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The weekly chart ?

The top 20 products brands right now.

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Current race ?

This week ?

Midjourney v7 holds #1.

#1 in 6 of the last 6 weeks

2 debutsbiggest climb 142 out

All 25 moves ↓

Tap a card for each AI’s place and the monthly check.

#ProductPlace by weekLast weekWeeks in top 20Top-20 weeks
  1. #1same place as last weekMidjourney v7Midjourneynot checkedAlso #1 Software & Digital Services · #1 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #1 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#7
    2. Claude#5
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#3
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 3/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #1 is the 4-week average.

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    Midjourney V7 Just Changed Everything – It's Coming for Photoshop!YouTube: Blue Lightning · 177K views · May 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Midjourney v7
  2. #2up 1 place since last weekFirefly Image Model 5Adobenot checkedAlso #2 Best AI Image Generators · #6 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #3 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#13
    2. Claude#9
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#5

    named by 3/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #2 is the 4-week average.

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    Search Google for Adobe Firefly Image Model 5
  3. #3down 1 place since last weekIdeogram 3.0Ideogramnot checkedAlso #3 Best AI Image Generators · #10 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #2 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#15
    2. Claude#15
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #3 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Watch · YouTube ?

    The Most Photorealistic AI Image Generator Yet? Ideogram 3.0 ReviewYouTube: Prompt Engineering · 16.1K views · Aug 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Ideogram 3.0
  4. #4up 3 places since last weekStable Diffusion 3.5 LargeStability AInot checkedAlso #4 Best AI Image Generators · #12 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #7 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#19
    2. Claude#17
    3. Gemini#10
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#23

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #4 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Watch · YouTube ?

    🤖 AI Podcast | Stable Diffusion 3.5: Large and Medium Model, discover everything about them! 🚀YouTube: Spacecodee · 81 views · Sep 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Stability AI Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large
  5. #5same place as last weekGrok 4xAInot checkedAlso #1 Best AI Chatbots · #13 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #5 · 4 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#6
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #5 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Watch · YouTube ?

    xAI actually did it... (Grok 4.6)YouTube: Matthew Berman · 95K views · Aug 2026

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for xAI Grok 4
  6. #6same place as last weekPerplexity ProPerplexityAlso #2 Best AI Chatbots · #15 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #6 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claude#13
    3. Gemini#9
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #6 is the 4-week average.

    People · October 2026 check ?

    • Buyers’ rating4.5120 ratings · Sep 2026
    • Press1/3outlets recommend · 1 with more cons than pros · Sep 2026
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    Frozen October 29, 2026
    Press · 3 publications
    • CNETMixed · Date not savedOriginal
    • MakeUseOfMore cons than pros · Date not savedOriginal
    • ZDNETRecommends · Date not savedOriginal

    Watch · YouTube ?

    Is Perplexity Pro Worth It? My Honest Review (2025)YouTube: Ryan Doser · 44.5K views · Aug 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Perplexity Pro
  7. #7up 6 places since last weekRecraft V3Recraftnot checkedAlso #5 Best AI Image Generators · #17 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #13 · 4 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#17
    2. Claude#27
    3. Gemini#27
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#27
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 4/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #7 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

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    New "King" of Image Generation? Red Panda is Recraft V3, Let's Try It.YouTube: Excelerator · 11.4K views · Aug 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Recraft V3
  8. #8down 4 places since last weekFLUX 2 ProBlack Forestnot checkedAlso #6 Best AI Image Generators · #18 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #4 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#9
    2. Claude#7
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #8 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Black Forest FLUX 2 Pro
  9. #9down 1 place since last weekCopilotMicrosoftAlso #3 Best AI Chatbots · #19 Software & Digital ServicesLast week #8 · 6 weeks in top 20Monthly check: People disagree: AI #2 · people #5 of 5

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#8
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#7

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #9 is the 4-week average.

    People · October 2026 check ?

    • People disagree: people’s order#5people’s order, of 5 checked · AI #2 ?
    • Score read from review videos3.2/5read from 5 videos · Oct 2026 ? 123

    Watch · YouTube ?

    Copilot is Turning Into a Disaster for MicrosoftYouTube: SAMTIME · 619K views · Apr 2026

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Microsoft Copilot
  10. #10same place as last weekDALL-E 4OpenAInot checkedAlso #7 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #10 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#2
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #10 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for OpenAI DALL-E 4
  11. #11down 2 places since last weekGemini 2.5 ProGoogleAlso #4 Best AI ChatbotsLast week #9 · 5 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 0/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #11 is the 4-week average.

    People · October 2026 check ?

    • Score read from review videos4.3/5read from 4 videos · Oct 2026 ? 123

    Watch · YouTube ?

    Google Gemini 2.5 Pro is Insane...YouTube: Matthew Berman · 480K views · Oct 2025

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
  12. #12down 1 place since last weekImagen 4Googlenot checkedAlso #8 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #11 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claude#11
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Grok#9
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #12 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Google Imagen 4
  13. #13down 1 place since last weekMistral Le ChatMistralAlso #5 Best AI ChatbotsLast week #12 · 4 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#18
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#19

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #13 is the 4-week average.

    People · October 2026 check ?

    • Score read from review videos4.0/5read from 2 videos · Oct 2026 ? 12

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Mistral Le Chat
  14. #14up 6 places since last weekPerplexityPerplexitynot checkedAlso #6 Best AI ChatbotsLast week #20 · 2 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#10
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#9

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #14 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Perplexity
  15. #15up 3 places since last weekClaude Sonnet 4.5Anthropicnot checkedAlso #7 Best AI ChatbotsLast week #18 · 2 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claude#8
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #15 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5
  16. #16down 2 places since last weekMeta AIMetaAlso #8 Best AI ChatbotsLast week #14 · 6 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#16
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemini#11
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 2/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #16 is the 4-week average.

    People · October 2026 check ?

    • Buyers’ rating4.070 ratings · Sep 2026
    • Score read from review videos3.4/5read from 5 videos · Sep 2026 ? 123

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Meta AI
  17. #17down 2 places since last weekFLUX.2 [max]Black Forestnot checkedAlso #9 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #15 · 3 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#12
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #17 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Black Forest FLUX.2 [max]
  18. #18up 8 places since last weekChatGPT Images (GPT Image 1.5)OpenAIDebutnot checkedAlso #10 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #26 · 1 week in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#2
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #18 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for OpenAI ChatGPT Images (GPT Image 1.5)
  19. #19up 14 places since last weekGemini 3 Pro Image Nano Banana ProGoogleDebutBiggest climbnot checkedAlso #11 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #33 · 1 week in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPT#4
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexitynot named

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #19 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Google Gemini 3 Pro Image Nano Banana Pro
  20. #20down 1 place since last weekV8.2Midjourneynot checkedAlso #12 Best AI Image GeneratorsLast week #19 · 3 weeks in top 20

    AI places · this week ?

    1. GPTnot named
    2. Claudenot named
    3. Gemininot named
    4. AI Modenot named
    5. Groknot named
    6. Perplexity#8

    named by 1/6

    Where each AI alone would place it on this chart. The card’s #20 is the 4-week average.

    Not in the October 2026 check ?

    Also in the top 20 of ?

    Search Google for Midjourney V8.2

Dropped out of the top 20 ?

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  1. #21ChatGPTOpenAI · last wk #16 5 wks in top 20
  2. #22Imagen 3Google · last wk #21 2 wks in top 20
  3. #23FLUX.3 ImageBlack Forest · last wk #24 0 wks in top 20
  4. #24Claude 4 OpusAnthropic · last wk #22 4 wks in top 20
  5. #25Copilot ProMicrosoft · last wk #25 4 wks in top 20
  6. #26FLUX.1 ProBlack Forest · last wk #36 0 wks in top 20
  7. #27Firefly Image 3Adobe · last wk #28 1 wk in top 20
  8. #28ChatGPT Images 2.5OpenAI · last wk #17 2 wks in top 20
  9. #29Firefly 4Adobe · last wk #27 1 wk in top 20
  10. #30Leonardo PhoenixLeonardo AI · last wk #29 0 wks in top 20
  11. #31Qwen ChatAlibaba · last wk #23 0 wks in top 20
  12. #32Nano Banana 2.1Google · last wk #32 0 wks in top 20
  13. #33Claude (Opus 5.5)Anthropic · last wk #31 0 wks in top 20
  14. #34Alibaba Qwen3-MaxAlibaba · last wk #44 0 wks in top 20
  15. #35ChatGPT PlusOpenAI · last wk #35 0 wks in top 20
  16. #36Claude 3.5 SonnetAnthropic · last wk #38 0 wks in top 20
  17. #37Meta AI Llama 4Meta · last wk #52 0 wks in top 20
  18. #38FLUX.1 Kontext ProBlack Forest · last wk #57 0 wks in top 20
  19. #39Gemini AdvancedGoogle · last wk #40 0 wks in top 20
  20. #40Stable Diffusion 4Stability AI · last wk #30 3 wks in top 20
  21. #41Copilot (GPT-5-powered)Microsoft · last wk #61 0 wks in top 20
  22. #42Grok (4.7)xAI · last wk #62 0 wks in top 20
  23. #43Seedream 5.0 ProByteDance · last wk #63 0 wks in top 20
  24. #44Claude Opus 4.1Anthropic · last wk #39 0 wks in top 20
  25. #45Llama 4 405BMeta · last wk #41 0 wks in top 20
  26. #46Copilot-2026Microsoft · last wk #42 0 wks in top 20
  27. #47Qwen-ImageAlibaba · last wk #65 0 wks in top 20
  28. #48Quora PoeQuora · last wk #53 0 wks in top 20
  29. #49Inflection PiPi · last wk #47 0 wks in top 20
  30. #50DeepSeek-V3.2DeepSeek · last wk #73 0 wks in top 20
  31. #51GPT-Image-1 (ChatGPT Image Generation)OpenAI · last wk #48 0 wks in top 20
  32. #52DeepSeek ChatDeepSeek · last wk #34 0 wks in top 20
  33. #53Seedream 4.0ByteDance · last wk #83 0 wks in top 20
  34. #54Pi-3Inflection · last wk #37 0 wks in top 20
  35. #55DeepSeek V3.1DeepSeek · last wk #51 0 wks in top 20
  36. #56HunyuanImage 3.0Tencent · last wk #97 0 wks in top 20
  37. #57ChatGPT GPT-6OpenAI · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  38. #58FLUX.1 DevBlack Forest · last wk #49 0 wks in top 20
  39. #59MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft · last wk #82 0 wks in top 20
  40. #60Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3 Pro Image)Google · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  41. #61Le Chat EnterpriseMistral · last wk #59 0 wks in top 20
  42. #62Krea AI 2.0Krea · last wk #56 0 wks in top 20
  43. #63Grok Imagine Image 2.0xAI · last wk #78 0 wks in top 20
  44. #64Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana)Google · last wk #54 0 wks in top 20
  45. #65Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Nano Banana 2Google · last wk #55 0 wks in top 20
  46. #66YouChatYou.com · last wk #58 0 wks in top 20
  47. #67Cohere CoralCohere · last wk #84 0 wks in top 20
  48. #68ChatGPT (GPT-5.1)OpenAI · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  49. #69ChatGPT GPT-5OpenAI · last wk #60 0 wks in top 20
  50. #70Google Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle · last wk #89 0 wks in top 20
  51. #71Midjourney V6Midjourney · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  52. #72DeepSeek Chat (V4.1-Flash)DeepSeek · last wk #66 0 wks in top 20
  53. #73Lucid OriginLeonardo AI · last wk #67 0 wks in top 20
  54. #74Claude Opus 4.5Anthropic · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  55. #75Canva CraftCanva · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  56. #76FLUX.2 [flex]Black Forest · last wk #46 0 wks in top 20
  57. #77Grok ImaginexAI · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  58. #78Ideogram 4.5Ideogram · last wk #70 0 wks in top 20
  59. #79Seedream 4.5ByteDance · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  60. #80Character AICharacter.AI · last wk #43 0 wks in top 20
  61. #81Gemini 3 ProGoogle · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  62. #82Imagine 3Meta · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  63. #83Google GeminiGoogle · last wk #45 0 wks in top 20
  64. #84HuggingChatHugging Face · last wk #76 0 wks in top 20
  65. #85Fin AI AgentIntercom · last wk #77 0 wks in top 20
  66. #86Gemini 3 UltraGoogle · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  67. #87Grok 2xAI · last wk #90 0 wks in top 20
  68. #88Flux 2Black Forest · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  69. #89Ideogram 2.0Ideogram · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  70. #90Meta AI (Muse Spark)Meta · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  71. #91Sonar 2Perplexity · last wk #80 0 wks in top 20
  72. #92GrokxAI · last wk #50 0 wks in top 20
  73. #93Command R+ 2Cohere · last wk #86 0 wks in top 20
  74. #94Dream Machine 2Luma · last wk #64 0 wks in top 20
  75. #95Phoenix 1.0Leonardo AI · last wk #87 0 wks in top 20
  76. #96Character.AI PlusCharacter.AI · last wk #91 0 wks in top 20
  77. #97Le Chat (Mistral Large 3)Mistral · last wk #88 0 wks in top 20
  78. #98Poe UnlimitedPoe · last wk — 0 wks in top 20
  79. #99Leonardo AI Phoenix 2Leonardo AI · last wk #94 0 wks in top 20
  80. #100AlexaAmazon · last wk #93 0 wks in top 20

Brand chart

Current race ?

