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The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Apollo.io is first at 39%.
Apollo.io is first at 22%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
AlphaSense is first at 25%.
“Similarweb or Semrush provide the best ROI for digital market intelligence”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“For slightly more investment, Semrush and Similarweb provide robust features at reasonable prices.”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“better fits when your key questions are about digital traffic, SEO, or online competitor performance”GPT-6 Luna · Direct question · alternative
“Affordable, comprehensive for online visibility; great for content/SEO competition.”Grok 4.20 · Comparative question · alternative
“Similarweb, Semrush, and comparable products estimate online behavior; they should not automatically be treated as audited revenue”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“Overhyped competitive intelligence tools like some niche players in the "best of" lists (e.g., certain SEMrush/Ahrefs alternatives”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“its paid plan starts at $139/month on monthly billing—likely a stretch for a limited budget”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · warning
“treat Similarweb and Semrush traffic figures as estimates, not audited visit counts”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
The products named in the same answers as Semrush .Trends, over the 90 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 5 | View → | |
| 60 | 5 | View → | |
| 59 | 7 | View → | |
| 55 | 3 | View → | |
| 50 | 3 | View → | |
| 34 | 6 | View → | |
| 23 | 9 | View → | |
| 23 | 1 | View → | |
| 18 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Semrush .Trends →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
Stated on Semrush .Trends's own site, not checked by Gane.
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 →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 85 of the 90 answers that named Semrush .Trends and are not a share of its labels.
262 of the 262 domain citations in answers naming Semrush .Trends came from a third party's page.
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |