Lighthouse vs Majestic

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

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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

metric	Lighthouse	Majestic
score	5	5
questions won	5	5

By assistant

Lighthouse

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	1	0% of answers
Claude	9	20% of answers	#8.8
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	4	10% of answers	#8.0

Majestic

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	4	5% of answers	#3.0
Claude	7	10% of answers	#4.0
Gemini	not sampled this week
Perplexity	2	5% of answers	#3.0

Where they differ

Only Lighthouse gets named for

What are the best SEO tools?
Which SEO software do professionals actually use?
What are the best free or low-cost 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?
What are the best alternatives to Ahrefs?
What are the best alternatives to Semrush?
What are the best alternatives to SE Ranking?

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