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What the assistants searched

Cheap Seats head to heads 2026-10-22 05:12 pooled with the set's finished runs before it that were asked and graded the same way: 3 runs · search track only, from the stored answers · this run alone · JSON

66/66answers searched
205searches
182distinct queries
44%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.

QueryPromptsAnswersCheap Seats's sitesCompetitors in resultsNamed Cheap Seats
Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026330/3Otterly.AI ×3 0/3
Popcorn AI brand visibility tracking ChatGPT Claude530/33/3
"Popcorn" "AI visibility" pricing | "Popcorn" "Otterly"330/3Otterly.AI ×3 0/3
Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool agencies930/30/3
Popcorn open-source AI visibility tool LLM brand tracking630/33/3
Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge420/2Gauge ×2 Semrush AI Toolkit ×2 0/2
Peec AI pricing plans 2026220/2Peec AI ×2 0/2
Popcorn AI visibility ChatGPT Claude developer tools brand monitoring1020/2Ahrefs Brand Radar ×2 0/2
Popcorn AI visibility Gauge comparison | Gauge AI visibility platform features420/2Gauge ×2 Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/2
Popcorn AI visibility tool ChatGPT Claude brand recommendations1020/22/2
Popcorn AI visibility tracking agency clients pricing920/2AI Peekaboo ×2 Ahrefs Brand Radar ×2 0/2
Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool420/2Semrush AI Toolkit ×2 0/2
Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool pricing320/20/2
"Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "Profound" tracking120/2Profound ×2 Semrush AI Toolkit ×2 0/2
"popcorn" "AI visibility" | "popcorn" "self-host" visibility | "popcorn" "AI search" tracking720/21/2
Popcorn open source AI visibility tool GEO github620/2Limelit Open ×2 Peec AI ×2 Profound ×2 1/2
Popcorn self-hosted AI search visibility open source720/20/2
Profound AI visibility platform pricing 2026120/2Profound ×2 0/2
AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1010/1Profound ×1 1/1
AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1010/1Profound ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tools for agencies multi-client 2026910/10/1
best AI visibility tracking tools for agencies multiple clients 2026910/10/1
Gauge AI visibility platform (withgauge) features pricing410/1Gauge ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
github popcorn LLM brand mention tracker self-host docker710/10/1
open source AI search visibility tracker GitHub alternative Profound Peec +Peec AI +Profound610/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 1/1
Peec AI pricing 2026210/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Popcorn AEO AI search visibility software company410/10/1
"Popcorn" AEO GEO brand visibility ChatGPT startup410/10/1
"Popcorn" AI agent app pricing per month 20261110/10/1
Popcorn AI agent pricing daily cost spending limits1110/10/1
Popcorn AI answer engine optimization startup110/10/1
Popcorn AI answer engine optimization startup ChatGPT recommendations tracker110/10/1
Popcorn AI brand monitoring how decides recommended brand recommendation mention810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI brand recommendation how determines recommended brand AI visibility810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring | Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand monitoring510/1Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring | Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand performance monitoring510/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI brand tracking ChatGPT Claude monitoring | Semrush AI Toolkit Claude ChatGPT brand tracking supported platforms510/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
"Popcorn" "AI" "brand" visibility -site:reddit.com -popcorn-ai-visibility-2026 | "Popcorn" "recommendation" "brand" tracking810/10/1
Popcorn AI brand visibility how recommended brand recommendation detection810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI coding agent pricing daily cost spend controls1110/10/1
Popcorn AI marketing platform startup brand visibility ChatGPT210/10/1
Popcorn AI marketing tool startup210/10/1
"Popcorn" "AI monitoring" brand -site:reddit.com | "Popcorn" "brand tracking" ChatGPT | "Popcorn" "AI visibility" -popcorners -site:reddit.com -site:geoly.ai -site:sonatainsights.com510/1Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Popcorn AI pricing daily cost spend controls1110/10/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand mentions GEO startup310/10/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand mentions tool startup310/1Otterly.AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility ChatGPT brand monitoring pricing910/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO AEO brand tracking ChatGPT startup410/10/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO brand tracking startup110/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
"Popcorn" AI search visibility GEO platform brand mentions ChatGPT910/10/1

Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 132 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 AI772“open source AI search visibility tracker GitHub alternative Profound Peec”; “"Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "GEO" "open source" | Peec AI official pricing visibility prompts”; “AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch”
Otterly.AI442“AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch”; “"Popcorn" "AI visibility" | "Popcorn" "GEO" "open source" | Otterly AI pricing official | Peec AI pricing official”; “"popcorn" "AI visibility" open source | "popcorn" "github" "visibility" | Peec AI pricing monitoring sources prompts | Otterly AI pricing monitoring”
Profound442“open source AI search visibility tracker GitHub alternative Profound Peec”; “AI search visibility tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch”; “Popcorn GEO AEO tool track brand in ChatGPT Perplexity open source alternative Profound Peec”
Semrush AI Toolkit222“"popcorn" "GEO" software marketing -site:reddit.com -popcorn-labs -pendium -geoly | "popcorn" "AI search" tool marketing -geoly -sonatainsights -semrush”; “"popcorn" "visibility" "prompts" -site:reddit.com -food -popcorners -site:semrush.com | "popcorn" "Gauge" AI marketing 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
visibility725
brand588
pricing568
geo5110
tool4910
search469
tracking326
chatgpt298
monitoring298
site2810
platform257
reddit.com249
mentions239
2026228
ai222
recommendations213
llm198
open192
source192
github162
startup156
software134
engine116
tracker104
plans103

Dropped

Prompt words the searches left out.

WordSearchesPrompts
whether573
vs422
assistants372
tracking364
recommend362
fit332
popcorn229
compare221
improving221
cheaply211
pick211
track211
wants211
small201
team201
paid191
decide181
downsides181
measure181
alternative171
checking171
company171
developer-tools171
self-hosting171
chatgpt162

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.

“Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026” — 3 answers · Otterly.AI

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "otterly-ai-pricing-plans-2026"
text = "Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026"
“Gauge AI visibility platform withgauge” — 2 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"
“Peec AI pricing plans 2026” — 2 answers · Peec AI

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "peec-ai-pricing-plans-2026"
text = "Peec AI pricing plans 2026"
“Popcorn AI visibility ChatGPT Claude developer tools brand monitoring” — 2 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "popcorn-ai-visibility-chatgpt-claude"
text = "Popcorn AI visibility ChatGPT Claude developer tools brand monitoring"
“Popcorn AI visibility Gauge comparison” — 2 answers · Gauge, Ahrefs Brand Radar

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "popcorn-ai-visibility-gauge-comparison"
text = "Popcorn AI visibility Gauge comparison"
“Gauge AI visibility platform features” — 2 answers · Gauge, Ahrefs Brand Radar

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "gauge-ai-visibility-platform-features"
text = "Gauge AI visibility platform features"
“Popcorn AI visibility tracking agency clients pricing” — 2 answers · AI Peekaboo, Ahrefs Brand Radar

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "popcorn-ai-visibility-tracking-agency"
text = "Popcorn AI visibility tracking agency clients pricing"
“Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool” — 2 answers · Semrush AI Toolkit

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "popcorn-ai-visibility-tracking-tool"
text = "Popcorn AI visibility tracking tool"
“Popcorn open source AI visibility tool GEO github” — 2 answers · Limelit Open, Peec AI, Profound

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "popcorn-open-source-ai-visibility"
text = "Popcorn open source AI visibility tool GEO github"
“Profound AI visibility platform pricing 2026” — 2 answers · Profound

Append to prompt-sets/head-to-heads.toml:

[[prompts]]
id = "profound-ai-visibility-platform-pricing"
text = "Profound AI visibility platform pricing 2026"

Prompt by prompt

#PromptSearchedSearches per answerDistinctFrom promptPrompt kept
1Popcorn vs Profound for tracking whether AI assistants recommend us: which should I pick?6/63.51937%33%
2Popcorn or Peec AI for a small marketing team?6/63.52046%51%
3Popcorn vs Otterly.AI for a startup that wants to track AI visibility cheaply?6/63.51640%33%
4How does Popcorn compare with Gauge for tracking and improving AI visibility?6/63.71951%49%
5Popcorn or Semrush AI Toolkit for tracking our brand in ChatGPT and Claude?6/63.01661%65%
6Is Popcorn a good open-source alternative to paid AI visibility tools?6/63.21641%53%
7What are the downsides of self-hosting Popcorn to measure AI search visibility?6/63.01646%48%
8How does Popcorn decide whether an AI assistant recommended a brand?6/63.21943%50%
9Is Popcorn a good fit for an agency tracking AI visibility for many clients?6/62.71360%52%
10Is Popcorn a good fit for a developer-tools company checking whether ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?6/62.81521%21%
11What does it cost to run Popcorn every day, and how do I keep the spend under control?6/62.21329%21%
1. Popcorn vs Profound for tracking whether AI assistants recommend us: which should I pick? — 19 queries

