Dataset size
The latest Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools run found 27 recommended brands and 33 cited sources in AI answers.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools
This weekly AI Brand Index shows how AI tools answer buyer questions in the Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools category. SupaIntent asks each LLM the same question: which brands are the most visible, significant, and recommended in that niche. Each system returns its own top. We track what brands are recommended, which cited sources are used and how positions move week to week. Use it to see the freshest AI visibility data for this category.
Updated 9 August 2026
Brands
Category coverage
27
ranked across AI engines
Sources
Evidence base
33
domains cited in answers
Brand sites
Official share
60%
from brand-owned domains
AI model filter
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| HubSpot | 1 |
| Semrush | 2 |
| Profound | 3 |
| AirOps | 4 |
| Peec AI | 5 |
What AI tools say about Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools
Movement
What changed this week?
HubSpot overtook Profound this week to take the top position.
Sources
Which sources shape AI answers?
Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: HubSpot, Scrunch and Alibabacloud are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 60% of all citations.
Engines
Do AI engines agree on the leader?
The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT and Gemini both name HubSpot first, Google AI Mode names HubSpot AEO, and Perplexity names OpenAI GPT-4 Product Suite.
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Key facts from this AI Brand Index report
Current leader
HubSpot ranks #1 for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools in the latest SupaIntent AI Brand Index run.
Top brands
HubSpot, Semrush, and Profound lead Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools across AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
Brand sites
HubSpot, G2, and Techradar are the most cited brand sites in this category.
Weekly movement
Top 10 onlyEntered the index
New in the top 10
OpenAI GPT-4 Product Suite#8
Anthropic Claude for AEO#9
Google Vertex AI#10
Biggest gains
Moved up this week
Peec AI19 to #5
Otterly.ai4 to #6
Biggest losses
Moved down this week
Ahrefs13 to #20
Writesonic6 to #12
Scrunch4 to #7
Rank history
Weekly rank changes for the current top 10
| Rank | Brand | Previous | Current | Change | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #1 | 1 | #1 | |
| #2 | #4 | #2 | 2 | #1 | |
| #3 | #1 | #3 | 2 | #1 | |
| #4 | #5 | #4 | 1 | #4 | |
| #5 | #24 | #5 | 19 | #2 | |
| #6 | #10 | #6 | 4 | #2 | |
| #7 | #3 | #7 | 4 | #2 | |
| #8 | New | #8 | New | #8 | |
| #9 | New | #9 | New | #9 | |
| #10 | New | #10 | New | #10 |
Current brand snapshot
27 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand |  ChatGPT |  Google AI Mode |  Gemini |  Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | #1 | #1 | #1 | - | | |
| 2 | +2 | #4 | #3 | #3 | - | | |
| 3 | -2 | #9 | #2 | #2 | - | | |
| 4 | +1 | #2 | #8 | #7 | - | | |
| 5 | +19 | #5 | #7 | #8 | - | | |
| 6 | +4 | #3 | - | #6 | - | | |
| 7 | -4 | #6 | #4 | - | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | - | #1 | | |
| 9 | New | - | - | - | #2 | | |
| 10 | New | - | - | - | #3 | | |
| 11 | New | - | - | - | #4 | | |
| 12 | -6 | - | - | #4 | - | | |
| 13 | New | - | - | #5 | - | | |
| 14 | New | - | - | - | #5 | | |
| 15 | New | - | #5 | - | - | | |
| 16 | New | #7 | - | #10 | - | | |
| 17 | +4 | - | #6 | - | - | | |
| 18 | New | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 19 | New | - | - | - | #7 | | |
| 20 | -13 | #8 | - | - | - | | |
| 21 | New | - | - | - | #8 | | |
| 22 | New | - | - | - | #9 | | |
| 23 | New | - | - | #9 | - | | |
| 24 | New | - | #9 | - | - | | |
| 25 | -2 | - | #10 | - | - | | |
| 26 | New | RA Rank Prompt | #10 | - | - | - | |
| 27 | New | - | - | - | #10 | |
Current source snapshot
33 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HubSpotOfficial | 12 | |
| 2 | 5 | | |
| 3 | 5 | | |
| 4 | ScrunchOfficial | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | | |
| 6 | 3 | | |
| 7 | AlibabacloudOfficial | 2 | |
| 8 | GeoptieOfficial | 2 | |
| 9 | IbmOfficial | 2 | |
| 10 | OpenaiOfficial | 2 | |
| 11 | SalesforceOfficial | 2 | |
| 12 | 2 | | |
| 13 | WritesonicOfficial | 2 | |
| 14 | 1 | | |
| 15 | AhrefsOfficial | 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | | |
| 17 | AiropsOfficial | 1 | |
| 18 | AnthropicOfficial | 1 | |
| 19 | MicrosoftOfficial | 1 | |
| 20 | NvidiaOfficial | 1 | |
| 21 | C3Official | 1 | |
| 22 | GoogleOfficial | 1 | |
| 23 | ConductorOfficial | 1 | |
| 24 | 1 | | |
| 25 | 1 | | |
| 26 | HuggingfaceOfficial | 1 | |
| 27 | 1 | | |
| 28 | MicrosoftOfficial | 1 | |
| 29 | NvidiaOfficial | 1 | |
| 30 | SerankingOfficial | 1 | |
| 31 | 1 | | |
| 32 | 1 | | |
| 33 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| HubSpot | 1 |
| AirOps | 2 |
| Otterly.ai | 3 |
| Semrush | 4 |
| Peec AI | 5 |
Rank Prompt
