Leader
46Heralded Score, range 38–59
The most visible business bank accounts in Germany, October 2026
Most cited source
18citations
From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
Where engines disagree most
2/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Mode and Gemini, not on Google AI Overviews 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 | 46 , range 38–59 | 46#1 | 46
| 51% | 16% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 44 , range 37–56 | 44#2 | 44
| 51% | 11% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 40 , range 33–50 | 40#3 | 40
| 37% | 14% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 39 , range 32–48 | 39#4 | 39
| 37% | 10% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 31 , range 9–40 | 31#5 | 31
| 20% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 31 , range 9–40 | 31#6 | 31
| 19% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 31 , range 9–39 | 31#7 | 31
| 22% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 26 , range 8–38 | 26#8 | 26
| 19% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 24 , range 7–37 | 24#9 | 24
| 18% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 22 , range 6–37 | 22#10 | 22
| 14% | 7% | | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Media | 21.7% | 3 of 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 2 | | Media | 18.3% | 4 of 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | | Vendor site | 8.3% | 3 of 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | | Social | 11.7% | 2 of 4 | 7 | Not read |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 4 | Not read |
| 6 | | Media | 8.3% | 3 of 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | | Media | 6.7% | 1 of 4 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | | Media | 8.3% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | | Vendor site | 5.0% | 1 of 4 | 4 | Not read |
| 10 | | Vendor site | 6.7% | 3 of 4 | 2 | 16 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Was ist das beste Geschäftskonto für ein kleines Unternehmen? | German | |
| Online-Banking für Start-ups | German | |
| Wie kann ein neu gegründetes Unternehmen online ein Geschäftskonto eröffnen? | German | No brand recommended |
| Wie trenne ich als Freiberufler meine geschäftlichen und privaten Finanzen? | German | No brand recommended |
| Traditionelle Bank oder Online-Geschäftskonto für kleine Unternehmen? | German | |
| Geschäftskonto mit mehreren Währungen oder lokales Geschäftskonto für Exporteure? | German | |
| Welche Alternativen zu einer traditionellen Bank gibt es für ein Geschäftskonto für kleine Unternehmen? | German | |
| Welche Alternativen gibt es dazu, ein privates Konto für geschäftliche Zahlungen zu nutzen? | German | No brand recommended |
| Ich mache mich als Freiberufler selbstständig. Welches Geschäftskonto sollte ich eröffnen? | German | |
| Ich betreibe einen kleinen E-Commerce-Shop und brauche ein Geschäftskonto mit Karten für mein Team. | German | |
Each engine's top three
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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.