What the AIs actually recommend

We run real scans across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini and publish what they answer. Original data, updated as the answers move.

research2026-08-20 · 4 min

We scanned 4 categories and found the same split every time: Perplexity recommends one set of tools, the other three engines recommend another.Eighty answers across AI SEO, email marketing, web analytics and CRM. Eleven products were named only by Perplexity. Twenty-seven were named by everyone except Perplexity. Only twelve were named by all four.

crm2026-08-01 · 5 min

We asked 4 AI engines which CRM a small business should buy. HubSpot won, and six names you have never heard of came second.Real mention counts for HubSpot, Pipedrive, Bigin, Zoho and the long tail, across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. Who the AIs recommend for small business CRM, and the pattern in which engine names whom.

ai seo2026-07-31 · 5 min

Perplexity recommends Ahrefs and Semrush. The other three engines have never heard of them.We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini for the best AI SEO tools. The answers split almost perfectly by engine: the one that searches in real time names the incumbents, the other three name tools you have probably never seen.

email marketing2026-07-31 · 2 min

We asked 4 AIs which email tool a SaaS should use. The answers split in two.Twenty real answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini about email marketing for SaaS. Consensus picks, surprise names, and the sources doing the convincing.

web analytics2026-07-31 · 2 min

We asked 4 AI engines to pick a privacy-friendly analytics tool. One product dominated.20 real answers from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini about privacy-friendly web analytics. Who gets recommended, who gets ignored, and which pages the engines actually cite.