This week ?

OpenAI holds #1.

#1 in 13 of the last 13 weeks

1 debut1 out

All 14 moves ↓

Tap a card for its products here, its price tier and other charts.

#BrandPlace by weekLast weekWeeks in top 20Top-20 weeks
  1. #1same place as last weekOpenAIModels here: #10 DALL-E 4 · #18 ChatGPT Images (GPT Image 1.5) · +7Last week #1 · 13 weeks in top 20

    OpenAI products here ?

    9 products in the top 100 · 2 in the top 20

    1. #10 DALL-E 4not checked
    2. #18 ChatGPT Images (GPT Image 1.5)not checked
    3. #21 ChatGPTbelow the top 20
    4. #28 ChatGPT Images 2.5below the top 20
    5. #35 ChatGPT Plusbelow the top 20

    Where OpenAI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for OpenAI ai tools
  2. #2same place as last weekGoogleModels here: #11 Gemini 2.5 Pro · #12 Imagen 4 · +11Last week #2 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Google products here ?

    13 products in the top 100 · 3 in the top 20

    1. #11 Gemini 2.5 ProScore read from review videos: 4.3/5 from video
    2. #12 Imagen 4not checked
    3. #19 Gemini 3 Pro Image Nano Banana Pronot checked
    4. #22 Imagen 3below the top 20
    5. #32 Nano Banana 2.1below the top 20

    Where Google is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Google ai tools
  3. #3same place as last weekMicrosoftModels here: #9 Copilot · #25 Copilot Pro · +3Last week #3 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Microsoft products here ?

    5 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #9 CopilotPeople disagree
    2. #25 Copilot Probelow the top 20
    3. #41 Copilot (GPT-5-powered)below the top 20
    4. #46 Copilot-2026below the top 20
    5. #59 MAI-Image-2.6below the top 20

    Where Microsoft is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Microsoft ai tools
  4. #4same place as last weekxAIModels here: #5 Grok 4 · #42 Grok (4.7) · +4Last week #4 · 13 weeks in top 20

    xAI products here ?

    6 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #5 Grok 4not checked
    2. #42 Grok (4.7)below the top 20
    3. #63 Grok Imagine Image 2.0below the top 20
    4. #77 Grok Imaginebelow the top 20
    5. #87 Grok 2below the top 20

    Where xAI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for xAI ai tools
  5. #5same place as last weekAnthropicModels here: #15 Claude Sonnet 4.5 · #24 Claude 4 Opus · +4Last week #5 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Anthropic products here ?

    6 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #15 Claude Sonnet 4.5not checked
    2. #24 Claude 4 Opusbelow the top 20
    3. #33 Claude (Opus 5.5)below the top 20
    4. #36 Claude 3.5 Sonnetbelow the top 20
    5. #44 Claude Opus 4.1below the top 20

    Where Anthropic is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Anthropic ai tools
  6. #6same place as last weekMidjourneyModels here: #1 Midjourney v7 · #20 V8.2 · +1Last week #6 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Midjourney products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 2 in the top 20

    1. #1 Midjourney v7not checked
    2. #20 V8.2not checked
    3. #71 Midjourney V6below the top 20

    Where Midjourney is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Midjourney ai tools
  7. #7up 1 place since last weekBlack ForestModels here: #8 FLUX 2 Pro · #17 FLUX.2 [max] · +6Last week #8 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Black Forest products here ?

    8 products in the top 100 · 2 in the top 20

    1. #8 FLUX 2 Pronot checked
    2. #17 FLUX.2 [max]not checked
    3. #23 FLUX.3 Imagebelow the top 20
    4. #26 FLUX.1 Probelow the top 20
    5. #38 FLUX.1 Kontext Probelow the top 20

    Where Black Forest is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Black Forest ai tools
  8. #8down 1 place since last weekMetaModels here: #16 Meta AI · #37 Meta AI Llama 4 · +3Last week #7 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Meta products here ?

