AEO for feature request software: AI search visibility ranking
How AI search engines rank feature request software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured quarterly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Feature request software used to capture customer ideas, prioritize product feedback, manage public roadmaps, and align development with demand. 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 buyers inquire about Feature request software, AI engines consistently highlight Canny as the leader, notably with a visibility percentage of 62.5. Buyers also frequently hear about Featurebase and Frill from AI engines. Canny's dominance is reflected in its consistent citation frequency, marking it as the top brand in this category.
The rankings are driven by citations from top sources like canny.io, featurebase.app, and reddit.com. These sources are either official brand sites or aggregator/review platforms, shaping AI engines' evaluations. This mix of direct brand and third-party sites implies a blend of official features and user experiences influences these rankings.
For buyers examining this list, it is crucial to look at brands that receive frequent recent reviews and robust third-party validation. AI engines value platforms with authority in the Feature request software category, which suggests buyers might benefit from focusing on brands with strong and up-to-date reputations in both brand-managed and independent sources.
At a glance
What we observed in this category
Canny leads this category with a composite score of 73.8, more than 26 points clear of second-placed Featurebase at 47.5. That gap is significant because the average visibility across all 20 brands is just 8.8 percent, meaning Canny's 62.5 percent visibility is roughly seven times the category norm. Canny also moved from rank 2 to rank 1 this period, adding 37.5 visibility points and 87.5 citation points, suggesting its dominance is accelerating rather than plateauing.
Productboard presents the clearest divergence between visibility and citation in this dataset. It holds 37.5 percent visibility, the second highest raw visibility figure, yet its citation rate is exactly 0.0 percent. Featurebase and Canny both carry 100 percent citation rates at lower or comparable visibility levels, indicating Google AI Mode names Productboard in responses but does not anchor source links to it. Frill shows a milder version of the same pattern, with 75 percent citations against only 12.5 percent visibility.
Every brand in the top 10 lists Google AI Mode as its top engine, confirming that this single engine dominates AI visibility for the feature request software category. Among the top cited sources, canny.io and featurebase.app appear alongside third-party domains such as reddit.com, productlift.dev, and productbridge.io. This suggests the AI is drawing on community and review content, not just vendor sites, when constructing responses about this category.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Canny 25% → 62% · rank #2 → #1+38pp
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Productboard 0% → 38% · rank #12 → #4+38pp
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Featurebase 12% → 25% · rank #1 → #2+12pp
The AEO ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
canny.io
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62% | 100% | Google AI Mode |
Canny's composite score of 73.8 and 100 percent citation rate place it more than 26 points above Featurebase, with visibility seven times the 8.8 percent category average. |
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| 2 |
featurebase.app
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25% | 100% | Google AI Mode |
Featurebase matches Canny's 100 percent citation rate but sits at only 25 percent visibility, nearly 38 points below Canny, showing strong trust signals that have not yet converted to broad mention frequency. |
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| 3 |
frill.co
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12% | 75% | Google AI Mode |
Frill's 75 percent citation rate outpaces its 12.5 percent visibility, suggesting AI sources link to frill.co when it appears but the brand surfaces in far fewer queries than its citation quality would imply. |
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| 4 |
productboard.com
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38% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Productboard's 37.5 percent visibility is the second highest in the category yet its citation rate is 0.0 percent, a combination unique among the top five and a direct visibility-without-trust anomaly. |
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| 5 |
atlassian.com
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12% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Jira Product Discovery has both visibility and citation at 12.5 percent, matching the category average visibility but well below peers Canny and Featurebase on both dimensions despite Atlassian's domain authority. |
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| 6 |
feedbear.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
trello.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
uservoice.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
airfocus.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
useresponse.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
savio.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
aha.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
nolt.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
upvoty.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
hellonext.co
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
roadmunk.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
prodpad.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
pendo.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
sleekplan.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
rapidr.io
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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 feature request 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 90 days and refresh this page automatically. How AI search ranking works →
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Frequently asked about AEO for feature request software
Who leads AI visibility in the feature request software category?
Canny leads with a composite score of 73.8, a visibility rate of 62.5 percent, and a citation rate of 100 percent, all well above any other brand in the dataset.
What is the average AI visibility for feature request software brands?
The category average visibility is 8.8 percent and the average citation rate is 16.2 percent across the 20 brands audited.
Which brand has the biggest gap between visibility and citations?
Productboard has 37.5 percent visibility but a 0.0 percent citation rate, the starkest divergence in the top 10, meaning Google AI Mode mentions it without linking to it.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for feature request software research?
The most cited sources are canny.io and featurebase.app, followed by third-party domains including reddit.com, productlift.dev, and productbridge.io.
Which brands have risen the most in AI visibility recently?
Canny gained 37.5 visibility points and Productboard also gained 37.5 points, rising from rank 12 to rank 4, while Featurebase added 12.5 visibility points in the same period.
Does any engine other than Google AI Mode drive visibility in this category?
No, every brand in the top 10 lists Google AI Mode as its top engine, indicating this category's AI visibility is currently concentrated on a single platform.