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AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · November 2026 Edition

Otterly vs Conductor

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Zero of fourteen models named Otterly first on the direct prompt; zero named Conductor. Otterly was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Conductor by nine and Otterly carries 46 labels and Conductor 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Otterly

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Conductor

accepted challenger

New York City, United States, founded 2006. Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share20%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels4614A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Otterly reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Peec AI was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Peec AI vs Otterly · Peec AI vs Conductor · Otterly vs Profound

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OtterlyFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConductor
Direct001 against Otterly · 1 against Conductor
Paraphrase001 against Conductor
Comparative21
Budget-constrained1101 against Conductor
Scale-constrained01
Negative004 against Otterly
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Otterly and Conductor stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Otterly Conductor first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Otterly on the left and Conductor on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Otterly and Conductor stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniProfound alternatives: Conductor, SE Ranking, SE Visible, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
Mistral SmallGetIntel, Peec AI alternatives: Otterly, Sona AI Visibility
DeepSeek V4 FlashGetIntel, Peec AI alternatives: Otterly
Llama 4 MaverickPeec AI alternatives: GetIntel, HubSpot AEO Tool, Otterly, Wonnda Signal
GLM 4.7 FlashXSona AI Visibility alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly, Peec AI, Tracemetry

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Scrunch alternatives: HubSpot AEO Tool, Mentionova, Peec AI
Gemini 3.5 FlashProfound, Scrunch alternatives: Gauge, HubSpot AEO Tool, Mentionova, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Perplexity SonarPeec AI alternatives: HubSpot AEO Tool, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Sona AI Visibility
Grok 4.20Peec AI alternatives: DeepSmith, HeyAmos, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
Qwen 3.7 FlashPeec AI alternatives: DeepSmith, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
Kimi K2Peec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Tool
MiniMax M2.5Peec AI alternatives: GetIntel, Sona AI Visibility, Trakkr
GPT-6 LunaPeec AI alternatives: Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Muse Glimmer 30BPeec AI alternatives: HeyAmos, HubSpot AEO Tool

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Conductor is not named for this buyer.
Otterly51%#1 of 8
Conductor—not named
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Otterly leads by nineteen points.
Otterly20%#2 of 10
Conductor2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Conductor leads at enterprise.
Conductor4%#4 of 11
Otterly2%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Otterly

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.

“some tools to be cautious about or avoid include Otterly, HubSpot AEO Grader, and Peec AI” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“Some tools marketed broadly (like Otterly.AI, Peec AI, Rankscale) were flagged as "highly problematic for enterprise" use” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Monitoring-only tools (Otterly, SE Visible, Nightwatch) reveal visibility is low but don't tell you how to fix it.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool for a company with a limited budget is Otterly.AI, which costs $29 a month.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the best AI‑visibility and answer‑engine tracking tool for a company with a limited budget is Otterly.ai” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“the best AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool is Otterly.ai (starting at ~$29/month)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Conductor

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Enterprise-priced ($50k+), overkill for mid-market” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“without the enterprise overhead of tools like BrightEdge or Conductor” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Enterprise | Profound, Scrunch AI, Conductor, Botify | 500+ person orgs needing compliance, scale, and dedicated support” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Profound or Conductor if you have a large budget and need comprehensive, multi-language, multi-engine data” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.