What AI assistants recommend when buyers ask about accounting software for freelancers — measured weekly across engines, published as open data.
Sample: 56 AI answers · Window: May 21, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026 (4-week rolling)
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | QuickBooks Time quickbooks.intuit.com | 78.6% avg pos 5.7 | — | GROK 75%GEMINI 87.5%CHATGPT 87.5%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 81.3% | Claim |
| 2 | FreshBooks Lite freshbooks.com | 67.9% avg pos 6.5 | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 100%CHATGPT 93.8%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 37.5% | Claim |
| 3 | Wave Payroll waveapps.com | 62.5% avg pos 5.5 | — | GROK 62.5%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 62.5%PERPLEXITY 56.3% | Claim |
| 4 | Zoho zoho.com | 48.2% avg pos 10.3 | — | GROK 37.5%GEMINI 75%CHATGPT 68.8%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 18.8% | Claim |
| 5 | Xero JAX xero.com | 35.7% avg pos 13.5 | — | GROK 37.5%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 6 | ZipBooks zipbooks.com | 21.4% avg pos 4.2 | — | GROK 25%GEMINI 50%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 31.3% | Claim |
| 7 | Wave wave.com | 21.4% avg pos 8.6 | — | GROK 37.5%GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 18.8%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 8 | Bonsai | 16.1% avg pos 7.8 | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 37.5%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 9 | Turbo Tax Self-Employed turbotax.intuit.com | 16.1% avg pos 9.2 | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 10 | FreshBooks | 14.3% avg pos 3 | — | GROK 37.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25% | Claim |
| 11 | Zoho Books | 14.3% avg pos 3.8 | — | GROK 25%PERPLEXITY 37.5% | Claim |
| 12 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 microsoft.com | 12.5% avg pos 14.4 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 18.8%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 13 | Brightbook | 10.7% avg pos 5.8 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 25%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 14 | Hurdlr | 10.7% avg pos 7.3 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 15 | Google Sheets sheets.google.com | 8.9% avg pos 3.3 | — | GROK 25%CHATGPT 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 16 | Keeper Tax keepertax.com | 8.9% avg pos 7.8 | — | GROK 25%GEMINI 37.5% | Claim |
| 17 | TrulySmall Accounting | 8.9% avg pos 8 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 37.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 18 | Kashoo | 8.9% avg pos 18.5 | — | CHATGPT 31.3% | Claim |
| 19 | Google Docs google.com | 8.9% avg pos 18.8 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 20 | Akaunting akaunting.com | 7.1% avg pos 6.5 | — | GROK 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 21 | FreeAgent freeagent.com | 7.1% avg pos 6.8 | — | GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 22 | GnuCash gnucash.org | 7.1% avg pos 16 | — | GROK 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 23 | Invoice Ninja invoiceninja.com | 5.4% avg pos 3.3 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 24 | EFTPS | 5.4% avg pos 3.5 | — | GROK 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 25 | Expensify expensify.com | 5.4% avg pos 5 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5% | Claim |
| 26 | IRS Form 1040-ES irs.gov | 5.4% avg pos 5.7 | — | GROK 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5% | Claim |
| 27 | PayPal Invoicing paypal.com | 5.4% avg pos 5.7 | — | GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 28 | Square Invoices squareup.com | 5.4% avg pos 9.3 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 29 | AND CO | 5.4% avg pos 18 | — | CHATGPT 18.8% | Claim |
| 30 | Billy | 5.4% avg pos 20.3 | — | CHATGPT 18.8% | Claim |
| 31 | Harvest | 5.4% avg pos 20.7 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5% | Claim |
| 32 | TurboTax | 3.6% avg pos 2 | — | GROK 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 33 | Excel | 3.6% avg pos 3 | — | GROK 25% | Claim |
| 34 | Tabby | 3.6% avg pos 4 | — | GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 35 | Bench bench.co | 3.6% avg pos 9 | — | GROK 25% | Claim |
| 36 | H&R Block Business hrblock.com | 3.6% avg pos 10 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 37 | ADP Global Payroll adp.com | 3.6% avg pos 11 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 38 | Moxie withmoxie.com | 3.6% avg pos 11 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 39 | Mint mint.intuit.com | 3.6% avg pos 12.5 | — | CHATGPT 12.5% | Claim |
| 40 | Plutio plutio.com | 3.6% avg pos 12.5 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 41 | FreeTaxUSA freetaxusa.com | 3.6% avg pos 13 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 42 | Bonsai Tax bonsai.com | 3.6% avg pos 15 | — | GROK 12.5%GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 43 | HoneyBook honeybook.com | 3.6% avg pos 17.5 | — | GROK 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 44 | QuickBooks Online with Intuit Assist intuit.com | 3.6% avg pos 21 | — | GROK 12.5%CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 45 | Sensibill sensibill.com | 1.8% avg pos 1 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 46 | PayPal | 1.8% avg pos 3 | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 47 | Stripe | 1.8% avg pos 3 | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 48 | TSheets tsheets.com | 1.8% avg pos 3 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 49 | Bookipi bookipi.com | 1.8% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 50 | QuickBooks | 1.8% avg pos 5 | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 51 | Stripe Billing stripe.com | 1.8% avg pos 5 | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 52 | Helcim POS helcim.com | 1.8% avg pos 9 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 53 | Fiverr fiverr.com | 1.8% avg pos 10 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 54 | TaxSlayer Self-Employed taxslayer.com | 1.8% avg pos 12 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 55 | FlyFin | 1.8% avg pos 13 | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 56 | Adobe Acrobat Sign adobe.com | 1.8% avg pos 16 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 57 | TaxTracker | 1.8% avg pos 16 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 58 | Wingspan wingspan.app | 1.8% avg pos 17 | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 59 | Tiller tillerhq.com | 1.8% avg pos 18 | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 60 | GoDaddy godaddy.com | 1.8% avg pos 22 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 61 | TrackingTime trackingtime.co | 1.8% avg pos 22 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 62 | PocketGuard pocketguard.com | 1.8% avg pos 23 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 63 | SlickPie | 1.8% avg pos 25 | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 64 | BambooHR bamboohr.com | 1.8% | — | CHATGPT 6.3% | Claim |
| 65 | IRS2Go | 1.8% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 66 | Manager | 1.8% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 67 | Momenteo | 1.8% | — | PERPLEXITY 6.3% | Claim |
| 68 | Patriot Payroll patriotsoftware.com | 1.8% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
| 69 | Patriot Software patriotsoft.com | 1.8% | — | GEMINI 12.5% | Claim |
| 70 | QuickBooks Self-Employed | 1.8% | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 71 | QuickBooks Solopreneur | 1.8% | — | CLAUDE 12.5% | Claim |
| 72 | Sage Business Cloud Accounting sage.com | 1.8% | — | GROK 12.5% | Claim |
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