A real buyer question from the September 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.
…built specifically to track how often LLMs mention you vs competitors. Examples: Profound Scrunch AI Goodie Otterly.AI Peec AI Brandtech / AI brand monitoring tools Semrush AI Toolkit / enterprise AI visibility features if relevant to your stack What they typically do: Track prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, etc. Measure share of mentions Show competitor comparison Surface which sources/citations…
Named across its answers: 1. Profound2. Scrunch AI3. Peec AI4. Otterly.ai5. Semrush
Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.
…more useful than rankings Emerging "GEO" (Generative Engine Optimization) tools: Brandwatch/Mention - tracks brand mentions across sources AI trains on Semrush - adding AI visibility features Peec AI, Otterly.ai - specifically built for AI mention tracking Profound - monitors brand presence in AI responses Honest Caveats This space is very new and most tools are making educated guesses Nobody has perfect insight…
Named across its answers: 1. Brandwatch2. Profound3. Otterly.ai4. Mention5. Semrush
Verbatim excerpt from one collected Claude answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.
…often you are mentioned compared to competitors and *why* the AI prefers them. Profound (formerly MarketBrew): One of the first platforms specifically designed to measure "Brand Share of Voice" inside LLMs. It tracks how often your brand appears in AI responses for specific keywords compared to competitors. BrightEdge (Generative Parser): A high-end enterprise SEO tool that has a specific "Generative AI" module. It…
Named across its answers: 1. BrightEdge2. Authoritas3. G24. Capterra5. Profound
Verbatim excerpt from one collected Gemini answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.
Profound dominates this question, appearing in 7 of 9 answers and leading as the first recommendation 5 times, with an average position of 2.1 that puts it well ahead of Otterly.ai's average position of 4.3 across fewer appearances. The gap matters because buyers asking this exact CEO-level question are primed to act, making first-mention status on this use case more valuable than broad category rank.
AI-generated read of the September 2026 measurements.
Contested Consensus
All three models name Profound and Semrush on this question.
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 38 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: OpenAI, SerpAPI.
Part of the AI Visibility & AEO snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.