Thunderdome B2B SaaS AI Visibility Index

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Startup & small team · Prompt 4 of 8 · July 2026

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

“Which inventory planning tool is best for a Shopify brand?”

ChatGPT answered 3× this snapshot

…tools that won’t fit. If you want the short answer: Small to early-growth brands: Stocky (built into Shopify) or Prediko Scaling brands (multi-SKU, multi-channel): Inventory Planner or Cogsy More advanced ops (bundles, manufacturing, forecasting depth): Cogsy or Netstock Enterprise / very complex supply chains: NetSuite or similar (but that’s a big leap) Here’s how they actually compare in practice: Stocky

Named across its answers: 1. Stocky2. Inventory Planner3. Cogsy4. Netstock5. NetSuite

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

Inventory Planner dominates this question, appearing in all 9 answers with a 1.7 average position and leading 5 times, while Stocky matches its coverage but trails as the clear second choice at 2.3. Enterprise tools like Blue Yonder and SAP IBP are invisible here, meaning Shopify-focused buyers are being steered entirely away from those category heavyweights.

AI-generated read of the July 2026 measurements.

Who wins this question

Contested Consensus

All three models name Stocky and Inventory Planner on this question.

ChatGPTClaudeGemini mentioned · first · avg. pos
Inventory Planner 223113111 9/9 · 5× first · #1.7
Stocky 111232344 9/9 · 3× first · #2.3
Cogsy 3342 4/9 · never first · #3
Flieber 4455 4/9 · never first · #4.5
Cin7 6654 4/9 · never first · #5.3
Linnworks 5659 4/9 · never first · #6.3
Extensiv 263 3/9 · never first · #3.7
Netstock 456 3/9 · never first · #5
Brightpearl 448 3/9 · never first · #5.3
NetSuite 567 3/9 · never first · #6
Prediko 22 2/9 · never first · #2
Skubana 35 2/9 · never first · #4

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 17 brands named at least once. Never mentioned here: Blue Yonder, SAP IBP, o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Kinaxis RapidResponse.

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Part of the Inventory Planning snapshot: 72 answers across 8 prompts. Full category ranking · Compare brands head-to-head · Methodology.