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AI mentions in answers to 3 questions

2025-12-30

90
Brands
320
Sources
3
Questions
5
AI Models

About This Report

This report was generated for brands and citations mentioned in answers about Developer Tools from 5 AI models (namely: Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest)). AI models were asked the following questions:

  1. "What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." (view report)
  2. "If I'm looking to get into Developer Tools, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed." (view report)
  3. "What does the Developer Tools industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." (view report)
90 brands and 320 web sources were detected. Top brands detected are: GitHub (100.0%), Microsoft (46.7%), Stack Overflow (28.2%), Visual Studio Code (17.5%), Kubernetes (16.3%). This report was generated on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch.

Brand Rankings

Brands mentioned by AI models, ranked by share of voice

# Brand Voice Position Mentions AI
1
GitHub organizationproduct
100.0%
7 10.6% (124)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
2
Microsoft organizationproduct
46.7%
2 4.8% (56)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
3
Stack Overflow organization
28.2%
39 5.8% (68)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
4
Visual Studio Code productorganization
17.5%
1 1.8% (21)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
5
Kubernetes product
16.3%
24 5.1% (59)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
6
JetBrains organizationproduct
15.6%
4 2.8% (33)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
7
CNCF organization
14.0%
23 3.4% (40)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
8
GitLab organizationproduct
13.7%
12 2.8% (33)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
9
Docker productorganization
10.2%
18 2.7% (31)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
10
GitHub Copilot product
9.7%
15 1.7% (20)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
11
Atlassian organizationproduct
9.1%
11 2.2% (26)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
12
IntelliJ IDEA product
8.3%
5 1.7% (20)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
13
HashiCorp organizationproduct
8.1%
14 2.2% (26)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
14
Cursor productorganization
6.9%
13 1.9% (22)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
15
Jira product
6.8%
13 1.8% (21)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
16
Postman productorganization
6.7%
24 1.9% (22)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
17
Vercel organizationproduct
6.0%
24 1.9% (22)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
18
Google Cloud organization
5.0%
7 1.7% (20)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
19
InfoQ organization
4.4%
50 1.8% (21)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
20
Dev.to organization
4.1%
43 1.5% (18)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
21
Hacker News organization
3.9%
42 1.5% (18)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
22
Sentry organizationproduct
3.7%
24 1.2% (14)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
23
Datadog organizationproduct
3.7%
20 1.2% (14)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
24
Grafana productorganization
3.5%
22 1.2% (14)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
25
Supabase organizationproduct
3.5%
32 1.3% (15)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
26
Bitbucket organization
3.5%
19 0.9% (11)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
27
Git product
3.5%
18 1.5% (17)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
28
3.2%
47 1.3% (15)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
29
The New Stack organization
3.1%
50 1.3% (15)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
30
CircleCI productorganization
3.0%
27 1.5% (17)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
31
Netlify organizationproduct
2.9%
27 0.9% (11)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
32
Replit productorganization
2.7%
38 0.9% (11)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
33
2.7%
38 1.0% (12)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
34
Azure DevOps product
2.7%
10 1.0% (12)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
35
2.4%
23 0.7% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
36
The Pragmatic Engineer organization
2.4%
44 0.9% (10)
OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
37
2.3%
47 0.9% (11)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
38
Cloudflare organization
2.3%
21 0.8% (9)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
39
Confluence product
2.2%
16 0.6% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
40
2.0%
39 0.8% (9)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
41
New Relic productorganization
1.9%
27 0.7% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
42
Martin Fowler person
1.8%
36 0.7% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
43
Slack organizationproduct
1.7%
49 1.1% (13)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
44
Jenkins product
1.6%
26 0.8% (9)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
45
Backstage organization
1.6%
33 0.6% (7)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
46
Tabnine product
1.5%
49 0.9% (10)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
47
1.4%
52 0.9% (11)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
48
Red Hat organization
1.2%
18 0.7% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
49
Snyk productorganization
1.2%
35 0.8% (9)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
50
Linear organization
1.1%
34 0.9% (10)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
51
Google I/O event
1.0%
44 0.9% (10)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
52
Linux Foundation organization
0.9%
10 0.4% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
53
Kent Beck person
0.9%
38 0.3% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestGoogle Gemini Flash (latest)
54
SonarQube product
0.8%
36 0.5% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
55
FreeCodeCamp organization
0.8%
40 0.7% (8)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
56
QCon event
0.7%
54 0.5% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT LatestX.AI Grok (latest)
57
Temporal organizationproduct
0.6%
41 0.4% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
58
0.5%
11 0.3% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
59
Reddit r/programming organization
0.5%
38 0.4% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
60
Gergely Orosz person
0.4%
25 0.3% (4)
Google Gemini Flash (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
61
Gitpod product
0.3%
39 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
62
0.3%
57 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
63
Dynatrace product
0.3%
33 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)OpenAI ChatGPT Latest
64
CSS-Tricks organization
0.1%
65 0.5% (6)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
65
JSConf event
0.0%
60 0.4% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
66
Smashing Magazine organization
0.0%
65 0.4% (5)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
67
JavaScript Weekly organization
0.0%
66 0.3% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
68
Twilio productorganization
0.0%
41 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
69
Stripe product
0.0%
40 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)X.AI Grok (latest)
70
TechCrunch organization
0.0%
80 0.3% (4)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
71
0.0%
58 0.3% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
72
0.0%
74 0.3% (3)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
73
0.0%
7 0.1% (1)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)
74
Google Cloud Platform organization
0.0%
14 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
75
DBeaver product
0.0%
36 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
76
TablePlus product
0.0%
34 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
77
0.0%
57 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
78
DockerCon event
0.0%
70 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
79
Codecademy organization
0.0%
73 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
80
Traversy Media organization
0.0%
86 0.2% (2)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
81
Cursor AI organizationproduct
0.0%
21 0.1% (1)
Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest)
82
AWS Cloud9 product
0.0%
20 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
83
Auth0 product
0.0%
50 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
84
MongoDB Compass product
0.0%
41 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
85
pgAdmin product
0.0%
42 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
86
MySQL Workbench product
0.0%
44 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
87
Dan Abramov person
0.0%
59 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
88
0.0%
55 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
89
0.0%
72 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)
90
Airplane organization
0.0%
40 0.1% (1)
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is this AI Mentions Report about?
This report analyzes how AI chatbots like Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest) respond to questions related to Developer Tools. It identifies which brands, products, and organizations are mentioned most frequently and measures their share of voice in AI responses.
What questions were analyzed in this report?
This report analyzed answers to 3 questions:
  1. "What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space." (view report)
  2. "If I'm looking to get into Developer Tools, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed." (view report)
  3. "What does the Developer Tools industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." (view report)
How many brands were analyzed in this report?
This report analyzed 90 unique brands mentioned across 5 AI models.
How many web sources were detected?
AI models cited 320 unique web sources (domains) when answering questions.
Which brands are mentioned most by AI models?
The top 3 most mentioned brands are GitHub (organization,product), Microsoft (organization,product), Stack Overflow (organization), based on analysis of 5 AI model responses.
How many AI models were analyzed?
This report analyzed responses from 5 AI models: Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest), Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest), OpenAI ChatGPT Latest, Google Gemini Flash (latest), X.AI Grok (latest).
What does "Share of Voice" mean and how is it calculated?
Share of Voice (Voice %) measures brand prominence across AI models.

