Last updated: 06.04.2026
Key takeaways:
Scrunch is the most complete AEO/GEO tool for 2026—the only AI-native platform on this list that pairs multi-LLM monitoring and analytics with auditing, optimization, and AI content delivery. It’s used by enterprises and agencies and holds a 4.6/5 G2 rating.
Strong alternatives (depending on your needs) include Adobe LLM Optimizer, AthenaHQ, Bluefish, Peec AI, Profound, and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit.
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Bottom line: These are the seven best AEO/GEO tools for 2026 based on market presence, user feedback, feature completeness (monitoring, auditing, optimization, content delivery), and enterprise readiness.
Accuracy commitment: If you work at a company mentioned here and spot inaccuracies, contact eric.wendt@scrunchai.com and we’ll update.
Vendors most frequently encountered in enterprise, mid-market, and agency evaluations:
Criteria definitions:
| Tool | Monitoring | Auditing | Optimization | Content delivery | Enterprise readiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrunch | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported |
| Adobe LLM Optimizer | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported |
| AthenaHQ | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
| Bluefish | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not offered |
| Peec AI | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
| Profound | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | ✅ Supported |
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | ✅ Supported | ✅ Supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
In short: - Only Scrunch and Adobe LLM Optimizer meet all five criteria. - AthenaHQ, Bluefish, Peec AI, Profound, and Semrush lack AI content delivery. - AthenaHQ, Peec AI, and Semrush lack enterprise-ready capabilities per category definitions. - Peec AI doesn’t offer auditing or optimization. - Semrush doesn’t offer optimization.
Seen in: Enterprise, Mid-market, Agency
Funding: Acquired by Sitecore in June 2026 (Sitecore total funding: $1.23B)
G2 rating: 4.6/5 (72 reviews)
Third-party review: 3.9/5 (source)
Overview: Scrunch was founded in 2023, emerged from stealth in 2024, and was acquired by Sitecore in June 2026 (Sitecore has raised $1.23B in total funding). It holds a 4.6/5 G2 rating across 72 reviews and is used by enterprise and agency customers across multiple industries.
What it does: Scrunch spans monitoring, auditing, optimization, and AI content delivery via its Agent Experience Platform (AXP). AXP auto-detects AI agents—including ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini—and serves AI-optimized content while leaving the human browsing experience unchanged.
Worth noting: Scrunch doesn’t currently offer general-purpose AI-generated content (on the 2026 roadmap).
Price: Core ($250/month) and Enterprise (custom) for brands; Agency Core ($500/month) and Agency Enterprise (custom) for agencies.
Seen in: Enterprise
Funding: Public company
G2 rating: N/A
Overview: Adobe LLM Optimizer launched in October 2025. It is positioned for large enterprises, particularly those already running Adobe Experience Cloud.
What it does: Adobe LLM Optimizer is an end-to-end platform covering monitoring, auditing, and optimization, with AI-specific content delivery via its "Optimize at Edge" feature.
Worth noting: Along with Scrunch, Adobe LLM Optimizer is the only tool on this list with native AI content delivery. Pricing is not public. Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Cloud customers receive a free trial with 200 prompts; a free Chrome extension is available to all users.
Price: Not publicly available.
Seen in: Mid-market
Funding: $2.7M
G2 rating: 4.9/5 (33 reviews)
Overview: AthenaHQ was founded in 2024 and emerged from stealth in 2025. It has raised $2.7M in funding and holds a 4.9/5 G2 rating across 33 reviews, making it the highest-rated tool on this list by G2 score. It targets mid-market teams seeking monitoring, auditing, and AI-generated content in a single platform.
What it does: Monitoring, auditing, optimization, plus AI-generated content (briefs, outlines, and articles).
Worth noting: Credit-based system (e.g., Self-serve includes 3,500 credits/month; each monitored prompt/model analysis or content draft consumes credits). No content delivery; not enterprise-ready per category criteria.
Price: Self-serve ($295/month) and Enterprise (custom). No free trial; offers a free audit and discounted first month ($95).
Seen in: Enterprise
Funding: $24M
G2 rating: N/A
Overview: Bluefish entered AI search in 2024 with a focus on enterprise brand protection — specifically identifying sources (such as Reddit threads and YouTube videos) that negatively influence AI-generated answers. The company has raised $24M in funding and operates as a product–service hybrid with custom deployments via a professional services team.
What it does: Monitoring with emphasis on identifying negative influence sources (e.g., Reddit, YouTube) plus auditing and optimization.
Worth noting: Product–service hybrid with custom deployments via a professional services team. Not listed as enterprise-ready per category criteria. Pricing not public.
Seen in: Mid-market, Agency
Funding: $29M
G2 rating: 4.9/5 (11 reviews)
Third-party review: 3.25/5 (source)
Overview: Peec AI launched in February 2025, positioning as a fast, low-friction entry point to AI search monitoring for SMBs and agencies. It has raised $29M in funding and holds a 4.9/5 G2 rating across 11 reviews. Plans start at $105.25/month (Starter), with a free plan and a 7-day full-feature trial available.
What it does: Monitoring and analytics; no auditing, optimization, or delivery. Strong fit for SMBs/agencies that need light, quick monitoring.
Worth noting: Free plan (limited prompt tracking) and a 7-day free trial with full feature access.
Price: Starter ($105.25/month), Pro ($235.34/month), Enterprise (custom).
