Prompt review
Choosing an AI visibility tool · the prompts themselves, from the answers they got since 2026-09-24: 3 finished runs, 204 graded answers. Each prompt is read under the wording it was last asked in. Free: computed from stored answers, no model calls. · JSON
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Flat 17
Named and recommended never varied across the runs, and no fix attempt for it moved it.
| Prompt | Numbers | Suggestion |
|---|---|---|
| How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? generative-engine-optimization-tools-work always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs; 1 fix attempts targeted it and none moved it | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it). 1 fix attempts for it are still waiting for an outcome: wait for them first |
| What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools? evaluate-ai-visibility-tools-checklist always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? best-aeo-tool-b2b-saas always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility? alternatives-to-profound always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team? peec-ai-vs-profound always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? otterly-vs-peec-ai-budget always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs; 3 fix attempts targeted it and none moved it | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it). 3 fix attempts for it are still waiting for an outcome: wait for them first |
| Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives? gauge-ai-visibility-worth-it always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool? semrush-ahrefs-enough-ai-visibility always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? ai-visibility-tool-agency-white-label always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT? ai-visibility-tools-cover-claude-overviews always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup? cheap-start-measuring-ai-visibility always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs; 3 fix attempts targeted it and none moved it | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it). 3 fix attempts for it are still waiting for an outcome: wait for them first |
| Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? free-ai-visibility-tracker-useful always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs; 1 fix attempts targeted it and none moved it | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it). 1 fix attempts for it are still waiting for an outcome: wait for them first |
| How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? ai-visibility-tool-pricing-drivers always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs; 2 fix attempts targeted it and none moved it | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it). 2 fix attempts for it are still waiting for an outcome: wait for them first |
| AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them? ai-visibility-numbers-accurate always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? ai-visibility-platform-soc2-enterprise always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards? ai-visibility-tool-api-export always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
| Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? ai-visibility-tools-run-schedule always_absent | named in 0 of 12 answers over 3 runs | tells you little; consider rewording or retiring it. Either Cheap Seats can't win this question (reword it toward what Cheap Seats does, or retire it), or it's the most important gap in the set (keep it, and work the fix list for it) |
Noisy 0
The named rate moves more from run to run than sampling explains, or answers in one run disagree.
None.
Off target 5
The answers mostly name products outside the category.
| Prompt | Numbers | Suggestion |
|---|---|---|
| What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools? evaluate-ai-visibility-tools-checklist | 28% of 147 product mentions are Cheap Seats or a configured competitor (5 of 12 competitors named at all) ChatGPT ×5, Claude ×5, Copilot ×5, GA4 ×5, Gemini ×5 | add context to the prompt (the category, who is asking) so it's answered about the products you compete with, or add "ChatGPT" to the competitors if it is in fact one |
| What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? ai-visibility-tool-agency-white-label | 26% of 115 product mentions are Cheap Seats or a configured competitor (6 of 12 competitors named at all); "SE Ranking", not a configured competitor, is named in 11 of 12 answers, more than Cheap Seats or any competitor SE Ranking ×11, AgencyAnalytics ×8, Looker Studio ×6, SE Visible ×6, ChatGPT ×4 | add context to the prompt (the category, who is asking) so it's answered about the products you compete with, or add "SE Ranking" to the competitors if it is in fact one |
| What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup? cheap-start-measuring-ai-visibility | 22% of 127 product mentions are Cheap Seats or a configured competitor (6 of 12 competitors named at all); "ChatGPT", not a configured competitor, is named in 12 of 12 answers, more than Cheap Seats or any competitor ChatGPT ×12, Perplexity ×12, Google AI Overviews ×8, Gemini ×7, Google Sheets ×6 | add context to the prompt (the category, who is asking) so it's answered about the products you compete with, or add "ChatGPT" to the competitors if it is in fact one |
| Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? free-ai-visibility-tracker-useful | 25% of 114 product mentions are Cheap Seats or a configured competitor (6 of 12 competitors named at all) HubSpot AI Search Grader ×7, ChatGPT ×6, Perplexity ×6, Gemini ×5, Amplitude AI Visibility ×4 | add context to the prompt (the category, who is asking) so it's answered about the products you compete with, or add "HubSpot AI Search Grader" to the competitors if it is in fact one |
| Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? ai-visibility-platform-soc2-enterprise | 30% of 97 product mentions are Cheap Seats or a configured competitor (5 of 12 competitors named at all) Conductor ×8, Scrunch AI ×8, Evertune ×6, AthenaHQ ×5, BrightEdge ×5 | add context to the prompt (the category, who is asking) so it's answered about the products you compete with, or add "Conductor" to the competitors if it is in fact one |
Duplicates 0
Two prompts whose answers name nearly the same products, with the same verdicts.
None.
Rewritten by the assistant 1
The assistants search for this question in quite different words.
| Prompt | Numbers | Suggestion |
|---|---|---|
| Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? otterly-vs-peec-ai-budget | 25% of a search's words come from the prompt and it keeps 16% of the prompt's, over 10 searches | buyers' assistants search for different words: "pricing", "2026", "plans", "starter", "lite"; consider phrasing the prompt that way |
Branded leak 0
Outside head-to-heads, the prompt or its searches name the brand.
None.
Jev 0
What Jev makes of the prompts' wording alone, before any answers: two prompts one good answer would serve, a prompt about something other than what the brand does, one that reads as the other intent from the one it's set to, one that names the brand in a spelling the word match misses. Stored by cheapseats check, cheapseats review -jev and after each run; this page asks nothing. Each flag shows Jev's probability; a flag needs 0.7. 17 questions haven't been asked yet.
