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Open-source project monetization tools

What AI assistants recommend when buyers ask about open-source project monetization tools — measured weekly across engines, published as open data.

Sample: 84 AI answers · Window: May 22, 2026Jun 19, 2026 (4-week rolling)

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
Open Collective

opencollective.com

82.1%

avg pos 4.9

GROK 100%CHATGPT 85.7%CLAUDE 78.6%PERPLEXITY 71.4%
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2
Patreon

patreon.com

81%

avg pos 4.3

GROK 100%CHATGPT 89.3%CLAUDE 78.6%PERPLEXITY 64.3%
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3
GitHub Releases

github.com

75%

avg pos 2.8

GROK 100%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 64.3%
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4
Liberapay

liberapay.com

45.2%

avg pos 5.3

GROK 78.6%CHATGPT 35.7%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 39.3%
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5
Ko-fi

ko-fi.com

29.8%

avg pos 7.2

GROK 57.1%CHATGPT 32.1%CLAUDE 35.7%PERPLEXITY 10.7%
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6
Tidelift

tidelift.com

25%

avg pos 9.9

GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 21.4%CLAUDE 35.7%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
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7
PayPal Invoicing

paypal.com

20.2%

avg pos 7.3

GROK 21.4%CHATGPT 17.9%CLAUDE 21.4%PERPLEXITY 21.4%
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8
Buy Me a Coffee

buymeacoffee.com

20.2%

avg pos 8.1

GROK 78.6%CHATGPT 17.9%CLAUDE 7.1%
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9
Indiegogo

indiegogo.com

14.3%

avg pos 11.9

CHATGPT 21.4%CLAUDE 7.1%PERPLEXITY 17.9%
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10
Kickstarter

kickstarter.com

13.1%

avg pos 10.9

GROK 7.1%CHATGPT 14.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
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11
GitLab

gitlab.com

13.1%

avg pos 13.4

GROK 42.9%CLAUDE 35.7%
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12
thanks.dev

thanks.dev

11.9%

avg pos 7.2

GROK 42.9%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
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13
Bountysource

bountysource.com

11.9%

avg pos 9

GROK 21.4%CHATGPT 21.4%CLAUDE 7.1%
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14
Elasticsearch

elastic.co

10.7%

avg pos 13

GROK 42.9%CLAUDE 21.4%
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15
3scale

redhat.com

8.3%

avg pos 14.6

GROK 42.9%CLAUDE 7.1%
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16
Linux Foundation

linuxfoundation.org

7.1%

avg pos 6.2

CLAUDE 21.4%PERPLEXITY 10.7%
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17
donatr.ee

donatr.ee

7.1%

avg pos 6.5

GROK 35.7%CLAUDE 7.1%
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18
Polar

polar.sh

7.1%

avg pos 9

GROK 35.7%CLAUDE 7.1%
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19
Stripe Billing

stripe.com

7.1%

avg pos 12.5

GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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20
MySQL

7.1%

avg pos 14.3

GROK 28.6%CLAUDE 14.3%
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21
MongoDB Atlas

mongodb.com

7.1%

avg pos 15

GROK 35.7%CLAUDE 7.1%
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22
Mozilla Foundation

mozilla.org

6%

avg pos 6.8

CLAUDE 21.4%PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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23
NumFOCUS

numfocus.org

6%

avg pos 14.5

GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 3.6%
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24
Qt

qt.io

6%

avg pos 16.3

GROK 28.6%CLAUDE 7.1%
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25
Fundly

fundly.com

4.8%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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26
IssueHunt

issuehunt.io

4.8%

avg pos 7.8

GROK 21.4%CHATGPT 3.6%
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27
WordPress

wordpress.com

4.8%

avg pos 8

GROK 7.1%CLAUDE 21.4%
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28
Confluent

confluent.io

4.8%

avg pos 10.3

GROK 28.6%
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29
Microsoft FOSS Fund

3.6%

avg pos 5

CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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30
Spotify FOSS Fund

3.6%

avg pos 5.5

CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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31
Crowd Supply

crowdsupply.com

3.6%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 10.7%
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32
HashiCorp

hashicorp.com

3.6%

avg pos 12

GROK 21.4%
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33
Percona

percona.com

3.6%

avg pos 13

GROK 21.4%
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34
Software Freedom Conservancy

sfconservancy.org

3.6%

avg pos 14.5

GROK 21.4%
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35
Gitcoin

gitcoin.co

3.6%

avg pos 16.3

GROK 21.4%
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36
Goteo

2.4%

avg pos 1

PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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37
Fundorex

2.4%

avg pos 2

PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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38
Pixelfed

pixelfed.social

2.4%

avg pos 3

GROK 14.3%
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39
Selfstarter

2.4%

avg pos 3.5

PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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40
Open Source Collective

