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Edition 4 Rising AIQ Report

Eight category-relative Rising AIQ findings show where emerging-product recommendations strengthened in Cooper’s fourth immutable edition.

The Edition 4 Rising Reading

Rising is Cooper's category-relative view of newer or emerging software options. Edition 4 records the products that ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity place highest when asked that direct question across 80 software categories.

Rising AIQ is a 1–100 recommendation-strength score inside one category's Rising ranking. It is separate from Best, Most Affordable, and Easiest to Set Up. A product can lead Rising without leading any other question, and raw Rising AIQ values from unrelated categories should not be compared.

Forty Rising leaders changed between Edition 3 and Edition 4, while 40 held. Twenty current leaders have a Rising rank from all four assistants, 14 from three, 27 from two, and 19 from one. Six are ranked #1 by all four assistants.

Eight Category-Relative Highlights

In Sales, Guideflow moves from #7 to #1 in Demo Automation. Its Rising AIQ moves from 15 to 59. ChatGPT ranks it #1, Claude #6, and Perplexity #5; it has no category rank from Gemini in Rising. Its weekly evidence footprint across the four public questions contains 8 Sources and 13 Mentions.

In Marketing, PostHog moves from #2 to #1 in Product Analytics. Its Rising AIQ moves from 48 to 68, with assistant positions of #1 on ChatGPT, #3 on Gemini, and #1 on Perplexity. It has no category rank from Claude in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 26 Sources and 40 Mentions.

In Support, Trainn moves from #28 to #1 in Customer Education, a 27-place gain. Its Rising AIQ moves from 1 to 59, with assistant positions of #1 on ChatGPT, #6 on Claude, and #3 on Perplexity. It has no category rank from Gemini in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 4 Sources and 6 Mentions.

In HR, Timely moves from #3 to #1 in Time Tracking. Its Rising AIQ moves from 23 to 73. The assistants place it #2, #1, #1, and #1, so the leading position is broad even though one assistant ranks another product first. The weekly evidence footprint records 14 Sources and 21 Mentions.

In Finance, Nanonets moves from #12 to #1 in AP Automation. Its Rising AIQ moves from 7 to 62, with assistant positions of #1 on ChatGPT, #6 on Gemini, and #6 on Claude. It has no category rank from Perplexity in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 5 Sources and 6 Mentions.

In Productivity, Userflow moves from #6 to #1 in Digital Adoption Platforms. Its Rising AIQ moves from 20 to 61, with assistant positions of #1 on ChatGPT, #5 on Claude, and #2 on Perplexity. It has no category rank from Gemini in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 9 Sources and 15 Mentions.

In IT & Security, Proton Pass holds #1 in Password Managers while its Rising AIQ moves from 100 to 83. ChatGPT ranks it #1, Gemini #2, and Claude #1; it has no category rank from Perplexity in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 15 Sources and 18 Mentions.

In Engineering, Railway moves from #6 to #1 in Cloud Hosting (PaaS). Its Rising AIQ moves from 15 to 73, with assistant positions of #1 on ChatGPT, #2 on Gemini, and #1 on Perplexity. It has no category rank from Claude in Rising. The weekly evidence footprint records 27 Sources and 50 Mentions.

Breadth Is Not the Same as Unanimity

Assistant breadth counts how many assistants gave a product a category rank in Rising. It does not say that they used the same position. A three-assistant leader can combine a #1, a #2, and a #6, while a one-assistant leader reflects only one ranked result. The report states those positions directly so narrow evidence is not mistaken for broad agreement.

Sources and Mentions describe the week's verified evidence footprint across all four public questions. They provide an audit trail around the answers, but they are not treated as the cause of Rising rank or movement.

Continue Through Edition 4

Review the Edition 4 overview, the immutable Rising archive, and Cooper's methodology for the complete measurement and interpretation rules.

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