The most visible project management tools in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

Trello

72Heralded Score, range 68–75

Most cited source

youtube.com

85citations

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

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
– Planisware FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– PLANTA Project Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Planyway Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Planzone Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Podio Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Procore US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Project.co Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Project Manager Pro Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Project Online Essentials US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Projektron BCS Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 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 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 teambookapp.com Vendor site 1.9% 1 of 4 8 3
12 larksuite.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 4 Not read
13 medium.com Community 1.7% 1 of 4 5 Not read
14 stackfyi.com Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 2 8
15 artavolo.com Vendor site 1.2% 2 of 4 2 Not read
16 bittnet.ro Consultancy 0.7% 2 of 4 5 5
17 jetbrains.com Vendor site 1.2% 1 of 4 3 Not read
18 techrepublic.com Media 1.0% 2 of 4 5 Not read
19 businessconnect.lt Media 1.2% 3 of 4 1 10
20 delahayesolutions.com Consultancy 1.2% 1 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best project management software for small software teams English ClickUp, Jira and Linear, tied
plan and track software projects for small development teams English Notion and Trello, tied
how can a small software team keep projects on schedule English Trello
how to assign work and track deadlines across a remote team English Trello
kanban boards vs task lists for small software teams English GitHub Projects and Linear, tied
Wat is de beste projectmanagementsoftware voor kleine teams? Dutch Asana, monday.com and Trello, tied
Projectplanning voor marketingteams Dutch Asana and Simplicate, tied
Hoe kan een klein team projecttaken en deadlines bijhouden? Dutch Microsoft Planner and Trello, tied
Hoe coördineer je meerdere projecten met een marketingteam? Dutch Asana and monday.com, tied
Kanban board or to-do list for small teams? Dutch Asana, ClickUp, Notion and Trello, 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