# AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking

**Standing:** Peec AI leads with 24% of first choices; verdict contested. 54 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) | 24% | 16% | 43 |
| 2 | [Otterly](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/otterly/index.md) | 20% | 11% | 46 |
| 3 | [Profound](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/profound/index.md) | 15% | 21% | 42 |
| 4 | [Scrunch](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/scrunch/index.md) | 6% | 0% | 18 |
| 6 | [HubSpot AEO Tool](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-aeo-tool/index.md) | 4% | 13% | 30 |
| 7 | [Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush-ai-visibility-toolkit/index.md) | 2% | 13% | 39 |
| 9 | [Conductor](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/conductor/index.md) | 2% | 21% | 14 |
| 21 | [Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs-brand-radar/index.md) | 0% | 15% | 26 |
| 22 | [AthenaHQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/athenahq/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |
| 23 | [Rankscale](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/rankscale/index.md) | 0% | 11% | 19 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 126 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: Scrunch; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, Mentionova, Peec AI
- GPT-5.4 mini: Profound; alternatives Conductor, SE Ranking, SE Visible, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Profound, Scrunch; alternatives Gauge, HubSpot AEO Tool, Mentionova, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- Perplexity Sonar: Peec AI; alternatives HubSpot AEO Tool, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Sona AI Visibility
- Grok 4.20: Peec AI; alternatives DeepSmith, HeyAmos, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
- Mistral Small: GetIntel, Peec AI; alternatives Otterly, Sona AI Visibility
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GetIntel, Peec AI; alternatives Otterly
- Llama 4 Maverick: Peec AI; alternatives GetIntel, HubSpot AEO Tool, Otterly, Wonnda Signal
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Peec AI; alternatives DeepSmith, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
- Kimi K2: Peec AI; alternatives AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Tool
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Sona AI Visibility; alternatives Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly, Peec AI, Tracemetry
- MiniMax M2.5: Peec AI; alternatives GetIntel, Sona AI Visibility, Trakkr
- GPT-6 Luna: Peec AI; alternatives Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Peec AI; alternatives HeyAmos, HubSpot AEO Tool

## Sources the answers cite

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

- blog.hubspot.com: 40 answers, 79 citations
- sona.com: 22 answers, 33 citations
- metehan.ai: 17 answers, 20 citations
- otterly.ai: 14 answers, 15 citations
- sitepoint.com: 13 answers, 13 citations
- gane.ai/index: 12 answers, 12 citations
- deepsmith.ai: 11 answers, 15 citations
- hubspot.com: 11 answers, 13 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools (27 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-ai-visibility-tools (20 answers)
- https://sitepoint.com/ai-visibility-tools-b2b-marketers (12 answers)
- https://sona.com/blog/7-best-ai-visibility-tools-for-b2b-companies-compared (11 answers)
- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/answer-engine-optimization-tools (10 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/ai-visibility-tracking/enterprise (10 answers)
- https://metehan.ai/api/article/best-ai-visibility-tools.json (10 answers)
- https://blog.closelyhq.com/best-ai-visibility-tools (9 answers)
- https://deepsmith.ai/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools-for-b2b (8 answers)
- https://getintel.ai/blog/ai-visibility-tools-for-b-2-b-saas-companies (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Profound: 9 of 42 labels negative. "Avoid enterprise options like Meltwater, Talkwalker/Lumen, or full Profound (~$99+/mo or custom $10k+/year)" (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)
- Peec AI: 7 of 43 labels negative. "some tools to be cautious about or avoid include Otterly, HubSpot AEO Grader, and Peec AI" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Otterly: 5 of 46 labels negative. "some tools to be cautious about or avoid include Otterly, HubSpot AEO Grader, and Peec AI" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 5 of 39 labels negative. "Avoid enterprise-focused tools like ... Semrush AI Visibility ($199/month)" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Otterly (20%) to Peec AI (24%). Margin 4 points, within noise.

- Peec AI: 16% to 24%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 → 1 of 126.
- HubSpot AEO Tool: 9% to 4%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 4 → 6 of 126.
- Rankscale: 5% to 0%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 6 → 23 of 126.
- Scrunch: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 9 → 4 of 126.
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: 5% to 2%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 7 of 126.
- Conductor: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 21 → 9 of 126.
- SE Ranking: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 11 of 126.
- Ahrefs Brand Radar: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 21 of 126.
- Otterly: 20% to 20%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 1 → 2 of 126.
- Profound: 15% to 15%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 126, unchanged.
- AthenaHQ: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 23 → 22 of 126.

## 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.