Best overall · Prompt 1 of 8 · July 2026

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

“What's the best tool for tracking how my brand appears in AI assistant answers?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…purpose-built solution for AI visibility (often called “AI search” or “LLM monitoring”): Profound – one of the leaders in this niche. Tracks how your brand shows up in AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.), compares against competitors, and shows share-of-voice and sentiment. Brandlight – similar idea, focused on monitoring and optimizing brand presence across generative AI tools. Goodie AI – more lightweight,…

Named across its answers: 1. Profound2. Goodie AI3. Brandlight4. Perplexity5. Ahrefs

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

Profound and Semrush each appear in 7 of 9 answers, but Profound wins decisively by claiming first position 4 times at an average rank of 2, while Semrush averages position 4.7 and never leads. That gap between presence and primacy is what separates a brand AI models recommend from one they merely mention.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Profound and Semrush on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Profound 1113413 7/9 · 4× first · #2

Semrush 8753343 7/9 · never first · #4.7

Brandwatch 10112 4/9 · 2× first · #3.5

Otterly.ai 3454 4/9 · never first · #4

Perplexity 6676 4/9 · never first · #6.3

Brandlight 22 2/9 · never first · #2

BrightEdge 22 2/9 · never first · #2

Authoritas 31 2/9 · 1× first · #2

Goodie AI 23 2/9 · never first · #2.5

Mention 25 2/9 · never first · #3.5

Peec.ai 65 2/9 · never first · #5.5

Ahrefs 78 2/9 · never first · #7.5

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 28 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: SerpAPI, Conductor, WordLift, Goodie.