The measured state of AI search · No. 04 · August 2026
Datadog leads AI observability tools at 18.2% share of model
This month's measured lead insight from the Index, one citation receipt, and one tactic you can ship this week.
The one thing
In our measured Index, Datadog leads AI observability tools with a 18.2% share of model (95% CI 16.8–19.8) across 500 AI answers — the kind of number only a live measurement can give you. See it in the measured Index.
Teardown of the week
❯ what your content earned
Receipt (illustrative until a consented win exists): a published comparison page starts getting cited by Perplexity for its category's buyer prompt — we log the engine, the prompt and the date it first appeared. That's the receipt we send with every piece.
One fix you can ship
Check your answer-first opening.
Open your top comparison page with the direct answer in the first 40–60 words — AI engines lift the opening.
See where the engines put you
Measured across all five, free.
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