When a buyer asks an AI which software to buy, somebody gets named.

More buyers now open ChatGPT than a search engine. We ask the answer engines the questions those buyers actually type, with no vendor named in the question, and count who comes back. The full answers are published — every category here can be checked, and reproduced.

The leaderboards

Warehouse management systems

121 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Logiwa WMS, in 39.8% of answers

Survey and feedback tools

120 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: SurveyMonkey, in 55.7% of answers

Inventory management systems

113 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Zoho Inventory, in 69.3% of answers

Project management tools

106 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Monday.com, in 65.9% of answers

Time tracking tools and timesheet software

103 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Clockify, in 76.1% of answers

Knowledge base tools and team wikis

99 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Confluence, in 56.8% of answers

Field service management platforms

98 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Jobber, in 85.2% of answers

Learning management systems

98 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Docebo, in 50.0% of answers

Construction management tools

79 vendors · 132 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Procore, in 75.0% of answers

E-signature tools

78 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: DocuSign, in 87.5% of answers

Call center and contact center platforms

75 vendors · 132 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Five9, in 56.8% of answers

Applicant tracking systems

73 vendors · 88 answers · measured 2 Aug 2026

Named most often: Workable, in 76.1% of answers

Email marketing platforms

69 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: ActiveCampaign, in 52.3% of answers

Dental practice management systems

67 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Dentrix, in 64.8% of answers

Appointment scheduling tools

66 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Calendly, in 85.2% of answers

Amazon PPC AI tools and MCP servers

62 vendors · 132 answers · measured 4 Aug 2026

Named most often: Perpetua, in 75.8% of answers

Video conferencing tools

62 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Zoom, in 95.5% of answers

Legal practice management platforms

60 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: MyCase, in 83.0% of answers

Amazon PPC management platforms

58 vendors · 132 answers · measured 4 Aug 2026

Named most often: Perpetua, in 75.0% of answers

AWS and Amazon MCP servers

58 vendors · 132 answers · measured 4 Aug 2026

Named most often: AWS MCP Server, in 89.4% of answers

Expense management platforms

57 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Ramp, in 79.5% of answers

Small business CRMs

53 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: HubSpot CRM, in 89.8% of answers

Social media management tools

53 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Sprout Social, in 64.8% of answers

Hotel property management systems

52 vendors · 132 answers · measured 4 Aug 2026

Named most often: Cloudbeds, in 90.9% of answers

Help desk and customer support tools

50 vendors · 88 answers · measured 2 Aug 2026

Named most often: Freshdesk, in 86.4% of answers

Veterinary practice management systems

50 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: ezyVet, in 61.4% of answers

Property management tools

49 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Buildium, in 68.2% of answers

Restaurant POS systems

40 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Toast, in 93.2% of answers

HR software platforms and HRIS tools

38 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Gusto, in 93.2% of answers

Small business accounting platforms

33 vendors · 132 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: QuickBooks Online, in 95.5% of answers

Payroll software and HR platforms

26 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: Gusto, in 98.9% of answers

Business password managers

20 vendors · 88 answers · measured 3 Aug 2026

Named most often: 1Password, in 94.3% of answers

What the numbers say so far

The engines do not agree on who is winning. In 14 of 32 categories they name a different vendor first — in warehouse management systems it is Logiwa WMS (Gemini) and Manhattan Active WMS (Perplexity).

2186 distinct products have been named across 3124 answers. Every answer is published verbatim — nothing here is a score you have to take on trust.

No vendor owns a category outright. The strongest position in warehouse management systems is Logiwa WMS, named in only 39.8% of answers.

How it works

Each category is 44 different phrasings of one buying question, asked to every engine we can reach. No vendor is named in any question — the list on each page is whatever the engines said back, not a list we brought with us. Every run is done twice from scratch, and a category is only published if the top ten reproduces between the two runs.

Each board publishes its raw answers, the extracted product names per answer, and the machine-readable ranking. If you think a number is wrong, the evidence to check it is on the page.

What is free and what is not

Every leaderboard is free, with no signup and no email wall. What is for sale is the per-vendor work: monthly monitoring of your own position at $9.99, and a one-off report on why the engines name someone else. Each board links to it.