Category · AI Citation Index
Project Management
Asana, ClickUp, and monday dev lead a 483-brand field with 77–78% shortlist rates; evaluation scores cluster tightly at 71.
811 discovery queries · 968 head-to-heads · refreshed Sep 1, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 811 buyer-style "Project Management" queries
monday dev appears in 633 of 811 prompts (78.0% shortlist rate), matching Asana's 77.4% and ClickUp's 72.4%. Atlassian, Smartsheet, and Notion trail at 70.3%, 60.1%, and 57.1%. All top-six tools show identical five-model diversity, suggesting broad LLM consensus.
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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 5/100
Asana, ClickUp, monday dev, monday.com, and Jira tie at 71 average evaluation score across 90 comparison queries. Smartsheet (69, 88 queries) and Wrike (69, 87 queries) sit one point lower. Trello lags at 60 across 76 queries, a 15% penalty versus the leaders.
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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 category score swung from 65 in April 2026 to 41 in May (115 and 68 samples), then rebounded to 58 in July before dropping to 35 in August. September's zero score reflects insufficient data (seven samples). Talkroute rose 20 points; ArcGIS Field Maps fell 20.
Brands to know
In this category
Asana
Asana ties for the highest evaluation score (71) and claims a 77.4% shortlist rate, second only to monday dev. Its 2,018 mentions across 628 prompts signal durable LLM preference.
Read brand profile →ClickUp
ClickUp matches Asana and monday dev at 71 evaluation score with 72.4% shortlist penetration. Its 1,692 mentions position it third in raw volume behind Asana and monday dev.
Read brand profile →Smartsheet
Smartsheet ranks sixth in shortlist rate (60.1%) but ties Asana, ClickUp, and Atlassian at a 78 score in the featured-candidates pool. It drops two points to 69 in head-to-head evaluations.
Read brand profile →Notion
Notion reaches 57.1% of prompts with 977 mentions—lowest mention density among the top seven. Its 72 featured score suggests LLMs cite it for lighter workflows rather than enterprise-scale planning.
Read brand profile →Talkroute
Talkroute gained 20 points month-over-month, the sharpest rise in the dataset. Its 58 featured score and absence from the shortlist top-ten imply niche momentum rather than mainstream adoption.
Read brand profile →Citation sources
Where AI pulls citations from
880 citations captured across Project Management prompt runs.
Vendor pages
272Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
150Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Project Management questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
Buyers exploring the categoryEvaluation
Buyers comparing options- Top Project Management Apps for Collaboration in 2024 | Manage Work Bettermanageworkbetter.com
- Top 10 Project Management Software I Tested & Recommend for 2026project-management.com
Trust
Buyers checking credibility- Best Project Management Software 2026 | Capterracapterra.com
Conversion
Buyers ready to buy- Project Management Software Pricing Guide for 2025 | TrustRadiussolutions.trustradius.com
- Project Management Software Pricing Guide 2026crozdesk.com
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