Developer Tools AI Visibility Leaderboard
Developer tooling covering IDEs, CI/CD, code review, and infrastructure spans one of the most active AI search categories. This leaderboard tracks which developer platforms AI engines cite when developers search for tooling recommendations.
Prompts analyzed
- ›“best developer tools 2026”
- ›“top CI/CD platforms”
- ›“best code review tools”
- ›“AI coding assistants comparison”
Overall AI citation leaderboard
Citation rate = % of tracked prompts where the brand appeared in AI engine responses. Averaged across all 6 engines.
| Rank | Brand | Citation Rate | Trend | Sentiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | github.com | 95% | Stable | positive |
| #2 | code.visualstudio.com | 91% | Stable | positive |
| #3 | cursor.sh | 74% | Rising | positive |
| #4 | vercel.com | 68% | Rising | positive |
| #5 | gitlab.com | 65% | Stable | positive |
| #6 | jetbrains.com | 61% | Stable | positive |
| #7 | supabase.com | 57% | Rising | positive |
Methodology
PresenceAI submits 51 buyer-intent prompts to ChatGPT (GPT-4o), Claude (claude-sonnet-4-5), Perplexity (sonar-large), Gemini (gemini-1.5-pro), Grok (grok-2), and Google AI Overviews weekly. Each brand mention is extracted, positioned, and scored for sentiment. Citation rate = percentage of prompts where the brand appears in the response. This leaderboard reflects aggregate data — individual prompt results and historical trends are available inside PresenceAI.
Last updated: 2026-05-21. Leaderboards refresh every 7 days.
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