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How an AI answer decides who gets recommended

Every recommendation an assistant gives is assembled from sources it trusts, in a chain that runs long before your website is involved. Rixe follows that chain from the question to the sentence with your name in it.

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Overview

When buyers ask AI about businesses like yours, you appear in 48 of 100 answers · #3/6 · 5,985 · 55 · 6

AI visibility

When buyers ask AI about businesses like yours, you appear in 48 of 100 answers.

Visibility →
020406080100InvisibleWeakModerateStrongLeading48/ 100
VisibilityPercentage of answers mentioning each brand
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0%20%40%60%80%Aug 11Aug 19Aug 26Sep 3Sep 1044%
FlowCRM 44%▲ 5HubSpot 64%Salesforce 40%Pipedrive 35%Zoho CRM 31%
Decision journeyYour mention rate by funnel stage
36%
Top of funnel · Awareness6 · Confidence interval 33%–40% · 648 runs
38%
Mid funnel · Consideration & evaluation43 · Confidence interval 36%–39% · 4,428 runs
63%
Bottom of funnel · Purchase9 · Confidence interval 59%–67% · 594 runs
Position distributionWhere you rank when you are mentioned
46%

In this share of the answers that mention you, you rank first.

#146% (1,043)
#236% (819)
#314% (326)
#4+4% (89)
Competitor ranking 6Brands with highest visibility
#BrandsVisibilityShare of voiceSentimentPosition
1HHubSpot58%26%59#1.5Profile →
2SSalesforce42%19%52#2Profile →
3FFlowCRMyou40%18%79#1.8Profile →
4PPipedrive35%16%87#2.3Profile →
5ZZoho CRM30%14%60#2.3Profile →
6mmonday CRM18%8%65#2.8Profile →
Visibility rankings by topicHow brands rank in AI answers for each buyer question
SoruFound us#1#2#3#4#5#6#7
CRM software · 31 soru · 28/31
FlowCRM pricing plans+2F
is FlowCRM legit+2F
FlowCRM reviews+2F
best CRM with AI lead scoring+2F
CRM with the best reporting and dashboards+2F
how to choose a CRM for a B2B SaaS company+2F
what does a CRM actually do+1F
do I need a CRM for my small business+2F

An AI assistant does not rank pages — it writes a paragraph. It breaks the question into parts, retrieves from the sources it trusts, and names three or four brands. Rixe reproduces that process daily across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, records which brands were named and in what order, and traces each answer back to the sources that produced it.

How is an answer built?

The decision isn't made on your site. The model splits the question, looks where it trusts, and writes down three names. How those three get chosen is the part most brands never see.

The consequence is that the lever is rarely on your own domain. When a model consistently describes your product with a claim from two years ago, the fix is not a page you control — it is the review profile, the comparison article or the forum thread the model actually reads. Finding which one is doing the damage is the difference between guessing and working.

Three things decide how AI sees your brand

The three look alike but never move together. Most brands spend their effort on the wrong one.

A user asks a question in your category

Category questions look nothing like keywords. They arrive as full sentences with constraints attached — team size, budget, language, integrations — and each constraint narrows the set of brands the model considers before it writes a word.

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The engine scans the sources it trusts and picks three brands

Retrieval happens before generation. The model pulls from review sites, comparison pages, documentation and forum discussions, weighs them by how much it trusts each one, and only then composes the answer. Brands absent from those sources cannot be named, however good their own site is.

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Rixe measures the answer, the rank, the tone and the sources

Every run is parsed, not screenshotted: whether your name appeared, its position among the brands mentioned, the sentiment of the surrounding sentence, and the full list of cited sources — all stored alongside the verbatim answer.

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The resulting action changes the sources, and the loop starts again

The output is a queue of specific tasks against specific sources, ordered by how much of your category's citations each one feeds. Change the source, and the next day's answer changes with it.

