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September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Leader emerging

SaaS Procurement & Spend: AI Visibility Ranking

Platforms for buying, renewing, and managing SaaS spend. Right now, Zylo is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 67 and the #1 spot in 35% of answers. Head-to-head: Zylo vs Vendr →

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.

Zylo and Vendr run neck-and-neck with no clear separator.

Six points separate Zylo and Vendr at the top, and Vendr actually gets mentioned in more answers (82% vs 81%), making the gap feel more like a coin flip than a ranking. Torii's Claude score of 73 is the highest single-model number in the set, yet its Gemini score collapses to 30, which explains why its overall rank sits a distant third. Zluri's ChatGPT score of 8 is a near-blackout on that model, signaling that AI visibility here is highly uneven across platforms.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

# Brand Visibility Score Trend (3 mo) Mention rate Avg. position #1 pick rate Models
1 Zylo
67
±5.9
Jul 2026: 74.2 · Aug 2026: 71 · Sep 2026: 67.1 flat 81% 2.7 35% ChatGPT #1 Claude #2 Gemini #1
2 Vendr
62
±5.2
Jul 2026: 62.2 · Aug 2026: 55.7 · Sep 2026: 61.5 flat 82% 3.5 25% ChatGPT #2 Claude #3 Gemini #2
3 Torii
51
±6.5
Jul 2026: 59.3 · Aug 2026: 55.1 · Sep 2026: 51.2 flat 71% 3.8 7% ChatGPT #3 Claude #1 Gemini #5
4 Productiv
41
±7.1
Jul 2026: 34.2 · Aug 2026: 36.2 · Sep 2026: 40.6 flat 61% 4.4 3% ChatGPT #4 Claude #5 Gemini #3
5 Zluri
29
±7
Jul 2026: 36.1 · Aug 2026: 29 · Sep 2026: 29 flat 40% 3.8 4% ChatGPT #12 Claude #4 Gemini #7
6 Tropic
27
±5.5
Jul 2026: 28.2 · Aug 2026: 27.2 · Sep 2026: 27.1 flat 43% 4.7 3% ChatGPT #5 Claude #10 Gemini #4
7 BetterCloud
22
±5.7
Jul 2026: 20.7 · Aug 2026: 20.4 · Sep 2026: 21.5 flat 35% 4.8 0% ChatGPT #6 Claude #6 Gemini #9
8 Ramp
13
±3.7
Jul 2026: 21.7 · Aug 2026: 20.1 · Sep 2026: 13.2 ▼ 7 31% 6.7 3% ChatGPT #9 Claude #13 Gemini #6
9 Coupa
12
±2.5
Jul 2026: 12.1 · Aug 2026: 16.7 · Sep 2026: 11.9 ▼ 5 22% 5.7 6% ChatGPT #7 Claude #7 Gemini
10 Zip
12
±2
Jul 2026: 9 · Aug 2026: 15.6 · Sep 2026: 11.5 ▼ 4 24% 6.2 3% ChatGPT #8 Claude #8 Gemini #13
11 Okta
9
±4.6
Jul 2026: 13.2 · Aug 2026: 16.8 · Sep 2026: 8.9 ▼ 8 15% 5.2 3% ChatGPT #10 Claude #11 Gemini #11
12 Brex
7
±3.6
Jul 2026: 12.2 · Aug 2026: 9.3 · Sep 2026: 6.7 flat 22% 8.1 0% ChatGPT #14 Claude #15 Gemini #8
13 Vertice
6
±3.2
Jul 2026: 3.1 · Aug 2026: 8.2 · Sep 2026: 6.3 flat 14% 6.5 0% ChatGPT #15 Claude #14 Gemini #10
14 Airbase
6
±3.2
Jul 2026: 11.2 · Aug 2026: 4.7 · Sep 2026: 5.8 flat 22% 8.5 0% ChatGPT #11 Claude #12 Gemini #12
15 SAP Ariba
5
±2.5
Jul 2026: 6.1 · Aug 2026: 6.8 · Sep 2026: 5 flat 7% 3.8 0% ChatGPT #13 Claude #9 Gemini

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: Spendflo (4.9), Cledara (4.9), Sastrify (3.9), Flexera (3.5), Jaggaer (3.3). 74 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 33/100: 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 Zylo Vendr Torii Productiv Zluri Tropic BetterCloud Ramp Coupa Zip

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 12 Position in the answer · 1 = the first product recommended Zylo Vendr Torii Productiv Zluri Tropic BetterCloud Ramp Coupa Zip

What each model recommends first

ChatGPT

gpt-5.4

1 Zylo
68
2 Vendr
58
3 Torii
50
4 Productiv
39
5 Tropic
30

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 Torii
73
2 Zylo
68
3 Vendr
61
4 Zluri
57
5 Productiv
32

Gemini

gemini-3-flash-preview

1 Zylo
66
2 Vendr
65
3 Productiv
50
4 Tropic
42
5 Torii
30

The questions we asked

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

  1. Best overall
    What's the best SaaS procurement platform? See who wins it →
  2. Use-case fit
    Our software spend is out of control across 200 tools. What should we use to manage it? See who wins it →
  3. Top tools in 2026
    What are the top SaaS buying and spend management platforms in 2026? See who wins it →
  4. Startup & small team
    Which SaaS management tool is best for a mid-size finance team? See who wins it →
  5. Enterprise pick
    Which SaaS spend management platform should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale? See who wins it →
  6. Feature-led ask
    I want visibility into shadow IT and upcoming renewals. What do you recommend? See who wins it →
  7. If you could pick one
    If you could only pick one SaaS spend platform, which one and why? See who wins it →
  8. Budget & alternatives
    What's the best way to cut our SaaS bill without doing it all manually? See who wins it →