AI Visibility Leaderboard · October 2026
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit (129) and Profound (128) were named most by Perplexity and ChatGPT in 266 answers about AI-visibility tools in October 2026.
OtterlyAI (122) and Peec AI (121) came next. 84 of the 122 tools we listed were named at least once.
| Rank | Tool | Answers | Perplexity | ChatGPT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | 129 | 87 | 42 |
| 2 | Profound | 128 | 79 | 49 |
| 3 | OtterlyAI | 122 | 82 | 40 |
| 4 | Peec AI | 121 | 75 | 46 |
| 5 | SE Visible | 76 | 51 | 25 |
| 6 | Ahrefs Brand Radar | 75 | 55 | 20 |
| 7 | Scrunch AI | 71 | 48 | 23 |
| 8 | AthenaHQ | 64 | 45 | 19 |
| 9 | Promptwatch | 52 | 30 | 22 |
| 10 | Writesonic | 50 | 35 | 15 |
| 11 | Rankscale | 47 | 36 | 11 |
| 12 | Qwairy | 26 | 15 | 11 |
| 12 | Surfer | 26 | 16 | 10 |
| 14 | Conductor | 23 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | Elmo | 23 | 7 | 16 |
| 14 | Frase | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| 17 | LLMrefs | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| 18 | LLM Pulse | 20 | 14 | 6 |
| 19 | BrightEdge | 18 | 15 | 3 |
| 20 | Rank Prompt | 15 | 12 | 3 |
| 20 | Rankability | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| 22 | Cognizo | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| 23 | AIclicks | 13 | 9 | 4 |
| 23 | EdenRank | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| 23 | Nightwatch | 13 | 9 | 4 |
Show the other 59 tools named
| 26 | Trakkr | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| 27 | AI Search Watcher | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| 27 | Gauge | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 27 | Omniscient Digital | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| 30 | ApexGEO | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 30 | HubSpot AEO | 10 | 8 | 2 |
| 30 | Meltwater GenAI Lens | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 30 | Similarweb AI Search Intelligence | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 34 | Orchly | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 34 | Siege Media | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 36 | Dageno | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 37 | Canonry | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 37 | Goodie | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Ubersuggest | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | Rankshift | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 41 | Citadex | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | First Page Sage | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | Mentionable | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 41 | RadarKit | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | ZipTie | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 46 | AEO Engine | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | auto-geo | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Brandlight | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | Evertune | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | Finseo | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | Indexly | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 46 | iPullRank | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Knowatoa | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Searchable | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 | AI Sightline | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | GEO Tool | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 55 | geoSurge | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Keyword.com AI Visibility | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Local Dominator AI Tracker | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | OMNIUS | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Optimist | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | Adobe Brand Visibility | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | AEOlens | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Archytas AISpy | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | BabyLoveGrowth | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | Bloomiro | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | CisionOne AI Visibility | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | CiteLens | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Digital Elevator | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Foglift | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | GEO Monitor | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | GEORankHub | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | GetCito | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Growleads | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | LLMClicks.ai AI Visibility Tracker | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Local Falcon | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | OmniSEO | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | OpenSEO | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Percepture | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Rankfender | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | RankZero | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | SEOmatic | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | TrueRanker | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 62 | VisibAI | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Method. On 12 October 2026 we asked Perplexity (sonar) and ChatGPT (gpt-4o-mini), with web search on, "<tool> alternatives" for each of the 122 tools we listed that day, plus 25 category questions such as "best AEO agency for B2B companies": 294 answers. We left out 28 that named no AI-visibility tool, most of them about another product with the same name. Counts are out of the other 266. A tool counts once per answer that names it, and not in the answer about itself. A company name counts for its AI-visibility product. A domain counts once per answer that cites a page on it. Image and logo sites don't count as sources. Full method
By category
AI visibility monitoring
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit 129
- Profound 128
- OtterlyAI 122
- Peec AI 121
- SE Visible 76
GEO & content optimization
AI rank tracking
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit 129
- OtterlyAI 122
- Peec AI 121
- SE Visible 76
- Rankscale 47
Citation services
Where the answers come from
Perplexity and ChatGPT cited g2.com in 88 of 266 answers, more than any other domain. citedindex.com, this site, was cited in 59.
| Rank | Domain | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | g2.com | 88 |
| 2 | citedindex.comthis site | 59 |
| 3 | alternativeto.net | 31 |
| 4 | orchly.ai | 26 |
| 4 | linkedin.com | 26 |
| 6 | rankability.com | 25 |
| 7 | elmohq.com | 24 |
| 7 | llmpulse.ai | 24 |
| 9 | amicited.com | 23 |
| 10 | blog.hubspot.com | 21 |
| 11 | metehan.ai | 20 |
| 12 | sourceforge.net | 18 |
| 13 | therankmasters.com | 16 |
| 14 | dageno.ai | 15 |
| 14 | writesonic.com | 15 |
2,560 citations to 727 domains in 263 answers.
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Method
- Questions. "<tool> alternatives" for each of the 122 tools listed on CitedIndex on 12 October 2026, and 25 category questions.
- Engines. Perplexity (
sonar) and ChatGPT (gpt-4o-mini), through their APIs, with web search on. - Answers counted. 294 answers came back. We left out 28 that named no AI-visibility tool, most of them about another product with the same name. Every count here is out of the other 266: 141 from Perplexity and 125 from ChatGPT.
- Names. The answer has to name the product. A company name counts for its AI-visibility product, so "Semrush" counts for Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit. Names that are also ordinary words, like Frase or Gauge, count where the answer writes them as a tool name.
- Sources. A domain counts once per answer that cites a page on it. Image and logo sites don't count.
- Sample. One answer per question and engine. Answers vary between runs, so a gap of a few answers is noise.
The 25 category questions
- best AEO agency for B2B companies
- best AI content optimization tool for SEO and GEO
- best AI rank tracker
- best AI visibility tool for agencies
- best AI visibility tool for ecommerce brands
- best AI visibility tracking tool for small businesses
- best GEO agency
- best GEO tool for content teams
- best LLM SEO tool for B2B SaaS
- best LLM rank tracking tool for SEO agencies
- best agency to improve brand visibility in AI search
- best answer engine optimization software
- best digital PR agency for AI visibility
- best enterprise AI search visibility platform
- best free AI visibility checker
- best generative engine optimization tool
- best service to get my brand cited in AI answers
- best tool to get my website cited by ChatGPT
- best tool to measure share of voice in AI search
- best tool to monitor brand visibility in Perplexity
- best tool to optimize content for Google AI Overviews
- best tool to track AI Overview rankings
- best tool to track brand mentions in ChatGPT
- best tool to track rankings in Google AI Mode
- cheapest AI visibility monitoring tool
How the answers are collected: citation protocol.
Editions
- October 2026: Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit (129) and Profound (128) were named most by Perplexity and ChatGPT in 266 answers about AI-visibility tools in October 2026.