None.
Gaps 9
What the set's answers and searches keep coming back to that no prompt asks about: competitors and other products named often, and words the assistants add to searches across prompts. To measure one, paste its prompt into prompt-sets/choosing-ai-visibility-tool.toml by pull request and reword it as your buyers would ask; prompt ids are permanent, so pick one you'll keep.
product Scrunch AI — named in 71 of 204 answers across 14 prompts, but neither a configured competitor nor in any prompt
[[prompts]] id = "what-best-alternatives-scrunch-ai" text = "What are the best alternatives to Scrunch AI?"
Or, if it is a competitor, add it to the set's competitors:
[[competitors]] name = "Scrunch AI"
product AthenaHQ — named in 59 of 204 answers across 13 prompts, but neither a configured competitor nor in any prompt
[[prompts]] id = "what-best-alternatives-athenahq" text = "What are the best alternatives to AthenaHQ?"
Or, if it is a competitor, add it to the set's competitors:
[[competitors]] name = "AthenaHQ"
product Perplexity — named in 57 of 204 answers across 15 prompts, but neither a configured competitor nor in any prompt
[[prompts]] id = "what-best-alternatives-perplexity" text = "What are the best alternatives to Perplexity?"
Or, if it is a competitor, add it to the set's competitors:
[[competitors]] name = "Perplexity"
product Scrunch — named in 49 of 204 answers across 15 prompts, but neither a configured competitor nor in any prompt
[[prompts]] id = "what-best-alternatives-scrunch" text = "What are the best alternatives to Scrunch?"
Or, if it is a competitor, add it to the set's competitors:
[[competitors]] name = "Scrunch"
topic pricing — added to 85 searches across 14 prompts; no prompt uses the word
From the search “Peec AI pricing plans 2026”.
[[prompts]] id = "peec-ai-pricing-plans-2026" text = "Peec AI pricing plans 2026?"
topic 2026 — added to 83 searches across 17 prompts; no prompt uses the word
From the search “Peec AI pricing plans 2026”.
[[prompts]] id = "peec-ai-pricing-plans-2026-2" text = "Peec AI pricing plans 2026?"
topic scrunch — added to 37 searches across 11 prompts; no prompt uses the word
From the search “AI search visibility tool Slack email alert brand mention lost competitor appears (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly, Semrush AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch)”.
[[prompts]] id = "ai-search-visibility-tool-slack" text = "AI search visibility tool Slack email alert brand mention lost competitor appears (Peec AI, Profound, Otterly, Semrush AI, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Scrunch)?"
topic site.peec.ai — added to 35 searches across 13 prompts; no prompt uses the word
topic monitoring — added to 21 searches across 10 prompts; no prompt uses the word
From the search “AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Otterly Profound alerts”.
[[prompts]] id = "ai-visibility-monitoring-alerts-brand" text = "AI visibility monitoring alerts brand disappears answers scheduled Peec AI Otterly Profound alerts?"
Proposed edits
Every prompt
| Prompt | Runs | Answers | Named | Recommended | From prompt | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for? generative-engine-optimization-tools-work asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 16% | flat |
| What should I look for when evaluating AI visibility or GEO tools? evaluate-ai-visibility-tools-checklist asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 20% | flat off_target |
| What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it? best-aeo-tool-b2b-saas asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 28% | flat |
| What are good alternatives to Profound for tracking AI search visibility? alternatives-to-profound asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 49% | flat |
| Peec AI vs Profound: which is better for a mid-size marketing team? peec-ai-vs-profound asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 42% | flat |
| Otterly.AI or Peec AI for tracking AI search visibility on a tight budget? otterly-vs-peec-ai-budget asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 25% | flat rewritten |
| Is Gauge a good tool for tracking AI visibility, and what are the alternatives? gauge-ai-visibility-worth-it asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 53% | flat |
| Are Semrush's AI Toolkit or Ahrefs Brand Radar enough, or do we need a dedicated AI visibility tool? semrush-ahrefs-enough-ai-visibility asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 38% | flat |
| What's the best AI visibility tool for an SEO agency that reports to many clients under its own brand? ai-visibility-tool-agency-white-label asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 34% | flat off_target |
| Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT? ai-visibility-tools-cover-claude-overviews asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 39% | flat |
| What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup? cheap-start-measuring-ai-visibility asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 19% | flat off_target |
| Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful? free-ai-visibility-tracker-useful asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 31% | flat off_target |
| How do AI visibility tools price their plans, and what drives the cost: prompts, models, brands or seats? ai-visibility-tool-pricing-drivers asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them its intent changed in this window: recommended counts only the answers asked as a choice | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | – | 41% | flat |
| AI answers change every time you ask. How do AI visibility tools make their numbers reliable, and how can I check them? ai-visibility-numbers-accurate asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them its intent changed in this window: recommended counts only the answers asked as a choice | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | – | 21% | flat |
| Which AI visibility platforms meet enterprise security requirements like SOC 2? ai-visibility-platform-soc2-enterprise asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 38% | flat off_target |
| Which AI visibility tools have an API so we can pull the data into our own dashboards? ai-visibility-tool-api-export asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 32% | flat |
| Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers? ai-visibility-tools-run-schedule asked or graded 2 ways in this window (a method change): the rates pool them | 3 | 12 | 0% (0–24) | 0% (0–24) | 34% | flat |
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