2 categories · RankedCraigslist
Craigslist is an online classifieds service with local listings and forums for jobs, housing, items for sale, services, community notices, and events · craigslist.org ↗
Why models recommend it
“Consider Craigslist for local positions”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Plagued with numerous scams in recent years. Use with extreme caution; many recommend avoiding job postings there entirely.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“it should generally be avoided for professional office roles unless you have a dedicated person to manage it”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“While Craigslist can be fine for local, informal gig work, avoid using it for corporate or remote roles.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
“High risk for local and remote scams due to minimal moderation. Avoid job sections entirely if possible”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Craigslist, over the 32 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 5 | View → | |
| 23 | 4 | View → | |
| 22 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 0 | View → | |
| 14 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 26 of the 32 answers that named Craigslist and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Eighty-seven of the eighty-seven domain citations in answers naming Craigslist came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |