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
1 Trello US New entry 72 , range 68–75 72#1
72
  • : score 72 · #1
75% 43% First reading
2 Asana US New entry 70 , range 65–73 70#2
70
  • : score 70 · #2
75% 37% First reading
3 ClickUp US New entry 54 , range 49–60 54#3
54
  • : score 54 · #3
55% 29% First reading
4 monday.com IL New entry 44 , range 41–48 44#4
44
  • : score 44 · #4
44% 18% First reading
5 Notion US New entry 43 , range 40–47 43#5
43
  • : score 43 · #5
39% 20% First reading
6 Jira AU New entry 40 , range 37–43 40#6
40
  • : score 40 · #6
37% 14% First reading
7 Linear US New entry 31 , range 24–34 31#7
31
  • : score 31 · #7
18% 11% First reading
8 GitHub Projects US New entry 21 , range 10–31 21#8
21
  • : score 21 · #8
12% 9% First reading
9 Microsoft Planner US New entry 16 , range 9–30 16#9
16
  • : score 16 · #9
12% 7% First reading
10 Teamwork IE New entry 7 , range 5–12 7#10
7
  • : score 7 · #10
7% 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. 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
1 youtube.com Social 13.1% 2 of 4 48 Not read
2 reddit.com Community 7.6% 3 of 4 23 8
3 thedigitalprojectmanager.com Media 5.5% 4 of 4 24 Not read
4 dora.dev Industry authority 1.7% 1 of 4 7 Not read
5 linkedin.com Social 3.6% 2 of 4 14 Not read
6 dupple.com Media 3.1% 1 of 4 4 8
7 ones.com Vendor site 2.4% 4 of 4 11 Not read
8 zapier.com Vendor site 2.4% 3 of 4 3 9
9 cloud.microsoft Vendor site 2.1% 2 of 4 2 Not read
10 match-vs.com Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 2 5

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