Cooper tracks how AI assistants rank SmartRecruiters across 4 buyer questions in 1 software category, with 16 verified mentions from 16 sources.
| Question | Rank | AIQ | ChatGPT | Gemini | Claude | Perplexity | Sources | Mentions | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 17 | - | 16 | 16 | Up 5 positions |
| Best | 5 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | - | 12 | 12 | Up 3 positions |
| Most affordable | 13 | 6 | - | 4 | - | - | 3 | 3 | Down 4 positions |
| Easiest to set up | 9 | 9 | 6 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | New this week |
| Rising | Not ranked | ||||||||
Verified placements earned across weekly category rankings.
Reporting and research from Cooper’s weekly software recommendation index.
The first official week-over-week reading of Cooper's software recommendation index, with verified leadership movement across all eight hubs and assistant agreement kept separate from raw AIQ.
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A category-by-category reading of all ten Week 29 Sales software markets, with verified Top 3 rankings, assistant splits, evidence counts, and the first official week-over-week movements.
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