Business Intelligence AI visibility leaderboard
Business Intelligence tools help data and analytics teams turn company data into dashboards. Buyers increasingly start this search inside AI assistants, which narrow 47 vendors down to a shortlist of three to five.
- Microsoft Power BI leads Business Intelligence with an AI visibility score of 74.2 and appears in 84% of AI answers about Business Intelligence (SlateIndex, Nov 2, 2026).
- AI engines named 47 Business Intelligence brands; Microsoft Power BI, Tableau and Looker hold 33% of all mentions.
- Microsoft Power BI leads on all 3 engines.
- microsoft.com is the most cited source for Business Intelligence, with 6.8% of citations.
Data collected ·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run
Where vendors stand in Business Intelligence
8 brands shown: 2 Consensus Picks, 4 Authority Builders and 2 Challengers. No brand clears both lines yet — the Leader position is open.
| Brand | Mention rate | Citation authority | Answers citing own site | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Power BI | 84% | 0% | 0 of 68 | Consensus Pick |
| Tableau | 74.1% | 27.1% | 16 of 59 | Consensus Pick |
| Looker | 51.8% | 0% | 0 of 42 | Challenger |
| Qlik Sense | 51.8% | 42.5% | 17 of 40 | Authority Builder |
| ThoughtSpot | 40.7% | 50% | 16 of 32 | Authority Builder |
| Zoho | 38.3% | 51.7% | 15 of 29 | Authority Builder |
| Metabase | 33.3% | 40.7% | 11 of 27 | Authority Builder |
| Salesforce | 28.4% | 0% | 0 of 23 | Challenger |
Leaderboard
Brands mentioned in AI answers in the weekly run of Nov 2. Every engine ranks Microsoft Power BI first.
From audit to execution, Slate’s AEO team gets your brand into the answers buyers read.
Visibility score trend
Weekly runs over the last 60 days, top 8 brands. Click a name to hide or show its line.
Microsoft Power BI leads Business Intelligence at 74.2%. Changes appear after the second weekly run.
Prompts in Business Intelligence
The buyer questions SlateIndex runs for this category every week.
Most cited sources
Where engines get their information when they answer Business Intelligence prompts.
| Source | Type | Share of citations | Citations | Prompts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft.com | Web | 40 | 20 | |
| gartner.com | Analyst | 25 | 12 | |
| google.com | Web | 24 | 16 | |
| toolradar.com | Web | 24 | 11 | |
| thoughtspot.com | Brand site | 22 | 10 | |
| qlik.com | Brand site | 21 | 16 | |
| zoho.com | Brand site | 20 | 12 | |
| tableau.com | Brand site | 19 | 14 | |
| basedash.com | Web | 18 | 11 | |
| amazon.com | Web | 13 | 4 | |
| metabase.com | Brand site | 12 | 10 | |
| dupple.com | Web | 10 | 8 | |
| domo.com | Brand site | 9 | 8 | |
| capterra.com | Review site | 7 | 4 | |
| costbench.com | Web | 7 | 4 | |
| g2.com | Review site | 7 | 3 | |
| itechguides.com | Web | 7 | 5 | |
| kanerika.com | Web | 7 | 7 | |
| goodfirms.co | Web | 6 | 3 | |
| softwareadvice.com | Review site | 6 | 6 | |
| stackkite.com | Web | 6 | 6 | |
| getgalaxy.io | Web | 5 | 5 | |
| guideflow.com | Web | 5 | 4 | |
| rework.com | Web | 5 | 4 | |
| sigmacomputing.com | Brand site | 5 | 5 |
All vendors in Business Intelligence
Every Business Intelligence brand tracked by SlateIndex.
Compare the leaders
Business Intelligence in AI answers: questions
Which Business Intelligence software do AI assistants recommend most?
Microsoft Power BI, Tableau and Looker are recommended most often. Microsoft Power BI leads with an AI visibility score of 74.2 and appears in 84% of answers (data of Nov 2, 2026).
Which Business Intelligence tool do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode recommend?
ChatGPT puts Microsoft Power BI first (80.6), Perplexity puts Microsoft Power BI first (69.3) and Google AI Mode puts Microsoft Power BI first (72.8).
Which sources do AI engines cite for Business Intelligence?
microsoft.com (6.8%), gartner.com (4.2%) and google.com (4.1%) are cited most often in answers about Business Intelligence.
How is the Business Intelligence ranking calculated?
SlateIndex asks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode 30 Business Intelligence buyer questions every week and scores each brand by how often and how high it appears in their answers. The methodology page has the formulas.
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Cite as: SlateIndex, “Business Intelligence AI visibility leaderboard”, https://slateindex.ai/category/business-intelligence, data of Nov 2, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.