5 categories · RankedBuzzSumo
BuzzSumo is a content research and monitoring platform for marketers and PR teams · buzzsumo.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in Content marketing, Competitive intel and SEO, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Why models recommend it
“Content Ideation & Writing: BuzzSumo, Jasper (formerly Jarvis).”MiniMax M2.5 · Negative question · alternative
“Best for Inbound & Content Marketing: BuzzSumo (BuzzStream + Monitor)”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Best for content-driven PR strategies and identifying trending topics”MiniMax M2.5 · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose BuzzSumo for trend, competitor, and influencer discovery.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“They may be unsuitable where minute-by-minute response matters because reported refresh rates can be hourly”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“more focused on brand monitoring, social listening, or content research, with lighter PR workflows”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · warning
“May not provide comparative analytics and is not recommended for certain use cases”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“Less about real-time monitoring, more on research and influencer engagement.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as BuzzSumo, over the 49 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 6 | View → | |
| 22 | 8 | View → | |
| 21 | 4 | View → | |
| 17 | 2 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 1 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 9 | 4 | View → |
What the models named instead of BuzzSumo →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on BuzzSumo's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- For marketers and marketing agencies wanting to take their content to the next level.
- Price stated
- We've got payment options for all budgets, and a 20% cost saving on annual plans.
- Starting price
- 199
- Free plan or trial
- Free Trial
- Customers named
- Rise at Seven, theCLIKK, Connective3, SparkToro, Story & Search, Erika Heald Marketing
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 42 of the 49 answers that named BuzzSumo and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
102 of the 112 domain citations in answers naming BuzzSumo came from a third party's page. Ten were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 264 | 0 | 2023-11-30 | SEO, Content marketing | |
| Case study | 32 | 0 | 2023-08-16 | ||
| Report or ebook | 29 | 0 | 2024-07-04 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 27 | 0 | 2022-01-28 | SEO | |
| Comparison | 10 | 0 | 2023-10-18 | ||
| News or press | 3 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 2 | 0 | 2020-02-10 | ||
| Podcast or video | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2024-07-045269261 introducing buzzsumo facebook tools report or ebook
- 2023-11-30Pr link building blog
- 2023-11-27How to use buzzsumo thirty days blog
- 2023-11-04Most shared headlines study blog
- 2023-11-04View blog
- 2023-11-03Content pruning blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page buzzsumo.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.