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AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · October 2026 Edition

HubSpot AEO Grader vs Rankscale

One of fourteen models named HubSpot AEO Grader first on the direct prompt; zero named Rankscale. HubSpot AEO Grader was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Rankscale by eight and HubSpot AEO Grader carries 27 labels and Rankscale 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

HubSpot AEO Grader

accepted challenger

By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in two categories this edition.

Rankscale

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share9%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels2712A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, HubSpot AEO Grader reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Peec AI was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Otterly vs HubSpot AEO Grader · Otterly vs Rankscale · Peec AI vs HubSpot AEO Grader

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.
HubSpot AEO GraderFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRankscale
Direct10
Paraphrase20
Comparative11
Budget-constrained23
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Rankscale
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.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, HubSpot AEO Grader and Rankscale were named in the same answer sixteen times, of the 80 answers naming HubSpot AEO Grader and the 32 naming Rankscale. In those answers Rankscale took the first choice eight times and HubSpot AEO Grader zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where HubSpot AEO Grader and Rankscale stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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
HubSpot AEO Grader Rankscale first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, HubSpot AEO Grader on the left and Rankscale on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where HubSpot AEO Grader and Rankscale stood in it.

HubSpot AEO Grader first, Rankscale not the choice

1 of 14 modelsRankscale was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot AEO Grader alternatives: Cognizo, Omnibound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Peec AI, Profound alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Otterly
GPT-5.4 miniProfound alternatives: Bluefish, BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Grader, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
Grok 4.1 FastPeec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Grader, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Llama 4 MaverickPeec AI alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Qwairy, SE Ranking
GLM 4.7 FlashXOtterly alternatives: Rankscale, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrchly AI alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, GrackerAI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Perplexity SonarProfound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit alternatives: Quattr
Mistral SmallProfound, SE Ranking alternatives: Peec AI, Qwairy
Qwen 3.7 FlashDeepSmith alternatives: Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Kimi K2Peec AI alternatives: Otterly, Searchable
MiniMax M2.5CrowdReply alternatives: Cognizo
GPT-6 LunaPeec AI alternatives: Otterly, Profound
Muse Glimmer 30BPeec AI, Profound alternatives: Qwairy, SE Ranking

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
HubSpot AEO Grader leads by ten points.
HubSpot AEO Grader16%#2 of 7
Rankscale6%#5 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
HubSpot AEO Grader leads by four points.
HubSpot AEO Grader9%#4 of 9
Rankscale5%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Rankscale leads at enterprise.
Rankscale2%#– of 9
HubSpot AEO Grader0%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about HubSpot AEO Grader

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

“Best accessible starting point: HubSpot AEO ... "Best for: SMBs and mid-market companies looking for an accessible, affordable way to get started with AEO."” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, I'd recommend HubSpot AEO as the starting point” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“If you already use HubSpot for CRM and Marketing: Go with HubSpot AEO.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Rankscale

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

“General Red Flags Across Many Tools (e.g., Otterly.ai, Peec AI, Scrunch, Geneo, Rankscale):” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Otterly AI at $29/month or Rankscale AI at $20/month offer the best value” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Rankscale AI is often the best fit because it starts around $20/month” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“For broad, multi‑engine monitoring: Otterly.AI or Rankscale.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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.