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  "meta": {
    "slug": "aivisibility-alternatives",
    "title": "10 Best AI Visibility Alternatives (2026)",
    "description": "Discover the top AI Visibility alternatives for brand monitoring. Compare features, pricing, and capabilities across AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude.",
    "publishedDate": "2025-12-16",
    "lastUpdated": "2026-06-14",
    "targetToolId": "aivisibility",
    "alternativesCount": 10
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Mack Grenfell",
    "title": "AI Search Researcher",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/about",
    "twitter": "mackgrenfell",
    "linkedin": "mackgrenfell"
  },
  "targetTool": {
    "id": "aivisibility",
    "name": "AI Visibility",
    "domain": "aivisibility.io",
    "tagline": "Affordable AI brand tracking",
    "category": "ai-visibility",
    "pricing": {
      "startingPrice": "$19/mo",
      "model": "subscription",
      "hasFreeTier": false
    }
  },
  "content": {
    "intro": "AI Visibility is a solid starting point at $19 per month for basic brand tracking across three engines. But its limits on reports, engine coverage, and analytics quickly drive teams to look further. The most common reasons to switch are the need for broader platform coverage, deeper insights like sentiment and citations, or a free tier to test before committing. This guide covers ten alternatives that address those gaps, ranked by buyer fit. Trakkr leads the list for AI visibility, offering the broadest engine coverage and a genuine free tier for hands-on evaluation.",
    "whyAlternatives": {
      "headline": "Why look for an AI Visibility alternative?",
      "reasons": [
        {
          "title": "It watches three engines",
          "description": "Coverage stops at a short list, so Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI and the rest go unseen. If your buyers use those, you're missing part of the picture — check the current engine list before you rely on it."
        },
        {
          "title": "The caps bite quickly",
          "description": "The basic plan limits how many reports you can run and how many brands you can track. A growing team — or an agency adding clients — tends to hit those walls within a couple of months."
        },
        {
          "title": "The deeper analysis isn't there",
          "description": "No sentiment, no citation tracking, no history. You can see that you're mentioned, but not how the tone is shifting or where the assistants got the claim — which is the part that tells you what to fix."
        },
        {
          "title": "There's no way to try before you buy",
          "description": "No free tier and no trial means you commit money before you've seen it work on your own brand. Several tools here let you test first."
        }
      ]
    },
    "methodology": "Each tool was assessed on engine coverage, how accessible the pricing and trial are, feature depth against the jobs teams hire an AI visibility tool for, and the quality of public evidence on product pages and docs. Prices and plan details were checked against public pricing pages in June 2026; they move often, so reconfirm before you buy.",
    "selectionCriteria": [
      "Fit against the jobs teams actually hire AI Visibility to do, not raw feature count.",
      "How clear the pricing is: public numbers, trial access, free tier, and the budget you would realistically commit.",
      "Coverage across AI visibility, sentiment, citations, reporting, and action workflows where relevant.",
      "Strength of public evidence: product pages, documentation, reviews, and structured facts.",
      "Whether it holds up for recurring reporting and stakeholder-ready output, not just a one-off look.",
      "Real competitor strengths, named plainly, not only the gaps that happen to favour one tool."
    ],
    "whyTeamsLeave": [
      {
        "title": "A third brand or client doesn't fit",
        "description": "The brand cap is fine until you add another account, then it isn't. That's a common moment for an agency or a growing team to look for a tool that scales without a wall."
      },
      {
        "title": "A buyer found a rival on an engine you don't track",
        "description": "When the engine that lost you the deal isn't on the three AI Visibility watches, the coverage gap stops being abstract and starts costing you."
      },
      {
        "title": "Mentions aren't enough anymore",
        "description": "Knowing you're mentioned stops being useful once you need to know the tone, the trend, and where the claim came from. That's when the missing sentiment, history and citations start to matter."
      },
      {
        "title": "You want to try before the next tool",
        "description": "Having paid in blind once, teams often want a free tier or trial next time, so they can prove a tool works on their own brand before committing."
      }
    ],
    "whoShouldStay": [
      {
        "title": "Basic tracking on a tight budget is the whole job",
        "description": "If you just need to know that you're getting mentioned, on a couple of brands, and $19 keeps it cheap, AI Visibility does that. A heavier tool would cost more for capability you wouldn't use."
      },
      {
        "title": "Three engines cover your buyers",
        "description": "If the people you sell to mostly use the engines it already watches, the wider coverage elsewhere isn't worth paying for. Confirm that's true before deciding."
      },
      {
        "title": "It's already wired into how you report",
        "description": "If the reports are trusted and the routine is set, and the missing analytics aren't urgent, the cost of switching can outweigh the gain."
