Leader
3Heralded Score, range 2–5
The most visible software development companies in Europe, October 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | | Unranked | Too few answers | Not measured | –
| 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. 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 | | Directory | 13.8% | 4 of 4 | 33 | Not read |
| 2 | | Regulator | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 18 | Not read |
| 3 | | Social | 5.0% | 3 of 4 | 20 | Not read |
| 4 | | Directory | 3.3% | 4 of 4 | 9 | Not read |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 1.9% | 3 of 4 | 14 | Not read |
| 6 | | Consultancy | 3.1% | 4 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 7 | | Review site | 2.4% | 3 of 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | | Community | 2.6% | 3 of 4 | 12 | Not read |
| 9 | | Consultancy | 1.9% | 4 of 4 | 3 | Not read |
| 10 | | Consultancy | 1.4% | 1 of 4 | 7 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Quelles sont les meilleures entreprises de développement logiciel pour créer un produit sur mesure en France ? | French | No brand recommended |
| Externalisation du développement de logiciels sur mesure pour les startups en France | French | No brand recommended |
| Comment une entreprise peut-elle créer un logiciel sur mesure sans équipe interne en France ? | French | No brand recommended |
| Comment trouver un partenaire fiable pour le développement logiciel en France ? | French | No brand recommended |
| Développeurs internes ou entreprise de développement logiciel pour une startup en France | French | No brand recommended |
| Développement logiciel nearshore ou offshore pour une entreprise de taille moyenne en France | French | No brand recommended |
| Alternatives au recrutement d’une équipe de développement interne en France | French | No brand recommended |
| Alternatives aux développeurs freelance pour créer une application en France | French | No brand recommended |
| Je suis fondateur sans compétences techniques en France et je veux créer une application web. Quelle entreprise de développement logiciel devrais-je choisir ? | French | No brand recommended |
| Je dirige le service informatique d’une entreprise de taille moyenne en France et je cherche un partenaire pour moderniser nos systèmes existants. | French | No brand recommended |
Each engine's top three
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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.