AI Shortlist / DevTools
web search APIs for AI
Who ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini name when B2B buyers ask about web search apis for ai.
12 prompts · 36 answers · Data as of Oct 26, 2026, 11:46 PM ET · Methodology
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SHARE OF VOICE
Who AI recommends
- 26/36 · 72%
- 2Exa22/36 · 61%
- 3Brave Search19/36 · 53%
- 19/36 · 53%
- 15/36 · 42%
- 14/36 · 39%
- 9/36 · 25%
- 7/36 · 19%
- 6/36 · 17%
- 10SerpApi6/36 · 17%
- 11DataForSEO4/36 · 11%
- 12Jina Reader4/36 · 11%
- 13Perplexity API4/36 · 11%
- 4/36 · 11%
- 15Jina AI Reader2/36 · 6%
Mentions out of 36 successful answers across all three engines.
BUYER PROMPTS
What we asked, ranked by buyer intent
These are the questions buyers type when they are close to choosing a tool, not when they are just learning. We rank them by how close the wording is to a purchase: price and budget questions first, then switching and "alternatives to" questions, then head-to-head comparisons, then "best tool for my kind of team". Each prompt was asked once in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, with no login, chat history or personalization. Full methodology
WHERE AI GETS ITS ANSWERS
Top cited domains
- 1exa.ai68
- 2brave.com56
- 3firecrawl.dev54
- 4usestring.ai49
- 5parallel.ai46
- 6tavily.com38
- 7kanopylabs.com28
- 8vellum.ai25
- 9octen.ai24
- 10mrscraper.com21
- 11itechguides.com19
- 12github.com18
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Pick two brands to see mentions per engine and shared prompts.
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METHODOLOGY
- Engines: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini.
- This niche: 12 prompts, 36 successful answers. Tested 2026-10-26 to 2026-10-27.
- A mention is one successful answer that names the brand. Share of voice is mentions divided by total successful answers in the niche.
- Results are a point-in-time snapshot of model answers, not a traffic ranking.