What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about internal developer portals — measured weekly across 5 engines, published as open data.
Updated 2026-08-15 · 66 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.
Sample: 66 AI answers · Window: Jul 18, 2026 – Aug 15, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (30 answers)
Samples by engine: GEMINI 18 (last run Aug 3, 2026) · PERPLEXITY 18 (last run Aug 3, 2026 — stalest) · CHATGPT 12 (last run Aug 3, 2026) · CLAUDE 12 (last run Aug 4, 2026) · GROK 6 (last run Aug 3, 2026)
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 66 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, Backstage is recommended most often — appearing in 83.3% of recommendations, followed by Port (80.3%) and Cortex (74.2%).
This is a measurement of share of voice across 5 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Backstage Best for: AI recommends Backstage most when buyers ask “best internal developer portal tools for platform engineering teams” (100% of those answers) | 83.3% 95% CI 72.6–90.4% 55 mentions · avg pos 7.8 first pick 43.6% | — | GROK 66.7%GEMINI 94.4%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 100%PERPLEXITY 88.9% | Claim |
| 2 | Port port.io Best for: AI recommends Port most when buyers ask “what should I use to build an internal developer portal for my engineering org” (100% of those answers) | 80.3% 95% CI 69.2–88.1% 53 mentions · avg pos 10.1 first pick 7.5% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 72.2%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 75%PERPLEXITY 72.2% | Claim |
| 3 | Cortex cortex.io Best for: AI recommends Cortex most when buyers ask “best internal developer portal tools for platform engineering teams” (90.9% of those answers) | 74.2% 95% CI 62.6–83.3% 49 mentions · avg pos 12.4 first pick 2% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 72.2%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 75%PERPLEXITY 50% | Claim |
| 4 | OpsLevel opslevel.com Best for: AI recommends OpsLevel most when buyers ask “what should I use to build an internal developer portal for my engineering org” (72.7% of those answers) | 54.5% 95% CI 42.6–66% 36 mentions · avg pos 16.7 first pick 5.6% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 5 | Roadie roadie.io Best for: AI recommends Roadie most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (72.7% of those answers) | 51.5% 95% CI 39.7–63.2% 34 mentions · avg pos 9.7 first pick 5.9% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 55.6%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 55.6% | Claim |
| 6 | Kubernetes kubernetes.io Best for: AI recommends Kubernetes most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (90.9% of those answers) | 47% 95% CI 35.4–58.8% 31 mentions · avg pos 11.1 first pick 6.5% | — | GROK 83.3%GEMINI 44.4%CHATGPT 91.7%CLAUDE 41.7%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 7 | Compass compass.com Best for: AI recommends Compass most when buyers ask “best software catalog and developer portal platforms” (63.6% of those answers) | 37.9% 95% CI 27.1–49.9% 25 mentions · avg pos 13.4 first pick 4% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 41.7%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 33.3% | Claim |
| 8 | TechDocs Best for: AI recommends TechDocs most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (54.5% of those answers) | 30.3% 95% CI 20.6–42.2% 20 mentions · avg pos 5.9 first pick 25% | — | GROK 83.3%GEMINI 22.2%CHATGPT 66.7%CLAUDE 25% | Claim |
| 9 | Atlassian Compass Best for: AI recommends Atlassian Compass most when buyers ask “best software catalog and developer portal platforms” (54.5% of those answers) | 27.3% 95% CI 18–39% 18 mentions · avg pos 15.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 50%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 10 | Northflank northflank.com Best for: AI recommends Northflank most when buyers ask “what should I use to build an internal developer portal for my engineering org” (72.7% of those answers) | 25.8% 95% CI 16.7–37.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 11.8% | — | GROK 66.7%GEMINI 44.4%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 11 | Humanitec Best for: AI recommends Humanitec most when buyers ask “what should I use to build an internal developer portal for my engineering org” (63.6% of those answers) | 25.8% 95% CI 16.7–37.4% 17 mentions · avg pos 20.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 16.7% | Claim |
| 12 | GitLab gitlab.com Best for: AI recommends GitLab most when buyers ask “how do I create a software catalog to help developers find internal services” (63.6% of those answers) | 24.2% 95% CI 15.5–35.8% 16 mentions · avg pos 21.8 first pick 6.3% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 16.7%CHATGPT 66.7%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 13 | Terraform terraform.io Best for: AI recommends Terraform most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (63.6% of those answers) | 22.7% 95% CI 14.3–34.2% 15 mentions · avg pos 16.2 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 41.7%PERPLEXITY 16.7% | Claim |
| 14 | Git git-scm.com Best for: AI recommends Git most when buyers ask “how do I create a software catalog to help developers find internal services” (81.8% of those answers) | 21.2% 95% CI 13.1–32.5% 14 mentions · avg pos 20.8 first pick 7.1% | — | GROK 50%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 8.3%CLAUDE 16.7%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 15 | Crossplane Best for: AI recommends Crossplane most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (72.7% of those answers) | 21.2% 95% CI 13.1–32.5% 14 mentions · avg pos 21.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 16.7%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 16.7% | Claim |
| 16 | Argo CD argoproj.github.io Best for: AI recommends Argo CD most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (81.8% of those answers) | 19.7% 95% CI 11.9–30.8% 13 mentions · avg pos 9.8 first pick 7.7% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 16.7%CHATGPT 41.7%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 16.7% | Claim |
| 17 | Spotify's Backstage backstage.io Best for: AI recommends Spotify's Backstage most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (36.4% of those answers) | 18.2% 95% CI 10.7–29.1% 12 mentions · avg pos 4.6 first pick 50% | — | GROK 33.3%GEMINI 11.1%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 18 | Cycloid cycloid.io Best for: AI recommends Cycloid most when buyers ask “best internal developer portal tools for platform engineering teams” (36.4% of those answers) | 12.1% 95% CI 6.3–22.1% 8 mentions · avg pos 14.6 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 11.1%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 22.2% | Claim |
| 19 | Kratix Best for: AI recommends Kratix most when buyers ask “open-source alternatives to commercial internal developer portal platforms” (45.5% of those answers) | 12.1% 95% CI 6.3–22.1% 8 mentions · avg pos 21.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 33.3%GEMINI 5.6%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 16.7% | Claim |
| 20 | Qovery qovery.com Best for: AI recommends Qovery most when buyers ask “best internal developer portal tools for platform engineering teams” (63.6% of those answers) | 10.6% 95% CI 5.2–20.3% 7 mentions · avg pos 13.3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 5.6%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 22.2% | Claim |
