Who AI recommends for AI search engine.

Updated 9 October 2026Google AI Overview on 10 October 2026 added

We ask AI assistants which AI search engine they’d recommend, with live web search on. Here’s who they name.

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Who gets recommended.

Products named for AI search engine, by share of 80 answers
#	Product	Share of answers	DR	vs last month	Avg. position
1	PerplexityDR 90perplexity.ai	61% 49/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#1.4
2	You.comDR 76you.com	54% 43/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#4.1
3	ChatGPT SearchDR 91openai.com	48% 38/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#3.3
4	ConsensusDR 76consensus.app	46% 37/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#3.8
5	ElicitDR 71elicit.com	30% 24/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#3.7
6	Brave SearchDR 74search.brave.com	30% 24/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#4.9
7	Perplexity AIDR 90perplexity.ai	29% 23/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#1.6
8	Google AI ModeDR 98google.com	24% 19/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#3.9
9	KagiDR 70kagi.com	24% 19/80 answers —	DR 70	—	#6
10	Microsoft CopilotDR 83copilot.microsoft.com	19% 15/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#4.1
11	PhindDR 65phind.com	16% 13/80 answers —	DR 65	—	#1.7
12	SciteDR 77scite.ai	15% 12/80 answers —	DR 77	—	#4.4
13	Microsoft Copilot SearchDR 83copilot.microsoft.com	15% 12/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#4.9
14	Brave Search with LeoDR 74search.brave.com	14% 11/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#4.6
15	ChatGPTDR 90chat.openai.com	13% 10/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#4.2
16	ExaDR 67exa.ai	10% 8/80 answers —	DR 67	—	#2.9
17	Semantic ScholarDR 86semanticscholar.org	9% 7/80 answers —	DR 86	—	#4.6
18	Microsoft BingDR 93bing.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#2.8
19	Google GeminiDR 88gemini.google.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#3.3
20	AndiDR 15andiai.com	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 15	—	#4.8
21	ClaudeDR 90claude.ai	8% 6/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#5.3
22	GoogleDR 98google.com	6% 5/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#2.8
23	Perplexity ProDR 90perplexity.ai	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#1
24	TavilyDR 62tavily.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 62	—	#4
25	GitHub CopilotDR 95github.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 95	—	#4.3
26	NotebookLMDR 78notebooklm.google.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 78	—	#6
27	Brave Search APIDR 74search.brave.com	5% 4/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#6.3
28	Andi AIandi.ai	5% 4/80 answers —	—	—	#6.5
29	Google Search AI ModeDR 98google.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#1.3
30	Google SearchDR 98google.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#2.3
31	Microsoft Bing with CopilotDR 93bing.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#3.3
31	SourcegraphDR 73sourcegraph.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#3.3
33	Gemini Deep ResearchDR 88gemini.google.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 88	—	#4
34	ChatGPT Deep ResearchDR 91chatgpt.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#4.3
34	CursorDR 83cursor.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#4.3
36	DuckDuckGoDR 89duckduckgo.com	4% 3/80 answers —	DR 89	—	#6
37	Perplexity.aiDR 90perplexity.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#1
38	Sourcegraph CodyDR 73sourcegraph.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#3
39	GeminiDR 83ai.google	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 83	—	#3.5
40	Microsoft Copilot (Bing)DR 93bing.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#4
40	Bloopbloop.dev	3% 2/80 answers —	—	—	#4
40	TinyFishDR 29tinyfish.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 29	—	#4
43	OpenAIDR 91openai.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 91	—	#5
44	Brave Search + LeoDR 74search.brave.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#5.5
44	Claude with web searchDR 90claude.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#5.5
46	NeevaDR 66neeva.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 66	—	#6.5
46	Claude ResearchDR 90claude.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#6.5
46	DeepSeekDR 76deepseek.com	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#6.5
49	GrokDR 66grok.x.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 66	—	#7.5
49	GensparkDR 72genspark.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 72	—	#7.5
51	Felo SearchDR 48felo.ai	3% 2/80 answers —	DR 48	—	#8.5
52	Sourcegraph Cody / Sourcegraph Code SearchDR 73sourcegraph.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#1
53	Microsoft Bing / Copilot SearchDR 93bing.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#2
53	Microsoft Bing / Copilot (Bing Chat)DR 93bing.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#2
53	Google AI OverviewDR 98google.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 98	—	#2
53	Vespa.aiDR 55vespa.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 55	—	#2
53	DevvDR 28devv.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 28	—	#2
58	Scite.aiDR 77scite.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 77	—	#3
58	Microsoft Bing Copilot SearchDR 93bing.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#3
58	Andi SearchDR 59andisearch.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 59	—	#3
58	GleanDR 71glean.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 71	—	#3
58	AlgoliaDR 84algolia.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 84	—	#3
63	ChatGPT (OpenAI)DR 90chat.openai.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#4
63	Kagi (Kagi Assistant)DR 70kagi.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 70	—	#4
63	Bing	1% 1/80 answers —	—	—	#4
63	Bing ChatDR 93bing.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#4
63	Microsoft Bing ChatDR 93bing.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 93	—	#4
63	ProfoundDR 48profound.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 48	—	#4
63	TabnineDR 73tabnine.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#4
63	BitoDR 43bito.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 43	—	#4
71	Brave Search AIDR 74search.brave.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 74	—	#5
71	Claude AIDR 90claude.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#5
71	Claude SearchDR 90claude.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 90	—	#5
71	SciSpaceDR 73scispace.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#5
71	Neeva (AI search)DR 66neeva.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 66	—	#5
71	AtlasDR 4atlasworkspace.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 4	—	#5
71	Otterly.aiDR 70otterly.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 70	—	#5
71	SourcelyDR 35sourcely.net	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 35	—	#5
71	Amazon OpenSearchDR 76opensearch.org	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 76	—	#5
71	Parallel SearchDR 50parallel.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 50	—	#5
81	ValyuDR 32valyu.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 32	—	#6
81	ResearchRabbitDR 68researchrabbit.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 68	—	#6
81	FeloDR 48felo.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 48	—	#6
81	Neeva AIDR 66neeva.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 66	—	#6
81	Peec AIDR 65peec.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 65	—	#6
81	Brave LeoDR 85brave.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 85	—	#6
81	Jina AIDR 56jina.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 56	—	#6
81	searchcodeDR 54searchcode.com	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 54	—	#6
89	SourcebotDR 11sourcebot.dev	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 11	—	#7
90	OtterlyAIDR 70otterly.ai	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 70	—	#8
90	ast-grepDR 41ast-grep.github.io	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 41	—	#8
92	Arc SearchDR 73arc.net	1% 1/80 answers —	DR 73	—	#9

Prompt by prompt.

Each prompt, the engines whose answers named its most mentioned product, and how many of the planned answers came back. Open a prompt for its own ranking, sources, searches and every answer.

Every prompt, the product its answers named most, and how many answers came back
#	Prompt	Named the leader	Most mentioned	Answers
1	ChatGPT Search 12/16	ChatGPT did not name itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	ChatGPT Search12/16	16/16
2	Consensus 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Consensus16/16	16/16
3	You.com 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	You.com16/16	16/16
4	Perplexity 10/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Perplexity10/16	16/16
5	Phind 11/16	ChatGPT did not name itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Phind11/16	16/16

Recommendations by engine.

Each cell is the share of that engine’s answers naming the product. Engines differ, and this is where it shows.

Share of each engine’s answers naming each product; open a cell for its answers
Product	ChatGPTChatGPT	ClaudeClaude	PerplexityPerplexity	GeminiGemini	GrokGrok	AI OverviewAI Overview
Perplexity
You.com
ChatGPT Search
Consensus
Elicit
Brave Search
Perplexity AI
Google AI Mode
Kagi
Microsoft Copilot
Phind
Scite
Microsoft Copilot Search
Brave Search with Leo
ChatGPT

Where the answers looked.

Sites the answers cited, by the share of answers citing each one.

1commercepundit.com
39%31/80
2zapier.com
29%23/80
3theairankings.com
25%20/80
4slack.com
24%19/80
5resources.rework.com
21%17/80
6pcmag.com
18%14/80
7techbloat.com
14%11/80
8virtualpbx.com
13%10/80
9memeburn.com
11%9/80
10positioniseverything.net
11%9/80
11radarkit.ai
11%9/80
12atlasworkspace.ai
10%8/80

In their own words.

Lines from the answers that name the product, word for word, with the engine and the day it answered.

What the engines say about

“What is the best AI search engine?”
1. Perplexity — https://perplexity.ai — Fast, citation-first AI answers with a conversational interface and a Pro option for higher limits and file/project tools. ([perplexity.ai](https://www.perplexity.ai/hub?utm_source=openai))
ChatGPT9 Oct 2026
“What is the best AI search engine?”
1. Perplexity (www.perplexity.ai)
Claude9 Oct 2026
“What is the best AI search engine?”
1. Perplexity — perplexity.ai — Best overall for research, with direct answers, inline citations, and focused follow-up questions.[1][4][5]
Perplexity9 Oct 2026
“What is the best AI search engine?”
1. Perplexity
Gemini9 Oct 2026
“What is the best AI search engine?”
1. Perplexity
Grok9 Oct 2026
“Which AI answer engine is best for research?”
- [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) : Best for fast, general exploration and cited web answers . It is ideal for clarifying terminology, finding general context, and gathering multi-source quick references.[[1]](https://www.reddit.com/r/AIAssisted/comments/1j3enww/i_tested_5_best_ai_t…
AI Overview10 Oct 2026

How this was measured.

Measured on 9 October 2026.
5 buyer questions, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok and AI Overview.
Asked more than once.
Each question went to each engine several times (Google AI Overview once), so the tables show rates, not one list.
Gaps stay gaps.
An answer that failed is left out of every count, never read as one that named nobody.
Every answer is here.
Quoted word for word, and in the CSV and JSON.

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