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Tools that track and improve how brands show up in AI answers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini). Which ones do AI engines actually name when buyers ask?

Week of August 24, 2026
80 answers · 10 buyer questions · 4 engines
Biggest mover: HubSpot AEO Grader2
Who owns the answers

tryprofound.com is the page engines cite for 2 of the top 10 — and ranks #3 itself.

Sources for: Scrunch, AirOps. 6 of the top 10 are sourced from their own site.

Also named — too few answers to rank (under 6/80)
LLM Pulse5/80HubSpot AI Search Grader5/80LLMrefs4/80Writesonic3/80Nightwatch3/80Siftly3/80ZipTie3/80Conductor3/80Bing Webmaster Tools2/80Dageno AI2/80Geoptie2/80Google Search Console2/80AEOPAD2/80AgentAEO2/80AppFollow2/80AuditAE2/80Claspo2/80CloudyBot Vesper2/80Cognizo2/80
Named ≠ cited

“Named” is the share of the 80 answers that recommend the product by name, with a 95% interval — read #11 as “a handful of answers”, not a position. “Own site cited” is the share where the product’s own domain was a source. The page column is where the engines actually got their answer — attributed per product, from the citation the answer attaches to it.

How it’s measured

Every week we ask 10 buyer questions to 4 engines, multiple runs each, through their official APIs. Products are extracted from the answers themselves and folded to one row per product (plans and tiers are not separate products). Products under 6 answers sit in “also named” — their positions aren’t distinguishable on this sample.

Can’t be bought

No sponsored rows, featured slots or paid placements — ever. The only way up is to be the answer. Run the check on your domain to see which answers you’re missing from, and why.

The 10 questions asked, verbatim
  1. best tool to track how my brand shows up in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers?
  2. which AI visibility tool should a startup use to get cited by LLMs?
  3. cheapest AI search monitoring tool for a small company?
  4. best Profound alternative?
  5. which tool tells me which pages AI engines cite in my category?
  6. Peec AI vs Profound vs Otterly — which is best?
  7. best generative engine optimization tool for a SaaS?
  8. which AEO tool actually helps me improve, not just measure?
  9. best free tool to check if AI recommends my product?
  10. what do marketers use to track share of voice in AI answers?
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