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The Best-X Scoreboard · measured 2026-W28

The best ai assistants

What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity actually recommend — measured 1× each, not guessed once. Don't take one AI's word for it.

The consensus pick

ChatGPT

0/3 AIs agree · named in 93% of answers

Runner-up: Claude (93%)

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What each AI picked

The one thing no single chatbot will show you

Claude
Copilot
↗ disagrees
Gemini
Perplexity
↗ disagrees
Perplexity
Gemini
↗ disagrees

They don't fully agree. Claude picks Copilot; Gemini picks Perplexity; Perplexity picks Gemini. That disagreement is exactly why you check more than one.

The receipts

What each model actually said

Claude

“……ong reasoning, nuanced responses, and reliable honesty 2. **ChatGPT / GPT-4o (OpenAI)** - Massive ecosystem, versatile, and widely integrated 3. **Gemini Advanced (Google)** - Strong multimodal capabilities and Google service integration 4.……”

Gemini

“……current capabilities, versatility, and user adoption: 1. **ChatGPT Plus (OpenAI)** * **Reason:** Most versatile, powerful, and feature-rich with access to the latest GPT-4o model, custom GPTs, DALL-E 3 image generation, and advanced data a……”

Perplexity

“……puter, going far beyond simple question answering [1]. 2. **ChatGPT** – Best overall AI chat app for general-purpose thinking, versatile reasoning, and the strongest voice mode for daily use [2][3][5]. 3. **Claude** – Best for deep reasonin……”

The full scoreboard

Everyone the AIs named

1

ChatGPT

named in 93% of answers

93%
2

Claude

named in 93% of answers

93%
3

Copilot

named in 73% of answers

73%
4

Perplexity

named in 67% of answers

67%
5

Gemini

named in 47% of answers

47%
6

Perplexity AI

named in 47% of answers

47%
7

Gemini

named in 47% of answers

47%
8

Microsoft Copilot

named in 40% of answers

40%

Measured by asking ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity 1× each, 2026-W28. Every number traces to a stored, verbatim answer — download the raw data. No ranking is for sale; the pick is a measurement, not an ad. How this works →

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