The most visible project management tools on Google AI Mode, October 2026

October 2026 · 12 questions asked in English, worldwide · Google AI Mode · 24 answers read

Leader

Asana

67%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

25citations

From Google AI Mode

Where engines disagree most

One engine

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Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
= 1 Asana US 70 , range 47–81 67% 38% None First reading
= 1 monday.com IL 70 , range 48–80 79% 25% None First reading
3 ClickUp US 65 , range 44–79 63% 33% First reading
4 Jira AU 50 , range 36–73 46% 29% None First reading
5 Smartsheet US 43 , range 31–66 42% 17% None First reading
= 6 Basecamp US 32 , range 17–48 21% 13% None First reading
= 6 Trello US 32 , range 17–48 21% 13% None First reading
8 Notion US 23 , range 14–41 21% 0% None First reading
= 9 Teamwork IE 20 , range 10–40 13% 4% None First reading
= 9 Wrike US 20 , range 11–39 17% 0% 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 buildern.com Vendor site 8.3% 1 of 4 1 0
2 buildertrend.com Vendor site 8.3% 1 of 4 1 1
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The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
project management software with the best support English Zoho Projects
which project management software do experts recommend English Asana, ClickUp, Jira and Smartsheet, tied

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.

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