The July 2026 Index Report
The first edition on record: 185 categories, no prior month to move against. Every line below is computed from the frozen July 2026 edition and its predecessor. Nothing here is written by hand, and nothing is for sale.
This is the first edition on record for these categories, so there is no prior month to move against. Movement sections begin with the next edition; the agreement picture and closest races below are computed from this month’s capture.
Where the assistants disagree
Financial advisors divides the assistants — 7 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Wealthfront (DeepSeek and Grok).
Real estate companies divides the assistants — 7 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Compass (Perplexity and Google AI).
3PL companies divides the assistants — 6 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by ShipBob (Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot).
Digital marketing agencies divides the assistants — 6 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Ignite Visibility (Perplexity, Grok and Google AI).
Life insurance companies divides the assistants — 6 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Northwestern Mutual (ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini).
AI video generators divides the assistants — 5 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Google Veo 3.1 (4 of the 8 assistants).
Applicant tracking systems divides the assistants — 5 different top answers across the 8 we track, led by Greenhouse (Claude, Perplexity and Google AI).
No consensus in business bank accounts: Chase leads for ChatGPT, Copilot and Google AI, Mercury for Claude and DeepSeek, and 3 other picks split the rest.
Closest races
Regional divergence
46 of 47 categories crown a different #1 locally
46 of 47 categories crown a different #1 locally
43 of 47 categories crown a different #1 locally
23 of 47 categories crown a different #1 locally
Every claim above links to the frozen July 2026 record: the full ranking, the per-assistant splits, and every verbatim answer as captured. Rankings are computed from AI responses alone and are not for sale. Browse the July 2026 edition → Read the methodology →