    5 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #16 Meta AIBuyers’ rating 4.0 · 70 ratings · Sep 2026
    2. #37 Meta AI Llama 4below the top 20
    3. #45 Llama 4 405Bbelow the top 20
    4. #82 Imagine 3below the top 20
    5. #90 Meta AI (Muse Spark)below the top 20

    Where Meta is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Meta ai tools
  9. #9same place as last weekAdobeModels here: #2 Firefly Image Model 5 · #27 Firefly Image 3 · +1Last week #9 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Adobe products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #2 Firefly Image Model 5not checked
    2. #27 Firefly Image 3below the top 20
    3. #29 Firefly 4below the top 20

    Where Adobe is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Adobe ai tools
  10. #10same place as last weekPerplexityModels here: #6 Perplexity Pro · #14 Perplexity · +1Last week #10 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Perplexity products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 2 in the top 20

    1. #6 Perplexity ProBuyers’ rating 4.5 · 120 ratings · Sep 2026
    2. #14 Perplexitynot checked
    3. #91 Sonar 2below the top 20

    Where Perplexity is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Perplexity ai tools
  11. #11up 1 place since last weekStability AIModels here: #4 Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large · #40 Stable Diffusion 4Last week #12 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Stability AI products here ?

    2 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #4 Stable Diffusion 3.5 Largenot checked
    2. #40 Stable Diffusion 4below the top 20

    Where Stability AI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Stability AI ai tools
  12. #12down 1 place since last weekIdeogramModels here: #3 Ideogram 3.0 · #78 Ideogram 4.5 · +1Last week #11 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Ideogram products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #3 Ideogram 3.0not checked
    2. #78 Ideogram 4.5below the top 20
    3. #89 Ideogram 2.0below the top 20

    Where Ideogram is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Ideogram ai tools
  13. #13same place as last weekMistralModels here: #13 Mistral Le Chat · #61 Le Chat Enterprise · +1Last week #13 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Mistral products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #13 Mistral Le ChatScore read from review videos: 4.0/5 from video
    2. #61 Le Chat Enterprisebelow the top 20
    3. #97 Le Chat (Mistral Large 3)below the top 20

    Where Mistral is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Mistral ai tools
  14. #14same place as last weekLeonardo AIModels here: #30 Leonardo Phoenix · #73 Lucid Origin · +2Last week #14 · 13 weeks in top 20

    Leonardo AI products here ?

    4 products in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #30 Leonardo Phoenixbelow the top 20
    2. #73 Lucid Originbelow the top 20
    3. #95 Phoenix 1.0below the top 20
    4. #99 Leonardo AI Phoenix 2below the top 20

    Where Leonardo AI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Leonardo AI ai tools
  15. #15up 1 place since last weekRecraftModels here: #7 Recraft V3Last week #16 · 11 weeks in top 20

    Recraft products here ?

    1 product in the top 100 · 1 in the top 20

    1. #7 Recraft V3not checked

    Where Recraft is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Recraft ai tools
  16. #16down 1 place since last weekAlibabaModels here: #31 Qwen Chat · #34 Alibaba Qwen3-Max · +1Last week #15 · 9 weeks in top 20

    Alibaba products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #31 Qwen Chatbelow the top 20
    2. #34 Alibaba Qwen3-Maxbelow the top 20
    3. #47 Qwen-Imagebelow the top 20

    Where Alibaba is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Alibaba ai tools
  17. #17up 1 place since last weekDeepSeekModels here: #50 DeepSeek-V3.2 · #52 DeepSeek Chat · +2Last week #18 · 6 weeks in top 20

    DeepSeek products here ?

    4 products in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #50 DeepSeek-V3.2below the top 20
    2. #52 DeepSeek Chatbelow the top 20
    3. #55 DeepSeek V3.1below the top 20
    4. #72 DeepSeek Chat (V4.1-Flash)below the top 20

    Where DeepSeek is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for DeepSeek ai tools
  18. #18down 1 place since last weekCharacter.AIModels here: #80 Character AI · #96 Character.AI PlusLast week #17 · 6 weeks in top 20

    Character.AI products here ?

    2 products in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #80 Character AIbelow the top 20
    2. #96 Character.AI Plusbelow the top 20

    Where Character.AI is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Character.AI ai tools
  19. #19up 2 places since last weekByteDanceDebutModels here: #43 Seedream 5.0 Pro · #53 Seedream 4.0 · +1Last week #21 · 1 week in top 20

    ByteDance products here ?

