6 categories · RankedChatGPT
ChatGPT is an AI assistant from OpenAI used for drafting text, brainstorming content outlines, writing social captions, and repurposing long-form blogs · chatgpt.com ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 3 of 117 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Microsoft 365 Copilot at 20%.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is first at 33%. 2 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Microsoft 365 Copilot is first at 53%.
Why models recommend it
“No suite lock-in and want the lowest predictable enterprise seat: ChatGPT Business or Claude Team at ~ $20/user/mo annual”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, ChatGPT Business is the safest, most capable choice at $20/user/month”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Choose ChatGPT Enterprise if you want the most flexible general-purpose enterprise assistant.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · first choice
“If you want the lowest cost and maximum flexibility, ChatGPT Business is likely the best fit.”Mistral Small · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Public Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini) for Sensitive IT Tasks Why to avoid: While useful for brainstorming, using public AI models for internal IT operations is dangerous.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Public Consumer-Facing Tools (e.g., OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini/Bard, Anthropic's Claude in free/public modes): Why cautious? High risk of data leakage”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“You cannot control what data you input... avoid using public SaaS AI tools unless you've reviewed their data handling policies”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Large language models for DDI screening... ChatGPT identified 439, Gemini 1556, and Copilot 1813 potential interactions”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as ChatGPT, over the 210 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 52 | Compare → | |
| 100 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 89 | 4 | View → | |
| 75 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 35 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 2 | View → | |
| 27 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 24 | 7 | View → | |
| 24 | 0 | View → | |
| 17 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of ChatGPT →
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 195 of the 210 answers that named ChatGPT and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
354 of the 413 domain citations in answers naming ChatGPT came from a third party's page. Fifty-nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |