# AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

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Gane Index, October 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 fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/2026-10/enterprise

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/enterprise/index.md

**Standing:** Profound leads with 55% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Profound](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/profound/index.md) | 55% | 8% | 64 |
| 2 | [Conductor](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conductor/index.md) | 6% | 8% | 25 |
| 3 | [Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush-ai-visibility-toolkit/index.md) | 6% | 27% | 33 |
| 5 | [Peec AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/peec-ai/index.md) | 6% | 30% | 23 |
| 7 | [AthenaHQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/athenahq/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 11 |
| 15 | [Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar/index.md) | 2% | 37% | 19 |
| 16 | [Scrunch](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/scrunch/index.md) | 0% | 11% | 27 |
| 24 | [HubSpot AEO Tool](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-aeo-tool/index.md) | 0% | 33% | 15 |
| 76 | [Otterly](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/otterly/index.md) | 0% | 50% | 18 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 78 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 Haiku 4.5: Profound; alternatives AthenaHQ, GrackerAI, Mentionova, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- GPT-5.4 mini: seoClarity ArcAI; alternatives Conductor, Otterly
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Profound; alternatives AthenaHQ, Scrunch, Semrush Enterprise AI Optimization, Similarweb GenAI Intelligence
- Perplexity Sonar: Profound; alternatives Birdeye AI Search, BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Scrunch, Semrush Enterprise AIO
- Grok 4.20: Profound; alternatives AthenaHQ, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Tool, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- Mistral Small: Profound; alternatives Scrunch, xFunnel
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Profound; alternatives Conductor, Scrunch
- Llama 4 Maverick: Profound; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, Writesonic GEO
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Profound; alternatives DeepSmith, Knowatoa, Quattr
- Kimi K2: Profound; alternatives Adobe Brand Visibility, Birdeye AI Search, HubSpot AEO Tool
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Rankscale; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, KIME, Otterly, Peec AI
- MiniMax M2.5: Profound; alternatives Gauge
- GPT-6 Luna: Profound; alternatives Scrunch, Semrush Enterprise AIO
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Profound; alternatives BrightEdge AI Agent Insights / AI Hyper Cube, Conductor, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

## Sources the answers cite

80 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- tryprofound.com: 36 answers, 51 citations
- blog.hubspot.com: 32 answers, 58 citations
- business.com: 31 answers, 31 citations
- wellows.com: 27 answers, 27 citations
- airops.com: 26 answers, 41 citations
- conductor.com: 26 answers, 35 citations
- semrush.com: 23 answers, 39 citations
- integrate.io: 22 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://business.com/categories/best-ai-visibility (31 answers)
- https://wellows.com/blog/ai-visibility-tools (26 answers)
- https://integrate.io/blog/best-ai-visibility-tracking-tools (22 answers)
- https://airops.com/blog/answer-engine-optimization-tools (21 answers)
- https://hubspot.com/products/aeo/best-aeo-software (18 answers)
- https://analyticsinsight.net/artificial-intelligence/8-best-ai-visibility-tools-for-geo-and-ai-search-analytics (14 answers)
- https://geoptie.com/blog/best-aeo-tools (14 answers)
- https://conductor.com/academy/best-ai-visibility-platforms (13 answers)
- https://tryprofound.com/blog/9-best-answer-engine-optimization-platforms (13 answers)
- https://tryprofound.com/pricing (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Otterly: 9 of 18 labels negative. "Examples of great budget-friendly tools for freelancers or SMBs include Otterly.AI, Peec AI, or Rankscale. However, these are highly problematic for enterprises." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 9 of 33 labels negative. "Why avoid/caution: Per-domain pricing ($99+/month per domain) becomes prohibitively expensive at enterprise scale" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Peec AI: 7 of 23 labels negative. "these are highly problematic for enterprises... lack enterprise-grade compliance" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: 7 of 19 labels negative. "Avoid or heavily scrutinize: Any vendor that lacks SOC 2 Type II certification... Notably, Ahrefs publicly states it is not currently certified" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Profound at 53%.

- Profound: 61% to 53%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 of 73, unchanged.
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 0% to 7%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 17 → 3 of 73.
- Conductor: 2% to 7%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 5 → 2 of 73.
- AirOps: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 2 → 16 of 73.
- Peec AI: 2% to 5%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 7 → 5 of 73.
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 85 → 13 of 73.
- Scrunch: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 → 14 of 73.
- BrightEdge AI Catalyst: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 19 of 73.
- AthenaHQ: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 7 of 73.
- HubSpot AEO Tool: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 35 → 22 of 73.
- Otterly: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 102 → 64 of 73.

## Record

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