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September 2026 snapshot · 72 AI answers Greenfield

Trucking & Carrier Management: AI Visibility Ranking

Fleet and operations software for trucking carriers covering dispatch, loads, drivers, and compliance. Right now, Motive is the brand AI assistants recommend most, with a Visibility Score of 39 and the #1 spot in 11% of answers. Head-to-head: Motive vs McLeod Software →

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.

Four brands within 8 points, no one pulling away.

Motive leads McLeod Software by just 1 point, and the gap between first and fourth is narrower than most categories produce. Model loyalty is the real story: Rose Rocket scores 62 on Gemini yet only 13 on ChatGPT, while McLeod flips that dynamic with a 49 on Claude. Samsara is the one name that avoids extreme swings, sitting in the low 30s across all three models.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

# Brand Visibility Score Mention rate Avg. position #1 pick rate Models
1 Motive
39
±7.1
60% 4.6 11% ChatGPT #1 Claude #5 Gemini #2
2 McLeod Software
38
±5.6
47% 3.1 13% ChatGPT #3 Claude #1 Gemini #4
3 Rose Rocket
36
±4.5
51% 4.1 11% ChatGPT #8 Claude #2 Gemini #1
4 Samsara
31
±7.2
44% 4.0 6% ChatGPT #2 Claude #3 Gemini #5
5 Tailwind TMS
24
±6.5
33% 3.9 3% ChatGPT #6 Claude #4 Gemini #6
6 Axon Software
22
±5.8
31% 3.7 7% ChatGPT #5 Claude #7 Gemini #7
7 TruckingOffice
21
±4.2
28% 3.6 10% ChatGPT #9 Claude #8 Gemini #3
8 Oracle Transportation Management
12
±2.5
14% 2.1 6% ChatGPT #11 Claude #6 Gemini #9
9 Truckbase
12
±3
17% 4.0 4% ChatGPT #4 Claude Gemini
10 Rigbooks
11
±3.5
15% 4.0 0% ChatGPT #12 Claude #10 Gemini #8
11 MercuryGate
7
±4.2
10% 3.9 1% ChatGPT #10 Claude #12 Gemini #13
12 AscendTMS
7
±4.5
11% 4.9 0% ChatGPT #7 Claude #14 Gemini #14
13 Microsoft Entra ID
7
±2.5
7% 1.4 6% ChatGPT Claude #9 Gemini #11
14 Turvo
6
±4.1
11% 5.3 1% ChatGPT #14 Claude #11 Gemini #12
15 Blue Yonder
6
±2.9
8% 3.5 0% ChatGPT #13 Claude #13 Gemini #10

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: Aljex (6.2), Okta (6.1), TruckLogics (5.1), Axele TMS (5.1), TMW Suite (5). 107 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 62/100: 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 Motive McLeod Software Rose Rocket Samsara Tailwind TMS Axon Software TruckingOffice Oracle Transportation Management Truckbase Rigbooks

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 Motive McLeod Software Rose Rocket Samsara Tailwind TMS Axon Software TruckingOffice Oracle Transportation Management Truckbase Rigbooks

What each model recommends first

ChatGPT

gpt-5.4

1 Motive
50
2 Samsara
36
3 McLeod Software
35
4 Truckbase
35
5 Axon Software
28

Claude

claude-sonnet-4-6

1 McLeod Software
49
2 Rose Rocket
32
3 Samsara
32
4 Tailwind TMS
25
5 Motive
24

Gemini

gemini-3-flash-preview

1 Rose Rocket
62
2 Motive
42
3 TruckingOffice
34
4 McLeod Software
29
5 Samsara
25

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 trucking management software for a carrier? See who wins it →
  2. Use-case fit
    We're a small trucking carrier with 20 trucks that needs load dispatch, driver management, and compliance tracking in one system. What should we use? See who wins it →
  3. Top tools in 2026
    What are the top trucking and carrier management platforms in 2026? See who wins it →
  4. Startup & small team
    Which trucking software is best for an owner-operator or small fleet on a budget? See who wins it →
  5. Enterprise pick
    Which undefined should a large enterprise standardize on, considering security, compliance, and scale? See who wins it →
  6. Feature-led ask
    I need software with load dispatch, driver settlements, ELD integration, and IFTA reporting for our fleet. What do you recommend? See who wins it →
  7. If you could pick one
    If you could only pick one trucking management platform, which would it be and why? See who wins it →
  8. Budget & alternatives
    What trucking software has the best integrations with load boards and accounting tools? See who wins it →