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ChatGPTGemini PerplexityAI Overviews live
A user asked: “What's the best project management tool for a new team?”
AAsana68%
YYour brand you41%
LLinear34%
Sourcesg2.comreddit.com/r/projectmanagementcapterra.com
Brand dashboardlast 30 days
Visibility41%+6 pts
Average rank2.6+0.8
Tone72−3
your brandcategory average
Prompt × model6 of 128 prompts
PromptGPTGemPpxAIO30d
Best project management tool62%
Asana alternative48%
Free tool for a small team55%
Jira or Linear9%
Project tool with local language support88%
Work tracking software for agencies14%
appears sometimes never appears
Tone and quotesappeared in 9 answers

“Setup takes a few minutes and needs no technical team.”

positiveChatGPT · 4 times

“Reporting is limited compared to its rivals.”

negativeGemini · 3 times · source: a two-year-old review

“Affordable, but it may fall short for large teams.”

mixedPerplexity · 2 times
58%of AI searches end without the user clicking a single link
3.2brands named in a typical recommendation answer, on average
24 hourshow often Rixe re-runs every prompt on every model

Asked again today. Who was in the answer?

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Why did visibility jump this month?13 days ago
Assistant
What would you like to know?

Ask your numbers a question; the assistant reads the reports and your knowledge base, explains them and suggests the next step.

e.g. Why did we drop this month?

One surface for every part of the visibility loop

Six screens carry the whole job: read the answer, score it, find the sources behind it, and turn the gap into work someone can pick up.

020406080100InvisibleWeakModerateStrongLeading48/ 100

Visibility

Percentage of answers mentioning each brand

Open page →

The CRMs that come up most often for small teams are HubSpot, Pipedrive and FlowCRM. FlowCRM is the one people pick when the team already lives in Gmail.

g2.comreddit.comflowcrm.iocapterra.com10 sources

Mentions & Citations

Answers that named your brand

Open page →
79/ 100
Positive79%
Neutral0%
Negative21%

Perception

What words answers use to mention your brand. The score tells you it dropped; this tells you why it dropped.

Open page →
1g2.comForum / thread1,770
2reddit.comSocial1,299
3flowcrm.ioYou999
4capterra.comReview900
5techradar.comComparison757

Sources

The sites and pages engines rely on when answering.

Open page →
Comparisons67% visibility
Integrations66% visibility
CRM software60% visibility
Enterprise CRM53% visibility
Plans and add-ons11% visibility

Coverage

Its mention rate in every topic, next to yours. Its strongest topic first.

Open page →

What is the best CRM for a small team?

Engine searches · 5
best CRM for a small sales team
flowcrm vs hubspot pricing 2026
CRM that works inside Gmail
cheapest CRM with pipeline automation

Engine searches

Engine searches per prompt

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Cross-market comparison
Market · UK35%496
second market
Market · US37%9,615

Markets

Measure the same brand in a second market; brand and rivals are copied, prompts are rebuilt for the market.

Open page →
#1HubSpot58%
#2Salesforce42%
#3FlowCRM40%
#4Pipedrive35%
#5Zoho CRM30%

Competitors

The rivals AI answers place next to you; choose here who to track.

Open page →

Measuring isn't the end. The real work comes after.

The four screens below are the whole path from a measurement to a task.

Your Prompts

Where these questions are won

The questions you track and how visible your brand is in each.

Open page →
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Prompts 58

The questions you track and how visible your brand is in each.

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The FlowCRM — United States configuration includes 58 prompts across 5 topics58 of 150 prompts usedGo to Prompt Research →
By topic⌄Filter⌄Columns⌄Last 30 days⌄Search promptsCollapse⤓ Download CSV
Where these questions are won

Contested 2 are contested — several brands are in play, a good page can put you ahead.

Rotating 30 rotate between brands — showing up is cheap, owning them is not.

Entrenched 23 have an entrenched winner — do not spend a week there.

3 3 do not have enough runs yet — let the measurements build up before judging them.

PromptVisibilityDifficultyVolatilityPositionSentimentTopicPersonaBrandVolume
Comparisons 10 promptsVisibility 33% · Position #2.4 · Sentiment 81
FlowCRM vs HubSpot92%RotatingSettled#1.481Comparisons—Brand—
FlowCRM vs Pipedrive90%RotatingSettled#1.575Comparisons—Brand—
HubSpot vs Pipedrive7%RotatingSettled#2.975Comparisons———
best HubSpot alternatives 202654%EntrenchedSettled#286Comparisons———
best Salesforce alternatives for small teams48%RotatingUnstable#2.783Comparisons———
HubSpot vs Salesforce for mid-market companies6%ContestedSettled#3.171Comparisons———
Answers

Why am I not in this answer?