Added: visibility ×16 brand ×13 pricing ×7 search ×7 answer ×5 chatgpt ×5 engine ×5 optimization ×5

Dropped: pick ×21 recommend ×21 vs ×21 whether ×21 assistants ×20 profound ×12 tracking ×7 popcorn ×3

2. Popcorn or Peec AI for a small marketing team? — 20 queries

Added: visibility ×13 tool ×10 pricing ×9 search ×9 geo ×6 2026 ×4 software ×4 brand ×3

Dropped: small ×20 team ×20 marketing ×9 peec ×9 popcorn ×3 ai ×1

3. Popcorn vs Otterly.AI for a startup that wants to track AI visibility cheaply? — 16 queries

Added: pricing ×18 tracking ×12 plans ×6 search ×6 geo ×5 tool ×5 2026 ×4 brand ×4

Dropped: cheaply ×21 track ×21 vs ×21 wants ×21 otterly.ai ×16 startup ×16 ai ×4 visibility ×4

4. How does Popcorn compare with Gauge for tracking and improving AI visibility? — 19 queries

Added: platform ×8 brand ×6 geo ×6 search ×6 features ×4 tool ×4 aeo ×3 chatgpt ×3

Dropped: compare ×22 improving ×22 tracking ×16 gauge ×13 popcorn ×4 ai ×2

5. Popcorn or Semrush AI Toolkit for tracking our brand in ChatGPT and Claude? — 16 queries

Added: visibility ×11 monitoring ×7 llm ×4 2026 ×3 geo ×3 mentions ×3 platforms ×3 pricing ×3

Dropped: toolkit ×12 semrush ×11 tracking ×8 chatgpt ×7 claude ×6 brand ×3 popcorn ×3

6. Is Popcorn a good open-source alternative to paid AI visibility tools? — 16 queries

Added: open ×13 source ×13 brand ×9 geo ×9 github ×9 tracker ×5 tracking ×5 chatgpt ×4

Dropped: paid ×19 alternative ×17 open-source ×13 tools ×10 ai ×1 popcorn ×1 visibility ×1

7. What are the downsides of self-hosting Popcorn to measure AI search visibility? — 16 queries

Added: github ×7 tracking ×7 brand ×6 geo ×6 open ×6 source ×6 self ×5 chatgpt ×4

Dropped: downsides ×18 measure ×18 self-hosting ×17 search ×9 ai ×3 visibility ×1

8. How does Popcorn decide whether an AI assistant recommended a brand? — 19 queries

Added: visibility ×15 recommendation ×10 monitoring ×5 tracking ×5 methodology ×4 reddit.com ×4 site ×4 software ×4

Dropped: whether ×19 decide ×18 assistant ×17 recommended ×12 ai ×1

9. Is Popcorn a good fit for an agency tracking AI visibility for many clients? — 13 queries

Added: geo ×6 agencies ×5 pricing ×4 brand ×3 chatgpt ×3 platform ×3 search ×3 tool ×3

Dropped: fit ×16 many ×16 clients ×12 agency ×9 tracking ×5 popcorn ×2 ai ×1

10. Is Popcorn a good fit for a developer-tools company checking whether ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? — 15 queries

Added: visibility ×17 ai ×15 brand ×12 monitoring ×10 developer ×7 tools ×7 search ×6 llm ×4

Dropped: checking ×17 company ×17 developer-tools ×17 fit ×17 whether ×17 recommend ×15 claude ×10 chatgpt ×9

11. What does it cost to run Popcorn every day, and how do I keep the spend under control? — 13 queries

Added: pricing ×9 ai ×7 agent ×5 daily ×5 2026 ×3 claude ×3 code ×3 app ×2

Dropped: day ×13 keep ×13 run ×13 under ×13 control ×11 spend ×11 cost ×7 popcorn ×1