      }
    ],
    "sourceNotes": "Everything here comes from public vendor pages and structured product facts as they stood in June 2026. Pricing, trial access, and packaging change quietly, so reconfirm the current terms before you commit."
  },
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "tool": {
        "id": "trakkr",
        "name": "Trakkr",
        "domain": "trakkr.ai",
        "tagline": "AI brand visibility tracking",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "If you are leaving AI Visibility for broader coverage and deeper data, Trakkr is the natural first stop. It tracks eight engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, AI Overviews, and Grok. That is the widest coverage on this list. Trakkr also reports at the prompt level, so you see exactly which questions surface your brand. It adds sentiment analysis across trust and quality, citation tracking that shows where assistants got their information, and a free tier to try before you pay. These features fill the gaps that AI Visibility's entry plan leaves out, making Trakkr a direct upgrade for teams that need real analytics without a cost barrier.",
      "strengths": [
        "Tracks eight engines, the broadest coverage on this list",
        "The only genuine free tier here, so you can test before paying",
        "Prompt-level view shows exactly which questions trigger a mention",
        "Sentiment across trust and quality, plus citation tracking"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Launched in 2024, so a shorter track record than some",
        "No traditional social media monitoring",
        "Hallucination detection still in development"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$0/mo",
        "model": "freemium",
        "hasFreeTier": true
      },
      "bestFor": "Brands and marketers who want broad engine coverage and real analytics, not just basic tracking",
      "differentiator": "Trakkr replaces AI Visibility's narrow engine list and missing analytics with eight platforms, prompt-level data, sentiment, and citation tracking, all starting with a free tier.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Trakkr ranks first because it offers the broadest engine coverage and the only free tier in this comparison, combined with prompt-level and citation analytics that directly address the limits of AI Visibility."
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "tool": {
        "id": "otterly",
        "name": "Otterly.AI",
        "domain": "otterly.ai",
        "tagline": "AI visibility for SEO teams",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Otterly aims at SEO teams, riding a Semrush technology partnership and a familiar SEO-style interface. At $25 a month it lands close to AI Visibility's price, and if you already live in SEO tools it slots in without much fuss. The honest trade is that it keeps things simple at the cost of depth: like AI Visibility, it tracks three engines, and it leaves out sentiment, citation tracking and history. So it's a sideways move on coverage rather than a step up — its real pull is the Semrush familiarity, not broader monitoring. Worth it mainly if that ecosystem fit is the thing you value.",
      "strengths": [
        "Priced close to AI Visibility",
        "Semrush partnership gives familiar SEO integration",
        "Simple to set up for beginners",
        "Clean, SEO-style reporting"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Three engines, the same narrow coverage as AI Visibility",
        "No sentiment or citation tracking",
        "No historical data for trends"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$25/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Small teams and Semrush users who want a familiar AI visibility add-on",
      "differentiator": "Semrush familiarity for teams already in that ecosystem, rather than broader coverage.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Second mainly for the Semrush fit; on coverage and analytics it's level with AI Visibility, not ahead of it."
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "tool": {
        "id": "hypermind",
        "name": "HyperMind",
        "domain": "hypermindai.tech",
        "tagline": "Budget AI visibility tracking",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "HyperMind's pitch is cheap and quick to start — $29 a month, and it includes prompt-level analytics that AI Visibility's entry plan doesn't. Setup is simple, which suits a startup or small business kicking the tyres on AI visibility. The limits arrive fast, though: narrow engine coverage, no sentiment tracking, and little history to lean on. Think of it as a way to test whether AI visibility matters for you before committing, rather than something to run long term once the questions get harder. As a low-cost first look that still shows you which prompts trigger mentions, it earns its place.",
      "strengths": [
        "Low price with prompt-level analytics included",
        "Beginner-friendly interface",
        "Quick to set up and start monitoring",
        "A fair entry point for testing whether AI visibility pays off"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Narrow engine coverage next to the leaders",
        "No sentiment analysis or citation tracking",
        "Little historical data for trends"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$29/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Startups and small businesses testing AI visibility on a budget",
      "differentiator": "A low-cost entry that still gives you a prompt-level view of which queries trigger mentions.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Third as a cheap way to test the idea, with prompt-level data AI Visibility's entry plan lacks; too thin on coverage and history to lean on past that."
