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

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

Leader

ClickUp

88%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

17citations

From Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

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Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 ClickUp US 77 , range 60–85 88% 38% First reading
2 monday.com IL 62 , range 42–78 58% 33% First reading
= 3 Asana US 59 , range 41–77 58% 29% First reading
= 3 Jira AU 59 , range 41–77 58% 29% First reading
5 Smartsheet US 43 , range 32–65 46% 13% First reading
6 Trello US 37 , range 25–56 33% 13% First reading
7 Wrike US 36 , range 22–53 29% 13% First reading
8 Zoho Projects IN 27 , range 14–44 21% 4% None First reading
9 Airtable US 23 , range 12–42 17% 4% First reading
– Adobe Workfront US Too few answers 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. 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 reddit.com Community 25.0% 1 of 4 4 18
2Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
3 quora.com Community 4.2% 1 of 4 1 0
4Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
5 ycombinator.com Community 4.2% 1 of 4 1 0

The questions, and who wins each

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