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AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · September 2026 Edition

Profound vs Peec AI

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.

Profound

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Peec AI

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate22%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3731A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Profound reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Otterly was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Otterly vs Profound · Otterly vs Peec AI · Profound vs Rankscale

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.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ProfoundFirst choices, of twelve modelsPeec AI
Direct032 against Profound
Paraphrase012 against Profound
Comparative51
Budget-constrained001 against Profound
Scale-constrained50
Negative103 against Profound · 3 against Peec AI
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

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.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Profound and Peec AI 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
Profound Peec AI first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Profound on the left and Peec AI on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Profound and Peec AI stood in it.

Peec AI first, Profound an alternative

3 of 12 modelsProfound was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastPeec AI alternatives: Otterly
Mistral SmallPeec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, Otterly, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
DeepSeek V4 FlashPeec AI alternatives: Mentionova, Otterly, Wellows

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHubSpot AEO Grader alternatives: LLM Pulse, Mentionova, Otterly, Profound
Perplexity SonarWellows alternatives: Goodie, Otterly, Peec AI, Profound
Qwen 3.7 FlashOmnibound alternatives: Peec AI, SE Ranking
Kimi K2Scrunch alternatives: AIVO Platform, Goodie, Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
GLM 4.7 FlashXSemrush AI Visibility Toolkit alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, Otterly, Profound
MiniMax M2.5Wellows alternatives: Mentionova, Profound

Neither was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wellows alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, GrackerAI, Otterly
GPT-5.4 miniAthena alternatives: Semrush Enterprise / Enterprise AIO
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

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
Peec AI leads by four points.
Peec AI4%#3 of 9
Profound0%#9 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Profound leads at mid-market.
Profound10%#2 of 11
Peec AI8%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Profound leads by sixty points.
Profound63%#1 of 9
Peec AI2%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“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

What 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.

“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
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.