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

ones.com

11citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

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% None First reading
8 GitHub Projects US New entry 21 , range 10–31 21#8
21
  • : score 21 · #8
12% 9% None First reading
9 Microsoft Planner US New entry 16 , range 9–30 16#9
16
  • : score 16 · #9
12% 7% None First reading
10 Teamwork IE New entry 7 , range 5–12 7#10
7
  • : score 7 · #10
7% 4% 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 ganttic.com Vendor site 1.0% 1 of 4 3 Not read
12 lucid.co Vendor site 1.0% 1 of 4 4 Not read
13 projectmanager.com Vendor site 1.0% 1 of 4 4 Not read
14 toggl.com Vendor site 1.0% 2 of 4 4 Not read
15 worksbuddy.ai Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
16 accelo.com Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 any.do Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 ideaplan.io Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
19 karyakeeper.com Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 nexasphere.io Vendor site 0.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Was ist die beste Projektmanagement-Software für kleine Teams? German Asana, ClickUp, monday.com and Trello, tied
Projektplanung für Marketingteams German Asana and monday.com, tied
Wie kann ein kleines Team Aufgaben und Fristen für Projekte im Blick behalten? German Trello
Wie koordiniert man mehrere Projekte mit einem Marketingteam? German Asana, monday.com and Trello, tied
Kanban-Board oder To-do-Liste für kleine Teams? German Asana, ClickUp, MeisterTask and Trello, tied
Tabellenkalkulation oder Projektmanagement-Software für Agenturen? German Asana, awork, MOCO, monday.com and Smartsheet, tied
Alternativen zu Tabellenkalkulationen, um Projekte in kleinen Teams zu verfolgen German Airtable, Asana, ClickUp, Notion and Trello, tied
Alternativen zu handschriftlichen To-do-Listen für Projektteams German Microsoft Planner
Ich koordiniere ein fünfköpfiges Team und möchte die Fristen für all unsere Projekte im Blick behalten. German Trello
Ich leite eine kleine Agentur und muss die Projekte für mehrere Kunden im Blick behalten. German Asana, monday.com 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