Formula: Share of Voice = Model Coverage × Quality Score

Where:
Model Coverage = Sum of normalized weights for models mentioning the brand
Quality Score = Prominence / Max Prominence in dataset
Prominence = Mentions × (1 / log₂(Position + 1))

Model weights (based on Monthly Active Users):
• OpenAI ChatGPT Latest: 900M MAU (~54.1% weight)
• Google Gemini Flash (latest): 650M MAU (~39.1% weight)
• Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest): 45M MAU (~2.7% weight)
• X.AI Grok (latest): 39M MAU (~2.3% weight)
• Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest): 30M MAU (~1.8% weight)

Brands appearing in top positions across high-traffic models achieve higher Share of Voice.

Questions Analyzed

  1. 1. What are the best Developer Tools options available today? Please provide a comprehensive overview including: the leading brands and products, top companies and service providers, recognized experts and thought leaders, promising startups and new market entrants, major industry events and conferences, active communities and forums, and influential publications and media covering this space. view report
  2. 2. If I'm looking to get into Developer Tools, who and what should I know about? Include the most trusted brands, recommended products and services, reputable companies and providers, influential experts and reviewers to follow, helpful communities and resources, important events and conferences, notable startups disrupting the space, and key publications and media channels to stay informed. view report
  3. 3. What does the Developer Tools industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry. view report