AnswerThePublic vs Lumar

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

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AnswerThePublic edges out Lumar overall, scoring 6 to Lumar's 5 and appearing in 11 of 76 answers versus Lumar's 9. AnswerThePublic shows up most for free or low-cost SEO tool questions (3 of 4 answers) and beginner-tool picks, while Lumar leans toward technical territory, named in 3 of 4 answers for both data accuracy and professional usage questions. Head-to-head, AnswerThePublic was named more often on 5 questions, Lumar on 4, with 11 ties. Gemini rates AnswerThePublic highest (12), while Claude favors Lumar (9). Neither tool appears for value-for-money or local Google Maps ranking questions.

Head to head

metric	AnswerThePublic	Lumar
score	4	4
questions won	2	8

By assistant

AnswerThePublic

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	3	0% of answers
Claude	4	5% of answers	#17.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	1	5% of answers	#9.0

Lumar

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	3	5% of answers	#11.0
Claude	9	20% of answers	#11.3
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	2	0% of answers

Where they differ

Only AnswerThePublic gets named for

What are the best free or low-cost SEO tools?

Only Lumar gets named for

What are the best alternatives to Screaming Frog?
Which SEO software do professionals actually use?
What's the best tool to run a technical SEO audit of my website?
What are the top SEO tools in 2026?
What are the best alternatives to SE Ranking?
What are the best alternatives to Google Search Console?
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