# AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools: what AI models recommend, September 2026

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Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool" and as "tool for tracking brand visibility in AI answers", six framings each, to six frontier models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B software company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/2026-09-expanded

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 9, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/index.md

**Standing:** Peec AI (tied with Otterly) leads with 25% of first choices; verdict contested. 28 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Peec AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/peec-ai/index.md) | 25% | 12% | 26 |
| 2 | [Otterly](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/otterly/index.md) | 25% | 17% | 24 |
| 3 | [Profound](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/profound/index.md) | 14% | 28% | 29 |
| 4 | [Scrunch](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/scrunch/index.md) | 11% | 7% | 15 |
| 5 | [Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush-ai-visibility-toolkit/index.md) | 4% | 14% | 21 |
| 6 | [HubSpot AEO Tool](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-aeo-tool/index.md) | 4% | 18% | 11 |
| 12 | [Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 16 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 46 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Opus 5: Peec AI; alternatives Ahrefs Brand Radar, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- Claude Opus 4.8: Profound; alternatives Otterly, Trakkr
- GPT-6 Astra: Peec AI; alternatives Profound, Scrunch
- GPT-5.6 Sol: Scrunch; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, Peec AI
- Gemini 3.1 Pro: Peec AI, RadarKit; alternatives Goodie, Otterly, Profound, SE Ranking
- Perplexity Sonar Pro: Trakkr; alternatives Frase, Peec AI, Profound

## Sources the answers cite

33 of 36 answers came back with a source list, from 6 of 6 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- tryprofound.com: 22 answers, 28 citations
- semrush.com: 19 answers, 23 citations
- visible.seranking.com: 16 answers, 21 citations
- frase.io: 12 answers, 12 citations
- llmclicks.ai: 12 answers, 12 citations
- alhena.ai: 10 answers, 12 citations
- otterly.ai: 10 answers, 10 citations
- integrate.io: 9 answers, 9 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://frase.io/blog/the-10-best-ai-visibility-tools-in-2026 (12 answers)
- https://llmclicks.ai/blog/top-ai-visibility-tracker-tools (12 answers)
- https://visible.seranking.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools (12 answers)
- https://integrate.io/blog/best-ai-visibility-tracking-tools (9 answers)
- https://tryprofound.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-for-marketing-agencies (9 answers)
- https://visiblie.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools (9 answers)
- https://alhena.ai/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-ecommerce (7 answers)
- https://peec.ai/pricing (7 answers)
- https://airops.com/blog/answer-engine-optimization-tools (6 answers)
- https://amplitude.com/compare/best-ai-visibility-monitoring-tools (6 answers)

## Warned against

- Profound: 8 of 29 labels negative. "I recommend bypassing enterprise-heavy compliance tools like Profound." (Gemini 3.1 Pro, paraphrase prompt)
- Otterly: 4 of 24 labels negative. "Choosing it mainly because of the $29 price | The base plan covers four engines; Claude, Gemini and Google AI Mode are add-ons." (GPT-5.6 Sol, negative prompt)
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: 4 of 16 labels negative. "Don’t present estimated impressions as measured AI impressions... Useful for discovery and competitive research." (GPT-6 Astra, negative prompt)
- Peec AI: 3 of 26 labels negative. "Worth evaluating, but I would interpret its results as visibility under sampled conditions—not a census of what buyers see." (GPT-6 Astra, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.