Who AI recommends for project management software.

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

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

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Partial coverage. 1 of AI Overview’s 5 calls failed. Shares count only the answers that came back — a failed call is never counted as an answer that named nobody.

Products named for project management software, by share of 79 answers
#	Product	Share of answers	DR	vs last month	Avg. position
1	ClickUpDR 83clickup.com	90% 71/79 answers —	DR 83	—	#2.9
2	AsanaDR 87asana.com	87% 69/79 answers —	DR 87	—	#3.2
3	monday.comDR 86monday.com	78% 62/79 answers —	DR 86	—	#3.9
4	TrelloDR 91trello.com	61% 48/79 answers —	DR 91	—	#2.4
5	BasecampDR 83basecamp.com	46% 36/79 answers —	DR 83	—	#4.3
6	WrikeDR 83wrike.com	42% 33/79 answers —	DR 83	—	#5.3
7	JiraDR 74jira.atlassian.com	38% 30/79 answers —	DR 74	—	#3.3
8	NotionDR 91notion.so	33% 26/79 answers —	DR 91	—	#5.0
9	LinearDR 90linear.app	20% 16/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#2.1
10	Teamwork.comDR 78teamwork.com	10% 8/79 answers —	DR 78	—	#1.6
11	TeamworkDR 78teamwork.com	10% 8/79 answers —	DR 78	—	#2.3
12	GitHub ProjectsDR 95github.com	10% 8/79 answers —	DR 95	—	#4
13	GitLabDR 85about.gitlab.com	10% 8/79 answers —	DR 85	—	#4.6
14	ScoroDR 70scoro.com	9% 7/79 answers —	DR 70	—	#4.3
15	PlakyDR 59plaky.com	9% 7/79 answers —	DR 59	—	#5.7
16	ONES.comDR 51ones.com	8% 6/79 answers —	DR 51	—	#4.2
17	AirtableDR 91airtable.com	8% 6/79 answers —	DR 91	—	#5.7
18	ProductiveDR 72productive.io	6% 5/79 answers —	DR 72	—	#3.4
19	Azure DevOpsDR 94microsoft.com	6% 5/79 answers —	DR 94	—	#5
20	ShortcutDR 70shortcut.com	6% 5/79 answers —	DR 70	—	#5.6
21	Zoho ProjectsDR 90zoho.com	5% 4/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#6.8
22	Jira SoftwareDR 90atlassian.com	4% 3/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#1
23	Toggl PlanDR 81toggl.com	4% 3/79 answers —	DR 81	—	#5
24	TeamGanttDR 70teamgantt.com	4% 3/79 answers —	DR 70	—	#5.3
25	AgiledDR 33agiled.app	4% 3/79 answers —	DR 33	—	#6.7
26	BreezeDR 54breeze.pm	4% 3/79 answers —	DR 54	—	#7
27	ActiveCollabDR 73activecollab.com	3% 2/79 answers —	DR 73	—	#1.5
28	CodaDR 79coda.io	3% 2/79 answers —	DR 79	—	#6
29	Atlassian Jira SoftwareDR 90atlassian.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#1
30	GitHubDR 95github.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 95	—	#2
31	WorkamajigDR 61workamajig.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 61	—	#4
31	Microsoft PlannerDR 66tasks.office.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 66	—	#4
33	MeisterTaskDR 74meistertask.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 74	—	#5
33	TodoistDR 84todoist.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 84	—	#5
35	GitLab Issue BoardsDR 91gitlab.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 91	—	#6
35	FreedcampDR 71freedcamp.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 71	—	#6
35	Adobe WorkfrontDR 90business.adobe.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#6
35	BonsaiDR 4bonsai.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 4	—	#6
39	YouTrackDR 87jetbrains.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 87	—	#7
39	ZapierDR 90zapier.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 90	—	#7
39	WorkfrontDR 73workfront.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 73	—	#7
39	HiveDR 74hive.com	1% 1/79 answers —	DR 74	—	#7
43	Microsoft	1% 1/79 answers —	—	—	#8

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	Asana 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Asana16/16	16/16
2	Linear 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	Linear16/16	16/16
3	ClickUp 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	ClickUp16/16	16/16
4	ClickUp 16/16	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview named it	ClickUp16/16	16/16
5	Trello 15/15	ChatGPT named itClaude named itPerplexity named itGemini named itGrok named itAI Overview: no answer for this prompt, not counted	Trello15/15	15/16

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
ClickUp
Asana
monday.com
Trello
Basecamp
Wrike
Jira
Notion
Linear
Teamwork.com
Teamwork
GitHub Projects
GitLab
Scoro
Plaky

Where the answers looked.

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

1ones.com
47%37/79
2project-management.com
29%23/79
3wrike.com
27%21/79
4clickup.com
25%20/79
5teamwork.com
19%15/79
6paymoapp.com
16%13/79
7thedigitalprojectmanager.com
16%13/79
8toggl.com
16%13/79
9zapier.com
16%13/79
10larksuite.com
14%11/79
11plaky.com
13%10/79
12reddit.com
13%10/79

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 project management software for a small team?”
1. ClickUp — https://clickup.com — Extremely feature-rich and cost-effective for small teams that want tasks + docs + time tracking + automations in one workspace. ([clickup.com](https://clickup.com/learn/topic/project-management/tools/clickup/?utm_source=openai))
ChatGPT9 Oct 2026
“What is the best project management software for a small team?”
4. ClickUp — https://clickup.com
Claude9 Oct 2026
“What is the best project management software for a small team?”
2. ClickUp — clickup.com — Best value for teams that want tasks, documents, chat, goals, and reporting in one platform.[3][7]
Perplexity9 Oct 2026
“What is the best project management software for a small team?”
1. ClickUp
Gemini9 Oct 2026
“What is the best project management software for a small team?”
2. ClickUp
Grok9 Oct 2026
“What is the best project management software for a small team?”
…rello leading for simple Kanban boards, Asana for structured task tracking, and ClickUp for all-in-one customization`.[[1]](https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/software/best-project-management-software/)[[2]](https://zapier.com/blog/best-project-management-software-small-business/)[[3]](https://…
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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