Per-assistant breakdown
Your overall score blends every assistant together, but the assistants don’t always agree. The per-assistant view shows how each one — ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, Perplexity — sees your brand.
Why it matters
- One assistant might consistently recommend you while another never mentions you. Averaged together that looks “okay,” but the per-assistant view reveals the gap.
- If a competitor is beating you on a specific assistant, you can focus there instead of guessing.
- Each assistant draws on different sources and search behavior, so winning one doesn’t guarantee the others.
Volatility
Alongside your score you’ll see a volatility indicator — how much your score swings between recent runs, from Low to High. Lower is steadier.
A steady score is more trustworthy than one that bounces around the same average. High volatility usually means the assistants are inconsistent about you — some runs recommend you, others leave you out — which is itself a signal worth digging into.
”Temporarily unavailable” assistants
Occasionally an assistant’s API has an outage or hiccup. When that happens for a run, AnswerScout marks it Temporarily unavailable and scores your run on the assistants that did respond, so your trend isn’t broken by an outage on someone else’s side.
“Temporarily unavailable” is different from an assistant that’s locked on your plan. Locked assistants show an upgrade prompt — see Which AI engines are tracked.