    3 products in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #43 Seedream 5.0 Probelow the top 20
    2. #53 Seedream 4.0below the top 20
    3. #79 Seedream 4.5below the top 20

    Where ByteDance is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for ByteDance ai tools
  20. #20down 1 place since last weekAmazonModels here: #100 AlexaLast week #19 · 10 weeks in top 20

    Amazon products here ?

    1 product in the top 100 · 0 in the top 20

    1. #100 Alexabelow the top 20

    Where Amazon is strong · top 20 ?

    Search Google for Amazon ai tools

Dropped out of the top 20 ?

  • Inflection was #20, now #21 4 weeks in the top 20
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  1. #21Inflectionlast wk #20 4 wks in top 20
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The monthly check covers products; a brand is marked “Passes the check” only when its products here pass. See the product check → ?

Questions and their #1 ?

Question#1 product#1 brand
Best AI Image GeneratorsMidjourney v7OpenAI
Best AI ChatbotsxAI Grok 4OpenAI

The AI panel ?

Where the AIs disagree.

Each AI’s place for the top 10, if its answers alone made this chart. Rows in chart order; an empty cell: not named, or below #100.well above the other AIs well below not named, or below #100 ?
Place on this chartProductChatGPTClaudeGeminiAI ModeGrokPerplexityNamed by
#1Midjourney v77533/6
#2Firefly Image Model 513, well below the others95, well above the others3/6
#3Ideogram 3.015152/6
#4Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large191710, well above the others23, well below the others4/6
#5Grok 461/6
#6Perplexity Pro1392/6
#7Recraft V317, well above the others2727274/6
#8FLUX 2 Pro972/6
#9Copilot872/6
#10DALL-E 421/6

Further down: ChatGPT’s #1 ChatGPT (#21 on this chart)Gemini’s #1 ChatGPT Plus (#35 on this chart)Perplexity’s #1 ChatGPT GPT-6 (#57 on this chart)Claude’s #1 ChatGPT (GPT-5.1) (#68 on this chart)Grok’s #1 DALL-E 5 (not in the top 100)

The AI panel ?

Where the AIs disagree.

Each AI’s place for the top 10 brands, if its answers alone made this chart. Rows in chart order; an empty cell: not named, or below #100.well above the other AIs well below not named, or below #100 ?
Place on this chartBrandChatGPTClaudeGeminiAI ModeGrokPerplexityNamed by
#1OpenAI111115/6
#2Google222225/6
#3Microsoft836635/6
#4xAI3412, well below the others345/6
#5Anthropic774555/6
#6Midjourney963775/6
#7Black Forest1095985/6
#8Meta141410, well above the others4, well above the others135/6
#9Adobe121071065/6
#10Perplexity111191195/6

The monthly check · October 2026 ?

Where people disagree with AI.

The check has not reached most of this chart’s top 20 yet.

  1. Microsoft CopilotPeople disagreeAI saysIts order2ndof 5 checked · #9 in the chartPeople sayTheir order5thof 5 checked · by video reviewsVideo reviews3.2/55 videos123

See all checked products in the chart ↓ ?

Reviews by people · YouTube and TikTok ?

The reviews behind the chart.

30 review videos · one shown per product

4 more reviewsFewer reviews

The data behind this chart ?

What this ranking stands on.

From the AI panel 192 AI answers over 16 weeks from 6 assistants 2 buying questions

From people

  • Buyer ratings901
  • Review videos52
  • Press outlets7
  • Recall checks28

Before you buy

Questions buyers ask.

  • Who is #1 for “Best AI Tools”, and for how long?

    Midjourney v7 is the #1 product this week, and has been #1 for 6 of the last 6 weeks. OpenAI is the #1 brand, #1 for 13 of the last 13 weeks.

  • What changed on this chart in the last four weeks?

    9 of the top 20 products were not in the top 20 four weeks ago. The #1 then was Midjourney v7, and it is still #1. Among brands, 2 new names joined the top 20.

  • Do buyers, reviewers, owners and the press agree with the AI?

    In the October 2026 check, 0 of the top 20 fail it, and people place 1 much lower than the AI does.

Data as of November 2 ?

Chart changes, by email.

New #1s, debuts and the picks that fail the check, from every chart. We will write only when there is news.