MarketMuse vs SpyFu
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
MarketMuse and SpyFu both sit near the bottom of the pack, with overall scores of 3 out of 100. MarketMuse is named in 6 of 76 answers, slightly ahead of SpyFu's 3 of 76. MarketMuse does best on questions like "What tool should I use to optimize blog posts so they rank?" and "Which SEO software do professionals actually use?", each at 2 of 4 answers. SpyFu's one bright spot is "Which tool is best for seeing what keywords my competitors rank for?", where it's named in 3 of 3 answers. Head to head, MarketMuse leads on 3 questions, SpyFu on 1, and the two tie on 16.
Head to head
| metric | MarketMuse | SpyFu |
|---|---|---|
| score | 3 | 3 |
| questions won | 3 | 1 |
By assistant
MarketMuse
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4 | 11% of answers | #11.0 |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #21.0 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 5 | 10% of answers | #8.0 |
SpyFu
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 4 | 5% of answers | #3.0 |
| Claude | 3 | 5% of answers | #5.0 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #2.0 |
Where they differ
Only MarketMuse gets named for
- What tool should I use to optimize blog posts so they rank?
- What are the top SEO tools in 2026?
- Which SEO software do professionals actually use?
Only SpyFu gets named for
- Which tool is best for seeing what keywords my competitors rank for?
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