Peek Discover vs. BirdeyeA 5-star rating alone won’t get you named by AI.

Birdeye is built for reviews and listings. Discover shows whether AI recommends your communities, and what to fix when it doesn’t.

Birdeye

Birdeye checks AI with generic prompts like “best ___ near me.” It keeps your info current on Google, Facebook, Apple, Yelp and Bing, not on apartment sites like Zillow.

Star ratings didn’t predict who AI recommends.

  • Across 445 communities, higher-rated ones weren’t recommended more often.
  • Under 1% of the searches AI runs for renters look up reviews.
0.07Link between star rating and how often AI recommends a community. Zero means none.
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Discover was built for this exact problem.

Discover asks the questions renters actually ask, about price, commute and floor plans, in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity every month. It shows who AI picks instead, and writes the fix for your website and listings.

Peek Discover vs. Birdeye, side by side
FeatureBirdeyePeek Discover
Built forReviews and listings, 10+ industriesAI search for apartments
QuestionsGeneric themes like “best ___ near me”264 renter questions per community, every month
ScoreWeighted by where you appear in each answerHow often AI recommends each community, by AI model
Compared withCompetitors you trackEvery community AI names nearby
FixesListings on Google, Facebook, Apple, Yelp and BingCopy for your website, Zillow and Apartments.com

Case study · Lantower, Austin

55th → 2nd

8×more AI conversations name the community than in December

Out of 274 competing properties in its market, in eight months.

1.8%14.5%DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
Share of AI conversations naming the community, Dec 2025 – Jul 2026

FAQ

Peek Discover vs. Birdeye: common questions

What’s the difference between Peek Discover and Birdeye?

Birdeye is built for reviews and listings. Discover shows whether AI recommends your communities, and what to fix when it doesn’t. Birdeye checks AI with generic prompts like “best ___ near me.” It keeps your info current on Google, Facebook, Apple, Yelp and Bing, not on apartment sites like Zillow.

Do better reviews get an apartment community recommended by AI?

Not on their own. Across 445 communities, higher-rated ones weren’t recommended more often. The link between star rating and how often AI recommends a community was 0.07, where zero means none, and under 1% of the searches AI runs for renters look up reviews.

How does Peek Discover measure AI visibility?

Discover asks 264 renter questions per community every month, about price, commute and floor plans, in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity: 1,056 AI conversations a month. It shows how often AI recommends each community, by AI model, which communities AI names instead, and writes copy for your website, Zillow and Apartments.com.

How can I see how my community shows up in AI search?

Get a free AI visibility score from Peek Discover. No card needed, just your community’s name and address.

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