The most visible project management tools in Germany, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Germany in German and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.

Leader

Asana

51%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

9citations

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 Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
11 Basecamp US New entry 7 , range 1–46
7
  • : score 7 · #11
5% 2% None First reading
12 Airtable US New entry 6 , range 1–46
6
  • : score 6 · #12
5% 2% None First reading
13 GitHub Projects US New entry 6 , range 2–48
6
  • : score 6 · #13
5% 4% None First reading
14 Slack Lists US New entry 4 , range 1–45
4
  • : score 4 · #14
6% 0% None First reading
– Adobe Workfront US Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Agantty Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Allegra FR Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Autodesk Construction Cloud US Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– awork DE Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
1% 1% First reading
– Beebole BE Unranked Too few answers
–
  • : Unranked
1% 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. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 2sync.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
12 accelo.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
13 agiled.app Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
14 anbieterpilot.de Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
15 any.do Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
16 capsulecrm.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 chip.de Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 digitaleneuordnung.de Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 doofinder.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 enji.ai Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best project management software for small software teams English ClickUp and Jira, tied
plan and track software projects for small development teams English GitHub Projects, Jira and Linear, tied
how can a small software team keep projects on schedule English Jira and Trello, tied
how to assign work and track deadlines across a remote team English Asana
kanban boards vs task lists for small software teams English Jira and Trello, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

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