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Brand report · September 2026

Clay Clay: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about sales engagement & outbound, Clay ranks #9 of 15, a Visibility Score of 10 in Sales Engagement & Outbound .

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 Clay

Clay competes in one race and sits near the back.

Where it wins. A 25% mention rate in Sales Engagement and Outbound keeps Clay in the conversation, placing it 9th of 15 in the only category where it registers at all.

Where it loses. It earns zero first-pick selections and disappears from use-case, enterprise, and head-to-head prompts entirely, meaning buyers who move past broad list queries never land on Clay.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

Sales Engagement & Outbound · #9 of 15

10 / 100 flat vs last month
25%
mention rate (72 answers)
7
avg. position
0%
first pick
4%
share of voice
14Jul 2026Jul 2026: 149.6Aug 2026Aug 2026: 9.610Sep 2026Sep 2026: 10
ChatGPT
4
Claude
10
Gemini
16

How the models portray Clay

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).

72% 28%
endorsed · 95% band 49–88% listed caveated graded across 18 mentions in Sales Engagement & Outbound answers
Prompt themes Clay would want to own

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

Gaps Use-case fit · Enterprise pick · If you could pick one

Most co-mentioned competitors

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

Apollo.io
100%
Instantly
89%
Salesloft
72%
Smartlead
72%
Lemlist
61%
Outreach
56%

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

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