Leader
28Heralded Score, range 22–45
Leader
28Heralded Score, range 22–45
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | New entry | 28 , range 22–45 | 43#1 | 2= #4 | 28
| 27% | 11% | None | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 25 , range 21–38 | 39#2 | 0= #8 | 25
| 29% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 22 , range 19–35 | 35#3 | 0= #8 | 22
| 23% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 16 , range 5–31 | 25#4 | 0= #8 | 16
| 12% | 3% | None | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 10 , range 4–30 | 16#5 | 0= #8 | 10
| 12% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 6 , range 3–28 | 9#6 | 0= #8 | 6
| 9% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 5 , range 1–31 | 4#9 | 5#1 | 5
| 5% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 4 , range 1–31 | 5#8 | 3#2 | 4
| 5% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 4 , range 1–28 | 7#7 | 0= #8 | 4
| 5% | 1% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 3 , range 1–25 | 4#10 | 0= #8 | 3
| 4% | 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.
No answer cited a source of this type (Review sites).
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| how do companies prevent data leaks across email, browsers, and file storage | English | No brand recommended |
| can one policy protect sensitive data on laptops and in cloud services | English | No brand recommended |
| what can replace manual checks for employees sharing confidential files | English | No brand recommended |
| how can we replace separate rules for email and endpoint data leaks | English | |
| what can replace blocking every file upload to prevent data leaks | English | |
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.