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What is the best tool for analyzing the citations and sources that influence AI search responses?

Which brands each model API named when asked this question, and which pages it cited. Answer text is not published.
Snapshot Sep 11, 2026. Each category is re-run in rotation, every few weeks.

Recommendation

Kind of question

3

Model APIs

2

Brands named

12

Pages cited

Brands

Brands the answers named

Ordered by how many model APIs named the brand, then by mentions. A mention is not an endorsement or a position.
Rank#BrandModel APIsMentionsOwn-site citationsNamed by
1Otterly AIotterly.ai111OpenAI
2Peec AIpeec.ai110OpenAI

Model APIs

What each model API returned

One row per model API. The hash identifies the exact answer without publishing it.
Model APIModelBrands namedCitationsDomainsAnswer hash
OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-miniPeec AI · Otterly AI33ded1202c…dccc1
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5None named66ae70ad15…f5b2d
Googlegoogle/gemini-2.5-flashNone named318b5c01bd…3826a

Sources

Pages the answers cited

Hostnames come from the URLs the answers returned. Best position is the earliest place a page was cited in an answer.
DomainCited pageBest positionCited byCitations
anara.comhttps://anara.com/blog/ai-referencing-sources1OpenAI1
answermaniac.aihttps://answermaniac.ai/blog/ai-citation-analysis-study1Anthropic1
github.comhttps://github.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/blob/main/1Google1
github.comhttps://github.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/tree/main/cursor2Google1
otterly.aihttps://otterly.ai/blog/how-to-track-ai-search-engine-citations-sources/2OpenAI1
vazoola.comhttps://vazoola.com/resources/ai-citation-analysis-tools2Anthropic1
analyticsinsight.nethttps://analyticsinsight.net/artificial-intelligence/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools-in-20263OpenAI1
github.comhttps://github.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/blob/main/cursor/README.md3Google1
searchatlas.comhttps://searchatlas.com/blog/get-cited-by-ai/3Anthropic1
aisearch.similarweb.comhttps://aisearch.similarweb.com/blog/ai-citation-analysis/4Anthropic1
campaigncreators.comhttps://campaigncreators.com/blog/how-to-use-citation-analysis-to-improve-ai-search-visibility5Anthropic1
lseo.comhttps://lseo.com/answer-engine-optimization-services/citation-frequency-and-quality-measuring-your-influence-on-ai/6Anthropic1
Snapshots
25ba3a56-5ca9-4b7f-b4b8-099d42ce207d
Question set
ai-search-visibility-platforms-2026-07-27
Benchmark version
4-ai-search-visibility-platforms-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
What is kept
Measured in AEO platforms. Full answers are not stored or published, and no customer data is included.

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