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "tool": {
        "id": "rankscale",
        "name": "RankScale",
        "domain": "rankscale.ai",
        "tagline": "AI search simulation lab",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "RankScale is a testing lab rather than a monitor. For about $20 a month in credits you can run the same prompt across several AI models at once and compare how each describes your brand — useful before a launch or for QA, and the credit model means no commitment when your needs are irregular. The flip side: it's built for testing, not continuous tracking, so there are no real-time alerts and no always-on monitoring. For a brand manager who needs to know about a shift the day it happens, that's a real gap. As a companion for pre-launch checks, it's a good buy; as your only tool, it's the wrong shape.",
      "strengths": [
        "Run one prompt across several AI models at once",
        "Credit-based, with no subscription lock-in",
        "Regional analysis for geographic testing",
        "Good for pre-launch testing and QA"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Built for testing, not ongoing monitoring",
        "No real-time alerts or continuous tracking",
        "Expects some technical comfort"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$20/mo",
        "model": "credits",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Technical teams testing AI answers before a launch or running QA",
      "differentiator": "A credit-based simulation lab for project work, not continuous brand monitoring.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Fourth because it solves a different problem — pre-launch testing rather than ongoing monitoring — with no alerting."
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "tool": {
        "id": "profound",
        "name": "Profound",
        "domain": "tryprofound.com",
        "tagline": "AI answer engine intelligence",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Profound is the enterprise end of this list, with pricing to match — it starts at $499 a month, more than twenty-five times AI Visibility. What you get for that is depth: heavy data coverage, AI crawler interaction monitoring, and a Conversation Explorer for digging into how the assistants generate answers about your brand. The same depth is the catch. The cost rules out smaller teams, and the volume of data can swamp anyone without a dedicated analyst, which is the opposite of what someone leaving a $19 tool usually wants. Excellent for a large org with an analytics function; overkill for most marketing teams.",
      "strengths": [
        "Deep data coverage and analytics",
        "AI crawler interaction monitoring",
        "Conversation Explorer for digging into answer patterns",
        "Built for large-scale analysis"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Out of reach for small and medium businesses at $499/mo",
        "Data volume can overwhelm without a dedicated analyst",
        "No free tier or trial to evaluate"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$499/mo",
        "model": "enterprise",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Large enterprises with real budgets and analysts to work the data",
      "differentiator": "Enterprise-depth AI visibility analytics, far beyond a budget monitor — at enterprise pricing.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Fifth because it answers an enterprise-scale question at an enterprise price — a mismatch for the small teams choosing AI Visibility."
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "tool": {
        "id": "scrunch",
        "name": "Scrunch AI",
        "domain": "scrunch.com",
        "tagline": "AI search visibility platform",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Scrunch's headline feature is hallucination detection — it flags when an engine says something false about your brand, which nothing else here really does. It covers more engines than most, the interface is clean, and the GA4 integration ties AI visibility back to your wider marketing metrics. Two caveats worth weighing: at $250 a month it's well out of reach for the budget end this page is comparing against, and it leans toward telling you what's happening rather than what to change. If brand-accuracy monitoring is the reason you're upgrading, it earns the sixth spot despite the price.",
      "strengths": [
        "Wide AI engine coverage",
        "Hallucination detection — flags false AI claims about your brand",
        "Clean interface with GA4 integration",
        "Agency-specific features"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "$250/mo puts it out of reach for smaller teams",
        "Leans toward monitoring rather than telling you what to fix",
        "Some features still maturing"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$250/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Mid-market companies and agencies that need accuracy monitoring with hallucination alerts",
      "differentiator": "Catches false AI claims about your brand — a capability none of the others on this list match.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Sixth because hallucination detection is real and rare; the $250 floor keeps it well above the budget tools most AI Visibility users are weighing."
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "tool": {
        "id": "peec",
        "name": "Peec AI",
        "domain": "peec.ai",
        "tagline": "AI search visibility for agencies",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Peec is the agency pick. Pitch Workspaces and clean, client-ready metrics make it easy to put in front of a non-technical stakeholder without a lot of explaining, and $99 a month is fair for running several accounts. Its smart suggestions point you toward fixes, though they stay fairly light next to the deeper tools. The catch is coverage: the baseline plan watches three engines — no Claude or Gemini — and there's no API. For an agency that needs a tidy client report more than deep analysis, that trade is often worth making.",
      "strengths": [
        "Pitch Workspaces built for client presentations",
        "Quick onboarding and metrics non-specialists can read",
        "Light optimisation suggestions",
        "Fair value for multi-client work"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Baseline plan tracks three engines",
        "No Claude or Gemini on the entry plan",
        "Lighter analysis and no API"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$99/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Agencies that need client-ready AI visibility reports more than deep analysis",
      "differentiator": "Pitch Workspaces turn the data into something you can hand a client without editing.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Seventh as the cleanest agency-reporting option; capped by three-engine baseline coverage and no API."
