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What the assistants searched

Choosing an AI visibility tool 2026-10-23 16:40 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

34/34answers searched
77searches
76distinct queries
34%from prompt
41%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
AgencyAnalytics AI Tracker white label ChatGPT visibility clients910/10/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar API OR Semrush AI Visibility API OR Profound API docs +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit1610/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing 2026 AI platforms covered810/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tool "alert" when brand no longer mentioned prompt threshold email Slack webhook (Peec OR Otterly OR "SE Visible" OR Evertune OR Brand24) +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1710/10/1
AI search visibility tracking API vs UI scraping accuracy Profound Peec Semrush AI toolkit 2026 +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit1410/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison prompts models seats brands 20261310/1Frase ×1 0/1
AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch +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 Otterly Profound alerts | site.otterly.ai alerts brand visibility daily monitoring | site.peec.ai alerts visibility notifications +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1710/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility monitoring Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews Profound Peec Otterly Scrunch | site.tryprofound.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 platform API documentation Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch | AI search visibility API AthenaHQ SE Ranking API +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility platform SOC 2 Type II enterprise GEO AEO1510/1Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility platform SOC 2 Type II Profound Scrunch Peec enterprise security | AI search visibility platform SOC 2 AthenaHQ Otterly security +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1510/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility pricing Otterly Peec AI Profound Scrunch pricing prompts brands seats +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1310/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×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 white label agency reporting LLM tracking 2026910/10/1
AI visibility tools evaluate prompt tracking citations accuracy Profound Peec AI Otterly Google AI visibility | Google AI features website search console AI overviews AI mode reporting documentation +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tools methodology sampling variance repeated prompts reliability LLM brand tracking1410/10/1
AI visibility tracking agency white label reports SE Ranking Peec AI Scrunch Otterly +Otterly.AI +Peec AI910/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tool API access Profound Peec AI Scrunch Otterly API 2026 +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound1610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tools alerts when brand drops from ChatGPT answers 20261710/10/1
AI visibility tracking tools Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews coverage comparison 20261010/1Frase ×1 0/1
AI visibility tracking tools pricing 2026 cheap startups ChatGPT Perplexity brand mentions1110/10/1
best AEO AI visibility tools 2026 B2B SaaS ChatGPT Claude tracking comparison310/10/1
best AI search visibility tools for agencies white-label Peec AI Profound Otterly SE Ranking comparison +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound910/10/1
best AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch comparison +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound710/1Frase ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
best free AI search visibility tool GEO free plan review1210/1Dageno AI ×1 0/1
best generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 pricing comparison110/10/1
'Claude' in https://peec.ai/pricing +Peec AI1010/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Evertune OR Conductor OR Brandlight AI visibility SOC 2 Type II trust center1510/10/1
free AI search visibility checker GEO tool 20261110/1Frase ×1 0/1
free AI visibility tracker brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity 20261210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
free AI visibility tracker free plan Otterly Peec HubSpot AI search grader Ahrefs brand radar | free AI visibility tracker ongoing tracking free plan 2026 +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1210/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility site:withgauge.com | Gauge AI visibility tracking pricing get gauge710/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Gauge ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility tool review710/1Frase ×1 0/1
Gauge AI visibility tracking pricing features | AI visibility tracking tools Profound Scrunch Otterly Peec pricing +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound710/1AI Peekaboo ×1 Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit110/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
how to evaluate generative engine optimization tool criteria prompt tracking methodology API vs scraping210/10/1
LLM brand visibility tracker API endpoint documentation export data dashboard Looker Studio1610/10/1
Otterly AI pricing $29 prompts AI search monitoring | Peec AI pricing starter 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar free AI visibility checker +Ahrefs Brand Radar +Otterly.AI +Peec AI1110/1Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Otterly AI pricing lite standard 2026 | Peec AI pricing starter 2026610/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 0/1
Otterly.AI alerts notifications brand mention drop email +Otterly.AI1710/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
Otterly.AI pricing plans 2026610/1Otterly.AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI API docs API access pricing site:peec.ai | Peec AI API docs site:docs.peec.ai | site.scrunch.com pricing API access | site.promptwatch.com API documentation +Peec AI1610/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI API docs endpoints +Peec AI1610/1Peec AI ×1 0/1
Peec AI Slack integration alerts visibility changes +Peec AI1710/10/1
Peec AI vs Profound comparison review510/1Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Profound AI visibility pricing plans 2026510/1Profound ×1 0/1
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking AthenaHQ Peec AI Otterly AI Scrunch | site.peec.ai pricing AI search | site.otterly.ai AI search monitoring pricing +Otterly.AI +Peec AI410/1Otterly.AI ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 0/1
Profound alternatives AI search visibility tracking tools 2026410/1Profound ×1 0/1

Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 26 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 AI342314“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Visibility vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “site.peec.ai "$95" pricing Starter | site.peec.ai how tracks AI answers browser UI scraping | site.developers.google.com/search AI features website no special optimization schema”
Profound272213“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Visibility vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch”
Otterly.AI231913“generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch”; “AI visibility tools evaluate prompt tracking citations accuracy Profound Peec AI Otterly Google AI visibility | Google AI features website search console AI overviews AI mode reporting documentation”
Ahrefs Brand Radar1098“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Visibility vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar supported LLMs Claude”
Semrush AI Toolkit876“Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Visibility vs Ahrefs Brand Radar review”; “generative engine optimization tools pricing Profound Scrunch Peec AI Otterly AI 2026 | Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing AI Semrush AI visibility toolkit pricing”; “Profound vs Peec AI vs Semrush AI Toolkit vs Ahrefs Brand Radar supported LLMs Claude”

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
20262816
pricing2812
tracking1911
search1612
scrunch1410
site.peec.ai118
monitoring117
prompt106
brand95
comparison88
features75
visibility73
site.tryprofound.com66
vs66
site.scrunch.com65
plans63
documentation62
se53
label51
white51
chatgpt44
engine44
geo44
llm44
review44

Dropped

Prompt words the searches left out.

WordSearchesPrompts
tools4010
visibility136
what's123
answers102
brand93
out91
pull91
run91
schedule91
ai86
dashboards81
data81
best72
chatgpt62
drop61
many61
seo61
under61
tracking52
alternatives51
clients51
cover51
dedicated51
enough51
semrush's51

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 OR Semrush AI Visibility API OR Profound API docs” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-api-semrush"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar API OR Semrush AI Visibility API OR Profound API docs"
“Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing 2026 AI platforms covered” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Profound, Semrush AI Toolkit

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ahrefs-brand-radar-pricing-2026"
text = "Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing 2026 AI platforms covered"
“AI search visibility tracking API vs UI scraping accuracy Profound Peec Semrush AI toolkit 2026” — 1 answers · Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-tracking-api"
text = "AI search visibility tracking API vs UI scraping accuracy Profound Peec Semrush AI toolkit 2026"
“AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison prompts models seats brands 2026” — 1 answers · Frase

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-tracking-pricing"
text = "AI search visibility tracking pricing comparison prompts models seats brands 2026"
“AI visibility GEO tools comparison 2026 Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch” — 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 Otterly Scrunch"
“AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Otterly Profound 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 Otterly Profound alerts"
“AI visibility monitoring Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews Profound Peec Otterly Scrunch” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-monitoring-claude-gemini"
text = "AI visibility monitoring Claude Gemini Google AI Overviews Profound Peec Otterly Scrunch"
“AI visibility platform API documentation Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-visibility-platform-api-documentation"
text = "AI visibility platform API documentation Profound Peec AI Otterly Scrunch"
“AI search visibility API AthenaHQ SE Ranking API” — 1 answers · Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Profound

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

[[prompts]]
id = "ai-search-visibility-api-athenahq"
text = "AI search visibility API AthenaHQ SE Ranking API"

Prompt by prompt

#PromptSearchedSearches per answerDistinctFrom promptPrompt kept
1How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for?2/22.0417%28%
2What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools?2/21.5321%44%
3What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?2/21.5331%28%
4What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility?2/21.0259%100%
5Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team?2/22.0440%31%
6Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget?2/21.5330%21%
7Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives?2/22.5551%67%
8Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool?2/22.5540%42%
9What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand?2/23.0635%31%
10Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT?2/22.5538%44%
11What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup?2/21.5324%33%
12Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful?2/22.0432%54%
13How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats?2/22.0442%45%
14AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them?2/22.0416%20%
15Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2?2/22.0440%53%
16Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards?2/24.5930%38%
17Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers?2/24.5936%40%
1. How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×3 visibility ×3 2026 ×2 ai ×2 95 ×1 answers ×1 best ×1 browser ×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? — 3 queries

