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Competitors Tab Explained

Understand how your brand compares with other brands in AI-generated answers, identify where competitors are more visible, and choose which competitors to include in your analysis..

What it is

The Competitors tab compares your brand’s AI Visibility performance with other brands detected in your tracked AI answers.
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Use it to:

  • Compare your visibility with selected competitors

  • Track changes in competitive performance over time

  • See how competitors perform by AI engine or topic

  • Find prompts where competitors appear but your brand does not

  • Manage which brands are included in competitor comparisons


Filters and timeframe

Use Filters and the date selector at the top of the page to refine the data.

Available filters include:

  • Competitors

  • Engine

  • Region

  • Tags

You can select up to five competitors at a time. The selected filters and timeframe update the leaderboard, charts, and competitive-gap tables.
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Managing competitors

Select Manage competitors to choose which detected brands you want to compare.

The panel lists brands found in your results, along with key indicators such as visibility score, detection rate, and average rank.
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You can:

  • Add up to five competitors for comparison

  • Remove a selected competitor

  • Hide brands that are not meaningful competitors, such as directories or review sites

Hidden brands are removed from competitor comparisons, but their mentions remain visible in the original AI answers.
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Brand leaderboard

The Brand leaderboard is the main comparison table. It shows all brands currently in scope, with your own brand marked as You.

For each brand, you can review:

  • Visibility score

  • Gap vs you

  • Gap movement

  • Detection rate

  • Missed answers

  • Change

  • Average rank

  • Latest rank

  • Top 3

  • Mentions

  • Citations

  • Sentiment

Use the column headers to sort the table and quickly identify the brands leading in a specific metric.
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Understanding the comparison columns

  • Gap vs you compares the brand’s current result with your brand.

  • Gap movement shows how that gap has changed over the selected period.

  • Detection rate, average rank, Top 3, mentions, citations, and sentiment use the same calculation logic as the related AI Visibility metrics.

Your own brand is included in the table so you can compare it directly with the selected competitors.


Performance over time

The trend chart compares your brand and selected competitors over the chosen timeframe.

You can switch the chart between:

  • Visibility score

  • Detection rate

  • Average rank

  • Mentions

Use this view to spot whether a competitor’s performance is improving, declining, or remaining stable relative to your own.


Where you lead and trail

The Where you lead and trail section breaks down performance by Engines or Topics.
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It shows the selected metric for your brand and each selected competitor, alongside the number of runs included.
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Use this to identify:

  • AI engines where your brand performs well

  • AI engines where competitors have a stronger presence

  • Topics where your brand leads or trails

  • Areas that may need new content, stronger positioning, or additional prompt coverage


Where competitors appear without you

This section highlights prompts where selected competitors appeared but your brand did not.

For each result, you can see:

  • Prompt

  • AI engine

  • Competitor mentions

  • Missed / runs

  • Last seen

Use the Repeated gaps view to focus on recurring gaps, or select All to review every identified gap.

This is useful for finding:

  • Prompts where competitors consistently appear without your brand

  • Content or positioning opportunities

  • Engines where your brand is less likely to be mentioned

  • High-priority prompts to investigate in more detail


How to use the Competitors tab strategically

Use this page to:

  • Identify the brands with the strongest AI visibility in your tracked market

  • Track whether competitive gaps are widening or narrowing

  • Compare performance across AI engines and topics

  • Find prompts where your brand is missing

  • Keep the comparison focused on your most meaningful competitors

The Overview page shows your overall AI Visibility performance. The Competitors tab shows how that performance compares with other brands appearing in the same AI answers.

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