Top tools in 2026 · Prompt 3 of 8 · July 2026

A real buyer question from the July 2026 snapshot, asked 3× to each of the three models. 9 answers recorded.

“What are the top business intelligence platforms in 2026?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

Here are the major business intelligence (BI) platforms in 2026, based on market share, capabilities, and enterprise adoption: Microsoft Power BI Still the dominant player. Deep integration with Excel, Azure, and Teams keeps it everywhere in enterprise environments. Strong in self-service BI and increasingly strong in AI features (Copilot, natural language querying). Tableau (Salesforce) Remains a leader in data…

Named across its answers: 1. Power BI2. Tableau3. Looker4. ThoughtSpot5. SAP Analytics Cloud

Verbatim excerpt from one collected ChatGPT answer; formatting flattened, words untouched.

Power BI is the dominant answer, named first in all 9 responses across every model, while Tableau holds a solid but secondary position at an average spot of 2. Metabase, Lightdash, Looker Studio, and Apache Superset are invisible here despite strong category rankings, which means buyers asking this question will not encounter them through AI.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name Power BI, Tableau, Looker and ThoughtSpot on this question.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini mentioned · first · avg. pos

Power BI 111111111 9/9 · 9× first · #1

Tableau 222222222 9/9 · never first · #2

Looker 433444344 9/9 · never first · #3.7

ThoughtSpot 555666433 9/9 · never first · #4.8

Sigma 66555 5/9 · never first · #5.4

Qlik Sense 4333 4/9 · never first · #3.3

Domo 10755 4/9 · never first · #6.8

MicroStrategy 7877 4/9 · never first · #7.3

Qlik 346 3/9 · never first · #4.3

SAP Analytics Cloud 679 3/9 · never first · #7.3

Sisense 958 3/9 · never first · #7.3

Oracle Analytics Cloud 788 3/9 · never first · #7.7

Each square is one collected answer; the number is the brand's position in that answer. Lime = the very first recommendation. Unlinked brands were named by the models here but sit outside this category's published top 15 overall. Showing the top 12 of 15 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Metabase, Lightdash, Looker Studio, Apache Superset, Superset, Hex, Redash, Cube.