Lighthouse vs seoClarity
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Lighthouse and seoClarity are running neck and neck in AI answers, both named in just 7 of 76 answers and both scoring 4 out of 100 overall. Lighthouse edges ahead on Claude (8 vs 10... actually trails there) but leads on Gemini and Perplexity, while seoClarity scores higher on Claude and ChatGPT. Lighthouse shows up most for technical SEO audits and free/low-cost tool questions, while seoClarity gets picked for "professionals actually use" and "top tools in 2026" questions. Head-to-head, seoClarity was named more often on 5 questions, Lighthouse on 3, with the remaining 12 tied.
Head to head
| metric | Lighthouse | seoClarity |
|---|---|---|
| score | 4 | 4 |
| questions won | 5 | 5 |
By assistant
Lighthouse
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 2 | 5% of answers | #37.0 |
| Claude | 8 | 20% of answers | #12.0 |
| Gemini | 3 | 6% of answers | #7.0 |
| Perplexity | 2 | 5% of answers | #9.0 |
seoClarity
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4 | 11% of answers | #20.0 |
| Claude | 10 | 25% of answers | #20.0 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% 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?
Only seoClarity gets named for
- What's the best all-in-one SEO platform right now?
- What's the best rank tracker for monitoring my Google positions every day?
- What's the best SEO tool for an agency managing lots of clients?
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