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Which brands each model API named when asked this question, and which pages it cited. Answer text is not published.
Snapshot Sep 16, 2026. Each category is re-run in rotation, every few weeks.

Recommendation

Kind of question

3

Model APIs

4

Brands named

21

Pages cited

Brands

Brands the answers named

Ordered by how many model APIs named the brand, then by mentions. A mention is not an endorsement or a position.
Rank#BrandModel APIsMentionsOwn-site citationsNamed by
1Cursorcursor.com3150OpenAI · Anthropic · Google
2Windsurfwindsurf.com251OpenAI · Anthropic
3Claude Codeanthropic.com230OpenAI · Google
4GitHub Copilotgithub.com110OpenAI

Model APIs

What each model API returned

One row per model API. The hash identifies the exact answer without publishing it.
Model APIModelBrands namedCitationsDomainsAnswer hash
OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-miniCursor · GitHub Copilot · Claude Code · Windsurf663fa10002…41076
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5Cursor · Windsurf878ffe46cf…0d42d
Googlegoogle/gemini-2.5-flashCursor · Claude Code77c555d628…b489c

Sources

Pages the answers cited

Hostnames come from the URLs the answers returned. Best position is the earliest place a page was cited in an answer.
DomainCited pageBest positionCited byCitations
builder.iohttps://builder.io/blog/best-ai-code-editors1OpenAI1
daily.devhttps://daily.dev/blog/ai-code-editor-comparison-cursor-vs-vs-code-vs-windsurf/1Anthropic1
serverspace.ushttps://serverspace.us/about/blog/best-ides-and-code-editors-in-2026/1Google1
linkedin.comhttps://linkedin.com/posts/nikitaviktorov_ai-coding-tools-a-real-world-comparison-activity-7427125241262460928-Td3R2Google1
mindstudio.aihttps://mindstudio.ai/blog/best-ai-code-editors2OpenAI1
reddit.comhttps://reddit.com/r/ChatGPTCoding/comments/1htlx48/cursor_vs_windsurf_realworld_experience_with/2Anthropic1
axify.iohttps://axify.io/blog/the-best-ai-coding-assistants-a-full-comparison-of-20-tools3OpenAI1
jetadmin.iohttps://jetadmin.io/blog/what-is-cursor-ai-a-practical-guide-for-modern-software-teams/3Google1
youtube.comhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=C-6Jn4Tbg0g3Anthropic1
codecademy.comhttps://codecademy.com/article/cursor-vs-windsurf-ai-which-ai-code-editor-should-you-choose4Anthropic1
f22labs.comhttps://f22labs.com/blogs/7-best-ai-code-editors-in-2025/4OpenAI1
reddit.comhttps://reddit.com/r/developers/comments/1fqwsg0/what_is_the_best_multifile_ai_code_editor_for/4Google1
blog.n8n.iohttps://blog.n8n.io/best-ai-for-coding/5OpenAI1
myengineeringpath.devhttps://myengineeringpath.dev/tools/agentic-ides/5Google1
reddit.comhttps://reddit.com/r/ChatGPTCoding/comments/1hgosbp/windsurf_vs_cursor_which_is_the_better_ai_code/5Anthropic1
dev.tohttps://dev.to/builderio/windsurf-vs-cursor-which-is-the-better-ai-code-editor-3m7n6Anthropic1
emergent.shhttps://emergent.sh/learn/best-ai-coding-assistant6Google1
zapier.comhttps://zapier.com/blog/ai-coding-tools/6OpenAI1
aiagentslist.iohttps://aiagentslist.io/categories/coding7Google1
builder.iohttps://builder.io/blog/windsurf-vs-cursor7Anthropic1
windsurf.comhttps://windsurf.com/compare/windsurf-vs-cursor8Anthropic1
Snapshots
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Question set
ai-developer-tools-2026-07-27
Benchmark version
4-ai-developer-tools-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
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Measured in AI developer tools. Full answers are not stored or published, and no customer data is included.

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