Leader
42Heralded Score, range 39–46
The most visible accounting tools in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
134citations
From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and ChatGPT
Brands
Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 42 , range 39–46 | 42#1 | 42
| 40% | 17% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 38 , range 35–41 | 38#2 | 38
| 29% | 16% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 35 , range 32–38 | 35#3 | 35
| 24% | 14% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 33 , range 30–36 | 33#4 | 33
| 21% | 12% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 22 , range 11–31 | 22#5 | 22
| 13% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 13 , range 8–26 | 13#6 | 13
| 12% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 8 , range 6–15 | 8#7 | 8
| 7% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 8 , range 5–14 | 8#8 | 8
| 8% | 4% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 8 , range 5–13 | 8#9 | 8
| 8% | 3% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 7 , range 5–12 | 7#10 | 7
| 7% | 3% | | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | Directory | 2.4% | 3 of 4 | 6 | 8 |
| 12 | | Media | 2.9% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | | Vendor site | 3.1% | 4 of 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 14 | | Vendor site | 2.9% | 4 of 4 | 12 | Not read |
| 15 | | Regulator | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 4 | Not read |
| 16 | | Media | 2.9% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | | Regulator | 1.0% | 1 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 18 | | Community | 2.1% | 1 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 19 | | Vendor site | 2.4% | 2 of 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | | Vendor site | 2.4% | 3 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Qual è il miglior software di contabilità per le piccole imprese? | Italian | |
| Come possono le piccole imprese tenere traccia di entrate e uscite? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Come può una piccola impresa tenere sotto controllo le spese? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Come registro le entrate e le uscite della mia attività? | Italian | |
| Per una piccola impresa, meglio un software di contabilità o un foglio di calcolo? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Per gli imprenditori, meglio affidare la contabilità all’esterno o gestirla internamente? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Qual è un’alternativa ai fogli di calcolo per la contabilità di una piccola impresa? | Italian | |
| Cosa posso usare al posto di tenere traccia manualmente delle spese della mia attività? | Italian | |
| Sono un freelance e cerco un software di contabilità online per gestire fatture e spese. | Italian | |
| Gestisco un’attività con cinque dipendenti e cerco un software semplice per la contabilità. | Italian | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
QuickBooks
- = 2
FreshBooks
- = 2
Xero
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
Wave
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Zoho Books
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.