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2027 B2B AI Search Visibility Benchmark

Which B2B brands do AI engines actually recommend — and what do the winners have in common? We are measuring 100 brands across four engines with a published, repeatable method.

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01Methodology

How the benchmark works.

Designed so results can be reproduced, challenged and tracked over time.

100

B2B brands across 10 software and services categories

500

buyer prompts: problems, shortlists, comparisons, pricing

4

engines: ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews / AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity

3×

runs per prompt per engine, fixed locale (en-US), logged-out

02Metrics

What we measure.

  • Share of voice — share of sampled answers that mention each brand, by engine and category
  • Mention position — average rank when brands are listed
  • Citation rate — share of answers that link to the brand’s own domain
  • Cited-source mix — owned, review sites, publishers, forums, documentation
  • Readiness factors — crawler access, structured data, server rendering, content formats
  • Correlations — which readiness factors travel with higher visibility (correlation, not causation)

03Research series

What we are publishing next.

Q1 2027

2027 B2B AI Search Visibility Benchmark

Planned

100 SaaS brands: exposure rankings in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity

Planned

Google Ads vs. AI search: which channel produces more SQLs?

Planned

AI Citation Sources Study: where engines get their answers

Planned

B2B GEO Pricing Benchmark

Planned

100 high-converting B2B prompts dataset

Independence. Brands are selected by category coverage, not client status, and no brand can pay to be included or excluded. Aivanta clients are flagged in the dataset. Raw prompt-level data will be released with the report.

Next step

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