2.4%

avg pos 5

GROK 14.3%
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41
OpenSSL

2.4%

avg pos 5.5

GROK 14.3%
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42
Bloomberg FOSS Contributor Fund

2.4%

avg pos 6

CLAUDE 7.1%PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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43
Plausible Analytics

plausible.io

2.4%

avg pos 6.5

GROK 14.3%
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44
Crowdfunder

crowdfunder.com

2.4%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 3.6%PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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45
Supabase

supabase.com

2.4%

avg pos 8

GROK 14.3%
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46
n8n

n8n.io

2.4%

avg pos 9

GROK 14.3%
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47
FundRazr

2.4%

avg pos 10

PERPLEXITY 7.1%
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48
Telegraf

influxdata.com

2.4%

avg pos 12.5

GROK 14.3%
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49
OpenSearch

2.4%

avg pos 13

GROK 7.1%CLAUDE 7.1%
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50
Sovereign Tech Fund

2.4%

avg pos 16

GROK 7.1%CLAUDE 7.1%
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51
AnyCable

anycable.io

2.4%

avg pos 24

GROK 14.3%
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52
imgproxy

imgproxy.net

2.4%

avg pos 24

GROK 14.3%
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53
Automattic

automattic.com

2.4%

CLAUDE 14.3%
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54
PostCSS

postcss.org

2.4%

GROK 14.3%
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55
Baserow

baserow.io

1.2%

avg pos 2

CLAUDE 7.1%
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56
Matomo

matomo.org

1.2%

avg pos 2

CLAUDE 7.1%
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57
elementary OS

elementary.io

1.2%

avg pos 3

GROK 7.1%
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58
Open Source Endowment

1.2%

avg pos 4

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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59
OpenTilt

1.2%

avg pos 4

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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60
FundingPlanet

1.2%

avg pos 5

CHATGPT 3.6%
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61
Thrinacia

1.2%

avg pos 5

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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62
Foss Fund

1.2%

avg pos 6

CHATGPT 3.6%
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63
Discord

discord.com

1.2%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 3.6%
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64
Flattr

flattr.com

1.2%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 3.6%
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65
ImageSharp

1.2%

avg pos 7

GROK 7.1%
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66
Slack

slack.com

1.2%

avg pos 7

CHATGPT 3.6%
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67
Statiq

1.2%

avg pos 7

GROK 7.1%
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68
Grafana

grafana.com

1.2%

avg pos 9

GROK 7.1%
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69
ChooseALicense.com

choosealicense.com

1.2%

avg pos 10

CHATGPT 3.6%
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70
Ghost

ghost.org

1.2%

avg pos 10

GROK 7.1%
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71
Plausible

1.2%

avg pos 10

GROK 7.1%
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72
Sidekiq

sidekiq.org

1.2%

avg pos 10

GROK 7.1%
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73
Tailwind UI

tailwindui.com

1.2%

avg pos 10

GROK 7.1%
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74
Terraform

terraform.io

1.2%

avg pos 10

GROK 7.1%
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75
GNOME Foundation

gnome.org

1.2%

avg pos 11

GROK 7.1%
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76
Python Software Foundation

python.org

1.2%

avg pos 11

GROK 7.1%
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77
Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com

1.2%

avg pos 12

CHATGPT 3.6%
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78
Reddit

reddit.com

1.2%

avg pos 12

CHATGPT 3.6%
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79
Redis

redis.io

1.2%

avg pos 13

GROK 7.1%
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80
Valkey

valkey.io

1.2%

avg pos 13

GROK 7.1%
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81
iText

itextpdf.com

1.2%

avg pos 14

GROK 7.1%
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82
Font Awesome

fontawesome.com

1.2%

avg pos 19

GROK 7.1%
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83
Product Hunt

producthunt.com

1.2%

avg pos 19

CHATGPT 3.6%
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84
Webpack

webpack.js.org

1.2%

avg pos 19

GROK 7.1%
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85
WordPress.org

wordpress.org

1.2%

avg pos 29

GROK 7.1%
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86
AWS SNS

aws.amazon.com

1.2%

CLAUDE 7.1%
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87
Campfire

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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88
Candid

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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89
Canonical

canonical.com

1.2%

CLAUDE 7.1%
Claim
90
Catarse

catarse.me

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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91
Chuffed

chuffed.org

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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92
Donorbox

donorbox.com

1.2%

CHATGPT 3.6%
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93
Givebutter

givebutter.com

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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94
Google Summer of Code

summerofcode.withgoogle.com

1.2%

CLAUDE 7.1%
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95
GrantWatch

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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96
Gumroad

gumroad.com

1.2%

CHATGPT 3.6%
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97
HarbergerToken

1.2%

CLAUDE 7.1%
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98
Horizon Europe

1.2%

CLAUDE 7.1%
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99
Instrumentl

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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100
Ketto

ketto.org

1.2%

PERPLEXITY 3.6%
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