Updated June 28, 2026

We poll the models every week.

Who would the AIs actually buy from? We ask the major LLMs realistic buying-intent questions — "find a payroll tool for 40 contractors" — and publish who they recommend, per category, per model, with confidence intervals. The public Share of Answer index.

Accounting software

21% first pick · consensus 20 · HHI 19

polled 288× across 3 models

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

27% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 22.3

polled 288× across 3 models

Business Banking & Neobanks

43% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 48.5

polled 288× across 3 models

Business Insurance

20% first pick · consensus 100 · HHI 27.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Business Intelligence & Analytics

20% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 23.1

polled 288× across 3 models

CRM for small teams

38% first pick · consensus 100 · HHI 38.1

polled 288× across 3 models

Customer support software

33% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 29.5

polled 288× across 3 models

Cyber Insurance

26% first pick · consensus 20 · HHI 28.9

polled 288× across 3 models

Cloud Data Warehouse

35% first pick · consensus 100 · HHI 34.2

polled 288× across 3 models

E-Signature Software

46% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 53.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Ecommerce platforms

50% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 56.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Email marketing platforms

25% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 22.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Error monitoring & APM

41% first pick · consensus 66.7 · HHI 48.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Expense Management & Corporate Cards

23% first pick · consensus 20 · HHI 24.5

polled 288× across 3 models

HR software (HRIS)

21% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 20.5

polled 288× across 3 models

Marketing Automation

#1 Hubspot Marketing HUB

22% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 21.7

polled 288× across 3 models

Password Managers (Business)

33% first pick · consensus 100 · HHI 38.9

polled 288× across 3 models

Payroll software (SMB)

27% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 27.5

polled 288× across 3 models

Project management software

15% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 14.6

polled 288× across 3 models

Sales Intelligence & Prospecting

31% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 29

polled 288× across 3 models

Scheduling & Appointment Booking

36% first pick · consensus 100 · HHI 35.6

polled 288× across 3 models

SEO Tools

27% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 25

polled 288× across 3 models

Social Media Management

18% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 20.6

polled 288× across 3 models

Subscription Billing & Revenue Management

#1 Stripe Billing

39% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 39.6

polled 288× across 3 models

Team Collaboration & Messaging

28% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 26.6

polled 288× across 3 models

Vector databases

32% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 29.9

polled 288× across 3 models

Consumer VPNs

23% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 23.2

polled 288× across 3 models

Web hosting

14% first pick · consensus 20 · HHI 12

polled 288× across 3 models

Website Builders & CMS

19% first pick · consensus 50 · HHI 16.6

polled 288× across 3 models

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How it works

Poll. Every model gets the same realistic buying questions, at the default settings real users see.
Extract. A separate model reads each answer and records the first pick and full shortlist.
Rank. We compute Share of Answer with Wilson 95% intervals — no human reordering, ever.

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