HubSpot AI Search Grader vs SE Ranking

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-10-12

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Right now SE Ranking edges out HubSpot AI Search Grader in AI assistant answers, with an overall score of 8 versus 5. SE Ranking gets named in 11 of 61 answers, compared to 6 of 61 for HubSpot AI Search Grader. Broken down by assistant, SE Ranking leads on ChatGPT (3 vs 0), Claude (14 vs 7), and Perplexity (11 vs 9). Head-to-head, SE Ranking comes out ahead on 7 questions, HubSpot AI Search Grader on 3, with 10 ties. HubSpot AI Search Grader shows up most for tracking ChatGPT brand recommendations and free or cheap AI visibility tools, while SE Ranking is named most for alerts on AI search ranking changes and GEO tools.

Head to head

metric	HubSpot AI Search Grader	SE Ranking
score	5	4
questions won	6	0

By assistant

HubSpot AI Search Grader

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	0	0% of answers
Claude	6	10% of answers	#12.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	12	20% of answers	#3.8

SE Ranking

assistant	score	named in, this week
ChatGPT	2	0% of answers
Claude	7	0% of answers
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	6	0% of answers

Where they differ

Only HubSpot AI Search Grader gets named for

What are the best free or cheap AI visibility tools?
Which AI search tracking tool gives the most actionable recommendations?
What's the best tool to see my share of voice against competitors in AI answers?
What are the best GEO (generative engine optimization) tools?
What are the best alternatives to Otterly.AI?
Which tool best tracks brand mentions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude?

Only SE Ranking gets named for

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