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Brand report · September 2026

Screaming Frog Screaming Frog: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about seo crawlers & site audit, Screaming Frog ranks #1 of 15, a Visibility Score of 74 in SEO Crawlers & Site Audit .

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 Screaming Frog

Screaming Frog owns the SEO crawler category outright.

Where it wins. In SEO Crawlers & Site Audit, Screaming Frog ranks first among 15 competitors with a 79% mention rate and claims the first-pick slot 57% of the time, meaning AI models default to it before any other tool when buyers ask for a recommendation.

Where it loses. Feature-led prompts produce a blind spot: when buyers frame questions around specific capabilities rather than overall quality, Screaming Frog drops out of the results entirely, ceding that conversation to rivals like Ahrefs and Sitebulb.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

On message

How Screaming Frog positions itself vs how AI ranks it

Screaming Frog claims SEO Crawlers & Site Audit and the models back it: #1 of 15 there.

The pitch

"We run remarkably successful search engine optimisation (SEO) and paid search (PPC) campaigns using a unique blend of data, technology & creativity."

What AI actually says
In SEO Crawlers & Site Audit #1 of 15, claim holds

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

SEO Crawlers & Site Audit · #1 of 15

74 / 100 flat vs last month
79%
mention rate (72 answers)
2
avg. position
57%
first pick
13%
share of voice
71.7Jul 2026Jul 2026: 71.768.9Aug 2026Aug 2026: 68.973.6Sep 2026Sep 2026: 73.6
ChatGPT
82
Claude
85
Gemini
54

One of the index's bigger model splits: see where the models disagree →

How the models portray Screaming Frog

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).

74% 21%
endorsed · 95% band 61–83% listed caveated graded across 57 mentions in SEO Crawlers & Site Audit answers
Prompt themes Screaming Frog would want to own

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

Best overall
9/9 · #1×9
Top tools in 2026
9/9 · #1×8
If you could pick one
9/9 · #1×9
Use-case fit
8/9 · #1×5
Startup & small team
8/9 · #1×1
Enterprise pick
7/9 · #1×2
Budget & alternatives
7/9 · #1×7

Gaps Feature-led ask

Most co-mentioned competitors

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

Ahrefs
89%
Semrush
81%
Sitebulb
79%
Lumar
54%
Botify
35%
JetOctopus
28%

Head-to-head: Screaming Frog vs Ahrefs

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

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