.promptmonitor.io alerts visibility drop daily +Peec AI +Profound1710/1Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly +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 GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations accuracy Ahrefs Peec Profound | site.developers.google.com search AI features website SEO AI Overviews +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Peec AI +Profound210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Profound Otterly alerts | site.otterly.ai alerts brand visibility daily monitoring | site.profound.ai alerts visibility monitoring | site.peec.ai alerts notifications visibility +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1710/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility monitoring "alerts" "daily" -site:reddit.com -site:promptmonitor.io | site.peec.ai "alerts" | site.scrunch.com "alerts" | site.tryprofound.com "daily" "monitoring" +Peec AI +Profound1710/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility monitoring API Profound Scrunch Peec Otterly API data | AI visibility tools API AthenaHQ API Waikay +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility platform SOC 2 Type II enterprise (Profound, Scrunch, Peec AI, Evertune, Conductor) +Peec AI +Profound1510/10/1
AI visibility pricing Otterly Peec AI Profound Scrunch pricing prompts models brands seats +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1310/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility tool agency white label reporting multi client SE Ranking Otterly | AI visibility monitoring white label agency reporting Peec AI Scrunch +Otterly.AI +Peec AI910/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 0/1
AI visibility tool Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews Profound Peec Otterly coverage | site.scrunchai.com Claude Gemini AI Overviews | site:peec.ai Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1010/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tool pricing comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly per prompt +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1310/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility tools methodology non-deterministic LLM answers sampling multiple runs reliability1410/10/1
AI visibility tracking pricing Otterly AI Peec AI free Ahrefs AI brand radar | HubSpot AI search grader free website AI visibility +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1110/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tool white label agency reporting 2026910/10/1
AI visibility tracking tools alerts when brand drops from ChatGPT answers 20261710/1Dageno AI ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tools API access Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly 2026 +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/10/1
AI visibility tracking tools Claude Gemini AI Overviews coverage comparison 20261010/10/1
Amplitude AI Visibility free tool prompts tracked daily1210/10/1
best AEO AI visibility tracking tools B2B SaaS ChatGPT Claude 2026310/1Dageno AI ×1 0/1
best AI search visibility tools for agencies multi-client white-label (Profound, Peec AI, Otterly, SE Ranking, Semrush AI) +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit910/1Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
best AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI alternatives +Peec AI +Profound710/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
best free AI search visibility tools LLM brand tracking free plan review1210/1Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing comparison110/10/1
best GEO AI visibility tools pricing Peec AI Scrunch Otterly AthenaHQ 2026 +Otterly.AI +Peec AI410/10/1
cheap AI visibility tracking tools startups pricing 2026 ChatGPT brand mentions1110/10/1
free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 20261210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
free AI visibility tracker free plan Otterly HubSpot AI search grader Ahrefs 2026 | free AI visibility tracking tool free plan prompts Peec AI +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 0/1
GA4 track ChatGPT Perplexity referral traffic regex1110/10/1
Gauge AI visibility tool review710/1Gauge ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility tracking pricing getgauge | Profound Peec AI Otterly AI AthenaHQ AI visibility pricing +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound710/1Gauge ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
generative engine optimization tool SOC 2 compliant SSO enterprise 20261510/1Profound ×1 0/1
generative engine optimization tools Profound pricing Scrunch AI pricing Peec AI pricing October 2026 | site.ahrefs.com brand radar pricing AI | site.semrush.com AI visibility toolkit pricing +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit110/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
how to evaluate generative engine optimization tool criteria prompt tracking methodology210/10/1
Otterly.ai API access OR AthenaHQ API OR Evertune API data export +Otterly.AI1610/1Otterly.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" API key REST endpoints export brands prompts +Peec AI1610/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI pricing plans prompts models +Peec AI1310/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI Slack alerts OR email alerts visibility drop prompt +Peec AI1710/10/1
Peec AI vs Profound comparison review510/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Profound AI visibility SOC 2 Type II security | Scrunch AI SOC 2 Type II security | Peec AI SOC 2 security | Otterly AI SOC 2 security +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1510/1Otterly.AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking Scrunch Otterly Peec AI AthenaHQ | Semrush AI visibility toolkit Ahrefs brand radar AI search visibility +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Semrush AI Toolkit410/1AI Peekaboo ×1 Ahrefs 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 developer +Profound1610/1Profound ×1 0/1
Profound API docs visibility reporting API site:tryprofound.com OR site:docs.tryprofound.com | site.help.peec.ai API | site.otterly.ai API access reporting +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Profound Claude ChatGPT answer engine optimization tracking recommendations | Peec AI Claude ChatGPT supported models | Otterly AI Claude supported AI engines +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound310/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1

Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 23 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 AI392614“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools Profound pricing Scrunch AI pricing Peec AI pricing October 2026 | site.ahrefs.com brand radar pricing AI | site.semrush.com AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “site.peec.ai pricing | site.tryprofound.com pricing starter growth | site.scrunch.com pricing core | site.developers.google.com/search AI features website special optimization”
Profound312112“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools Profound pricing Scrunch AI pricing Peec AI pricing October 2026 | site.ahrefs.com brand radar pricing AI | site.semrush.com AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “site.peec.ai pricing | site.tryprofound.com pricing starter growth | site.scrunch.com pricing core | site.developers.google.com/search AI features website special optimization”
Otterly.AI211812“AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly”; “Profound vs Peec AI vs Scrunch vs Otterly AI visibility tool comparison Claude tracking pricing”; “Profound Claude ChatGPT answer engine optimization tracking recommendations | Peec AI Claude ChatGPT supported models | Otterly AI Claude supported AI engines”
Ahrefs Brand Radar1198“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools Profound pricing Scrunch AI pricing Peec AI pricing October 2026 | site.ahrefs.com brand radar pricing AI | site.semrush.com AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations accuracy Ahrefs Peec Profound | site.developers.google.com search AI features website SEO AI Overviews”
Semrush AI Toolkit987“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools Profound pricing Scrunch AI pricing Peec AI pricing October 2026 | site.ahrefs.com brand radar pricing AI | site.semrush.com AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking Scrunch Otterly Peec AI AthenaHQ | Semrush AI visibility toolkit Ahrefs brand radar AI search visibility”

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
20262617
pricing2612
tracking1810
scrunch138
prompt136
site.peec.ai109
brand107
search86
monitoring76
site.tryprofound.com76
tools74
comparison66
vs66
site.scrunch.com65
engine64
plans63
site.ahrefs.com55
chatgpt54
athenahq53
site53
visibility53
best44
radar44
review44
toolkit44

Dropped

Prompt words the searches left out.

WordSearchesPrompts
tools3311
visibility189
ai116
what's113
dashboards111
pull111
brand93
data71
answers62
best62
out61
run61
schedule61
tracking53
chatgpt52
actually51
cost51
drives51
meet51
price51
requirements51
that's51
useful51
peec42
search42

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"
“Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026” — 2 answers · Profound, AI Peekaboo

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

[[prompts]]
id = "profound-ai-visibility-pricing-plans"
text = "Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026"
“Ahrefs Brand Radar API Semrush AI visibility API endpoint” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Semrush AI Toolkit

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-api-semrush"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar API Semrush AI visibility API endpoint"
“Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features custom prompts 2026” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-pricing-features"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features custom prompts 2026"
“AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch 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-comparison"
text = "AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly"
“AI visibility GEO tools evaluate prompt tracking citations accuracy Ahrefs Peec Profound” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Peec AI, Profound

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 accuracy Ahrefs Peec Profound"
“AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Profound Otterly alerts” — 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 alerts"
“AI visibility monitoring API Profound Scrunch Peec Otterly API data” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-monitoring-api-profound"
text = "AI visibility monitoring API Profound Scrunch Peec Otterly API data"
“AI visibility tools API AthenaHQ API Waikay” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-tools-api-athenahq"
text = "AI visibility tools API AthenaHQ API Waikay"
“AI visibility pricing Otterly Peec AI Profound Scrunch pricing prompts models brands seats” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-pricing-otterly-peec"
text = "AI visibility pricing Otterly Peec AI Profound Scrunch pricing prompts models brands seats"

