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Brand report · September 2026

Causal Causal: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about fp&a & financial planning, Causal ranks #14 of 15, a Visibility Score of 13 in FP&A & Financial Planning .

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

How AI sees Causal

Causal barely registers in the one category it plays in.

Where it wins. An 18% mention rate means AI models do know Causal exists inside FP&A conversations, and it lands alongside Mosaic and Runway often enough to stay on the shortlist.

Where it loses. Ranking 13th of 15 with a 2.8% first-pick rate tells the real story: buyers asking which FP&A tool to choose are almost never pointed toward Causal, and it is completely absent from enterprise, use-case, and best-of-2026 prompt themes where purchase decisions get made.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

FP&A & Financial Planning · #14 of 15

13 / 100 flat vs last month
18%
mention rate (72 answers)
4
avg. position
3%
first pick
3%
share of voice
15.3Jul 2026Jul 2026: 15.315.1Aug 2026Aug 2026: 15.112.9Sep 2026Sep 2026: 12.9
ChatGPT
3
Claude
17
Gemini
19

How the models portray Causal

Being named is not the same as being recommended. Each mention is graded endorsed (a strong pick), listed (a neutral option), or caveated (named with a reservation).

85% 15%
endorsed · 95% band 58–96% listed caveated graded across 13 mentions in FP&A & Financial Planning answers
Prompt themes Causal would want to own

Share of each theme's answers that mention Causal. Hover a row for the exact prompt. Compare shapes on the head-to-head page.

Feature-led ask
6/9 · #1×2

Gaps Use-case fit · Top tools in 2026 · Enterprise pick · If you could pick one · Budget & alternatives

Most co-mentioned competitors

Share of Causal's mentions where the AI models name this brand in the same answer. That is the real competitive set in the AI channel.

Mosaic
85%
Runway
62%
Cube
54%
Jirav
38%
Pigment
31%
Coefficient
23%

Scores are measured from real AI answers, refreshed monthly. Methodology.

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