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Brand report · July 2026

Contra Contra: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about freelance & talent marketplaces, Contra ranks #4 of 15, a Visibility Score of 28 in Freelance & Talent Marketplaces .

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 Contra

Budget seekers find it; serious enterprise buyers never see it.

Where it wins. Contra surfaces in 44% of AI recommendations across Freelance and Talent Marketplaces, holding a solid fourth-place rank among 15 competitors. Its strongest foothold is budget and alternatives prompts, where cost-conscious framing reliably pulls it into the conversation.

Where it loses. A 4% first-pick rate means AI models treat it as a supporting option, not an answer. Enterprise and feature-led prompts return no mention of Contra at all, cutting it off from the higher-value buying conversations entirely.

AI-generated analysis of the July 2026 measurements.

Positioning

How Contra positions itself vs how AI ranks it

The pitch

"$0 Recruiting Fee"

What AI actually says

Homepage self-messaging · July 2026 ranking · the biggest gaps across the index →

Freelance & Talent Marketplaces · #4 of 15

28 / 100 first snapshot (July 2026)
44%
mention rate (72 answers)
5
avg. position
4%
first pick
6%
share of voice
First snapshot: July 2026. The trend line appears with the second monthly measurement; no modeled history.
ChatGPT
34
Claude
22
Gemini
28
Prompt themes Contra would want to own

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

Budget & alternatives
9/9 · #1×3

Gaps Enterprise pick · Feature-led ask

Most co-mentioned competitors
Toptal
97%
Upwork
72%
Fiverr
63%
Braintrust
50%
Dribbble
47%
99designs
44%

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

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

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