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | #1 | - | - | - | | |
| 2 | +2 | #2 | - | - | - | | |
| 3 | +4 | #3 | - | - | - | | |
| 4 | New | #4 | - | - | - | | |
| 5 | +3 | #5 | - | - | - | | |
| 6 | +3 | #6 | - | - | - | | |
| 7 | New | #7 | - | - | - | | |
| 8 | New | #8 | - | - | - | | |
| 9 | -7 | #9 | - | - | - | | |
| 10 | New | RA Rank Prompt | #10 | - | - | - | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| HubSpot AEO | 1 |
| Profound | 2 |
| Semrush | 3 |
| Scrunch AI | 4 |
| Schema App | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | - | #1 | - | - | | |
| 2 | 0 | - | #2 | - | - | | |
| 3 | +2 | - | #3 | - | - | | |
| 4 | 0 | - | #4 | - | - | | |
| 5 | New | - | #5 | - | - | | |
| 6 | +2 | - | #6 | - | - | | |
| 7 | New | - | #7 | - | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | #8 | - | - | | |
| 9 | New | - | #9 | - | - | | |
| 10 | New | - | #10 | - | - | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| HubSpot | 1 |
| Profound | 2 |
| Semrush | 3 |
| Writesonic | 4 |
| Conductor | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | - | - | #1 | - | | |
| 2 | -1 | - | - | #2 | - | | |
| 3 | +6 | - | - | #3 | - | | |
| 4 | -2 | - | - | #4 | - | | |
| 5 | New | - | - | #5 | - | | |
| 6 | 0 | - | - | #6 | - | | |
| 7 | 0 | - | - | #7 | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 9 | New | - | - | #9 | - | | |
| 10 | New | - | - | #10 | - | |
Current source snapshot
4 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | | |
| 2 | HubSpotOfficial | 3 | |
| 3 | WritesonicOfficial | 2 | |
| 4 | ConductorOfficial | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| OpenAI GPT-4 Product Suite | 1 |
| Anthropic Claude for AEO | 2 |
| Google Vertex AI | 3 |
| Microsoft Copilot for AI Agents | 4 |
| IBM watsonx | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | - | - | - | #1 | | |
| 2 | New | - | - | - | #2 | | |
| 3 | New | - | - | - | #3 | | |
| 4 | New | - | - | - | #4 | | |
| 5 | New | - | - | - | #5 | | |
| 6 | New | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 7 | New | - | - | - | #7 | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | - | #8 | | |
| 9 | New | - | - | - | #9 | | |
| 10 | New | - | - | - | #10 | |
Current source snapshot
15 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AlibabacloudOfficial | 2 | |
| 2 | IbmOfficial | 2 | |
| 3 | OpenaiOfficial | 2 | |
| 4 | SalesforceOfficial | 2 | |
| 5 | 2 | | |
| 6 | 1 | | |
| 7 | AnthropicOfficial | 1 | |
| 8 | MicrosoftOfficial | 1 | |
| 9 | NvidiaOfficial | 1 | |
| 10 | C3Official | 1 | |
| 11 | GoogleOfficial | 1 | |
| 12 | 1 | | |
| 13 | HuggingfaceOfficial | 1 | |
| 14 | MicrosoftOfficial | 1 | |
| 15 | NvidiaOfficial | 1 | |
Common AI search questions about Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools
Q1
Who leads Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools in AI answers?
HubSpot is the most recommended answer engine optimization (AEO) tools brand in the latest AI Brand Index run. The next highest-ranked brands are Semrush and Profound. The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT and Gemini both name HubSpot first, Google AI Mode names HubSpot AEO, and Perplexity names OpenAI GPT-4 Product Suite.
Q2
Which cited sources are used for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools?
The most cited sources for answer engine optimization (AEO) tools recommendations are HubSpot, G2 and Techradar, out of 33 tracked sources. Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: HubSpot, Scrunch and Alibabacloud are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 60% of all citations. The main independent sources are G2, Techradar and Attrifast.
Q3
How fresh is this Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools ranking?
The AI Brand Index updates every Sunday. In the latest run, OpenAI GPT-4 Product Suite, Anthropic Claude for AEO and Google Vertex AI entered the top 10 and Peec AI, Ahrefs, Writesonic, Otterly.ai and Scrunch moved three or more positions in the answer engine optimization (AEO) tools index.
How to cite this report
Cite the canonical SupaIntent report page when referencing this AI visibility ranking.
SupaIntent AI Brand Index: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools. https://supaintent.com/ai-brand-index/artificial-intelligence-answer-engine-optimization-aeo-tools
Report data
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AI Brand Index methodology
Rankings use collected AI answers, cited sources, brand-site matching, and provider-level position history.
- SupaIntent measures buying-intent AI answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
- This report uses the latest observed AI answers for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) Tools, including 27 recommended brands and 33 cited sources.
- Brand sites are identified from official domains and subdomains, then separated from review, community and publisher sources.
- Weekly movement compares the latest rank with the previous collected position for each brand.
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