The most visible digital banking platforms for banks and insurers in Germany, October 2026

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

Leader

Temenos

35Heralded Score, range 25–45

Most cited source

europa.eu

22citations

From ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Crassula

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini 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 Temenos CH New entry 35 , range 25–45 35#1
35
  • : score 35 · #1
28% 11% First reading
2 Backbase NL New entry 33 , range 17–43 33#2
33
  • : score 33 · #2
23% 11% First reading
3 Mambu DE New entry 32 , range 12–41 32#3
32
  • : score 32 · #3
21% 9% First reading
4 Thought Machine GB New entry 30 , range 8–39 30#4
30
  • : score 30 · #4
19% 7% First reading
5 Infosys Finacle IN New entry 16 , range 5–35 16#5
16
  • : score 16 · #5
14% 5% First reading
6 Crassula EE New entry 10 , range 4–34 10#6
10
  • : score 10 · #6
13% 2% None First reading
7 Finastra GB New entry 10 , range 4–34 10#7
10
  • : score 10 · #7
11% 5% First reading
8 Guidewire US New entry 10 , range 4–34 10#8
10
  • : score 10 · #8
12% 2% None First reading
9 Duck Creek US New entry 8 , range 3–32 8#9
8
  • : score 8 · #9
9% 2% None First reading
10 Avaloq CH New entry 8 , range 3–32 8#10
8
  • : score 8 · #10
9% 2% 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
11 outsystems.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
12 amazon.com Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
13 bancos.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
14 basikon.com Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
15 bearingpoint.com Consultancy 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
16 bis.org Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
17 digitalesbankkonto.de Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
18 finantrix.com Industry authority 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
19 fintechdatabase.eu Directory 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
20 guideflow.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 1 10

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best digital banking platforms for banks English Backbase, Mambu, Q2 and Temenos, tied
digital insurance platform for insurers English Duck Creek, EIS Group, Guidewire, Majesco and Sapiens, tied
how to launch a digital bank English SDK.finance
how to modernize core banking systems English No brand recommended
cloud core banking vs legacy core banking English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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