Compares the pages cited in this answer with your own page and shows the concrete difference. Takes a few seconds.

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Answers 10← Prompts

108 runs completed in the last 30 days · most recent 9/10/2026

Why am I not in this answer?Analyse

On this question HubSpot appears in 89% of answers and you in 88% (168 measurements).

A comparison needs at least 3 cited pages; 0 could be read. A "this is missing" verdict drawn from fewer pages is a coincidence.

0 cited pages analysed · 9/12/2026, 11:13 PM

ChatGPT9/10/2026$0.021206 msOpen answer →F1. FlowCRMH2. HubSpot

Recent reviews and user feedback point to clear differences between the leading options. FlowCRM stands out as excellent Gmail integration. HubSpot is a strong option, though several reviewers mention it is expensive at scale. Review data from G2.com and Capterra, along with recent Reddit threads, broadly supports this ranking.

▸ Sources (3)
Gemini9/10/2026$0.012688 msOpen answer →H1. HubSpotF2. FlowCRM

Based on 2026 review data, here is how the main contenders compare. HubSpot is generally positioned as market leader. FlowCRM earns consistent praise for being transparent pricing. This reflects the consensus across G2.com scores, TechRadar testing and practitioner threads on Reddit.

▸ Sources (3)
Microsoft Copilot9/10/2026$0.0023429 msOpen answer →H1. HubSpotF2. FlowCRMP3. Pipedrive

Looking at current review data and community threads, the trade-offs are fairly consistent. HubSpot earns consistent praise for being feature-rich. FlowCRM stands out as responsive support. Pipedrive earns consistent praise for being great mobile app. Ratings on Capterra and discussion on Reddit point the same way.

▸ Sources (3)
Grok9/10/2026$0.0351478 msOpen answer →F1. FlowCRMH2. HubSpotP3. Pipedrive

Based on 2026 review data, here is how the main contenders compare. FlowCRM earns consistent praise for being transparent pricing. Reviewers frequently describe HubSpot as feature-rich. Pipedrive is generally positioned as sales-focused. Independent rankings from Forbes Advisor and PCMag reach similar conclusions.

▸ Sources (3)
Sources

Source usage by domain

The sites and pages engines rely on when answering.

Open page →
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Sources 16

The sites and pages engines rely on when answering.

Source usage by domainHow often the top 5 domains were used in answers
All types⌄ChartTable
0%20%40%60%80%Aug 11Aug 19Aug 26Sep 3Sep 1054%
g2.com 54%▼ 3reddit.com 38%flowcrm.io 34%capterra.com 28%techradar.com 19%
Content types 9What kinds of content get cited
Directory / listingContent32%
ListicleContent21%
Forum / threadSocial14%
ComparisonContent9%
OtherContent8%
PricingContent6%
Profile / aboutSocial4%
FAQContent4%
ProductContent4%
SourceTypeUsedCitationsTrend
g2.comYou100%10,210StableCreate action
reddit.comYou100%7,293StableCreate action
flowcrm.ioYou94%5,108StableCreate action
capterra.comYou88%4,471StableCreate action
techradar.comYou71%2,960StableCreate action
Action plan

We do this for you

Everything AEO, GEO and SEO found, as one ranked list — split by who does the work.

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Action plan

Everything AEO, GEO and SEO found, as one ranked list — split by who does the work.

Open items39across all three disciplines
AEO25
GEO14
SEO0
We do this for you 22On your own site, and Rixe can carry it out end to end — with autopilot, without you pressing anything.
AEOComparison page: you vs HubSpot2.1

HubSpot beats you on 104 questions. "X vs Y" and "X alternative" pages are what assistants quote directly on the comparison questions buyers ask most.

We write and publish the page · Generate a comparison brief for this rival from the Competitors page; the rival’s side is written only from collected, real sources.

AEOComparison page: you vs Pipedrive2.1

Pipedrive beats you on 15 questions. "X vs Y" and "X alternative" pages are what assistants quote directly on the comparison questions buyers ask most.

