Who AI names
Project management: which companies AI engines name
We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode ten fixed buyer questions in this category, three runs each, and counted which of 10 companies every answer named.
Answers captured for release 2026-09. 150 answers in all.
Named most often
- Asana97 of 150 answersNamed in 10 of 10 buyer questions
- ClickUp80 of 150 answersNamed in 8 of 10 buyer questions
- Jira63 of 150 answersNamed in 9 of 10 buyer questions
- Smartsheet54 of 150 answersNamed in 6 of 10 buyer questions
- Wrike54 of 150 answersNamed in 7 of 10 buyer questions
Never named
0: every one of the 10 companies in this checked set was named at least once in the 150 answers.
Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking and not a judgment of product quality. The full category record, with every company, question and engine.
Absence Index release 2026-09, published 23 Sep 2026. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695. CC BY 4.0 with attribution to Broadcastwell.
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