Added: evaluate ×2 prompt ×2 tracking ×2 2026 ×1 accuracy ×1 api ×1 citations ×1 comparison ×1

Dropped: evaluating ×3 look ×3 geo ×2 ai ×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? — 3 queries

Added: tracking ×3 pricing ×2 visibility ×2 2026 ×1 ai ×1 answer ×1 browser ×1 comparison ×1

Dropped: company ×3 know ×3 recommend ×3 wants ×3 what's ×3 aeo ×2 b2b ×2 best ×2

4. What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility? — 2 queries

Added: 2026 ×1 athenahq ×1 monitoring ×1 pricing ×1 scrunch ×1 site.otterly.ai ×1 site.peec.ai ×1 tools ×1

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

Added: pricing ×3 2026 ×2 plans ×2 visibility ×2 analytics ×1 comparison ×1 features ×1 growth ×1

Dropped: better ×4 mid-size ×4 team ×4 marketing ×3 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 standard ×1 starter ×1

Dropped: budget ×3 search ×3 tight ×3 tracking ×3 visibility ×3 otterly.ai ×2 ai ×1 peec ×1

7. Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives? — 5 queries

Added: pricing ×3 scrunch ×2 2026 ×1 best ×1 comparison ×1 features ×1 geo ×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? — 5 queries

Added: 2026 ×4 features ×3 pricing ×3 monitoring ×2 site.semrush.com ×2 25 ×1 99 ×1 answer ×1

Dropped: dedicated ×5 enough ×5 semrush's ×5 tool ×5 ahrefs ×3 brand ×2 radar ×2 toolkit ×1

9. What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? — 6 queries

Added: label ×5 white ×5 ranking ×3 se ×3 tracking ×3 2026 ×2 reporting ×2 tracker ×2

Dropped: brand ×6 many ×6 seo ×6 under ×6 what's ×6 best ×5 clients ×5 reports ×4

10. Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT? — 5 queries

Added: monitoring ×2 pricing ×2 site.peec.ai ×2 2026 ×1 add-on ×1 comparison ×1 coverage ×1 https ×1

Dropped: chatgpt ×5 cover ×5 tools ×4 google ×3 visibility ×3 gemini ×2 overviews ×2 ai ×1

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

Added: 2026 ×3 checker ×2 free ×2 pricing ×2 search ×2 29 ×1 brand ×1 chatgpt ×1

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

12. Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? — 4 queries

Added: search ×3 2026 ×2 grader ×2 plan ×2 tracking ×2 best ×1 brand ×1 chatgpt ×1

Dropped: actually ×4 that's ×4 useful ×4 tracker ×1

13. How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? — 4 queries

Added: pricing ×4 2026 ×2 199 ×1 60 ×1 99 ×1 additional ×1 checks ×1 comparison ×1

Dropped: cost ×4 drives ×4 price ×4 models ×3 plans ×3 tools ×3 seats ×2 brands ×1

14. AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them? — 4 queries

Added: api ×2 brand ×2 methodology ×2 prompts ×2 runs ×2 sampling ×2 site.peec.ai ×2 tracking ×2

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

15. Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? — 4 queries

Added: ii ×3 type ×3 evertune ×2 scrunch ×2 search ×2 aeo ×1 athenahq ×1 brandlight ×1

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

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

Added: documentation ×5 access ×4 docs ×4 scrunch ×2 site.scrunch.com ×2 2026 ×1 aio ×1 athenahq ×1

Dropped: pull ×9 dashboards ×8 data ×8 tools ×8 ai ×3 visibility ×3

17. Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? — 9 queries

Added: brand ×4 slack ×4 monitoring ×3 notifications ×3 daily ×2 disappears ×2 email ×2 prompt ×2

Dropped: out ×9 run ×9 schedule ×9 tools ×7 answers ×6 drop ×6 visibility ×2 ai ×1