Prompt by prompt

#PromptSearchedSearches per answerDistinctFrom promptPrompt kept
1How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for?2/22.0418%28%
2What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools?2/22.0421%46%
3What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?2/22.0429%27%
4What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility?2/21.5344%78%
5Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team?2/22.0438%28%
6Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget?2/21.5322%12%
7Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives?2/21.5359%72%
8Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool?2/22.0439%42%
9What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand?2/22.0436%35%
10Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT?2/22.0439%53%
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?2/22.5532%49%
13How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats?2/22.5547%36%
14AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them?2/21.5323%27%
15Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2?2/22.5532%40%
16Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards?2/25.51132%38%
17Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers?2/23.0637%43%
1. How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×3 2026 ×2 ai ×2 visibility ×2 best ×1 brand ×1 comparison ×1 core ×1

Dropped: ones ×4 paying ×4 work ×4 worth ×4 engine ×2 generative ×2 tools ×2 optimization ×1

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

Added: engine ×2 evaluate ×2 prompt ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1 accuracy ×1 analysis ×1 analytics ×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: tracking ×3 answer ×2 engine ×2 pricing ×2 visibility ×2 2026 ×1 ai ×1 comparison ×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 athenahq ×2 scrunch ×2 tools ×2 best ×1 geo ×1 pricing ×1 toolkit ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×1 profound ×1 search ×1 tracking ×1

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

Added: pricing ×3 2026 ×2 plans ×2 analytics ×1 comparison ×1 marketers ×1 platform ×1 review ×1

Dropped: better ×4 marketing ×4 mid-size ×4 team ×4 vs ×3 peec ×2 profound ×2

6. Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? — 3 queries

Added: 2026 ×3 pricing ×3 plans ×2 lite ×1 site.otterly.ai ×1 site.peec.ai ×1 standard ×1 starter ×1

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

7. Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives? — 3 queries

Added: 2026 ×1 athenahq ×1 best ×1 getgauge ×1 pricing ×1 review ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×2 gauge ×1 tool ×1 tracking ×1

8. Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool? — 4 queries

Added: 2026 ×3 pricing ×3 custom ×2 features ×2 prompts ×2 tracking ×2 attribution ×1 chatgpt ×1

Dropped: dedicated ×4 enough ×4 semrush's ×4 tool ×4 ahrefs ×2 ai ×1 brand ×1 radar ×1

9. What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? — 4 queries

Added: label ×3 white ×3 ranking ×2 reporting ×2 se ×2 search ×2 2026 ×1 agencies ×1

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

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

Added: coverage ×2 site ×2 supported ×2 2026 ×1 comparison ×1 engines ×1 llms ×1 models ×1

Dropped: chatgpt ×4 cover ×4 google ×3 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: brand ×2 chatgpt ×2 pricing ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1 free ×1 ga4 ×1 grader ×1

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

12. Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? — 5 queries

Added: prompts ×3 2026 ×2 brand ×2 grader ×2 plan ×2 search ×2 tool ×2 tracking ×2

Dropped: actually ×5 that's ×5 useful ×5 tracker ×3

13. How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? — 5 queries

Added: pricing ×5 2026 ×2 60 ×1 99 ×1 additional ×1 comparison ×1 domain ×1 per ×1

Dropped: cost ×5 drives ×5 price ×5 brands ×4 seats ×4 tools ×4 models ×3 plans ×3

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 ×2 sampling ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1 accuracy ×1 api ×1 brand ×1 llm ×1

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

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

Added: ii ×4 type ×4 scrunch ×3 conductor ×2 evertune ×2 2026 ×1 brightedge ×1 compliant ×1

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

16. Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards? — 11 queries

Added: export ×4 access ×3 developer ×3 docs ×3 scrunch ×3 athenahq ×2 documentation ×2 endpoint ×2

Dropped: dashboards ×11 pull ×11 tools ×9 data ×7 visibility ×6 ai ×4

17. Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? — 6 queries

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

Dropped: out ×6 run ×6 schedule ×6 tools ×5 answers ×4 drop ×3 visibility ×1