Seen in: Enterprise, Mid-market
Funding: $155M
G2 rating: 4.5/5 (959 reviews)
Third-party review: 3.1/5 (source)
Overview: Profound launched in 2024 as a broad enterprise platform covering monitoring, auditing, optimization, and AI-generated content. The company has raised $155M — the most of any standalone AEO/GEO vendor on this list — and holds a 4.5/5 G2 rating across 959 reviews, the largest review base in the category. Plans start at $99/month (Starter), rising to $399/month (Growth), with Enterprise pricing available on request.
What it does: Full-featured platform; no AI content delivery.
Worth noting: Powerful full-featured platform, but some users report a steep learning curve and implementation complexity. No AI content delivery.
Price: Starter ($99/month), Growth ($399/month), Enterprise (custom).
Seen in: Mid-market, Agency
Funding: Public company
G2 rating: N/A
Third-party review: 2.6/5 (source)
Overview: Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit is an add-on to the existing Semrush SEO platform, launched in September 2025. Semrush is a public company (NYSE: SEMR) with an established base of SEO users, making this the lowest-friction entry point for teams already paying for a Semrush subscription. The toolkit costs $99/month per domain on top of an existing Semrush plan and uses a keyword-oriented monitoring approach rather than prompt-level analysis — a meaningful distinction for buyers tracking how specific buyer questions surface their brand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini.
What it does: Monitoring and auditing using a keyword-oriented approach rather than prompt-level analysis. Users can access AI-generated content via the separate Semrush Content Toolkit; the AI Visibility Toolkit itself offers no optimization or content delivery.
Worth noting: Reporting is keyword-based, not prompt-level—a meaningful distinction for teams that need to track how specific buyer prompts surface their brand across ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini. Requires an existing Semrush subscription.
Price: $99/month per domain (requires a Semrush subscription).
If your priority is multi-LLM monitoring (mentions, sentiment, citations, share of voice) with strong reporting:
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For deeper context, see our AEO/GEO buyer’s guide and the guide to AI search.
Which AEO/GEO tool is best for enterprise companies?
Scrunch, Adobe LLM Optimizer, Bluefish, and Profound are the most common choices among enterprise buyers. Scrunch and Adobe LLM Optimizer are the only two tools on this list that meet all five category criteria (monitoring, auditing, optimization, content delivery, and enterprise readiness). Key differentiators to evaluate include SOC 2 Type II certification, scalability to high prompt volumes, REST API access for BI integration, and native AI content delivery controls. Profound ($155M raised, 4.5/5 G2 across 959 reviews) is the most heavily funded standalone option; Scrunch (acquired by Sitecore, which has raised $1.23B) offers the broadest feature set among AI-native platforms.
Which AEO/GEO tool is best for agencies?
Scrunch, Peec AI, and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit are the leading options for agencies. Peec AI ($29M raised, 4.9/5 G2) offers a free plan and a 7-day full-feature trial, making it the fastest to evaluate. Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit ($99/month per domain) is the lowest-friction choice for agencies already paying for a Semrush subscription. Scrunch ($500/month Agency Core; Agency Enterprise custom) is the most full-featured option, with multi-brand management, SSO, RBAC, and AI content delivery. Key evaluation criteria: multi-brand management capacity, speed of client onboarding, and shareable or API-exportable reporting.
What is the difference between AEO/GEO and SEO?
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) optimizes for ranked links on search engine results pages (SERPs), targeting algorithms used by Google, Bing, and similar crawlers. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) optimize for brand presence and source citations in AI-generated answers from large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT (OpenAI), Google Gemini, Perplexity, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI. The core distinction: SEO drives clicks to a SERP listing, while AEO/GEO aims to be named, recommended, or cited within the model's response itself—before a user ever sees a traditional search result. This matters because awareness, consideration, and competitive comparison increasingly occur inside AI-generated answers, with no click to a website required.
How is AI visibility measured?
Core metrics include: brand mention frequency, placement rank within model responses, sentiment (positive, neutral, or negative framing), citation frequency, share of voice relative to competitors, AI bot traffic volume, and AI referral traffic. Accurate measurement requires monitoring model outputs across multiple LLMs—ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Meta AI—at the individual prompt level, since different models surface different sources for the same query. Key secondary signals include which competitor brands co-appear in responses and whether citations link to owned or third-party content.
Why do AEO/GEO and LLM monitoring matter?
Buyers increasingly rely on AI-generated answers to research and shortlist products. According to McKinsey, 50% of consumers now seek out AI-powered search; separate data shows 60%-plus of all U.S. searches are AI-powered. Brands that are not monitored, optimized, and present in model outputs lose awareness and consideration before a buyer ever visits their site.
Do I still need SEO tools?
Yes—AEO/GEO complements SEO rather than replacing it. Strong traditional SEO (technical health, authoritative backlinks, structured content) can help pages get indexed and referenced by LLMs, but it does not guarantee AI visibility. A brand can rank on page one of Google and still be absent from ChatGPT or Perplexity responses for the same query. Both disciplines are necessary for full-funnel discoverability in 2025 and beyond.
How long does it take to see results?
Timelines vary by execution speed and starting baseline, but published Scrunch customer results demonstrate measurable gains within 60–90 days:
These results reflect brands that actively monitored model outputs, identified prompt-level gaps, and optimized content structure and entity coverage in response to Scrunch insights.
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