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AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · November 2026 Edition

Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit vs Conductor

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Zero of fourteen models named Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit first on the direct prompt; zero named Conductor. Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Conductor by nine and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit carries 39 labels and Conductor 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

By Semrush, Boston, United States, founded 2008. Named in two categories this edition.

Conductor

accepted challenger

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

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3914A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit 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 Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit · Peec AI vs Conductor · Otterly vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

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.
Semrush AI Visibility ToolkitFirst choices, of fourteen modelsConductor
Direct001 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit · 1 against Conductor
Paraphrase101 against Conductor
Comparative111 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Budget-constrained001 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit · 1 against Conductor
Scale-constrained011 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Negative001 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
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 Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit 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
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit Conductor first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit on the left and Conductor on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit and Conductor stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 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
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
GPT-6 LunaPeec AI alternatives: Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

Neither was named

10 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
Grok 4.20Peec AI alternatives: DeepSmith, HeyAmos, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashPeec AI alternatives: DeepSmith, HubSpot AEO Tool, Profound
Kimi K2Peec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Tool
GLM 4.7 FlashXSona AI Visibility alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly, Peec AI, Tracemetry
MiniMax M2.5Peec AI alternatives: GetIntel, Sona AI Visibility, Trakkr
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.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit4%#4 of 8
Conductor—not named
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit2%#6 of 10
Conductor2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit4%#5 of 11
Conductor4%#4 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

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

“Avoid enterprise-focused tools like ... Semrush AI Visibility ($199/month)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“The AI visibility features are less deep than dedicated tools. If AI visibility is a *priority*, not a secondary check, you'll outgrow it.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Legacy SEO platforms like Semrush's standard AI Toolkit have "severe limitations for agency use" according to independent testing” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Semrush if you want one platform for SEO + AI visibility.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Leverage existing, trusted suites first: Established SEO platforms (like Semrush, Ahrefs, or Google Search Console) have added AI Overview and citation monitoring features” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative

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.