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Use-case fit · Prompt 2 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“Our CEO asked why ChatGPT recommends our competitor and not us. What tools help measure and fix that?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…(LLM visibility tools) These simulate user prompts and track which brands show up. Profound (profound.co) – tracks “AI search” visibility and share of voice across prompts Brandlight – similar idea, focused on how brands appear in LLM answers Athena / Bluefish AI / Peec AI – newer tools in the same category You.com / Perplexity manual testing – still useful for spot checks What you get: % of prompts where you’re…

Named across its answers: 1. Profound2. Athena3. Brandlight4. Peec AI5. Perplexity

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Profound dominates on raw frequency and position, appearing in 7 of 9 answers at an average position of 1.6, but its complete absence from Gemini's answers reveals a model-specific blind spot that could matter as Gemini's share of enterprise queries grows. Semrush lands in 6 of 9 answers yet never leads a response, suggesting it reads as a supporting tool rather than the primary fix buyers are looking for.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Semrush on this question.

ChatGPTClaudeGemini mentioned · first · avg. pos
Profound 1111421 7/9 · 5× first · #1.6
Semrush 8943710 6/9 · never first · #6.8
Perplexity 6726 4/9 · never first · #5.3
Ahrefs 7856 4/9 · never first · #6.5
Brandwatch 313 3/9 · 1× first · #2.3
Athena 333 3/9 · never first · #3
G2 1086 3/9 · never first · #8
Capterra 1197 3/9 · never first · #9
Brandlight 22 2/9 · never first · #2
Mention 24 2/9 · never first · #3
Otterly.ai 51 2/9 · 1× first · #3
Keyword Insights 52 2/9 · never first · #3.5

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 37 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: SerpAPI, Conductor, Goodie.

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Part of the AI Visibility & AEO snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.