Public AI model/API brand benchmark
Ranks a reviewed brand universe using a fixed, public set of neutral commercial prompts across three AI providers.
- Version
- 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583
- Published
- Jul 27, 2026
- Live boards
- 7
- Method ID
- public-ai-model-api-brand-benchmark
Where the facts come from
- Providers
- Provider
openai
- Configured Model
openai/gpt-4o-mini
- Provider
anthropic
- Configured Model
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
- Provider
gemini
- Configured Model
google/gemini-2.5-flash
- Provider Views
- Provider
openai
- Board Slug
ai-brand-openai-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence
- Provider
anthropic
- Board Slug
ai-brand-anthropic-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence
- Provider
gemini
- Board Slug
ai-brand-gemini-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence
- Provider Matrix Version
64232fd32583
How the order is produced
recommendation-prompt presence descending; mention coverage, engine breadth, mention share, citation share, then entity slug
When the method reruns
- daily
Boards using this version
Only live, quality-gated boards appear. Each board opens on the exact published table and evidence path.
| Board | Primary measure | Rows | Confidence | Freshness | Board version | Cadence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Model & API Brand Rankai-model-api-brand-rank | public-prompt-brand-recommendation-presence | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| AI Brand Visibilityai-brand-visibility | public-prompt-brand-mention-coverage | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| AI Brand Citation Shareai-brand-citation-share | public-prompt-brand-citation-share | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| AI Brand Engine Breadthai-brand-engine-breadth | public-prompt-brand-engine-breadth | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| Brands in OpenAI Model API Answersai-brand-openai-visibility | public-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| Brands in Anthropic Model API Answersai-brand-anthropic-visibility | public-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
| Brands in Gemini Model API Answersai-brand-gemini-visibility | public-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence | 17 | 100% | current | 4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583 | daily | Open board → |
Complete measurement ledger
These fields are stored with the methodology version. A changed contract must publish a new version before comparable movement can resume.
Prompts
- Slug
best-production-llm-api
- Text
What are the best LLM API platforms for a production application?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
enterprise-llm-api-providers
- Text
Which AI model API providers are strongest for enterprise software teams?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
reliable-model-api
- Text
Recommend a reliable hosted model API for a customer-facing product.
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
low-latency-inference-api
- Text
Which hosted AI inference platforms offer the lowest latency?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
cost-effective-model-api
- Text
What are the most cost-effective LLM API providers at scale?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
multimodal-model-api
- Text
Recommend the best multimodal model APIs for text and image workflows.
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
open-model-hosting-api
- Text
Which platforms are best for hosting open-weight models behind an API?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
ai-api-startup
- Text
What AI model API platform should an early-stage startup evaluate first?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
regulated-industry-model-api
- Text
Recommend AI model API providers for regulated enterprise workloads.
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
developer-friendly-llm-api
- Text
Which LLM API platforms have the best developer experience?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
model-routing-platform
- Text
What are the best platforms for routing requests across multiple AI models?
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
high-throughput-ai-api
- Text
Recommend hosted AI APIs for high-throughput batch inference.
- Intent
recommendation
- Slug
compare-leading-model-apis
- Text
Compare the leading AI model APIs for production use.
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
llm-api-pricing-comparison
- Text
How do major LLM API platforms compare on pricing and rate limits?
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
model-api-security-comparison
- Text
Compare AI model API providers on security, privacy, and compliance.
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
model-api-context-comparison
- Text
Which AI model APIs offer the strongest context windows and tool use?
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
model-api-observability
- Text
Compare hosted model platforms for observability and production controls.
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
model-api-global-availability
- Text
Which LLM API providers have the best global availability and uptime?
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
fine-tuning-api-comparison
- Text
Compare AI platforms that support managed fine-tuning and custom models.
- Intent
commercial
- Slug
model-api-vendor-shortlist
- Text
Create a shortlist of AI model API vendors for a technical buying team.
- Intent
commercial
Category
ai-model-api-platforms
Providers
- Provider
openai
- Configured Model
openai/gpt-4o-mini
- Provider
anthropic
- Configured Model
anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
- Provider
gemini
- Configured Model
google/gemini-2.5-flash
Cost Policy
- Cost Basis
Provider-reported LLM cost returned by the existing AI Rank provider/cache layer.
- Maximum Daily Billed Cost Usd
2.00
- Maximum Daily Provider Calls
60
Limitations
- This is one daily response per prompt/provider pair; model output can vary between runs.
- The fixed 20-prompt AI model/API category does not estimate general market share or brand awareness.
- Presence share and citation share are relative only to the reviewed 17-brand universe; untracked brands are excluded from those denominators.
- OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are both evaluated brands and configured model providers; no self-provider bias correction is applied.