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "tool": {
        "id": "atomicagi",
        "name": "Atomic AGI",
        "domain": "atomicagi.com",
        "tagline": "Multi-engine AI tracking",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Atomic AGI puts AI visibility and traditional SEO under one roof at $49 a month, which suits a team that wants to see how AI is affecting its broader search picture without paying for two tools. Automated SEO audits and reporting span both AI and classic search. The breadth costs depth, though: on the AI side it covers two engines — fewer than AI Visibility's three — with limited sentiment and citation tracking, and the wider feature set makes it steeper to learn than a pure-play monitor. As a way to add a basic AI signal to an SEO routine, it works; as dedicated AI tracking, it's light.",
      "strengths": [
        "AI visibility and traditional SEO tracking in one tool",
        "Automated SEO audits alongside AI monitoring",
        "Reporting across both channels",
        "A fair entry point for seeing AI's impact on SEO"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Two AI engines, fewer than AI Visibility's three",
        "No sentiment analysis or citation tracking",
        "Steeper to learn than a pure-play monitor"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$49/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Small and mid-sized teams wanting AI visibility alongside traditional SEO",
      "differentiator": "One subscription covering both AI answers and classic search.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Eighth as a good-value combined tool; on AI specifically it's limited by two-engine coverage and no sentiment or citations."
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "tool": {
        "id": "yextscout",
        "name": "Yext Scout",
        "domain": "yext.com/scout",
        "tagline": "AI search benchmarking",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "Scout folds AI visibility into Yext's wider platform, launched in March 2025 with cross-engine benchmarking, share-of-voice and sentiment tracking, plus ties into Yext's structured-data management. If you already run Yext, it slots into existing workflows without new tooling, and you get an established public company behind it. If you don't, it's a harder sell: pricing is sales-only with no public number, and as a newer product from a company serving many markets, it lacks the specialised depth of the dedicated tools here. It reads as a fit for existing Yext customers more than a standalone choice.",
      "strengths": [
        "Slots into the established Yext ecosystem",
        "Cross-engine benchmarking",
        "Share-of-voice and sentiment tracking",
        "Backed by an established public company"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Newer product with a short track record",
        "Most of the value assumes you already use Yext",
        "Sales-only pricing, with no public number"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "Contact sales",
        "model": "enterprise",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Companies already on Yext that want AI visibility inside the same platform",
      "differentiator": "Tight integration with Yext's structured-data platform for teams already invested in it.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Ninth as a strong add-on for existing Yext customers; less compelling on its own given sales-only pricing and ecosystem lock-in."
    },
    {
      "rank": 10,
      "tool": {
        "id": "ziptie",
        "name": "ZipTie.dev",
        "domain": "ziptie.dev",
        "tagline": "Enterprise AI search monitoring",
        "category": "ai-visibility"
      },
      "summary": "ZipTie aims at enterprise teams that want custom dashboards and citation attribution — tracing which sources an engine leans on when it answers about you — at $69 a month, which is low for that framing. It covers five engines and pairs alerts with guidance on improving answer quality, and the custom reporting and attribution analysis suit a larger organisation. As a newer entrant there's less public detail and a narrower feature set than the established names, and it doesn't yet have the track record enterprises usually want for critical monitoring. If your real question is \"where are these answers coming from?\", the attribution angle is worth a look.",
      "strengths": [
        "Customisable dashboards for enterprise reporting",
        "Attribution tracking shows which sources feed AI answers",
        "Alerts paired with optimisation guidance",
        "Covers five engines"
      ],
      "weaknesses": [
        "Limited public information as a newer entrant",
        "Short track record",
        "Enterprise framing fits larger teams better"
      ],
      "pricing": {
        "startingPrice": "$69/mo",
        "model": "subscription",
        "hasFreeTier": false
      },
      "bestFor": "Enterprise teams that want custom dashboards and citation-level attribution",
      "differentiator": "Citation attribution — traces the sources behind AI answers about your brand.",
      "evidenceClaim": "Tenth on a strong, specific angle (attribution) at a fair price; held back by thin public detail and a short track record."
