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July 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Leader emerging

Data Integration & ETL: AI Visibility Ranking

Pipelines for syncing SaaS and database data into warehouses, and reverse ETL. Right now, Fivetran is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 67 and the #1 spot in 42% of answers. Head-to-head: Fivetran vs Airbyte →

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

Fivetran owns the default slot; everyone else competes for scraps.

Fivetran's 78% mention rate and 42% first-pick rate put it in a different tier from the rest of the field. Airbyte is the clearest challenger by mention share but wins first pick only 11% of the time, suggesting AI models treat it as a credible second thought rather than a go-to answer. Gemini drives most of Fivetran's lead with a score of 80 against that model, while dbt and Stitch struggle to convert mentions into top-of-list placement.

AI-generated analysis of the July 2026 measurements.

# Brand Visibility Score Mention rate Avg. position #1 pick rate Models
1 Fivetran
67
±5.3
78% 2 42% ChatGPT #1 Claude #1 Gemini #1
2 Airbyte
53
±4
68% 3 11% ChatGPT #2 Claude #2 Gemini #2
3 Informatica
29
±4.6
39% 4 15% ChatGPT #4 Claude #3 Gemini #4
4 dbt
26
±5.4
51% 6 4% ChatGPT #5 Claude #4 Gemini #3
5 Stitch
20
±5.2
31% 5 0% ChatGPT #10 Claude #5 Gemini #8
6 AWS Glue
17
±4.1
28% 5 0% ChatGPT #11 Claude #8 Gemini #6
7 Dagster
14
±5
22% 5 0% ChatGPT #3 Claude #14 Gemini #13
8 Meltano
13
±4.5
22% 5 0% ChatGPT #8 Claude #12 Gemini #7
9 Azure Data Factory
13
±3.1
24% 5 1% ChatGPT #12 Claude #9 Gemini #9
10 Hightouch
13
±1.7
17% 3 8% ChatGPT #6 Claude #11 Gemini #10
11 Census
13
±1.5
17% 4 4% ChatGPT #9 Claude #10 Gemini #11
12 Talend
12
±2.9
24% 6 0% ChatGPT #13 Claude #6 Gemini #15
13 MuleSoft
11
±3.1
18% 5 1% ChatGPT #14 Claude #7 Gemini #12
14 RudderStack
9
±3.2
13% 4 0% ChatGPT #7 Claude #13 Gemini #14
15 Snowflake
8
±3.8
18% 7 0% ChatGPT Claude Gemini #5

The ± under each score is the reliability band: how much the number would move if we re-ran the identical measurement. It is tight because each prompt is sampled multiple times. It is not the same as how much the ranking depends on which prompts we ask — a separate, wider figure shown on hover.

Just below the cutoff: Prefect (8.3), Matillion (7.9), Airflow (7.8), Microsoft Fabric (7.8), BigQuery (6.8). 93 brands were scored in this category; the leaderboard shows the top 15.

Visibility Score: position-weighted presence across all measured answers, 0 to 100. A score of 100 means the brand was the first recommendation in every answer. Every point in a trend line is a live monthly measurement; there is no modeled or backfilled history. Full methodology.

Openness 34/100: the share of this category's recommendation weight not held by the leader.

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Do the models agree?

Per-model Visibility Scores for the top 10. A long gray bar means the three assistants disagree about the brand. Hover a row for exact values.

ChatGPT Claude Gemini
0 25 50 75 100 Visibility Score · 0 = never mentioned, 100 = always the first recommendation Fivetran Airbyte Informatica dbt Stitch AWS Glue Dagster Meltano Azure Data Factory Hightouch

Where they land in the answer

When a brand is mentioned, where does it appear? Box shows the middle 50% of positions, the thick line is the median, whiskers are the extremes. Hover a row for the detail.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Position in the answer · 1 = the first product recommended Fivetran Airbyte Informatica dbt Stitch AWS Glue Dagster Meltano Azure Data Factory Hightouch

What each model recommends first

ChatGPT

gpt-5.3-chat-latest

1 Fivetran
59
2 Airbyte
56
3 Dagster
32
4 Informatica
27
5 dbt
16

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 Fivetran
60
2 Airbyte
49
3 Informatica
34
4 dbt
29
5 Stitch
29

Gemini

gemini-3-flash-preview

1 Fivetran
80
2 Airbyte
54
3 dbt
34
4 Informatica
26
5 Snowflake
25

The questions we asked

Each model answered every prompt 3 times in July 2026. Prompts are brand-neutral so no vendor gets seeded into the question.

  1. Best overall
    What's the best ETL tool for syncing data into a warehouse? See who wins it →
  2. Use-case fit
    We need to move data from our SaaS apps and Postgres into Snowflake. What should we use? See who wins it →
  3. Top tools in 2026
    What are the top data integration platforms in 2026? See who wins it →
  4. Startup & small team
    Which data pipeline tool is best for a small data team? See who wins it →
  5. Enterprise pick
    Which data integration platform should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale? See who wins it →
  6. Feature-led ask
    I want to sync warehouse data back into our CRM and ad tools. What do you recommend? See who wins it →
  7. If you could pick one
    If you could only pick one data integration tool, which one and why? See who wins it →
  8. Budget & alternatives
    What's the best open-source or affordable alternative for data pipelines? See who wins it →