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AI visibility and answer engine tracking tools · October 2026 Edition

Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit vs Scrunch

One of fourteen models named Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit first on the direct prompt; zero named Scrunch. Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Scrunch by eight and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit carries 38 labels and Scrunch 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

By Semrush, Boston, United States, founded 2008. Named in two categories this edition.

Scrunch

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate18%18%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3811A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit 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 Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit · Otterly vs Scrunch · Peec AI vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

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.
Semrush AI Visibility ToolkitFirst choices, of fourteen modelsScrunch
Direct10
Paraphrase211 against Scrunch
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Scale-constrained002 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Negative104 against Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit · 1 against Scrunch
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, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit and Scrunch were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 109 answers naming Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit and the 42 naming Scrunch. In those answers Scrunch took the first choice zero times and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit and Scrunch 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
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit Scrunch first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit on the left and Scrunch on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit and Scrunch stood in it.

Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit first, Scrunch not the choice

1 of 14 modelsScrunch was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarProfound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit alternatives: Quattr

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniProfound alternatives: Bluefish, BrightEdge AI Catalyst, Conductor, HubSpot AEO Grader, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit, Similarweb AI Search Intelligence
Gemini 3.5 FlashOrchly AI alternatives: Ahrefs Brand Radar, GrackerAI, Peec AI, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Grok 4.1 FastPeec AI alternatives: AthenaHQ, HubSpot AEO Grader, Profound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot AEO Grader alternatives: Cognizo, Omnibound, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Qwen 3.7 FlashDeepSmith alternatives: Peec AI, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
GLM 4.7 FlashXOtterly alternatives: Rankscale, Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Peec AI, Profound alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Otterly
Mistral SmallProfound, SE Ranking alternatives: Peec AI, Qwairy
Llama 4 MaverickPeec AI alternatives: HubSpot AEO Grader, Qwairy, SE Ranking
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
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit leads by eight points.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit8%#4 of 7
Scrunch0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit leads by four points.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit5%#5 of 9
Scrunch2%#8 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit leads by six points.
Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit6%#3 of 9
Scrunch0%#7 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit

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

“Mid-market companies often struggle with "pay-per-keyword" pricing from massive enterprise suites (like Semrush/Ahrefs) which can get astronomically expensive” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Semrush describes its score as a benchmark based on topic coverage and mention consistency... it isn't the same thing as buyer exposure, clicks, or sales.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“A 7 Jan 2026 check of "AI visibility checkers" tested SEMrush, AmIVisibleOnAI, and Neil Patel's Ubersuggest ... The results were described as shocking” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Tools using official APIs (e.g., Conductor, Semrush): More reliable, real-time data” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit if you want the best balance” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For a mid-sized B2B company, I'd recommend Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit.” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Scrunch

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six 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
“Better at filtering irrelevant prompts than tools like Scrunch AI” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd generally recommend Scrunch if your goal is to track brand visibility in AI answers and turn that into action” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Scrunch AI is a specialized AI visibility platform launched in 2024 that focuses on tracking how your brand appears across AI answer engines” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · alternative
“Multi-LLM monitoring + auditing, optimization recommendations ... Best for: Agencies/enterprises needing end-to-end AEO” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · alternative
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.