| 21 | Opsgenie atlassian.com | 10.6% 95% CI 5.2–20.3% 7 mentions · avg pos 14.3 first pick 14.3% | — | GEMINI 16.7%CHATGPT 16.7%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 22 | Slack slack.com Best for: AI recommends Slack most when buyers ask “how do I create a software catalog to help developers find internal services” (45.5% of those answers) | 10.6% 95% CI 5.2–20.3% 7 mentions · avg pos 24.4 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 16.7%CHATGPT 8.3%CLAUDE 16.7% | Claim |
| 23 | Humanitec Portal humanitec.com | 9.1% 95% CI 4.2–18.4% 6 mentions · avg pos 9.2 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 11.1%CHATGPT 8.3%CLAUDE 8.3%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 24 | DigitalAPI digitalapi.ai | 9.1% 95% CI 4.2–18.4% 6 mentions · avg pos 9.4 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 11.1%PERPLEXITY 22.2% | Claim |
| 25 | React react.dev | 9.1% 95% CI 4.2–18.4% 6 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GROK 33.3%GEMINI 5.6%CHATGPT 16.7%CLAUDE 8.3% | Claim |
| 26 | SwaggerHub swaggerhub.com | 7.6% 95% CI 3.3–16.5% 5 mentions · avg pos 8.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6%PERPLEXITY 22.2% | Claim |
| 27 | Datadog datadoghq.com | 7.6% 95% CI 3.3–16.5% 5 mentions · avg pos 18.5 first pick 20% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 5.6%CHATGPT 16.7%CLAUDE 8.3% | Claim |
| 28 | Red Hat Developer Hub | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 3.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%CHATGPT 8.3%CLAUDE 16.7% | Claim |
| 29 | Postman postman.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 9.8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%PERPLEXITY 16.7% | Claim |
| 30 | AWS aws.amazon.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 16.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6%CHATGPT 16.7%CLAUDE 8.3% | Claim |
| 31 | Fern buildwithfern.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 17.3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 11.1%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 32 | Apigee cloud.google.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 20.3 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 11.1%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 33 | ReadMe readme.com | 6.1% 95% CI 2.4–14.6% 4 mentions · avg pos 22.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 11.1%CLAUDE 8.3% | Claim |
| 34 | WSO2 wso2.com | 4.5% 95% CI 1.6–12.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 35 | Puppet puppet.com | 4.5% 95% CI 1.6–12.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 7.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 16.7% | Claim |
| 36 | GuideFlow guideflow.com Best for: AI recommends GuideFlow most when buyers ask “best software catalog and developer portal platforms” (36.4% of those answers) | 4.5% 95% CI 1.6–12.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%PERPLEXITY 11.1% | Claim |
| 37 | Mintlify mintlify.com | 4.5% 95% CI 1.6–12.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 18 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 11.1%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 38 | Kong konghq.com | 4.5% 95% CI 1.6–12.5% 3 mentions · avg pos 20.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 11.1%PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 39 | Red Hat Developer Portal developers.redhat.com | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GROK 33.3% | Claim |
| 40 | Harness IDP | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 41 | Sourcegraph sourcegraph.com | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 50% | — | GROK 33.3% | Claim |
| 42 | Jenkins jenkins.io | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 11.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 43 | Scalar | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 17 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 44 | OpenChoreo | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 18.5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6%CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 45 | Configure8 | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 26 first pick 0% | — | GROK 33.3% | Claim |
| 46 | Elasticsearch elastic.co | 3% 95% CI 0.8–10.4% 2 mentions · avg pos 58.5 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7%CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 47 | Flanksource Mission Control | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 48 | Spotify Portal backstage.spotify.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 49 | Dev.to dev.to | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 7 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7% | Claim |
| 50 | OpenTofu | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 51 | IBM API Connect ibm.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 17 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 52 | Spotify Backstage | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 18 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 53 | Helm helm.sh | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 54 | Redocly redocly.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 55 | Stoplight stoplight.io | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 56 | Zuplo zuplo.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 19 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 57 | Azure API Management azure.microsoft.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 58 | MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform mulesoft.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 20 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 59 | Apiboost | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 21 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 60 | Notion notion.so | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 22 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7% | Claim |
| 61 | OpenMetadata | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 23 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7% | Claim |
| 62 | Airtable airtable.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 24 first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7% | Claim |
| 63 | Superblocks superblocks.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 24 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 64 | Okta okta.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 31 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 65 | PostgreSQL postgresql.org | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions · avg pos 93 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 8.3% | Claim |
| 66 | Cloud Native Computing Foundation cncf.io | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 67 | ConnectWise ScreenConnect connectwise.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 68 | Datadog IDP | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GROK 16.7% | Claim |
| 69 | Drupal drupal.org | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 5.6% | Claim |
| 70 | F6S f6s.com | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
| 71 | Harness harness.io | 1.5% 95% CI 0.3–8.1% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 5.6% | Claim |
Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 66 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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