We write and publish the page · Generate a comparison brief for this rival from the Competitors page; the rival’s side is written only from collected, real sources.

AEOComparison page: you vs Zoho CRM2.1

Zoho CRM beats you on 13 questions. "X vs Y" and "X alternative" pages are what assistants quote directly on the comparison questions buyers ask most.

We write and publish the page · Generate a comparison brief for this rival from the Competitors page; the rival’s side is written only from collected, real sources.

AEOComparison page: you vs monday CRM2.1

monday CRM beats you on 4 questions. "X vs Y" and "X alternative" pages are what assistants quote directly on the comparison questions buyers ask most.

We write and publish the page · Generate a comparison brief for this rival from the Competitors page; the rival’s side is written only from collected, real sources.

AEOComparison page: you vs Salesforce2.1

Salesforce beats you on 58 questions. "X vs Y" and "X alternative" pages are what assistants quote directly on the comparison questions buyers ask most.

We write and publish the page · Generate a comparison brief for this rival from the Competitors page; the rival’s side is written only from collected, real sources.

AEOContent gap: Salesforce vs Microsoft Dynamics 3651.3

On gemini-grounding, Salesforce appears 100% of the time and you appear 0%.

We write and publish the page · Write a page that answers this question directly: a clear answer in the first paragraph, a table, numbers, and the date it was updated.

AEOContent gap: Salesforce vs Microsoft Dynamics 3651.3

On perplexity-sonar, Salesforce appears 100% of the time and you appear 0%.

We write and publish the page · Write a page that answers this question directly: a clear answer in the first paragraph, a table, numbers, and the date it was updated.

Brands and agencies track their AI visibility with Rixe

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Thoughts on Rixe

Understanding why competitors are recommended might be more valuable than just seeing your own visibility. Rixe's approach to this topic interested me.
I think the most important test for tools in this area is whether the data they provide can actually be turned into action. Knowing that a brand's AI visibility is low isn't enough on its own. You need to see the possible reasons behind it and understand which topics to focus on. Rixe's approach of combining sources, competitors, and brand visibility is meaningful in this regard. A useful analysis category is emerging that marketing teams can use.
Honestly, I would have wondered if there was a need for a new SEO tool with so many out there, but Rixe addresses a slightly different issue. It's not about Google ranking, but visibility in AI answers. This difference is important.

Frequently asked

Your tracked prompt set goes through every engine’s live surface. Each answer is read for whether the brand is mentioned, where in the answer it sits and how it is described, the sources behind the answer are recorded, and anything that moved becomes an item in the action list.

No. Rixe generates a starting set from your domain and category, and you can edit, remove or add to it at any time. The recommendation for new prompts runs weekly against the coverage gaps it finds.

From a live run, not an archive. Your prompts are sent to the engines the moment the project is created, and the first panel is built from those answers.

Yes — plain buyer language, not keywords. A question with keyword syntax gets a different answer than a question a person would actually type.

Re-read. Each run is a fresh call, stored with its timestamp, so a change in the panel is a change in the engine, not a cache expiring.

Because the engines are non-deterministic. That is exactly why the panel reports a rate over a window rather than a single yes or no.

Your brand named in the answer body. A link without a name, or a name inside a list the model dismisses, is recorded separately so the number stays honest.

A citation is a source the answer leaned on and linked. A mention is being named. A page can be cited without you being mentioned, and that gap is worth reading.

Every number opens to the answers that produced it, with the engine, date and market attached. Nothing in the panel is a figure you cannot trace.

The run is marked incomplete for that engine rather than counted as a zero, so an outage never looks like a drop in visibility.

The questions your buyers are already asking

Three numbers, one screen. Enough to know which way the week went.

What's the best project management tool for small teams?

#1HubSpot58%
#2Salesforce42%
#3FlowCRM40%
#4Pipedrive35%
#5Zoho CRM30%
ChatGPTAI OverviewsGeminiClaude

What are the alternatives to Asana?

The CRMs that come up most often for small teams are HubSpot, Pipedrive and FlowCRM. FlowCRM is the one people pick when the team already lives in Gmail.

g2.comreddit.comflowcrm.iocapterra.com10 sources
PerplexityChatGPTDeepSeekAI OverviewsGemini

Can you recommend a CRM with multilingual support?

