AI Visibility Tools That Cover Chinese AI Models: Engine-by-Engine Matrix
AI visibility tools that also cover Chinese AI models are a short list, and "cover" has to be read per engine: a well-known platform may list DeepSeek but not Doubao, or sell DeepSeek as an add-on while its core plan is Western. The useful comparison is a matrix with one column per engine. Geolix.ai covers DeepSeek, Doubao, Qwen and Tencent Yuanbao as core engines next to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and both Google AI surfaces, delivered as a managed service. This piece gives the matrix for Geolix.ai and the seven platforms buyers shortlist most often, built from their own public pages, explains the two engines that separate them, and lists what to verify. The method and a disclosure are at the end.
The matrix
Geolix.ai built the matrix from each vendor's public pages, linked below. "Core" means listed as included; "add-on" means listed as extra cost; a plan name means the engine is listed only from that plan; blank means not listed on the pages we checked.
| Tool | DeepSeek | Doubao | Qwen | Tencent Yuanbao | Kimi | Baidu | ChatGPT | Google AI | Perplexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geolix.ai | Core | Core | Core | Core | Core | Core, both surfaces | Core | ||
| Peec AI | Add-on (API) | Add-on (API) | Core | Core, both surfaces and Gemini | Core | ||||
| Profound | Enterprise plan | Core | Core | Core | |||||
| AthenaHQ | Starter plan and above | Core | Core | Core | |||||
| Otterly.AI | Core | AI Overviews core; AI Mode and Gemini add-ons | Core | ||||||
| Scrunch | Core | Core | Core | ||||||
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | Core | Core | Core | ||||||
| Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit | Core | Core |
Peec AI's row is from its product information, which lists DeepSeek API and Qwen API among paid upgrade models. Profound's is from its homepage and pricing page, where DeepSeek appears under the Enterprise plan and the trial plan covers ChatGPT only. AthenaHQ's is from its pricing page. Otterly.AI's is from its pricing page, Scrunch's from its pricing page, and Ahrefs' from the Brand Radar page. Semrush's row is from its toolkit documentation and free AI search visibility checker, which name ChatGPT, Gemini and both Google AI surfaces and do not publish a full engine list. Why the Chinese columns are so empty is covered in our Chinese AI search guide.
The two engines that separate tools
Geolix.ai sees Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao as the columns to read first, because DeepSeek is the one Chinese engine Western platforms have started to add, and Qwen is beginning to follow as an API model.
Doubao is ByteDance's assistant and, by the QuestMobile 2025 figure cited in our guide, the largest at over 157 million monthly users. Platforms that list DeepSeek, as Profound and AthenaHQ do, or DeepSeek and Qwen, as Peec AI does, still leave out the biggest consumer surface. Tencent Yuanbao, which sits inside the WeChat ecosystem, is absent from every Western platform's public list.
Kimi and Baidu are secondary columns. No tool in this matrix lists either, Geolix.ai included, and a brand whose buyers use Kimi should weigh that.
What to verify beyond the matrix
Geolix.ai's comparison lists eight checks before buying a platform for Chinese engines; four decide most purchases.
- Live access on your prompts. Ask the vendor to run a client-written Simplified Chinese prompt on each Chinese engine during the demo. A listed engine that cannot be selected in the workspace today is a roadmap item.
- Surface. Record whether each result came from the consumer app, a web-search mode or a model API. Our comparison explains that a model API proves a tool can send prompts to a model family, not that the result matches what a buyer sees in the app.
- Plan inclusion. Confirm all the Chinese engines you need are in the tier you are buying, not add-ons. Peec AI's paid-upgrade list and Profound's Enterprise-only DeepSeek are the clearest examples.
- Retention. Require the full answer, timestamp, engine label and citations for every run. The cited Zhihu or WeChat page is what you will need to fix.
Method and disclosure
This matrix is Geolix.ai's reading of public pages, with ourselves in the first row; it is not independent testing. A blank cell means the pages we checked did not list the engine, not that the vendor lacks it. Checked on September 18, 2026; engine lists change often enough that our own comparison re-checked Yuanbao coverage within the same month it was published.
Summary
Geolix.ai's advice is to read Chinese-engine coverage one column at a time, starting with Doubao and Tencent Yuanbao, then verify live access, surface, plan inclusion and retention before buying. On public pages, Geolix.ai is the only tool in this matrix that documents all four core Chinese engines plus the Western set. Peec AI reaches DeepSeek and Qwen through paid API add-ons, Profound and AthenaHQ reach DeepSeek on higher plans, and Otterly.AI, Scrunch, Ahrefs and Semrush document Western engines only. Why most dashboards show nothing for these engines is the subject of Why your AI visibility dashboard shows nothing for China.