What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about ai tools for devops engineers — measured on a rolling 4-week window across 4 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-09-17 · 28 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology
Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.
Measured by Orbatormethodology owner Henrik Tellewindow ends Sep 17, 2026
Sample: 28 AI answers · Window: Aug 20, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (97 answers)
Samples by engine: GEMINI 7 (last run Sep 3, 2026) · CHATGPT 7 (last run Sep 3, 2026) · CLAUDE 7 (last run Sep 4, 2026) · PERPLEXITY 7 (last run Sep 3, 2026) · GROK 0 (last run Aug 13, 2026 — stalest)
How these numbers are made: sampling design · prompt provenance · what counts as a mention · what we cannot see
On the record: This ranking is frozen as a dated snapshot every day. View this category's history to see what entered and left the ranking and when, or read what the engines actually said on a given day.
Across 28 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Kubernetes is recommended most often — appearing in 57.1% of recommendations, followed by Terraform (39.3%) and AWS (35.7%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
Orbator asked Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity buyer questions about ai tools for devops engineers and sampled 28 answers between Aug 20, 2026 and Sep 17, 2026. Recommendation share counts the answers that recommended or listed a product, so a passing mention or a warning adds nothing to it. A category publishes once it holds at least 20 independently sampled answers in the window. Read the full methodology or download this ranking as CSV.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kubernetes.io | 57.1% 95% CI 39.1–73.5% 16 mentions · avg pos 6.9 first pick 12.5% | — | GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 71.4%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 57.1% | Claim |
| 2 | terraform.io | 39.3% 95% CI 23.6–57.6% 11 mentions · avg pos 3.7 first pick 27.3% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 57.1% | Claim |
| 3 | aws.amazon.com | 35.7% 95% CI 20.7–54.2% 10 mentions · avg pos 4.6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 57.1%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 4 | gitlab.com | 28.6% 95% CI 15.3–47.1% 8 mentions · avg pos 3.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 42.9%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 5 | dynatrace.com | 25% 95% CI 12.7–43.4% 7 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 14.3% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 6 | datadoghq.com | 25% 95% CI 12.7–43.4% 7 mentions · avg pos 4.6 first pick 28.6% | — | GEMINI 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 7 | helm.sh | 25% 95% CI 12.7–43.4% 7 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 42.9% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 42.9% | Claim |
| 8 | azure.microsoft.com | 25% 95% CI 12.7–43.4% 7 mentions · avg pos 10.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 9 | harness.io | 21.4% 95% CI 10.2–39.5% 6 mentions · avg pos 5.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 10 | pulumi.com | 17.9% 95% CI 7.9–35.6% 5 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 11 | claude.com | 17.9% 95% CI 7.9–35.6% 5 mentions · avg pos 6.6 first pick 20% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 12 | newrelic.com | 14.3% 95% CI 5.7–31.5% 4 mentions · avg pos 4.8 first pick 25% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 13 | Pulumi AI | 14.3% 95% CI 5.7–31.5% 4 mentions · avg pos 5.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 14 | splunk.com | 14.3% 95% CI 5.7–31.5% 4 mentions · avg pos 6.8 first pick 25% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 15 | K8sGPT | 14.3% 95% CI 5.7–31.5% 4 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 16 | git-scm.com | 14.3% 95% CI 5.7–31.5% 4 mentions · avg pos 8.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 17 | snyk.io | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | jenkins.io | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 19 | logz.io | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 4.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 20 | bigpanda.io | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.3 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 21 | mlflow.org | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 5.7 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 22 | Brainboard | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 23 | dvc.org | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 24 | slack.com | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 25 | bentoml.com | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 26 | prometheus.io | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.3 first pick 66.7% | — | CLAUDE 42.9% | Claim |
| 27 | Bits AI | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.7 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 28 | cursor.sh | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 29 | kubectl | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.7 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 30 | Ansible | 10.7% 95% CI 3.7–27.2% 3 mentions · avg pos 12.3 first pick 33.3% | — | GEMINI 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 31 | Datadog Bits AI | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 2.5 first pick 50% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 32 | hashicorp.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 33 | selector.ai | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 4.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 34 | woodpecker-ci.org | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 35 | coroot.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 36 | neubird.ai | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 5.5 first pick 50% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 37 | pagerduty.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 38 | stackgen.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 28.6% | Claim |
| 39 | zenml.io | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 40 | code.visualstudio.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 8.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 41 | metaflow.org | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 42 | spacelift.io | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 43 | fastapi.tiangolo.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 12.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 44 | port.io | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 12.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 45 | tabnine.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 46 | grafana.com | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 13.5 first pick 50% | — | CLAUDE 28.6% | Claim |
| 47 | kubeval | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 14.5 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 48 | Checkov | 7.1% 95% CI 2–22.6% 2 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 49 | CodeGPT | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 50 | databricks.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 51 | kubectl-ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 1 first pick 100% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 52 | axify.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 53 | sherlocks.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 2 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 54 | circleci.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 55 | rootly.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 56 | sentry.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 57 | zenhub.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 3 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 58 | Gemini CLI | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 59 | docs.gitlab.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 60 | pachyderm.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 61 | workik.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 62 | incident.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 63 | Amazon CodeWhisperer | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 64 | continue.dev | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 65 | gitea.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 6 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 66 | moogsoft.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 67 | getpanto.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 68 | octopus.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 69 | jetbrains.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 70 | wandb.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 12 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 71 | glean.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 72 | Kubeflow | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 73 | coderabbit.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 74 | prefect.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 75 | kubeconform | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 76 | windsurf.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 21 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 77 | cast.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 23 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 78 | K3s | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 23 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 79 | vercel.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 24 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 80 | render.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 25 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 81 | ansible.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 26 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 82 | Evidently | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 27 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 83 | evidentlyai.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 27 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 84 | BACK Stack | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 29 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 85 | mirrord | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 30 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 86 | tflint | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 32 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 87 | tfsec | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions · avg pos 32 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 88 | ciroos.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 89 | fabrix.ai | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 90 | honeycomb.io | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 91 | komodor.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 92 | motadata.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 93 | novaaiops.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 94 | observeinc.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 95 | sysdig.com | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 96 | xMatters | 3.6% 95% CI 0.6–17.7% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 28 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.
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Across 28 sampled AI answers from 4 engines (Aug 20, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026), Kubernetes is recommended most often for ai tools for devops engineers, appearing in 57.1% of recommendations, followed by Terraform (39.3%). This is a measurement of what AI assistants recommend, not an editorial verdict.
ChatGPT recommends Kubernetes most often for ai tools for devops engineers. It appears as a recommendation in 71.4% of ChatGPT's sampled answers in this window (Aug 20, 2026 to Sep 17, 2026). Other engines answer differently. The per-engine breakdown in the ranking shows each one.
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| Kuberneteskubernetes.io | AWSaws.amazon.com | Claude Codeclaude.com | Gitgit-scm.com | Jenkinsjenkins.io | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | — | — | Pro: $20 a month, $200 a year (free tier available) ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | Git: Free ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | — |
| Features | Service discovery and load balancing ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | pay-as-you-go approach for pricing ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | Extended thinking for complex work ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | distributed version control ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | Plugins ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 |
| Platforms | — | — | Android ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | — | Windows ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 |
| Integrations | — | — | Slack ↗ sourceverified Sep 5, 2026 | — | — |
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