AI & Software · AI Coding Assistants

Claude Code leads, named first in 30% of runs.

Week of 2026-08-22. One step per question, 5 runs each across 3 engines. A taller step means the brand was named more often for that question.

Does an engine favour its own tool?

Some of the products above are made by the same companies whose assistants we ask. This compares how often an engine named its own product against how often every other engine named it. A gap is a measurement, not an accusation, and a small gap on this sample size is noise.

What the answers were built from

The domains these assistants cited most while answering. This is where the recommendations actually come from.