Measured, Not Editorial · September 2026

Best AI Visibility Monitoring Tools, Ranked by What 5 AIs Actually Recommend

Every “best AI visibility tools” list is somebody's opinion. This one is a measurement of AI visibility monitoring tools. We sample what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok actually recommend when a buyer asks for an AI visibility monitoring tool, and publish the shares. No pay-to-play, no editorial picks, and our own product appears below only where the engines put it.

By Orbator · Updated Aug 24, 2026

Sample: 40 AI answers · Window: Aug 9, 2026Sep 6, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (96 answers)

Disclosure: Orbator is measured on this page

Orbator publishes this Index and sells an AI visibility monitoring tool, so Orbator is itself measured in this category. The current sample is 40 answers, Aug 9, 2026 to Sep 6, 2026, and Orbator was not named in this window. The ranking is the whole-market aggregation untouched; our entry moves only when the engines move it.

What is the best AI visibility monitoring tool?

Across 40 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, Otterly AI is recommended most often — appearing in 60% of recommendations, followed by Profound (50%) and Mention (50%).

The ranking — 100 tools, by measured recommendation share

  1. 1.Otterly AI

    otterly.ai

    60%

    CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 75%GEMINI 62.5%PERPLEXITY 50%GROK 37.5%

    24 mentions · avg pos 3.6

  2. 50%

    CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 50%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 50%GROK 50%

    20 mentions · avg pos 3.4

  3. 50%

    CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 62.5%GEMINI 62.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 62.5%

    20 mentions · avg pos 4.6

  4. 4.Peec AI

    peec.ai

    47.5%

    CHATGPT 62.5%CLAUDE 75%GEMINI 50%PERPLEXITY 25%GROK 25%

    19 mentions · avg pos 3.8

  5. 37.5%

    CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 50%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 25%GROK 50%

    15 mentions · avg pos 5.2

  6. 32.5%

    CHATGPT 62.5%CLAUDE 37.5%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 25%GROK 12.5%

    13 mentions · avg pos 5.7

  7. 7.Semrush One

    semrush.com

    25%

    CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 37.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 25%GROK 37.5%

    10 mentions · avg pos 4.4

  8. 8.SE Ranking

    seranking.com

    22.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 50%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 50%

    9 mentions · avg pos 6.6

  9. 17.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINI 37.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    7 mentions · avg pos 6.3

  10. 10.Frase

    frase.io

    12.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 25%

    5 mentions · avg pos 6

  11. 11.LLM Pulse

    llmpulse.ai

    12.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK 25%

    5 mentions · avg pos 9.8

  12. 12.Profound Agents

    tryprofound.com

    10%

    CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    4 mentions · avg pos 1.3

  13. 13.Sight AI

    trysight.ai

    10%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25%GROK

    4 mentions · avg pos 4.3

  14. 14.WorkDuo

    workduo.ai

    10%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    4 mentions · avg pos 5.5

  15. 15.Evertune

    evertune.ai

    10%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 25%

    4 mentions · avg pos 7

  16. 16.Rank Prompt

    rankprompt.com

    10%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    4 mentions · avg pos 7.3

  17. 10%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    4 mentions · avg pos 7.3

  18. 18.RankScale

    rankscale.com

    10%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    4 mentions · avg pos 7.5

  19. 19.Reputation

    10%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    4 mentions · avg pos 8.5

  20. 20.Amplitude

    amplitude.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 4.5

  21. 21.Indexly

    indexly.ai

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    3 mentions · avg pos 4.5

  22. 22.Elastic

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 4.7

  23. 23.MaxAEO

    maxaeo.ai

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    3 mentions · avg pos 5.3

  24. 24.Keyword.com

    keyword.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 5.7

  25. 7.5%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 25%

    3 mentions · avg pos 6

  26. 26.AIclicks

    aiclicks.io

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 25%

    3 mentions · avg pos 7.7

  27. 7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 8

  28. 28.Meltwater

    meltwater.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK

    3 mentions · avg pos 8

  29. 29.Beamtrace

    beamtrace.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 25%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    3 mentions · avg pos 8.7

  30. 7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 9.3

  31. 31.Conductor

    conductor.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 25%

    3 mentions · avg pos 11

  32. 7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    3 mentions · avg pos 12

  33. 33.Athena HQ

    athenahq.com

    7.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    3 mentions

  34. 5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 1

  35. 35.HubSpot CRM

    hubspot.com

    5%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 1.5

  36. CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 2

  37. 37.Elasticsearch

    elastic.co

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 2.5

  38. 38.Google Analytics

    analytics.google.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 2.5

  39. 39.Meilisearch

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 2.5

  40. 40.Semrush AI Toolkit

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 3

  41. 41.Brand24

    brand24.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 3.5

  42. 42.Alhena AI

    alhena.ai

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 4

  43. 43.SimilarWeb

    similarweb.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 4

  44. 44.Siftly

    siftly.ai

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 4.5

  45. 5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 5

  46. 46.Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

    5%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 6

  47. 47.Algolia

    algolia.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 7

  48. 48.BrightEdge

    brightedge.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 7

  49. 5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 7

  50. 50.Dageno AI

    dageno.ai

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 7.5

  51. 51.GoSearch

    gosearch.ai

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 7.5

  52. 52.Brandwatch

    brandwatch.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 8

  53. 53.Sprinklr

    sprinklr.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 8

  54. 54.Talkwalker

    talkwalker.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 25%PERPLEXITYGROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 8

