Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Who AI is citing in Task Management
Asana (78), monday service (74), and ClickUp (73) lead evaluation queries, but zero brands dominate discovery shortlists across 15 audited prompts.
Brands tracked
53
Avg AEO score
63/100
Citation coverage
0%
of brands cited at least once
Dominant brands
0
cited > 50% of queries
Discovery stage
The shortlist
When buyers ask AI for the best Task Management software
No discovery-stage prompts have been scored against this category yet — once the shortlist cron runs, this section will surface which brands AI cites most.
Evaluation stage
The battleground
How brands fare on comparison queries · category median 46/100
When buyers compare specific tools, Asana scores highest at 78 (across 4 comparison queries), followed by monday service at 74 and ClickUp at 73. The median evaluation score sits at 46, meaning half the tested brands fall below that threshold. Linear (54), Akiflow (49), and Todoist (40) trail the leaders by 20+ points.
Each brand's evaluation score averages how AI responds to head-to-head comparison queries that mention them. Above-median brands win their comparisons more often than they lose.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Only two months of audit data exist (March 2026: 58 avg score across 11 samples; April 2026: 64 across 27 samples). Dragapp gained 20 points month-over-month, while Todoist dropped 14. Too few audits to establish a durable trend.
Editorial picks
Brands worth watching
Asana
Asana holds the highest evaluation score (78) across 4 head-to-head queries, edging out monday service and ClickUp by 4-5 points. AI models cite it most favorably when buyers compare named alternatives.
Read brand profile →monday service
monday service ties for second in evaluation performance (74) and appears in the top-three featured candidates. Despite strong comparison metrics, it never dominated a discovery shortlist in the 15 audited prompts.
Read brand profile →ClickUp
ClickUp matches monday service at 74 in head-to-head evaluations. It ranks among the top three featured candidates but shares the same discovery-stage invisibility problem affecting every brand in the category.
Read brand profile →Dragapp
Dragapp posted the largest single-month gain in the dataset: +20 points from March to April 2026. It scores 66 in recent featured-candidate audits, though its evaluation average (46 across 4 queries) lags the leaders by 28 points.
Read brand profile →FAQ
Task Management questions, answered
Which task management tool do AI models recommend most often?+
How does Asana compare to ClickUp in AI citations?+
Is Linear gaining traction in AI recommendations?+
Why does Todoist score lower than Asana and ClickUp?+
Which task management brand is rising fastest in AI visibility?+
What is the median evaluation score for task management tools?+
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