Project Management AI visibility leaderboard

Project Management tools help distributed teams plan and track team work. Buyers increasingly start this search inside AI assistants, which narrow 65 vendors down to a shortlist of three to five.

Asana leads Project Management with an AI visibility score of 60.9 and appears in 79% of AI answers about Project Management (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
AI engines named 65 Project Management brands; Asana, monday.com and ClickUp hold 30% of all mentions.
Asana leads on all 3 engines.
ones.com is the most cited source for Project Management, with 9.9% of citations.

Data collected Nov 3, 2026·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 100%·next run Nov 9, 2026

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Mention rate

Consensus Pick2

Leader2

Challenger4

Authority Builder0

Asana monday.com ClickUp Jira Trello Smartsheet Notion Wrike

Citation authority

Brand	Mention rate	Citation authority	Answers citing own site	Position
Asana	79%	41.4%	24 of 58	Leader
monday.com	64.2%	30.8%	16 of 52	Consensus Pick
ClickUp	61.7%	42%	21 of 50	Leader
Jira	60.5%	0%	0 of 49	Consensus Pick
Smartsheet	43.2%	27.3%	9 of 33	Challenger
Trello	39.5%	21.9%	7 of 32	Challenger
Notion	34.6%	17.9%	5 of 28	Challenger
Wrike	32.1%	37.5%	9 of 24	Challenger

Leaderboard

Brands mentioned in AI answers in the weekly run of Nov 3. Every engine ranks Asana first.

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Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, top 8 brands. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Asana leads Project Management at 60.9%. Changes appear after the second weekly run.

Prompts in Project Management

The buyer questions SlateIndex runs for this category every week.

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Prompt	Intent	Top pick	Brands	Weekly runs
What is a project management tool and when does a company need one?	Informational Discovery	Asana	+7	1
How do I choose a project management tool for a mid-market team?	Informational Discovery	Asana	+8	1
What features matter most in a project management tool?	Informational Discovery	Teamwork	+3	1
What are common mistakes when buying a project management tool?	Informational Discovery	Teamwork	+1	1
How do companies plan and track team work without a dedicated tool?	Informational Discovery	Make	+5	1
What is the difference between a project management tool and task management software?	Informational Discovery	Todoist	+7	1
What should a project management tool integrate with?	Informational Discovery	GitHub	+11	1
How long does it take to roll out a project management tool?	Informational Discovery	Celoxis	+1	1
What are the best Project Management tools in 2026?	Commercial Comparison	Asana	+9	1
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	Commercial Comparison	Asana	+10	1
Best project management tool for startups	Commercial Comparison	Asana	+12	1
Best project management tool for enterprise	Commercial Comparison	Smartsheet	+12	1
Which project management tool has the best reviews?	Commercial Comparison	monday.com	+6	1
Compare the leading Project Management platforms	Commercial Comparison	Asana	+15	1
Alternatives to the most popular project management tool	Commercial Alternatives	Jira	+12	1
Best project management tool with AI features	Commercial Comparison	ClickUp	+7	1
Most affordable project management tool that is still reliable	Commercial Comparison	Trello	+2	1
Which Project Management vendors do analysts recommend?	Commercial Comparison	Planisware	+12	1
How much does a project management tool cost per month?	Transactional Pricing	Trello	+5	1
Which project management tool offers a free trial?	Transactional Pricing	monday.com	+8	1
Is there a free project management tool for small teams?	Transactional Pricing	Trello	+5	1
What is the typical pricing model for Project Management software?	Transactional Pricing	ProjectManager	+5	1
Which project management tool has transparent pricing?	Transactional Pricing	ClickUp	+6	1
Which Project Management tools offer annual discounts?	Transactional Pricing	ClickUp	+11	1
Official website of the top project management tool vendors	Navigational Validation	Asana	+18	1
Where can I sign up for a project management tool?	Navigational Validation	Asana	+8	1
Who makes the most used project management tool?	Navigational Validation	Jira	+5	1
Is Airtable a good project management tool?Names Airtable · counts on its brand page only	Navigational Validation	Airtable	+2	1
What are the pros and cons of Adobe Workfront?Names Adobe Workfront · counts on its brand page only	Navigational Validation	Adobe Workfront	+3	1
How much does Linear cost?Names Linear · counts on its brand page only	Navigational Validation	Linear		1

Most cited sources

Where engines get their information when they answer Project Management prompts.

Source	Type	Share of citations	Citations	Prompts
ones.com	Web	9.9%	61	19
asana.com	Brand site	6.6%	41	22
capterra.com	Review site	6%	37	19
clickup.com	Brand site	4.7%	29	18
airtable.com	Brand site	3.2%	20	7
monday.com	Brand site	2.9%	18	13
atlassian.com	Web	2.6%	16	14
smartsheet.com	Brand site	2.4%	15	10
g2.com	Review site	2.3%	14	7
zoho.com	Brand site	2.3%	14	9
teamwork.com	Brand site	1.9%	12	8
wrike.com	Brand site	1.9%	12	10
forbes.com	Media	1.8%	11	11
planisware.com	Brand site	1.6%	10	4
celoxis.com	Brand site	1.3%	8	7
gartner.com	Analyst	1.3%	8	3
linear.app	Brand site	1.3%	8	3
microsoft.com	Web	1.3%	8	5
reddit.com	Forum	1.3%	8	7
trello.com	Brand site	1.3%	8	7
proofhub.com	Brand site	1.1%	7	7
techrepublic.com	Web	1.1%	7	5
thedigitalprojectmanager.com	Web	1.1%	7	5
hive.com	Brand site	1%	6	5
kanbanchi.com	Web	1%	6	2

All vendors in Project Management

Every Project Management brand tracked by SlateIndex.

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Compare the leaders

Asana vs monday.com Asana vs ClickUp Asana vs Jira

Project Management in AI answers: questions

Which Project Management software do AI assistants recommend most?

Asana, monday.com and ClickUp are recommended most often. Asana leads with an AI visibility score of 60.9 and appears in 79% of answers (data of Nov 3, 2026).

Which Project Management tool do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode recommend?

ChatGPT puts Asana first (64.8), Perplexity puts Asana first (63) and Google AI Mode puts Asana first (54.8).

Which sources do AI engines cite for Project Management?

ones.com (9.9%), asana.com (6.6%) and capterra.com (6%) are cited most often in answers about Project Management.

How is the Project Management ranking calculated?

SlateIndex asks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode 30 Project Management 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, “Project Management AI visibility leaderboard”, https://slateindex.ai/category/project-management, data of Nov 3, 2026. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

Project Management AI visibility leaderboard

Where vendors stand in Project Management

Leaderboard

Visibility score trend

Prompts in Project Management

Most cited sources

All vendors in Project Management

Compare the leaders

Project Management in AI answers: questions

Which Project Management software do AI assistants recommend most?

Which Project Management tool do ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode recommend?

Which sources do AI engines cite for Project Management?

How is the Project Management ranking calculated?

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