August 2026 category evidence
Project management
Most named checked vendor
71 of 120 observed answers named monday.com
59.2% (95% interval 50.2% to 67.5%; base 71 of 120). Observed naming on the stated capture date, not a ranking.
Release 2026-08.1. Method version not supplied for this historical release. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22721962
Systems for planning, assigning, tracking, coordinating, and reporting on work across projects.
10 companies checked. Capture date: 2026-08-28. No excluded answers were recorded for this category.
The Index measures observed naming, not service quality or product merit.
Core metric table
Observed naming by company
Project management observed naming table. Sorted by observed mention rate. These are observed answer counts on stated dates, not a ranking; vendors whose intervals overlap are not statistically distinguishable.| Company | Named | Cited | Buyer questions | Capture date |
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| monday.com | 71 of 120 observed answers, 59.2% (95% interval 50.2% to 67.5%) | 15 of 120 observed answers, 12.5% (95% interval 7.7% to 19.6%) | 9 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Asana | 62 of 120 observed answers, 51.7% (95% interval 42.8% to 60.4%) | 6 of 120 observed answers, 5.0% (95% interval 2.3% to 10.5%) | 8 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| ClickUp | 56 of 120 observed answers, 46.7% (95% interval 38.0% to 55.6%) | 1 of 120 observed answers, 0.8% (95% interval 0.1% to 4.6%) | 7 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Wrike | 49 of 120 observed answers, 40.8% (95% interval 32.5% to 49.8%) | 25 of 120 observed answers, 20.8% (95% interval 14.5% to 28.9%) | 8 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Smartsheet | 40 of 120 observed answers, 33.3% (95% interval 25.5% to 42.2%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 6 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Jira | 32 of 120 observed answers, 26.7% (95% interval 19.6% to 35.2%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 8 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Trello | 18 of 120 observed answers, 15.0% (95% interval 9.7% to 22.5%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 6 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Airtable | 8 of 120 observed answers, 6.7% (95% interval 3.4% to 12.6%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 2 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Basecamp | 6 of 120 observed answers, 5.0% (95% interval 2.3% to 10.5%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 2 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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| Notion | 1 of 120 observed answers, 0.8% (95% interval 0.1% to 4.6%) | 0 of 120 observed answers, 0.0% (95% interval 0.0% to 3.1%) | 1 of 10 | 2026-08-28 |
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Buyer questions
The ten fixed questions
Each question was put to every engine 3 times. Ask the same question yourself; answers vary by run.
What is the best project management software for a cross-functional team?
Question 1. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
Which project management platform is best for coordinating several concurrent client projects?
Question 2. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
What are the top project management tools for a mid-market organization?
Question 3. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
What are good alternatives to a spreadsheet-based project management process?
Question 4. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
Which project management options work well for a distributed team?
Question 5. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
What project management software should a services business consider when project visibility is poor?
Question 6. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
How do the main project management platforms compare for planning and resource coordination?
Question 7. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
Which project management approach is better for teams using both agile and structured planning?
Question 8. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
What should a buyer evaluate in project management software?
Question 9. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
How can a project team use project management software to improve delivery predictability?
Question 10. 12 observed answers, 0 excluded.
Ask the engine yourself; answers vary by run.ChatGPTPerplexityClaude
Method note
4 engines, 3 repeats, 10 fixed buyer questions, and one checked set.
Selection rule: A vendor is in the checked set if it appears on the relevant category page of at least two major software directories as of the capture date.
Commissioned engagement: no. No vendor in this category commissioned or paid for its inclusion or its result.
A named vendor may request one same-configuration re-run per release at no charge. Read the dispute policy.
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Citation erratum, 11 September 2026
Vendor citation counts were reconstructed from saved cited URLs, requiring an existing named verdict and the vendor domain or a subdomain in the same answer. The earlier citation fields were incorrectly zero. Named counts, question counts, answer bases and exclusions are unchanged. Nimble remains recorded at zero named answers. Answer text was not retained, so contextual qualification of its name cannot be independently re-scored from this release. This correction is archived in version 2026-08.1.