September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Leader emerging

Inventory Planning: AI Visibility Ranking

Demand forecasting and inventory optimization for commerce brands. Right now, Inventory Planner is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 51 and the #1 spot in 39% of answers. Head-to-head: Inventory Planner vs Cin7 →

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. When the models DO search the web, see which sources they cite. Methodology.

Inventory Planner leads, but three rivals are close enough to matter.

Inventory Planner's 50.8 score looks comfortable until you notice NetSuite, Cin7, and Blue Yonder all sitting within 8 points of each other just beneath it, collectively appearing in enough answers to shift buyer perception if any one of them sharpens its AI presence. The most interesting structural fact is that NetSuite gets mentioned in 39% of answers yet never earns the first recommendation, meaning models treat it as a credible supporting reference rather than a go-to choice. Inventory Planner's Gemini score of 66 is doing heavy lifting for its overall lead, so a shift in how Gemini weights sources could tighten this race quickly.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

#	Brand	Visibility Score	Trend (3 mo)	Mention rate	Avg. position	#1 pick rate	Models
1	Inventory Planner	51 ±5.7	flat	58%	2.3	39%	ChatGPT #1 Claude #1 Gemini #1
2	Cin7	27 ±6	flat	36%	3.5	6%	ChatGPT #3 Claude #2 Gemini #7
3	NetSuite	20 ±4.4	flat	39%	5.9	0%	ChatGPT #8 Claude #3 Gemini #9
4	SAP IBP	19 ±5.5	flat	25%	3.2	8%	ChatGPT #7 Claude #9 Gemini #4
5	Blue Yonder	19 ±4.3	flat	26%	3.8	4%	ChatGPT #5 Claude #8 Gemini #8
6	Linnworks	18 ±4.2	flat	28%	4.5	3%	ChatGPT #12 Claude #5 Gemini #5
7	o9 Solutions	17 ±2.6	flat	22%	3.3	4%	ChatGPT #9 Claude #12 Gemini #3
8	Extensiv	16 ±3.8	flat	26%	4.9	1%	ChatGPT #10 Claude #7 Gemini #6
9	Kinaxis	16 ±4	flat	21%	3.5	1%	ChatGPT #4 Claude #13 Gemini #10
10	Stocky	16 ±4.8	▼ 13	25%	4.7	1%	ChatGPT #15 Claude #11 Gemini #2
11	Netstock	15 ±4.3	flat	25%	5.2	7%	ChatGPT #2 Claude Gemini #12
12	Brightpearl	14 ±3.7	flat	28%	5.9	1%	ChatGPT #11 Claude #4 Gemini #13
13	Cogsy	13 ±5	▼ 8	18%	3.9	0%	ChatGPT #6 Claude #14 Gemini #11
14	Skubana	9 ±3.9	flat	13%	3.9	0%	ChatGPT #14 Claude #6 Gemini
15	SAP	8 ±5.2	flat	14%	5.0	1%	ChatGPT #13 Claude #10 Gemini #14

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: Prediko (7.6), ToolsGroup (7.2), Shopify (6.8), Lokad (6.7), Flieber (6.4). 98 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 49/100: 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

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.