Category · AI Citation Index
AI Applications
Microsoft leads 202 AI application brands with 42% shortlist rate; Synthesia surges +35 points while Microsoft Power Platform drops -67.
672 discovery queries · 490 head-to-heads · refreshed Sep 25, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 672 buyer-style "AI Applications" queries
Microsoft dominates with a 42.4% shortlist rate across 285 prompts, followed by Anthropic (33.0%) and Copy.ai (31.7%). GitHub Copilot and Glean trail at 23.1% and 20.7%, respectively. The top 10 brands capture 220 consensus mentions across 672 total prompts, signaling fragmented buyer consideration in a crowded field.
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Signal by intent
By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 2/100
Microsoft Copilot scores 55 in head-to-head evaluations (69 queries), outpacing Anthropic at 50 (62 queries) and GuardRails at 46 (58 queries). Copy.ai and Jasper score 29 and 28, respectively, despite stronger shortlist presence. Median evaluation score across all brands is 2, indicating polarized performance or incomplete evaluation coverage.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Average evaluation scores peaked at 69 in April 2026 (82 samples), then collapsed to 19 by September (18 samples). Synthesia climbed +35 points while Microsoft Power Platform fell -67. Sample sizes drop sharply after May, limiting trend confidence.
Brands to know
In this category
Synthesia
Scores 98 and leads momentum with a +35-point surge, the sharpest gain in the category. Video-generation use cases likely driving adoption.
Read brand profile →CrewAI
Scores 86 as an emerging orchestration layer for multi-agent workflows. Growing developer interest in agentic architectures fuels visibility.
Read brand profile →Microsoft
Scores 58 but commands 42.4% shortlist rate and 55 in head-to-head evals. Copilot integration across Office and Azure cements enterprise reach.
Read brand profile →Copy
Scores 63 with 31.7% shortlist rate but only 29 in evaluations. Strong top-of-funnel awareness, weaker proof-of-concept outcomes.
Read brand profile →Jasper
Scores 63 and mirrors Copy.ai's shortlist strength (31.3%) but lags in evaluations (28). Content-marketing buyers know the name; conversion is harder.
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Where AI pulls citations from
1000 citations captured across AI Applications prompt runs.
Vendor pages
390Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
378Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top AI Applications questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
Buyers exploring the category
Evaluation
Buyers comparing options- Copilot Vs CodeWhisperer Vs Tabnine Vs Cursoraicompetence.org
- Gemini Code Assist | AI coding assistantcodeassist.google
- Cursor vs Tabnine (2025)peerspot.com
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