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Rankings by industry
A rank of 1 to 3 earns that leaderboard's badge for the month.
Rank and score by month
- AI automation and consulting agencies, Global4
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Every leaderboard it is on
| Leaderboard | Market | All rank (AI and Search combined) | Heralded Score | AI and Search | Change | On chart |
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| AI automation and consulting agencies, Global | Global | 8 | 4 , range 1–40 |
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| AI automation and consulting agencies, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | – | Too few answers |
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| AI automation and consulting agencies, Romania | Romania | – | Too few answers |
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| Software development companies, Global | Global | 12 | 3 , range 1–29 |
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| Software development companies, United Kingdom | United Kingdom | – | Too few answers |
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By engine
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Google AI Mode
–average rank
Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Gemini
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Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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Google AI Overviews
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Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
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ChatGPT
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Not ranked · ranks on 0 leaderboards
Questions it answers
| # | Question | Leaderboard | Its place | Also named |
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| 1 | What are the best AI consulting agencies for mid-sized companies? | AI automation and consulting agencies | 3 | |
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| 3 | I lead IT at a mid-sized company and need a partner to modernize our legacy systems. | software development companies | 1 | |
| 4 | ai consulting company for small businesses | AI automation and consulting agencies | 16 | Acuity AIAH ConsultingBridgeViewDataRoots Labs |
| 5 | What are the best AI consulting agencies for mid-sized companies? | AI automation and consulting agencies in United Kingdom | 22 | |
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How engines describe it
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ChatGPT
Best for broader business-led transformation involving IT strategy, cloud, data, operating models, and organizational change.
Asked: “I lead IT at a mid-sized company and need a partner to modernize our legacy systems.” · The most visible software development companies
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Google AI Mode
Small businesses should generally avoid enterprise-tier AI consulting firms like Deloitte or Slalom, as their six-figure pricing structures are built for large corporations.
Asked: “ai consulting company for small businesses” · The most visible AI automation and consulting agencies
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Sources that mention it
| # | Source | Type | Mentions it | Recommends it |
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| 1 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 2 | consulting | Yes | Yes | |
| 3 | consulting | Yes | No |
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.