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

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Gane Index, November 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/enterprise

**Standing:** Profound leads with 49% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 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) | 49% | 12% | 58 |
| 2 | [Rankscale](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/rankscale/index.md) | 8% | 6% | 17 |
| 3 | [Peec AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/peec-ai/index.md) | 6% | 28% | 29 |
| 5 | [Conductor](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conductor/index.md) | 4% | 4% | 28 |
| 6 | [Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush-ai-visibility-toolkit/index.md) | 4% | 21% | 33 |
| 8 | [Sona AI Visibility](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/sona-ai-visibility/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 11 |
| 9 | [Scrunch](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/scrunch/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 17 |
| 13 | [Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar/index.md) | 2% | 33% | 15 |
| 18 | [Otterly](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/otterly/index.md) | 2% | 43% | 14 |
| 19 | [HubSpot AEO Tool](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-aeo-tool/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 23 |
| 20 | [AthenaHQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/athenahq/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 104 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 Scrunch, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- GPT-5.4 mini: Semrush Enterprise AIO; alternatives Birdeye AI Search, Profound, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence, Yext
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Profound; alternatives BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Tool, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
- Perplexity Sonar: Profound; alternatives Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Sona AI Visibility, Wonnda Signal
- Grok 4.20: Profound; alternatives Ahrefs Brand Radar, Conductor Intelligence, Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- Mistral Small: Profound; alternatives GetIntel, HubSpot AEO Tool, Semrush AI Visibility Tracking
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Profound; alternatives Conductor, Semrush Enterprise AIO, Sona AI Visibility
- Llama 4 Maverick: Sona AI Visibility
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Profound; alternatives BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Tool
- Kimi K2: Profound; alternatives DemandSphere / DemandMetrics GenAI, Rankscale, Sona AI Visibility
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Profound; alternatives AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Tool, Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- MiniMax M2.5: Profound; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Sona AI Visibility
- GPT-6 Luna: Profound; alternatives Adobe Brand Visibility, Scrunch, Similarweb Gen AI Intelligence
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Profound; alternatives BrightEdge AI Catalyst, seoClarity ArcAI

## 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:

- blog.hubspot.com: 36 answers, 55 citations
- gane.ai/index: 27 answers, 27 citations
- sona.com: 25 answers, 39 citations
- tryprofound.com: 19 answers, 30 citations
- conductor.com: 15 answers, 25 citations
- rankscale.ai: 13 answers, 20 citations
- arahi.ai: 13 answers, 13 citations
- blog.closelyhq.com: 13 answers, 13 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/enterprise (27 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools (22 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-ai-visibility-tools (14 answers)
- https://arahi.ai/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-2026 (13 answers)
- https://blog.closelyhq.com/best-ai-visibility-tools (13 answers)
- https://sona.com/blog/6-tools-to-track-ai-search-visibility-in-chatgpt-and-gemini (11 answers)
- https://conductor.com/academy/best-ai-visibility-platforms (10 answers)
- https://rankscale.ai/enterprise-ai-visibility-platform (9 answers)
- https://aeovision.ai/articles/enterprise-grade-ai-visibility-tracking-solutions-what-to-look-for (8 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ai-search-visibility (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 7 of 33 labels negative. "Avoid: Traditional SEO platforms (like early iterations of Ahrefs or Semrush AI toolkits) that rely on keyword density and backlinks." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Peec AI: 8 of 29 labels negative. "Avoid or Question: Tools that analyze your *existing* website content to map pages back to prompts (e.g., Profound, Peec AI, AirOps)." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Profound: 7 of 58 labels negative. "Avoid or Question: Tools that analyze your *existing* website content to map pages back to prompts (e.g., Profound, Peec AI, AirOps)." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Otterly: 6 of 14 labels negative. "Why cautious/avoid: Repeatedly labeled as "highly problematic for enterprises" in multiple AI model evaluations." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Profound at 49%.

- Profound: 55% to 49%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 104, unchanged.
- Rankscale: 2% to 8%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 9 → 2 of 104.
- Conductor: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 5 of 104.
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 6 of 104.
- Sona AI Visibility: 0% to 2%, +2. New · not ranked in October 2026 · rank 8 of 104.
- Scrunch: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 16 → 9 of 104.
- Otterly: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 76 → 18 of 104.
- AthenaHQ: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 20 of 104.
- Peec AI: 6% to 6%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 3 of 104.
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 13 of 104.
- HubSpot AEO Tool: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 24 → 19 of 104.

## Record

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