C3 AIThe Agentic Operating System for Enterprise AI

PalantirWe build software that empowers organizations to effectively integrate their data, decisions, and operations.

Comparison · AI Agents · weekly run Nov 3

C3 AI vs Palantir

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

Track both brands

The short answer

Palantir is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 1.2 versus 0.9 for C3 AI, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose C3 AI if…

You need SOC 1 or SOC 2 or SOC 3 or FedRAMP or FedRAMP Moderate or FISMA or FIPS 140-2 or ITAR or PCI DSS Level 1 coverage
Enterprise-scale AI solutions

Choose Palantir if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (1.2 vs 0.9)
You need FedRAMP High or FISMA High or CMMC Level 2 or SOC 2 Type 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or GDPR coverage
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AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	C3 AI	Palantir
Visibility score	0.9%	1.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#59	#53
Share of voice	0.5%	0.5%
Mentions this run	3	4
Positive in AI answers	—	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

C3 AI 0pp · Palantir 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Palantir leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

2.8%

AI Mode

0.9%

Perplexity

0.9%

C3 AIPalantir

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

0C3 AI ranked higher

2Palantir ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	C3 AI	Palantir
Which AI Agents vendors do analysts recommend?	ChatGPT	#23	#9
Which AI Agents vendors do analysts recommend?	Perplexity	#20	#17

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	C3 AI	Palantir
Deployment	The company says its platform runs across any infrastructure.	Apollo deployment foundation used across highly secure and regulated environments, including FedRAMP, IL5 and IL6.
Compliance	SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, FedRAMP, FedRAMP Moderate, FISMA, FIPS 140-2, ITAR, HIPAA, PCI DSS Level 1, DoD IL5, DoD IL6	FedRAMP High, FISMA High, DoD IL5, DoD IL6, CMMC Level 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, HIPAA, GDPR
Support	Customer Support Portal, 24/7 support line in customer contract, Email support@c3.ai	—
Founded	2009	2003
Headquarters	Redwood City, California	—
Employees	1,001–5,000	—
Funding	IPO	Post-IPO equity round led by ARK Investment Management · $2460M raised
Best for	Large operators in defense and intelligence, maritime, manufacturing, federal government, oil and gas, utilities and healthcare.	Federal agencies, state and local governments, international organizations and private companies.