Rank Formula
recommendation-prompt presence descending; mention coverage, engine breadth, mention share, citation share, then entity slug
Answer Policy
- Published Evidence
answer hashes, deterministic bounded brand counts, and deduplicated URL-derived citation counts
- Full Provider Answers Published
No
- Full Provider Answers Stored In Public Index
No
Corpus Version
ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26
Provider Views
- Provider
openai
- Board Slug
ai-brand-openai-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-openai-brand-recommendation-presence
- Provider
anthropic
- Board Slug
ai-brand-anthropic-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-anthropic-brand-recommendation-presence
- Provider
gemini
- Board Slug
ai-brand-gemini-visibility
- Primary Metric Slug
public-prompt-gemini-brand-recommendation-presence
Runner Version
4
Canonical Brands
- Name
OpenAI
- Aliases
- OpenAI
- ChatGPT
- Entity Slug
openai
- Primary Domain
openai.com
- Citation Domains
- openai.com
- platform.openai.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Anthropic
- Aliases
- Anthropic
- Claude
- Entity Slug
anthropic
- Primary Domain
anthropic.com
- Citation Domains
- anthropic.com
- docs.anthropic.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Google Gemini
- Aliases
- Google Gemini
- Gemini
- Google AI
- Entity Slug
google-gemini
- Primary Domain
ai.google.dev
- Citation Domains
- ai.google.dev
- deepmind.google
- gemini.google.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Mistral AI
- Aliases
- Mistral AI
- Mistral
- Entity Slug
mistral-ai
- Primary Domain
mistral.ai
- Citation Domains
- mistral.ai
- docs.mistral.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Cohere
- Aliases
- Cohere
- Entity Slug
cohere
- Primary Domain
cohere.com
- Citation Domains
- cohere.com
- docs.cohere.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
xAI
- Aliases
- xAI
- Grok
- Entity Slug
xai
- Primary Domain
x.ai
- Citation Domains
- x.ai
- docs.x.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Perplexity AI
- Aliases
- Perplexity AI
- Perplexity
- Entity Slug
perplexity-ai
- Primary Domain
perplexity.ai
- Citation Domains
- perplexity.ai
- docs.perplexity.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
DeepSeek
- Aliases
- DeepSeek
- Entity Slug
deepseek
- Primary Domain
deepseek.com
- Citation Domains
- deepseek.com
- api-docs.deepseek.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Microsoft Azure AI
- Aliases
- Microsoft Azure AI
- Azure AI
- Azure OpenAI
- Entity Slug
azure-ai
- Primary Domain
azure.microsoft.com
- Citation Domains
- azure.microsoft.com
- learn.microsoft.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Amazon Bedrock
- Aliases
- Amazon Bedrock
- AWS Bedrock
- Entity Slug
aws-bedrock
- Primary Domain
aws.amazon.com
- Citation Domains
- aws.amazon.com
- docs.aws.amazon.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Together AI
- Aliases
- Together AI
- Entity Slug
together-ai
- Primary Domain
together.ai
- Citation Domains
- together.ai
- docs.together.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Groq
- Aliases
- Groq
- GroqCloud
- Entity Slug
groq
- Primary Domain
groq.com
- Citation Domains
- groq.com
- console.groq.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Fireworks AI
- Aliases
- Fireworks AI
- Entity Slug
fireworks-ai
- Primary Domain
fireworks.ai
- Citation Domains
- fireworks.ai
- docs.fireworks.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
OpenRouter
- Aliases
- OpenRouter
- Entity Slug
openrouter
- Primary Domain
openrouter.ai
- Citation Domains
- openrouter.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Hugging Face
- Aliases
- Hugging Face
- Entity Slug
hugging-face
- Primary Domain
huggingface.co
- Citation Domains
- huggingface.co
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Name
Replicate
- Aliases
- Replicate
- Entity Slug
replicate
- Primary Domain
replicate.com
- Citation Domains
- replicate.com
- Case Sensitive Aliases
- Replicate
- Name
Cerebras
- Aliases
- Cerebras
- Cerebras Inference
- Entity Slug
cerebras
- Primary Domain
cerebras.ai
- Citation Domains
- cerebras.ai
- inference.cerebras.ai
- Case Sensitive Aliases
Benchmark Version
4-ai-model-api-platforms-2026-07-26-models-64232fd32583
Evaluation Surface
- Search
A common Rank.ai web-search tool is available to all three configured models.
- Gateway
Rank.ai's configured OpenRouter-compatible gateway
- Not Consumer Products
Results measure the configured model/API runs, not the ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini consumer application interfaces.
Strict Completeness
- Prompt Count
20
- Provider Count
3
- Required Successful Runs
60
Measurement Semantics
- Confidence
A value of 1.0 means the complete frozen cohort passed the deterministic extraction and publication gates; it is not a statistical confidence interval.
- Citation Share Denominator
Distinct answer-level HTTP(S) citation URLs whose URL-derived hostname matches any reviewed brand domain.
- Presence Share Denominator
The sum of reviewed-brand answer-presences. One answer may contribute presence to multiple brands.
- Mention Coverage Denominator
60 answers: all 20 prompts multiplied by three configured providers.
- Provider Citation Share Denominator
Distinct reviewed-brand-domain citations within the named configured model API provider's 20-answer cohort.
- Recommendation Presence Denominator
36 answers: 12 recommendation-intent prompts multiplied by three configured providers.
- Provider Mention Coverage Denominator
20 prompts for the named configured model API provider.
- Provider Recommendation Presence Denominator
12 recommendation-intent prompts for the named configured model API provider.
Provider Matrix Version
64232fd32583
Recommendation Semantics
Presence means mentioned or cited in an answer to a recommendation-intent prompt. It does not claim positive recommendation, endorsement, or sentiment.