The most visible business intelligence tools in United Kingdom, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from United Kingdom in English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Power BI

71Heralded Score, range 30–83

Most cited source

youtube.com

9citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Databox

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– FreshBI Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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1% 0% None First reading
– GoodData US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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0% 0% None First reading
– Grafana US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Hex US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Holistics SG Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– IBM Cognos CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 56#17
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  • : Unranked
3% 3% First reading
– ICA SE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– InetSoft US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– InfoZoom DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– InsightSquared US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #32
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% 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. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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 youtube.com Social 10.0% 2 of 4 9 Not read
2 linkedin.com Social 8.3% 1 of 4 8 Not read
3 gov.uk Regulator 6.7% 1 of 4 6 Not read
4 turingbi.com Consultancy 10.0% 1 of 4 1 5
5 duncanboyne.co.uk Consultancy 6.7% 1 of 4 2 4
6 reddit.com Community 6.7% 2 of 4 4 9
7 facebook.com Social 5.0% 1 of 4 3 Not read
8 ovaledge.com Vendor site 5.0% 3 of 4 1 11
9 xledger.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
10 basedash.com Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
What are the best business intelligence tools for small business managers? English Google Looker Studio, Power BI and Zoho Analytics, tied
How can small businesses use data analysis to make better decisions? English No brand recommended
How can a small business manager get a clearer picture of business performance? English No brand recommended
How can I work out which products are the most profitable? English No brand recommended
Are automated reports or manual analysis better for small business managers? English No brand recommended
Are dashboards or spreadsheets better for tracking sales in a small business? English Google Looker Studio and Google Looker Studio, tied
What are some alternatives to creating reports manually for small business managers? English Google Looker Studio
What can small businesses use instead of spreadsheets to analyse sales? English Databox, Geckoboard, Google Looker Studio, Looker, Google Looker Studio, Power BI and Zoho Analytics, tied
I run a business with 10 employees and want to track sales. What should I use? English No brand recommended
I run a business without a data analyst and need easy-to-understand reports. What are my options? English Google Looker Studio, Google Looker Studio and Power BI, tied

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured