Sample report · illustrative data
AI Visibility Report: Acme Compliance
Category: SOC 2 and compliance automation software. Period: one month, 30 prompts × 5 engines × 3 runs = 450 answers analysed. Names and numbers below are illustrative; a real report links every row to a raw response file.
Mention rate
22%
of answers name Acme. Leader: Vanta at 81%.
Invisible prompts
17 / 30
prompts where competitors are named and Acme never is.
Share of voice
| Brand | Mentions | Mention rate | Share of voice | Avg position | Domain cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanta | 365 | 81% | 38% | 1.3 | 61 |
| Drata | 302 | 67% | 31% | 2.0 | 44 |
| Secureframe | 194 | 43% | 20% | 2.9 | 23 |
| Acme Compliance (client) | 99 | 22% | 11% | 2.4 | 18 |
Score by engine
| Engine | Model | Acme | Vanta | Drata | Secureframe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT (API + web search) | gpt-4.1 | 28 | 79 | 66 | 44 |
| Perplexity (Sonar) | sonar | 41 | 83 | 71 | 52 |
| Gemini (grounded) | gemini-3.8-flash | 22 | 88 | 64 | 39 |
| Claude (web search) | claude-opus-5-5 | 35 | 76 | 69 | 47 |
| Google AI Overviews | SERP | 19 | 71 | 58 | 33 |
Prompts where Acme is invisible (excerpt)
| Prompt | Stage | Who gets named instead |
|---|---|---|
| Best compliance automation software for startups | discovery | Vanta (15×), Drata (14×), Secureframe (9×) |
| Vanta alternatives | alternatives | Drata (15×), Secureframe (13×), Sprinto (8×) |
| How much does compliance automation software cost? | pricing | Vanta (12×), Drata (11×) |
| Which vendors are best reviewed on G2 and Capterra? | trust | Vanta (15×), Drata (15×), Secureframe (12×) |
What engines actually say about Acme
"Acme Compliance is a smaller player focused on mid-market healthcare companies; it is less commonly recommended than Vanta or Drata but praised for hands-on audit support."Perplexity, prompt p09, run 2
"Acme (formerly Acme Labs) offers SOC 2 and HIPAA automation; pricing is not public."ChatGPT, prompt p23, run 1
Who gets cited instead: top sources
| # | Domain | Type | Answers citing | Engines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | g2.com | review site | 96 | chatgpt, perplexity, gemini, aio |
| 2 | vanta.com | competitor | 61 | all |
| 3 | reddit.com | community | 52 | chatgpt, perplexity, gemini |
| 4 | drata.com | competitor | 44 | all |
| 5 | sprinto.com (blog listicle) | blog / docs | 37 | chatgpt, perplexity, claude |
| 6 | capterra.com | review site | 29 | chatgpt, gemini, aio |
Top 10 fixes (first five shown)
- Publish category content that answers "best X tools" prompts. Acme is absent from 8 discovery prompts. Ship a buyer's guide and a "best compliance automation tools" comparison that lists Acme honestly alongside the leaders.
- Earn presence on G2 and Capterra. Cited in 125 answers. Target 25 fresh reviews and a category badge in 60 days.
- Build "Vanta alternatives" and "Drata alternatives" pages. Invisible on 4 alternatives prompts; the pages engines cite are competitor blogs.
- Join the Reddit threads being cited. 9 specific threads listed in the appendix.
- Fix entity consistency. "Acme Labs" and "Acme Compliance" split mentions. Canonical name, sameAs links and redirects.
Appendix in the real report: all 30 prompts with per-engine mention rates, the 450 raw response files, and the formula components.