Mentioned vs Tally: AI Visibility for Trade Contractors
If you're running a trade business and thinking about your online presence, you're probably juggling field management, customer relationships, and getting found. The comparison question usually isn't "Mentioned vs Tally"—it's "Do I need an AI visibility tool at all?"
Short answer: you probably do. Most contractors are invisible to the AI systems customers actually ask—ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini. Mentioned measures that gap. Tally, if you're looking at form builders or survey tools, solves a different problem entirely.
What Tally Does Well
If Tally is a forms or surveys platform, it's straightforward: collect data from customers or leads with an embeddable form. Drop it on your website, share the link, get structured responses. Clean, low friction, works. If your team is already using it for intake forms, estimate requests, or post-service feedback, stick with it. That's not what Mentioned does.
Where Mentioned is Different
Mentioned solves one specific problem: Are your competitors showing up when customers ask AI?
- We track ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini—the four systems your customers are actually asking.
- We ran 137 audits across the trade space (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing). Median score is 32/100. The gap between the best and worst is 47 points.
- Our methodology is open. You get the raw data. We're not a black box.
- Most contractors score zero across all four AI systems. Not because they're bad at marketing—because nobody is measuring it yet.
Best For
| Mentioned | Tally (or similar) |
|---|---|
| Understanding your AI visibility gap vs competitors | Collecting customer data or feedback |
| Tracking progress as you improve SEO and content | Quick forms for estimates or intake |
| Benchmarking against your local market | Survey distribution and response tracking |
| Building a moat in an emerging channel (AI search) | Lightweight data collection without coding |
Use Both
They're not competing. You probably already use something like Tally for forms. Mentioned sits alongside your existing stack—Stripe, HouseCall Pro, Google Business Profile, whatever you've got. We answer one question: How visible are you in AI? Then you decide if that gap is worth closing.
Next Step
Run your free audit. Takes 90 seconds. See exactly where you land in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Compare yourself to your local market median.
Founder cohort closes July 4. Lock in $297/mo or $1,497 lifetime before pricing moves. Early cohort gets direct access to the team + monthly AI visibility reports for the first 6 months.
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Common questions about AI visibility for Tally contractors in
Google ranks pages. AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity name specific businesses in answers. A Tally contractor in can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible in ChatGPT, because the signals are different (schema, citations, structured data, training-data presence).
Most Tally contractors see meaningful score lift within 30-60 days of implementing the three core fixes: Google Business Profile completion, consistent industry directory listings, and schema markup. The 47-point gap between median (32) and top performers (79) is closeable.
Yes. Roughly 40% of homeowner searches now start in ChatGPT or Perplexity instead of Google. Even with strong Google rankings, you can be completely invisible in AI answers, which means losing calls you don't even know about.
Your AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Specific gap analysis against top performers in . Three highest-leverage fixes prioritized by impact. Takes 90 seconds, no card required.