Leader
55%of answers name it
AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.
Leader
55%of answers name it
Most cited source
1citations
From Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
They agree
Every engine names the same top three.
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 63 , range 34–74 | 63
| 55% | 14% | None | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 57 , range 27–68 | 57
| 45% | 11% | None | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 42 , range 0–73 | 42
| 6% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 38 , range 0–73 | 38
| 3% | 2% | None | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 38 , range 0–73 | 38
| 3% | 2% | None | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 38 , range 0–73 | 38
| 3% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 37 , range 27–67 | 37
| 34% | 18% | None | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 36 , range 21–57 | 36
| 30% | 5% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 35 , range 0–72 | 35
| 2% | 2% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 32 , range 2–49 | 32
| 10% | 7% | None | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
First reading. No comparable previous month yet.
No clear rise.
No clear fall.
No drop-outs.
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Review site | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
| 2 | | Review site | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
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| 9 | | Review site | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
| Question | Language | Wins it |
|---|---|---|
| best cloud hosting platform for independent developers | English | |
| cloud hosting for small software teams | English | |
| how can a developer host an app without managing servers | English | |
| how to keep a startup website online as traffic grows | English | |
| managed cloud hosting vs self-managed servers for startups | English | |
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.