The CRMs that come up most often for small teams are HubSpot, Pipedrive and FlowCRM. FlowCRM is the one people pick when the team already lives in Gmail.

g2.comreddit.comflowcrm.iocapterra.com10 sources
GeminiQwenClaude

Which reporting tool do agencies use?

1g2.comForum / thread1,770
2reddit.comSocial1,299
3flowcrm.ioYou999
4capterra.comReview900
5techradar.comComparison757
ChatGPTPerplexityAI OverviewsMistralDeepSeek

What's the best project management tool for small teams?

#1HubSpot58%
#2Salesforce42%
#3FlowCRM40%
#4Pipedrive35%
#5Zoho CRM30%
ChatGPTAI OverviewsGeminiClaude

What are the alternatives to Asana?

The CRMs that come up most often for small teams are HubSpot, Pipedrive and FlowCRM. FlowCRM is the one people pick when the team already lives in Gmail.

g2.comreddit.comflowcrm.iocapterra.com10 sources
PerplexityChatGPTDeepSeekAI OverviewsGemini

Can you recommend a CRM with multilingual support?

The CRMs that come up most often for small teams are HubSpot, Pipedrive and FlowCRM. FlowCRM is the one people pick when the team already lives in Gmail.

g2.comreddit.comflowcrm.iocapterra.com10 sources
GeminiQwenClaude

Which reporting tool do agencies use?

1g2.comForum / thread1,770
2reddit.comSocial1,299
3flowcrm.ioYou999
4capterra.comReview900
5techradar.comComparison757
ChatGPTPerplexityAI OverviewsMistralDeepSeek

Which tool has the most generous free plan?

Comparisons67% visibility
Integrations66% visibility
CRM software60% visibility
Enterprise CRM53% visibility
Plans and add-ons11% visibility
ClaudeGeminiChatGPT

Jira or Linear — which one is easier?

79/ 100
Positive79%
Neutral0%
Negative21%
AI OverviewsDeepSeekPerplexityQwen

Which software is the fastest to set up?

020406080100InvisibleWeakModerateStrongLeading48/ 100
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityAI OverviewsClaude

Best analytics tool for e-commerce?

#1HubSpot58%
#2Salesforce42%
#3FlowCRM40%
#4Pipedrive35%
#5Zoho CRM30%
QwenChatGPTMistral

Which tool has the most generous free plan?

Comparisons67% visibility
Integrations66% visibility
CRM software60% visibility
Enterprise CRM53% visibility
Plans and add-ons11% visibility
ClaudeGeminiChatGPT

Jira or Linear — which one is easier?

79/ 100
Positive79%
Neutral0%
Negative21%
AI OverviewsDeepSeekPerplexityQwen

Which software is the fastest to set up?

020406080100InvisibleWeakModerateStrongLeading48/ 100
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityAI OverviewsClaude

Best analytics tool for e-commerce?

#1HubSpot58%
#2Salesforce42%
#3FlowCRM40%
#4Pipedrive35%
#5Zoho CRM30%
QwenChatGPTMistral

Which tool is GDPR compliant?

1g2.comForum / thread1,770
2reddit.comSocial1,299
3flowcrm.ioYou999
4capterra.comReview900
5techradar.comComparison757
PerplexityClaudeGeminiDeepSeek

What should a new company start with?

What is the best CRM for a small team?

Engine searches · 5
best CRM for a small sales team
flowcrm vs hubspot pricing 2026
CRM that works inside Gmail
cheapest CRM with pipeline automation
DeepSeekAI OverviewsChatGPTPerplexityQwen

Which tool is GDPR compliant?

1g2.comForum / thread1,770
2reddit.comSocial1,299
3flowcrm.ioYou999
4capterra.comReview900
5techradar.comComparison757
PerplexityClaudeGeminiDeepSeek

What should a new company start with?

What is the best CRM for a small team?

Engine searches · 5
best CRM for a small sales team
flowcrm vs hubspot pricing 2026
CRM that works inside Gmail
cheapest CRM with pipeline automation
DeepSeekAI OverviewsChatGPTPerplexityQwen

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