AI Coding Assistants · 2026-09-14
AI names Claude Code first in 31% of runs.
Every week we ask the AI assistants the same 15 buying questions, 5 times each, and publish exactly who they name. The questions, the method and every raw answer are public.
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Why we repeat each question
These systems do not give the same answer twice. Ask the same question on Monday and Wednesday and you can get different brands. Asking once and publishing the result would be publishing a coin flip, so we ask repeatedly and report how often a brand was named. Each step on the board above is one question, and its height is how often that brand was named for it.
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