{
  "measured_on": "2026-08-07",
  "method": "Fetched each roundup live on 7 August 2026 and recorded where the publisher places its own product in its own list. Citation counts are from GetIntel's source report, 3,244 AI answers, 6 August 2026.",
  "vendor_owned_roundups": 17,
  "self_ranked_first": 16,
  "self_ranked_second": 1,
  "self_ranked_lower_than_second": 0,
  "citations_to_vendor_owned_roundups": 992,
  "independent_roundups": 4,
  "citations_to_independent_roundups": 510,
  "independent_top_picks": {
    "Zapier": "Profound",
    "Trustmary": "Semrush",
    "TheRankMasters": "Temso AI",
    "TechRadar": "HubSpot AEO"
  },
  "disclosure": {
    "explicit": [
      "ZipTie",
      "Rankability",
      "LLMrefs"
    ],
    "ownership_evident_in_body_copy": [
      "AIclicks",
      "Ahrefs"
    ],
    "none": [
      "Semrush",
      "Frase",
      "Otterly.ai",
      "LLM Pulse",
      "Omnia",
      "Geoptie",
      "Foglift",
      "KIME",
      "GrowthOS",
      "Dageno",
      "Profound",
      "HubSpot"
    ]
  },
  "not_checked": {
    "seOptimer": "blog/best-software-ai-visibility-search - returned HTTP 403 to our fetch, consistent with its documented headless-browser block. 82 citations. Excluded rather than guessed."
  },
  "caveats": [
    "LLMrefs publishes an alphabetical directory rather than a ranked list; it places itself first, ahead of the A entries. Counted as first, flagged here.",
    "Ahrefs is the only vendor that does not place itself first; it ranks Waikay first and Brand Radar second.",
    "Self-rank is position in the publisher's own ordering. Some lists are 'by use case' rather than strictly ranked; position one is still position one."
  ],
  "disclosure_quotes": {
    "ZipTie": "Full Disclosure: This guide is published by ZipTie, ranked #1 below. We've applied identical evaluation criteria to ourselves and competitors.",
    "Rankability": "Disclosure. Rankability is our platform, so we're obviously closest to it. We included it because it directly competes in this category, but we evaluated the tools using the same criteria.",
    "LLMrefs": "We built this directory because we are in this space ourselves. LLMrefs is an AI search visibility platform, and we wanted to understand our competitive landscape.",
    "AIclicks": "We built AIclicks.io with a simple goal: help brands improve AI search visibility.",
    "Ahrefs": "We built Brand Radar with these kinds of things in mind."
  },
  "getintel_own_roundup": {
    "where": "Guest roundup written by GetIntel for a third-party site; NOT YET PUBLISHED as of 7 August 2026.",
    "written_on": "2026-08-03",
    "tools_in_order": [
      "GetIntel $29",
      "Otterly.AI $29",
      "Peec AI $95",
      "Profound $99",
      "Ahrefs Brand Radar $129"
    ],
    "self_position": 1,
    "note": "Ordered by entry price. GetIntel and Otterly.AI are both $29; GetIntel was placed first, so the tie was broken in its own favour."
  }
}