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Best Project Management according to AI

Across 24 sampled answers in 2026-W24, AI models named Trello most often for project management — in 96% of answers.

Ranking — all models combined

Mention rate = share of 24 answers that named the brand. First-pick = share named first.

# Brand Mention rate First-pick
1 Trello 96% (23/24) 38%
2 ClickUp 96% (23/24) 29%
3 Asana 88% (21/24) 8%
4 Monday.com 67% (16/24) 4%
5 Notion 58% (14/24) 0%
6 Jira 38% (9/24) 0%
7 Linear 29% (7/24) 8%
8 Basecamp 17% (4/24) 0%
9 Salesforce 13% (3/24) 0%
10 HubSpot CRM 8% (2/24) 8%
11 HubSpot 8% (2/24) 0%
12 Microsoft Planner 8% (2/24) 0%
13 Microsoft Project 8% (2/24) 0%
14 Salesforce Sales Cloud 4% (1/24) 4%
15 Salesforce Tasks 4% (1/24) 0%
16 Einstein Activity Capture 4% (1/24) 0%
17 Salesforce Projects 4% (1/24) 0%
18 Todoist 4% (1/24) 0%
19 Teamwork 4% (1/24) 0%
20 Coda 4% (1/24) 0%
21 Plaky 4% (1/24) 0%
22 Stackify 4% (1/24) 0%
23 Google Docs 4% (1/24) 0%
24 Google Sheets 4% (1/24) 0%
25 TaskRay 4% (1/24) 0%
26 HubSpot Sales Hub 4% (1/24) 0%
27 Airtable 4% (1/24) 0%
28 Zoho 4% (1/24) 0%
29 GitHub Projects 4% (1/24) 0%
30 Pipedrive 4% (1/24) 0%
31 Trello Standard 4% (1/24) 0%
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By model

Claude Sonnet 4.6

  1. 1 Trello 83%
  2. 2 ClickUp 83%
  3. 3 Notion 83%
  4. 4 Linear 67%
  5. 5 Asana 67%

DeepSeek V3.1

  1. 1 ClickUp 100%
  2. 2 Trello 100%
  3. 3 Asana 100%
  4. 4 monday.com 67%
  5. 5 Notion 67%

Gemini 2.5 Flash

  1. 1 Trello 100%
  2. 2 ClickUp 100%
  3. 3 Asana 83%
  4. 4 Monday.com 67%
  5. 5 Jira 67%

ChatGPT (GPT-5.4)

  1. 1 ClickUp 100%
  2. 2 Trello 100%
  3. 3 Asana 100%
  4. 4 Monday.com 67%
  5. 5 Notion 50%

The questions we asked

Each was sampled across 4 models. Full method on the methodology page.

  • What is the best project management tool for a small business?
  • Which project management tool should a 10-person startup use?
  • Recommend a project management tool for a B2B sales team.
  • What project management tool do you recommend for a bootstrapped SaaS company?
  • I need a project management tool that's easy to set up. What should I pick?
  • What's the most affordable project management tool that's still good?
  • What is the best project management tool for a growing mid-size company?
  • Which project management tool has the best free plan?
  • What project management tool would you choose in 2026, and why?
  • What are the top 5 project management tool options right now?
  • What's a good alternative to the most popular project management tool?
  • Which project management tool is best for a fully remote team?
  • Recommend a project management tool with the best integrations.
  • Which project management tool should an agency use to manage multiple clients?
  • What is the best enterprise-grade project management tool?
  • Which project management tool do you recommend for a solo founder?
  • Which project management tool offers the best value for money?
  • If you had to pick just one project management tool today, which would it be?
  • Which project management tool is best for a company that cares about data privacy?
  • Which project management tool is easiest to migrate to from a spreadsheet?

FAQ

Which project management does AI recommend most?
As of 2026-W24, AI models named Trello in 96% of 24 sampled answers — the most of any brand in this category.
How is this measured?
We ask each model a fixed set of buyer-intent questions about project management, sampled multiple times, and count how often each brand is named. Full method is on the methodology page.
How often does it update?
Weekly. Mention rates shift as models are updated and as the web they cite changes.

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