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What the assistants searched

Choosing an AI visibility tool 2026-10-22 04:31 pooled with the set's finished runs before it that were asked and graded the same way: 2 runs · search track only, from the stored answers · this run alone · JSON

68/68answers searched
154searches
142distinct 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 640/4Peec AI ×4 0/4
Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026 +Profound5 1330/3Profound ×3 AI Peekaboo ×1 0/3
free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 20261220/2Ahrefs Brand Radar ×2 0/2
Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026620/2Otterly.AI ×2 0/2
Peec AI API documentation docs.peec.ai +Peec AI1620/2Peec AI ×2 0/2
Peec AI vs Profound comparison review520/2Peec AI ×2 Profound ×2 0/2
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking tools 2026420/2Profound ×2 0/2
Profound vs Peec AI vs Otterly alerts scheduled prompt tracking +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1720/2Otterly.AI ×2 Profound ×2 0/2
Semrush AI Toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Profound AI visibility 2026 +Profound820/2Ahrefs Brand Radar ×2 Otterly.AI ×2 Peec AI ×2 Profound ×2 Semrush AI Toolkit ×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 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 2026810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Dageno AI ×1 0/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing features custom prompts 2026810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×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 "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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (Profound, Scrunch, Peec AI, Evertune, Conductor) +Peec AI +Profound1510/10/1
AI visibility platform SOC 2 Type II enterprise GEO1510/10/1
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 alerts when brand drops from ChatGPT answers 20261710/10/1
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 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 AI Overviews coverage comparison 20261010/10/1
AI visibility tracking tools Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews coverage comparison 20261010/1Dageno AI ×1 0/1
Amplitude AI Visibility free tool prompts tracked daily1210/10/1
Amplitude AI Visibility free tool what it tracks1210/10/1

Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 92 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 AI765215“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”
Profound584312“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.AI494014“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 Radar211811“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 Toolkit201910“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
pricing5713
20265517
tracking4012
prompt3011
site.peec.ai2413
scrunch239
search2011
brand199
plans154
engine147
vs138
site.scrunch.com136
site.tryprofound.com128
tools124
site.otterly.ai119
comparison117
chatgpt114
monitoring107
answer106
visibility103
site.ahrefs.com96
methodology93
radar86
athenahq85
daily83

Dropped

Prompt words the searches left out.

WordSearchesPrompts
tools6711
visibility3811
ai249
what's233
dashboards201
pull201
brand173
best132
data131
out131
run131
answers122
actually121
schedule121
that's121
useful121
chatgpt112
tracking103
meet101
requirements101
search92
dedicated91
enough91
many91
ones91

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” — 4 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” — 3 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"
“free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 2026” — 2 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar

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

[[prompts]]
id = "free-ai-visibility-tracker-brand"
text = "free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 2026"
“Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026” — 2 answers · Otterly.AI

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

[[prompts]]
id = "otterly-ai-pricing-plans-2026"
text = "Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026"
“Peec AI API documentation docs.peec.ai” — 2 answers · Peec AI

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

[[prompts]]
id = "peec-ai-api-documentation-docs"
text = "Peec AI API documentation docs.peec.ai"
“Peec AI vs Profound comparison review” — 2 answers · Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "peec-ai-vs-profound-comparison"
text = "Peec AI vs Profound comparison review"
“Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking tools 2026” — 2 answers · Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "profound-alternatives-ai-search-visibility"
text = "Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking tools 2026"
“Profound vs Peec AI vs Otterly alerts scheduled prompt tracking” — 2 answers · Otterly.AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "profound-vs-peec-ai-vs"
text = "Profound vs Peec AI vs Otterly alerts scheduled prompt tracking"
“Semrush AI Toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Profound AI visibility 2026” — 2 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

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

[[prompts]]
id = "semrush-ai-toolkit-vs-ahrefs"
text = "Semrush AI Toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Profound AI visibility 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"

Prompt by prompt

#PromptSearchedSearches per answerDistinctFrom promptPrompt kept
1How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for?4/42.2916%24%
2What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools?4/42.0820%46%
3What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?4/42.0827%25%
4What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility?4/41.5546%81%
5Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team?4/42.0544%33%
6Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget?4/41.8523%14%
7Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives?4/41.8754%76%
8Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool?4/42.2838%39%
9What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand?4/42.2934%34%
10Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT?4/42.0841%54%
11What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup?4/41.5617%25%
12Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful?4/43.01130%43%
13How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats?4/42.0841%36%
14AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them?4/41.5624%28%
15Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2?4/42.51038%46%
16Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards?4/45.01933%38%
17Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers?4/43.21233%39%
1. How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? — 9 queries

Added: pricing ×6 ai ×5 visibility ×5 2026 ×3 site.peec.ai ×3 api ×2 best ×2 scraping ×2

Dropped: ones ×9 paying ×9 worth ×9 work ×8 generative ×6 engine ×5 tools ×5 optimization ×4

2. What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools? — 8 queries

Added: engine ×4 prompt ×4 tracking ×4 citations ×3 evaluate ×3 methodology ×3 search ×3 2026 ×2

Dropped: evaluating ×8 look ×8 geo ×4 ai ×2 tools ×2 visibility ×2

3. What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? — 8 queries

Added: tracking ×6 pricing ×5 2026 ×3 answer ×3 engine ×3 supported ×3 visibility ×3 ai ×2

Dropped: company ×8 know ×8 recommend ×8 wants ×8 what's ×8 aeo ×6 b2b ×6 best ×6

4. What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility? — 5 queries

Added: 2026 ×4 scrunch ×3 tools ×3 athenahq ×2 pricing ×2 toolkit ×2 15 ×1 29 ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×2 profound ×2 search ×2 tracking ×1

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

Added: pricing ×6 2026 ×4 plans ×4 comparison ×2 platform ×2 review ×2 visibility ×2 analytics ×1

Dropped: better ×8 mid-size ×8 team ×8 marketing ×7 vs ×6 peec ×3 profound ×3

6. Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? — 5 queries

Added: pricing ×7 2026 ×5 plans ×5 site.peec.ai ×2 starter ×2 89 ×1 95 ×1 lite ×1

Dropped: budget ×7 search ×7 tight ×7 tracking ×7 visibility ×7 otterly.ai ×5 ai ×4 peec ×4

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

Added: 2026 ×3 pricing ×3 best ×2 review ×2 athenahq ×1 comparison ×1 getgauge ×1 platform ×1

Dropped: alternatives ×5 tool ×2 tracking ×2 gauge ×1

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

Added: 2026 ×7 pricing ×7 tracking ×5 custom ×3 features ×3 prompt ×3 prompts ×3 chatgpt ×2

Dropped: dedicated ×9 enough ×9 semrush's ×9 tool ×9 ahrefs ×5 ai ×3 brand ×3 radar ×3

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

Added: label ×7 white ×7 ranking ×4 reporting ×4 se ×4 pricing ×3 tracking ×3 2026 ×2

Dropped: brand ×9 many ×9 seo ×9 under ×9 what's ×9 best ×7 reports ×7 clients ×6

10. Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT? — 8 queries

Added: coverage ×4 engines ×3 supported ×3 2026 ×2 comparison ×2 pricing ×2 site ×2 tracking ×2

Dropped: chatgpt ×8 cover ×8 google ×5 tools ×4 visibility ×4 gemini ×2 overviews ×2

11. What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup? — 6 queries

Added: 2026 ×4 chatgpt ×4 pricing ×4 tracking ×4 brand ×3 perplexity ×3 tools ×3 free ×2

Dropped: measuring ×6 small ×6 start ×6 what's ×6 cheap ×5 startup ×4 visibility ×2 ai ×1

12. Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? — 11 queries

Added: 2026 ×5 brand ×5 plan ×5 prompts ×4 search ×4 tracking ×4 chatgpt ×3 grader ×3

Dropped: actually ×12 that's ×12 useful ×12 tracker ×8 ai ×2 visibility ×2

13. How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? — 8 queries

Added: pricing ×8 2026 ×4 comparison ×2 per ×2 scrunch ×2 60 ×1 99 ×1 additional ×1

Dropped: cost ×8 drives ×8 price ×8 seats ×6 tools ×6 brands ×5 models ×5 plans ×5

14. AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them? — 6 queries

Added: methodology ×5 sampling ×4 prompts ×3 runs ×3 tracking ×3 2026 ×2 llm ×2 reliability ×2

Dropped: ask ×6 change ×6 check ×6 numbers ×6 reliable ×6 time ×6 tools ×4 answers ×3

15. Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? — 10 queries

Added: ii ×8 type ×8 scrunch ×5 conductor ×4 evertune ×3 brightedge ×2 search ×2 site.scrunch.com ×2

Dropped: meet ×10 requirements ×10 platforms ×8 security ×6 enterprise ×5 ai ×2 visibility ×2

16. Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards? — 19 queries

Added: scrunch ×6 access ×5 documentation ×5 export ×5 docs ×4 athenahq ×3 developer ×3 endpoint ×3

Dropped: dashboards ×20 pull ×20 tools ×16 data ×13 visibility ×11 ai ×7

17. Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? — 12 queries

Added: daily ×6 tracking ×5 brand ×4 monitoring ×4 scheduled ×4 site.peec.ai ×4 site.scrunch.com ×4 prompt ×3

Dropped: out ×13 run ×13 schedule ×12 tools ×10 answers ×9 drop ×8 visibility ×3 ai ×2