Thunderdome B2B SaaS AI Visibility Index

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Best overall · Prompt 1 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's the best platform for hosting our Git repositories?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

There isn’t a single “best” platform—there’s a best *fit* depending on how your team works. Here’s a quick, honest breakdown so you can choose without overthinking it: GitHub Best all-around default for most teams Huge ecosystem, great UI, strong CI/CD (GitHub Actions) Easiest for open source and hiring (everyone knows it) Weak spot: permissions and enterprise controls can feel a bit limited vs GitLab GitLab Best if…

Named across its answers: 1. GitHub2. GitLab3. Azure DevOps4. Bitbucket5. Gitea

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

Who wins this question

Owned Consensus

All three models name GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket on this question.

ChatGPTClaudeGemini mentioned · first · avg. pos
GitHub 111111111 9/9 · 9× first · #1
GitLab 232222222 9/9 · never first · #2.1
Bitbucket 543333333 9/9 · never first · #3.3
Azure DevOps 324444444 9/9 · never first · #3.7
Gitea 455 3/9 · never first · #4.7
Forgejo 6 1/9 · never first · #6
SourceHut 7 1/9 · never first · #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. Never mentioned here: Codeberg, Radicle, AWS CodeCommit, GitHub Enterprise, Jira, Linear, CircleCI, Gogs.

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Part of the Code Hosting & Collaboration snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.