Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Project Management Software
Asana, ClickUp, and monday dev share the top of a 295-brand shortlist; category scores dropped 43 points from April to June.
171 discovery queries · 420 head-to-heads · refreshed Jun 8, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 171 buyer-style "Project Management Software" queries
monday dev leads frequency at 73.7% shortlist rate across 171 prompts, but Asana and ClickUp tie on score (78) and edge ahead on citation volume. Atlassian and Smartsheet each hold 78-score positions, while Notion and Wrike hover near 57% shortlist inclusion. All top brands appear across four LLM families, signaling broad 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 17/100
Six brands—monday dev, monday.com, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, and a duplicate monday entry—share an identical 66 average evaluation score across 39 head-to-head queries. Trello (63), Wrike (61), and Smartsheet (61) trail by single digits. The category median sits at 17, indicating the top tier clusters tightly while the long tail of 295 brands scores much lower.
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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
Asana
Ties ClickUp and Smartsheet at 78, appears in 72.5% of prompts, and racks up 480 mentions. Four-model consensus confirms enterprise-grade visibility.
Read brand profile →ClickUp
Matches Asana's 78 score with 413 citations and a 69.6% shortlist rate. All-in-one positioning resonates across developer and team-workflow prompts.
Read brand profile →Smartsheet
Hits 78 on the unCited scale with 305 mentions and 57.3% shortlist inclusion. Spreadsheet-native interface appeals to finance and operations buyers.
Read brand profile →Atlassian
74 score, 58.5% shortlist rate, 300 citations. Jira sub-brand drives developer workflow; broader Atlassian suite extends into enterprise.
Read brand profile →Suitedash
66 score with a 14-point upward delta, the sharpest climb in the trends window. Agency-focused positioning may be capturing niche prompts.
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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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