Zero of twelve models named Profound first on the direct prompt; three named Peec AI. Profound was named by twelve of the twelve models and Peec AI by nine and Profound carries 37 labels and Peec AI 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Profound and Peec AI were named in the same answer sixty-seven times, of the 126 answers naming Profound and the 87 naming Peec AI. In those answers Peec AI took the first choice six times and Profound twenty.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Price issue: $499/month for Lite plan is 48% more expensive than the category average... G2 reviews cite instability, slowness, and overwhelming dashboards” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Profound: Major red flags—allegations of using browser extension clickstream data ... experts call it ethically questionable” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools like Profound ($499+/month)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Shortlist 3-5: Profound (enterprise security), AirOps (tracking-to-content loop), Semrush/Ahrefs (if you use SEO tools).” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“Enterprise-grade with data depth and competitive intelligence | Large enterprises needing comprehensive tracking” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“"We're an enterprise—we need every possible engine covered." → Profound or Peec AI” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Peec AI, Otterly AI, AthenaHQ: Frequent complaints on plan limits ... Peec criticized for agencies/SMBs” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“Hidden costs: Real pricing is 30-60% above headline prices... No actionability... No ROI attribution” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“pure monitoring versions of Peec AI provide excellent data but lack built-in workflows to audit or fix your content” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Peec AI stands out as the best AI visibility and answer engine tracking tool for a mid-market B2B company.” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
“Peec AI offers the best balance of comprehensive tracking, competitive insights, and reasonable pricing” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Peec AI is the strongest recommendation for a mid-sized B2B company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.