G2 Vendor Directory

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

69

Products

27.5K

Total reviews

4.7

Avg. rating

Semrush by Adobe leads the Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) category with a 4.4 rating from 4,293 reviews. Profound has the strongest momentum in the category, up -98.9% quarter-over-quarter.

LLM citations

Monthly citations by AI answer engines for the top products in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO).

LLM citations · Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

Source: G2 review data

Key stats

Semrush

Profound

Small Business

Category trends

How the Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) market is moving, from G2 review and Grid data.

Which products are most adopted?
1
Profound1,025 2
Semrush868 3
Brandlight AI243 4
BrightEdge170 5
HubSpot AEO148
Which products are growing fastest?
1
Brandlight AI117 2
HubSpot AEO81 3
BrightEdge26 4
Birdeye25 5
AIclicks14
Which products are reviewers switching to?
1
Semrush275 2
SE Ranking219 3
BrightEdge69 4
Birdeye63 5
Ahrefs61
Which products do enterprises choose?
1
Profound286 2
Semrush90 3
Birdeye75 4
BrightEdge74 5
Conductor58
Which products do mid-market buyers choose?
1
Profound471 2
Semrush273 3
Brandlight AI131 4
Similarweb53 5
HubSpot AEO53
Which products do small businesses choose?
1
Semrush472 2
Profound191 3
Visby AI102 4
HubSpot AEO82 5
aiseo.ai82
Which are growing fastest in enterprise?
1
Brandlight AI24 2
Birdeye14 3
SE Ranking8 4
BrightEdge7

Fastest growing

Ranked by G2 Momentum score.

1

Profound

by Profound · 1,133 reviews

4.5
2

OtterlyAI

by OtterlyAI · 54 reviews

4.7
3

AthenaHQ

by AthenaHQ · 38 reviews

4.9

All products

Ranked by G2 Grid position.

1

Semrush

by Adobe · 4,293 reviews

4.4
2

Profound

by Profound · 1,133 reviews

4.5
3

Brandlight AI

by Brandlight · 246 reviews

4.9
4

Birdeye

by Birdeye · 4,288 reviews

4.7
5

HubSpot AEO

by HubSpot · 148 reviews

4.4

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