The most visible B2C 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

69%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

42citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Notion

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#3 overall ClickUp US 71 , range 59–77 69% 39% First reading
2#5 overall Smartsheet US 48 , range 41–61 46% 26% None First reading
3#7 overall Trello US 33 , range 26–40 26% 9% First reading
4#9 overall Notion US 21 , range 14–31 14% 4% First reading
5#17 overall MeisterTask AT 12 , range 6–22 6% 1% None First reading
6#20 overall Airtable US 11 , range 4–20 5% 1% First reading
– Allegra FR Too few answers 2% 0% None First reading
– Vikunja Too few answers 1% 1% 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.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 google.com Vendor site 8.3% 1 of 4 26 Not read
2 buildertrend.com Vendor site 5.2% 3 of 4 2 0
3 breeze.pm Vendor site 4.2% 2 of 4 2 0
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6 cmicglobal.com Vendor site 3.1% 2 of 4 2 0
7Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
8 zapier.com Vendor site 3.1% 3 of 4 3 0
9Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
10 ones.com Vendor site 2.1% 2 of 4 2 0

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
project management software with the best support English ClickUp
which project management software do experts recommend English ClickUp

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