AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · October 2026 Edition
Peec AI vs Profound
Six of fourteen models named Peec AI first on the direct prompt; five named Profound. Both were named by all fourteen models and Peec AI carries 40 labels and Profound 42, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
First-choice share16%15%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels4042A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Peec AI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Otterly vs Peec AI · Otterly vs Profound · 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.
Peec AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsProfound
Direct651 against Profound
Paraphrase313 against Profound
Comparative16
Budget-constrained002 against Profound
Scale-constrained02
Negative003 against Peec AI · 6 against Profound
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, Peec AI and Profound were named in the same answer fifty-eight times, of the 93 answers naming Peec AI and the 126 naming Profound. In those answers Profound took the first choice seventeen times and Peec AI nine.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Peec AI and Profound stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| 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 | | |
Peec AI Profound first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Peec AI on the left and Profound on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Peec AI and Profound stood in it.
Both were the first choice
2 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Claude Haiku 4.5Peec AI, Profound alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Otterly
Muse Glimmer 30BPeec AI, Profound alternatives: Qwairy, SE Ranking
Peec AI first, Profound an alternative
4 of 14 modelsProfound was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Grok 4.20Peec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Grader, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Llama 4 MaverickPeec AI alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Qwairy, SE Ranking
Kimi K2Peec AI alternatives: Otterly, Searchable
GPT-6 LunaPeec AI alternatives: Otterly, Profound
Profound first, Peec AI an alternative
3 of 14 modelsPeec AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniProfound alternatives: Bluefish, BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Grader, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
Perplexity SonarProfound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit alternatives: Quattr
Mistral SmallProfound, SE Ranking alternatives: Peec AI, Qwairy
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashOrchly AI alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, GrackerAI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Qwen 3.7 FlashDeepSmith alternatives: Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot AEO Grader alternatives: Cognizo, Omnibound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
GLM 4.7 FlashXOtterly alternatives: Rankscale, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
MiniMax M2.5CrowdReply alternatives: Cognizo
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
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Profound leads at enterprise.
Profound55%#1 of 9Peec AI6%#4 of 9What the models said about Peec AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“General Red Flags Across Many Tools (e.g., Otterly.ai, Peec AI, Scrunch, Geneo, Rankscale):” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“The concern: Restrictive limits - 25-prompt Starter limit is restrictive” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Peec AI only tracks three answer engines in baseline plans” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose Peec AI if you want a more affordable, marketer-friendly starter that still monitors ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and other answer engines” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Start with SE Visible at $99/month ... or Peec AI if you prefer more hands-on control and broader engine coverage” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you want an affordable, standalone tool that your whole team can easily use: Go with Peec AI.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
What the models said about Profound
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Tools to Approach with Extra Caution or Avoid (if possible): - Profound: Privacy concerns” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid - Profound ($399+/mo) – Overkill unless you're enterprise” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid pricier ones like Profound ($99+)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“A purpose-built Answer Engine Optimization platform that combines the industry's deepest AI visibility data with content creation, automated workflows, agent analytics, and real-time attribution.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Peec AI or Profound are most likely to deliver the right balance of features, analytics depth, and team-focused pricing.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“the best single pick is usually Profound if your priority is AI visibility / answer-engine tracking specifically” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
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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.