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Lighthouse vs Majestic

as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14

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Lighthouse and Majestic both sit at an overall score of 4 out of 100, but AI assistants reach for them in different moments. Lighthouse shows up in 7 of 76 answers, doing best on technical SEO audit questions (2 of 4 answers) and free or low-cost tool picks (2 of 4). Majestic is named in 6 of 76 answers, with its strongest showing on backlink analysis and link building questions, named in 3 of 4 answers. Head to head, Lighthouse was named more often on 4 questions, Majestic on 2, and they tied on 14. Neither tool gets a mention for keyword research or local Google Maps rankings.

Head to head

metricLighthouseMajestic
score44
questions won53

By assistant

Lighthouse

assistantscorenamed in, this weekusual spot, this week
ChatGPT25% of answers#37.0
Claude820% of answers#12.0
Gemini36% of answers#7.0
Perplexity25% of answers#9.0

Majestic

assistantscorenamed in, this weekusual spot, this week
ChatGPT45% of answers#4.0
Claude615% of answers#12.3
Gemini912% of answers#3.5
Perplexity00% of answers

Where they differ

Only Lighthouse gets named for

  • What are the best free or low-cost SEO tools?
  • What's the best tool to run a technical SEO audit of my website?
  • What are the best SEO tools?
  • What are the top SEO tools in 2026?

Only Majestic gets named for

  • Which tool is best for backlink analysis and finding link building opportunities?
  • Which SEO tools have the most accurate data?

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