  55. 55.Astiva AI

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 8.5

  56. 56.Kore.ai

    kore.ai

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 8.5

  57. 57.LLMrefs

    llmrefs.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    2 mentions · avg pos 9

  58. 58.TechRadar

    techradar.com

    5%

    CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 9

  59. 59.Lucidworks

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 9.5

  60. 60.Shopify

    shopify.com

    5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    2 mentions · avg pos 11

  61. 61.Bing Copilot

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 1

  62. 62.Google Search Console

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 1

  63. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 1

  64. 64.Yoast SEO

    yoast.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 1

  65. 65.Zapier AI

    zapier.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 1

  66. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  67. 67.Instaclustr

    instaclustr.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  68. 68.OpenForge

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  69. 69.Searchable.com

    searchable.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  70. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  71. 71.Vismore

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 2

  72. 72.AI True Score

    aitruescore.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 3

  73. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 3

  74. 74.Birdeye

    birdeye.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  75. 75.Guzu AI

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITY 12.5%GROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  76. 76.InMoment

    inmoment.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  77. 77.Linkeddit

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  78. 78.Qualtrics

    qualtrics.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  79. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 4

  80. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 5

  81. 81.SE Visible

    sevisible.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 5

  82. 82.Targetlytics

    targetlytics.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 5

  83. 83.Google Cloud Search

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 6

  84. 84.Notion

    notion.so

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 6

  85. 85.Mangools

    mangools.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 7

  86. 86.Mangools AI Search Grader

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 7

  87. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 7

  88. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 8

  89. 89.Promptwatch

    promptwatch.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 8

  90. 90.Rankability

    rankability.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 8

  91. 91.Microsoft Copilot + Graph Search

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 9

  92. 92.Am I On AI?

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 10

  93. 93.Built In

    builtin.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 10

  94. 94.LangChain

    langchain.com

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 10

  95. 95.Moveworks

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDE 12.5%GEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 10

  96. 96.Trakkr

    trakkr.ai

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 10

  97. 2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 11

  98. 98.Read AI

    read.ai

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITYGROK

    1 mentions · avg pos 11

  99. 99.Evertune AI

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 12

  100. 100.Pinecone

    pinecone.io

    2.5%

    CHATGPTCLAUDEGEMINIPERPLEXITYGROK 12.5%

    1 mentions · avg pos 13

Share = % of the 40 sampled answers recommending the product · window Aug 9, 2026Sep 6, 2026

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Where is Orbator on this list?

Right now, nowhere — and this page will say so for as long as it is true. In the current window the engines did not recommend Orbator in this category, so per the independence rule we are not ranked. We publish the shelf we compete on and we do not get to put ourselves on it. What we are doing about it is the same thing we sell: pages that answer the questions buyers actually ask, measured by this Index on a rolling schedule. You can watch it work, or not, from the live category page.

How this ranking is measured

We sample buyer-intent prompts across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok, each category roughly monthly on a rolling 4-week window, extract which products each answer recommends, and publish the share of answers naming each one over that window. The list above is that whole-market aggregation, untouched. Independence rule: Orbator's own product appears only where the engines actually recommended it, always badged — and customer status never affects prompts, sampling, extraction, or rank. Full details, gates and guardrails in the methodology — or take the data itself from the live category page.

FAQ — how the ranking works

How is this ranking of AI visibility monitoring tools measured?

We sample buyer-intent prompts across 5 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok), each category roughly monthly on a rolling 4-week window, and count how often each tool is recommended. This ranking reflects 40 sampled AI answers in the current 4-week window (Aug 9, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026). No product pays for placement. Full methodology at https://www.orbator.io/ai-index/methodology.

What is the best AI visibility monitoring tool according to AI?

Across 40 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, Otterly AI is recommended most often, appearing in 60% of recommendations, followed by Profound (50%). This is a measurement of what AI assistants recommend, not an editorial verdict.

Is this ranking independent? Orbator makes an AI visibility tool.

Yes — the ranking is the whole-market aggregation, published untouched. Orbator (our product) is listed only where the engines actually recommended it, always with a disclosed "our product" badge. Customer status never affects prompts, sampling, extraction, or rank — see the methodology at https://www.orbator.io/ai-index/methodology.

How often is this ranking updated?

Answers are collected continuously and the ranking covers a rolling 4-week window; this page refreshes hourly. Trend arrows compare against the prior 4-week window (96 answers) and are suppressed when the two windows aren't comparable.

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