Business Intelligence
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ60Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ60Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50
+7 more products
AI-recommended Engineering Software
How ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity rank 152 products across 10 Engineering categories in the Edition 7 snapshot for Week 34, August 23, 2026, based on 1,303 sources cited and 4,992 mentions.
Data Integration (ETL)
Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ80
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ53Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ20
+14 more products
Observability & APM
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ33
+12 more products
CI/CD
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ46Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+10 more products
Feature Flags
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ36Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+13 more products
Low-Code App Builders
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ83Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ60Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ36
+14 more products
Cloud Hosting (PaaS)
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ75Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ38
+10 more products
Product Management
Aha!1Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ95Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ53Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ25
+15 more products
API Platforms
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ69- Kong2
Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ28 Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ28
+12 more products
Database as a Service
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ73Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ63Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ36
+8 more products
Movers in Edition 7
Most Improved
Up 8 positions
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Spots Lost
- Down 13 positions
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This Edition’s News
Reporting from Cooper’s Edition 7 software recommendation index.
Index Update
All 80 Software Categories Split by Buyer Intent as 30 Best Leaders Change
The current edition maps 2,915 ranked products, 9,292 Sources and 37,841 Mentions, with four different leaders in 51 categories and a changed Best leader in 30.
Rising AIQ
Eight Rising Software Signals With the Broadest Assistant Reach This Week
The current Rising AIQ report selects one category-local signal per hub, showing where assistant breadth supports an emerging-product answer and where the agreement stops.
Category Report
Engineering Keeps Most Best Leaders While Every Constraint Map Changes
The current Engineering report holds seven Best leaders in place, then redraws every category when price, setup, and Rising enter the question.