AEO for enterprise AI search software: AI search visibility ranking
How AI search engines rank enterprise AI search 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. Enterprise AI search software used to unify knowledge retrieval, answer employee questions, and securely surface content across documents, apps, and internal systems. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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When AI engines are queried about Enterprise AI search software, Glean emerges as the decisive leader with a notable visibility of 75%. Other notable brands in this domain include Moveworks and Sinequa, illustrating a competitive landscape where Glean sets the pace.
The rankings are influenced heavily by citations from top sources such as glean.com, moveworks.com, and gartner.com. These sources include both company websites and respected industry aggregators, indicating the weight placed on authoritative and well-rounded information.
For buyers exploring this page, consider the weight AI engines give to recent reviews, third-party validations, and the brand's authority in specific subcategories. This understanding will help navigate the ranking and choose a brand that excels in these criteria.
At a glance
What we observed in this category
Glean dominates this category with a visibility score of 75.0%, more than six times the category average of 11.9%, and holds a composite score of 67.5 against the next closest brand, Moveworks, at 40.0. That 27.5-point composite gap between first and second place is substantial and signals that AI Mode treats Glean as a default reference point for enterprise AI search. Glean also doubled its own visibility from 37.5% to 75.0% in the most recent period, reinforcing its momentum rather than showing a plateau.
Moveworks presents the clearest divergence between named visibility and citation trust in this dataset. Its citation rate of 75.0% far exceeds its visibility of 25.0%, meaning AI Mode cites it as a source more often than it surfaces it as a named brand in responses. The reverse pattern appears in Sinequa, which is named in 37.5% of responses but cited only 12.5% of the time. Elastic and Coveo both appear in 25.0% of responses yet carry a 0.0% citation rate, indicating presence without source authority.
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in the top 10 without exception, confirming this category's AI visibility is almost entirely concentrated in a single engine. Among cited sources, glean.com and moveworks.com appear directly alongside third-party references such as gartner.com and niche sites including instaclustr.com and chapsvision.com. The presence of those smaller domains in the citation list suggests AI Mode is drawing on a broad range of web sources rather than anchoring exclusively on vendor or major analyst content.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Glean 38% → 75% · rank #1 → #1+38pp
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Moveworks 0% → 25% · rank #3 → #2+25pp
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Sinequa 12% → 38% · rank #5 → #3+25pp
The AEO ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
glean.com
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75% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Glean leads with 75.0% visibility and a 50.0% citation rate, both well above the category averages of 11.9% and 8.1%, making it the clear dominant brand in AI Mode responses. |
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| 2 |
moveworks.com
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25% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Moveworks is a citation outlier with a 75.0% citation rate against only 25.0% visibility, indicating AI Mode trusts its domain as a source far more than it names the brand. |
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| 3 |
sinequa.com
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38% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Sinequa is named in 37.5% of responses but cited in only 12.5%, suggesting AI Mode references the brand by name without consistently treating sinequa.com as an authoritative source. |
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| 4 |
elastic.co
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Elastic matches Coveo and Guru with 25.0% visibility but holds a 0.0% citation rate, meaning it appears in AI responses as a named option but never as a cited source. |
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| 5 |
coveo.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Coveo shares an identical composite score of 17.5 with Elastic and Guru, with 25.0% visibility and zero citations, placing it in a mid-tier cluster with no differentiation in AI Mode. |
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| 6 |
getguru.com
|
25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
algolia.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
hebbia.ai
|
12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
microsoft.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
ibm.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
lucidworks.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
cloud.google.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
aws.amazon.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
yext.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
perplexity.ai
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
box.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
servicenow.com
|
0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
opentext.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
pinecone.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
qatalog.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 enterprise AI search 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 AEO 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. More on visibility →
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. More on citation rate →
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. How AI engines pick sources →
AEO 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. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about AEO for enterprise AI search software
Who leads AI visibility in enterprise AI search software?
Glean leads with 75.0% visibility and a composite score of 67.5, more than six times the category average visibility of 11.9% and 27.5 composite points ahead of second-ranked Moveworks.
Which brand has the highest citation rate in this category?
Moveworks has the highest citation rate at 75.0%, which is three times its own visibility score of 25.0% and far above the category average citation rate of 8.1%.
What sources does AI Mode cite most for enterprise AI search research?
The top cited sources include glean.com and moveworks.com as vendor domains, alongside third-party references such as gartner.com, instaclustr.com, and chapsvision.com.
Which brands appear in AI responses but are never cited as sources?
Elastic, Coveo, and Guru all have 25.0% visibility but a 0.0% citation rate, meaning AI Mode names them in responses without treating their domains as source references.
Which brands showed the biggest visibility gains in the latest period?
Glean gained 37.5 percentage points in visibility, rising from 37.5% to 75.0%, while Moveworks rose from 0.0% to 25.0% and Sinequa rose from 12.5% to 37.5%.
Is AI visibility in this category spread across multiple engines?
No. Google AI Mode is listed as the top engine for all ten ranked brands, indicating this category's AI visibility is concentrated almost entirely within a single engine.