    }
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    "headline": "Why Trakkr tops this list",
    "body": "Trakkr gives you the coverage and depth that AI Visibility's entry plan leaves out. It tracks eight AI platforms, reports at the prompt level, and includes sentiment and citation analytics. And it starts with a free tier, so you can verify the data before committing. AI Visibility still wins on simplicity and a lower monthly cost for basic needs. But if your team needs broader engine visibility and real analytics without a significant price jump, Trakkr is the strongest alternative available.",
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  "faqs": [
    {
      "question": "What is the best overall alternative to AI Visibility?",
      "answer": "Trakkr is the best overall alternative. It tracks eight engines, offers a free tier, and provides prompt-level, sentiment, and citation analytics. It directly addresses the coverage and depth gaps in AI Visibility."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which alternative is the cheapest or has a free option?",
      "answer": "Trakkr is the only tool with a genuine free tier, making it the cheapest to start. For paid plans, AI Visibility is $19 per month, but Trakkr's free plan lets you test before paying."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which alternative covers the most AI platforms?",
      "answer": "Trakkr covers the most platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Meta AI, AI Overviews, and Grok. That is eight engines compared to AI Visibility's three."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which alternative is best for agencies managing multiple brands?",
      "answer": "Peec AI is designed for agencies with client-ready reports at $99 per month. Trakkr also works well for agencies that need broad coverage and analytics, starting with a free tier."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can I run AI Visibility alongside an alternative?",
      "answer": "Yes, most tools do not require exclusivity. Running both can give you a baseline from AI Visibility while exploring deeper analytics from tools like Trakkr."
    },
    {
      "question": "Which tool gives the most actionable insights for improving AI visibility?",
      "answer": "Trakkr provides actionable insights through prompt-level tracking and sentiment analysis, showing exactly which questions and perceptions need attention. Citations also help identify sources to optimize."
    }
  ],
  "lastVerified": "2026-06-14",
  "selectionCriteria": [
    "Fit against the jobs teams actually hire AI Visibility to do, not raw feature count.",
    "How clear the pricing is: public numbers, trial access, free tier, and the budget you would realistically commit.",
    "Coverage across AI visibility, sentiment, citations, reporting, and action workflows where relevant.",
    "Strength of public evidence: product pages, documentation, reviews, and structured facts.",
    "Whether it holds up for recurring reporting and stakeholder-ready output, not just a one-off look.",
    "Real competitor strengths, named plainly, not only the gaps that happen to favour one tool."
  ],
  "whyTeamsLeave": [
    {
      "title": "A third brand or client doesn't fit",
      "description": "The brand cap is fine until you add another account, then it isn't. That's a common moment for an agency or a growing team to look for a tool that scales without a wall."
    },
    {
      "title": "A buyer found a rival on an engine you don't track",
      "description": "When the engine that lost you the deal isn't on the three AI Visibility watches, the coverage gap stops being abstract and starts costing you."
    },
    {
      "title": "Mentions aren't enough anymore",
      "description": "Knowing you're mentioned stops being useful once you need to know the tone, the trend, and where the claim came from. That's when the missing sentiment, history and citations start to matter."
    },
    {
      "title": "You want to try before the next tool",
      "description": "Having paid in blind once, teams often want a free tier or trial next time, so they can prove a tool works on their own brand before committing."
    }
  ],
  "whoShouldStay": [
    {
      "title": "Basic tracking on a tight budget is the whole job",
      "description": "If you just need to know that you're getting mentioned, on a couple of brands, and $19 keeps it cheap, AI Visibility does that. A heavier tool would cost more for capability you wouldn't use."
    },
    {
      "title": "Three engines cover your buyers",
      "description": "If the people you sell to mostly use the engines it already watches, the wider coverage elsewhere isn't worth paying for. Confirm that's true before deciding."
    },
    {
      "title": "It's already wired into how you report",
      "description": "If the reports are trusted and the routine is set, and the missing analytics aren't urgent, the cost of switching can outweigh the gain."
    }
  ],
  "sourceNotes": "Everything here comes from public vendor pages and structured product facts as they stood in June 2026. Pricing, trial access, and packaging change quietly, so reconfirm the current terms before you commit.",
  "evaluationChecklist": [
    "Confirmed AI Visibility's category, pricing context, and positioning before ranking anything against it.",
    "Ranked on buyer fit, not feature count.",
    "Kept source coverage and notes visible on the page.",
    "Separated reasons to leave from reasons to stay.",
    "Gave each alternative a plain-English reason for its rank."
  ],
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      "label": "AI Visibility official website",
      "url": "https://aivisibility.io",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    },
    {
      "label": "Trakkr official website",
      "url": "https://trakkr.ai",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    },
    {
      "label": "Otterly.AI official website",
      "url": "https://otterly.ai",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    },
    {
      "label": "HyperMind official website",
      "url": "https://hypermindgeo.com/",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    },
    {
      "label": "RankScale official website",
      "url": "https://rankscale.ai",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    },
    {
      "label": "Profound official website",
      "url": "https://tryprofound.com",
      "type": "official",
      "lastVerified": "2026-06-13"
    }
  ]
}