Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Project Management Software
monday dev, Asana, ClickUp lead 297 brands; AI cites each in >69% of queries. Scores volatile, swinging 26 pts month-to-month.
171 discovery queries · 420 head-to-heads · refreshed Jul 21, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 171 buyer-style "Project Management Software" queries
monday dev appears in 126 of 171 prompts (73.7% shortlist rate, 477 mentions), narrowly edging Asana (72.5%, 480 mentions) and ClickUp (69.6%, 413 mentions). All three claim 78 or 72 unCited scores and span four LLM families. Atlassian, Wrike, Smartsheet, and Notion cluster at 54–58% shortlist rates, while Built and Trello fall to 50–54%.
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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 7/100
monday dev, Asana, ClickUp, and Jira tie at 66 average evaluation scores across 39 head-to-head comparison queries. Trello drops to 63 (37 comparisons), Wrike and Smartsheet settle at 61 (36 each). Category median sits at 7, indicating extreme polarity between top-tier platforms and the long tail of 297 brands.
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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.
Brands to know
In this category
ClickUp
Ties for the highest unCited score at 78 despite ranking third in shortlist rate. Models cite it in 70% of queries, signaling strong all-around positioning across use cases.
Read brand profile →Smartsheet
Matches ClickUp at 78 score with 57.3% shortlist rate and 305 mentions. Grid-spreadsheet heritage differentiates it in AI recommendations when users signal data-heavy workflows.
Read brand profile →monday dev
Dominates raw shortlist appearances (126 prompts) and mentions (477) but shares 72 score with five other platforms. Dual entries in the top-10 suggest brand-name variants confuse citation roll-ups.
Read brand profile →Notion
Scores 72 with 56.7% shortlist rate despite workspace-wiki roots. Models recommend it when prompts mention documentation, wikis, or lightweight task tracking alongside project management.
Read brand profile →Asana
Leads total mentions (480) but scores only 66—six points below ClickUp. High citation volume with middling evaluation score indicates broad awareness but nuanced head-to-head performance.
Read brand profile →Citation sources
Where AI pulls citations from
668 citations captured across Project Management Software prompt runs.
Vendor pages
261Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
151Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Project Management Software 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- 5 Best Project Management Software I Reviewed for 2026technologyadvice.com
- Top 10 Project Management Software I Tested & Recommend for 2026project-management.com
Evaluation
Buyers comparing options- Software Customization Best Practices — Lightbridge Solutionslightbridgesolutions.com
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