The project management tools brands AI recommends most

Week of October 12, 2026 · 32 answers to 8 buyer questions in United States, from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity.

ClickUp leads this week, named in 75% of AI answers, ahead of Asana at 47%.

#BrandAI visibilityAvg position
1ClickUp75%#2.0
2Asana47%#2.1
3Trello41%#2.5
4Jira41%#2.6
5Monday.com41%#3.1
6Notion31%#3.6
7Wrike28%#3.1
8Basecamp25%#4.3
9Smartsheet9%#1.7
10Linear6%#2.5
11Airtable3%#7.0

Sources AI leans on

The sites cited most often in these answers. Being featured here moves rankings.

  1. 1teamwork.com17 answers
  2. 2breeze.pm11 answers
  3. 3clickup.com10 answers
  4. 4platform.tracxn.com9 answers
  5. 5asana.com8 answers
  6. 6wrike.com7 answers
  7. 7teamgantt.com6 answers
  8. 8smartsuite.com6 answers
  9. 9zapier.com5 answers
  10. 10nuclino.com5 answers

The questions we ask

Asked fresh every week, with web search on, as a buyer in United States.

  • What is the best project management tool for a small team?
  • Best project management software for agencies
  • Asana alternatives for a startup
  • Which project management app is best for remote teams?
  • Best tool to manage tasks and projects for a marketing team
  • Simple project management software that is easy to learn
  • Best project management tool for software development
  • Which project management tool has the best free plan?

How the index works

AI visibility is the share of answers that name a brand. Each question goes to each engine once a week, so small weekly moves can be normal variation; trends over several weeks are what matter. Brands not in the list are not tracked. Positions count the order brands appear in an answer.

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Best Project management tools according to AI (2026): Variask AI Index