The most visible website builders 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

Leader

Wix

80Heralded Score, range 58–85

Most cited source

youtube.com

25citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Shopify

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– e-monsite Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Fasthosts Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Flazio Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Format Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Ghost SG Unranked Too few answers Not measured 3= #29
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% First reading
– Gomag RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Google Sites US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 28#9
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% First reading
– Homepage-Baukasten.de Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hoppla Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Host Europe DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #36
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  • : 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. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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 youtube.com Social 20.0% 2 of 4 21 Not read
2 fuer-gruender.de Media 11.7% 3 of 4 3 23
3 reddit.com Community 11.7% 3 of 4 8 Not read
4 techradar.com Media 8.3% 3 of 4 3 8
5 experte.com Review site 8.3% 3 of 4 1 15
6 rtl.de Media 8.3% 1 of 4 3 7
7 tooltester.com Media 8.3% 2 of 4 4 11
8 experte.de Directory 6.7% 2 of 4 3 16
9 ihk-muenchen.de Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
10 amazon.de Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best website builder for small businesses English Hostinger, Shopify and Wix, tied
build a professional website for a small business English Shopify, Squarespace and Wix, tied
best website builder for freelancers English Squarespace, Webflow and Wix, tied
how can a small business get a website customers can use English Shopify, Squarespace and Wix, tied
how to sell products online without hiring a developer English Shopify

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