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The most visible project management tools, October 2026

October 2026 · 12 questions asked in English, worldwide · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 96 answers read

Leader

ClickUp

74%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

42citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Wrike

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 ClickUp US 72 , range 61–78 74% 42% First reading
2 monday.com IL 71 , range 60–78 70% 44% First reading
3 Asana US 71 , range 59–77 69% 45% First reading
4 Jira AU 59 , range 48–71 56% 36% First reading
5 Smartsheet US 49 , range 42–61 47% 27% First reading
6 Wrike US 39 , range 33–47 32% 17% First reading
7 Trello US 34 , range 25–41 26% 10% First reading
8 Teamwork IE 33 , range 20–40 20% 14% First reading
9 Notion US 9 , range 5–31 10% 4% First reading
10 Zoho Projects IN 8 , range 4–31 9% 4% 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.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
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12 thedigitalprojectmanager.com Media 10.4% 2 of 4 6 11
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19 buildertrend.com Vendor site 5.2% 3 of 4 2 2
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The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
project management software with the best support English ClickUp and monday.com, tied
which project management software do experts recommend English Asana, ClickUp and Jira, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

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