A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.
…(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.
…ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity Track which brands appear in responses Tools like Brandwatch, Mention, or Semrush are adding AI visibility features Emerging "GEO" (Generative Engine Optimization) tools: Profound, Otterly.ai, Peec.ai - specifically track brand mentions in AI responses Still quite early-stage and limited Honest Caveats Your CEO Should Hear Results vary significantly by exact phrasing, date, and…
Named across its answers: 1. Profound2. Brandwatch3. Otterly.ai4. Semrush5. Peec.ai
Verbatim excerpt from one collected Claude answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.
…benchmarked. These tools help you see how often you are mentioned compared to competitors. Profity.ai: One of the first platforms specifically designed for GEO. It analyzes how LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) perceive your brand and provides a "Share of Model" metric. Keyword Insights (LLM Optimization tool): They have developed features to track how brands surface in AI Overviews (SGE) and LLM responses.…
Named across its answers: 1. Perplexity2. Keyword Insights3. WordLift4. G25. Semrush
Verbatim excerpt from one collected Gemini 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.
Contested Consensus
All three models name 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 37 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: SerpAPI, Conductor, Goodie.
Part of the AI Visibility & AEO snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.