Competitive intelligence software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank competitive intelligence software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Competitive intelligence software used to monitor rivals, track market signals, surface strategic updates, and help go-to-market teams respond faster. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Klue holds the top composite score at 23.8, well ahead of second-ranked Contify at 11.2, which itself is nearly three times the score of third-ranked Kompyte at 8.8. The gap matters because the category average visibility sits at just 1.2 percent, meaning only Klue and Kompyte breach even 12.5 percent visibility while the remaining 18 brands register zero. This concentration at the top suggests Google AI Mode is anchoring on a very short list of brands when generating responses about competitive intelligence software.
Contify presents the clearest divergence between citation and visibility in this dataset. It holds a 37.5 percent citation rate, ranking second overall on that metric, yet its visibility score is exactly zero. This means AI responses reference Contify as a source but do not name it as a featured brand in answers. Conversely, Kompyte achieves 12.5 percent visibility with zero citation, the mirror-image pattern, named in responses but not pulled as a cited source.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine recorded across all 20 brands in this audit, with no other engine appearing as a top performer for any brand. The top cited sources include contify.com, klue.com, g2.com, gartner.com, and reddit.com, indicating AI responses in this category draw on a mix of vendor-owned domains, review platforms, and general authority sites. The presence of youtube.com and thedigitalelevator.com alongside Gartner suggests the AI casts a relatively broad sourcing net even when brand visibility remains narrow.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Kompyte 0% → 12% · rank #10 → #3+12pp
Biggest visibility fallers
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Klue 38% → 12% · rank #1 → #1-25pp
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Crayon 25% → 0% · rank #3 → #4-25pp
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Similarweb 25% → 0% · rank #4 → #9-25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
klue.com
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12% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Klue leads with a composite score of 23.8 and a 50 percent citation rate, but its visibility has fallen from 37.5 to 12.5 percent, the largest single drop in the dataset. |
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| 2 |
contify.com
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0% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Contify achieves a 37.5 percent citation rate, more than five times the category average of 6.9 percent, yet records zero visibility, making it the most citation-heavy invisible brand in the audit. |
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| 3 |
semrush.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Kompyte jumped seven places to rank three with a visibility delta of plus 12.5 percent, but holds zero citation, meaning it is named in AI answers without its domain being sourced. |
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| 4 |
crayon.co
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Crayon fell one rank to fourth and lost 25 percentage points of visibility, dropping from 25 to zero percent, while retaining only a 12.5 percent citation rate. |
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| 5 |
visualping.io
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Visualping shares the same composite score of 3.8 as Crayon, Sprout Social, and ZoomInfo, all clustered at zero visibility and 12.5 percent citation, showing no differentiation between them. |
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| 6 |
sproutsocial.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
zoominfo.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
semrush.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
similarweb.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
alphasense.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
owler.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
meltwater.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
mention.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
brandwatch.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
feedly.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
netbasequid.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
digimind.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
rivaliq.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
determ.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
talkwalker.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on competitive intelligence software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about competitive intelligence software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in competitive intelligence software?
Klue ranks first with a composite score of 23.8 and a 50 percent citation rate, placing it significantly ahead of second-ranked Contify at 11.2. However, Klue's visibility has dropped from 37.5 to 12.5 percent in this audit period.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for competitive intelligence software research?
The top cited sources include contify.com, klue.com, g2.com, gartner.com, reddit.com, youtube.com, and thedigitalelevator.com, indicating a mix of vendor domains, review sites, and general authority platforms.
Which brands are cited by AI but not named in AI answers for this category?
Contify is the clearest example, holding a 37.5 percent citation rate but zero visibility, meaning its domain is used as a source but the brand is not surfaced as a named recommendation.
Which brand gained the most AI visibility in the latest audit period?
Kompyte recorded the biggest visibility rise, moving from rank 10 to rank 3 and gaining 12.5 percentage points of visibility, though its citation rate remains at zero.
How concentrated is AI visibility in the competitive intelligence software category?
Visibility is highly concentrated. Only two of the 20 audited brands, Klue and Kompyte, achieve any visibility at all, each at 12.5 percent, against a category average of just 1.2 percent.
Which established brands have lost the most AI visibility recently?
Klue, Crayon, and Similarweb each lost 25 percentage points of visibility in this period, with Similarweb falling five ranks to ninth and Crayon dropping to zero visibility entirely.