Project management for software engineering teams — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for project management for software engineering teams, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026
  • ▲ INGitLab entered the top 10 (#12 → #9)
  • ▼ OUTYouTrack left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲GitLab moved #12 → #9
  • ▲ClickUp moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Backlog moved #3 → #4
  • ▲Trello moved #6 → #5
  • ▼Shortcut moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Azure moved #9 → #10
  • ▼YouTrack moved #10 → #11
  • ▲GitLab +6.8pp (20% → 26.8%)
  • ▲Linear +4.1pp (69.1% → 73.2%)
  • ▼YouTrack -3.9pp (23.6% → 19.7%)
  • ▲ClickUp +3.7pp (40% → 43.7%)
  • ▼Azure -3.4pp (27.3% → 23.9%)
  • ▼Shortcut -2.6pp (36.4% → 33.8%)
  • ▼Jira -2.5pp (80% → 77.5%)
  • ▼Backlog -2.4pp (41.8% → 39.4%)
  • ▼Asana -2.1pp (34.5% → 32.4%)
Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026
  • ▲ INYouTrack entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTOpsgenie left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
  • ▼Opsgenie moved #9 → #11
  • ▲Azure moved #10 → #9
  • ▲YouTrack moved #11 → #10
  • ▲Monday +5.1pp (25.8% → 30.9%)
  • ▲Azure +4.7pp (22.6% → 27.3%)
  • ▲Backlog +3.1pp (38.7% → 41.8%)
  • ▲Jira +2.6pp (77.4% → 80%)
  • ▼Opsgenie -2.6pp (22.6% → 20%)
  • ▼Shortcut -2.3pp (38.7% → 36.4%)
  • ▲Asana +2.2pp (32.3% → 34.5%)
  • ▼Linear -1.9pp (71% → 69.1%)
  • ▲ClickUp +1.3pp (38.7% → 40%)
  • ▼Trello -1pp (35.5% → 34.5%)
  • ▲YouTrack +1pp (22.6% → 23.6%)
Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 5-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INAzure entered the top 10 (#30 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTAzure DevOps left the ranking (was #10)
  • ▲Azure moved #30 → #10
  • ▲Backlog moved #7 → #3
  • ▼Trello moved #4 → #6
  • ▼ClickUp moved #3 → #4
  • ▼Asana moved #6 → #7
  • ▲Monday moved #9 → #8
  • ▼Opsgenie moved #8 → #9
  • ▲Azure +20.5pp (2.1% → 22.6%)
  • ▲Backlog +13.2pp (25.5% → 38.7%)
  • ▼ClickUp -10.2pp (48.9% → 38.7%)
  • ▼Trello -7.1pp (42.6% → 35.5%)
  • ▲Monday +4.5pp (21.3% → 25.8%)
  • ▼Asana -3.9pp (36.2% → 32.3%)
  • ▼Jira -3.5pp (80.9% → 77.4%)
  • ▲Shortcut +2.5pp (36.2% → 38.7%)
  • ▲Opsgenie +1.3pp (21.3% → 22.6%)
Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026
  • ▲Opsgenie moved #10 → #8
  • ▲Shortcut moved #6 → #5
  • ▼Asana moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Monday moved #8 → #9
  • ▼Azure DevOps moved #9 → #10
  • ▲Backlog +5.8pp (19.7% → 25.5%)
  • ▲Shortcut +5.1pp (31.1% → 36.2%)
  • ▼Asana -4.8pp (41% → 36.2%)
  • ▼ClickUp -3.6pp (52.5% → 48.9%)
  • ▲Opsgenie +3.3pp (18% → 21.3%)
  • ▼Trello -1.7pp (44.3% → 42.6%)
  • ▲Monday +1.6pp (19.7% → 21.3%)
  • ▲Azure DevOps +1.6pp (19.7% → 21.3%)
  • ▲Linear +1.3pp (68.9% → 70.2%)
Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲ INAzure DevOps entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
  • ▲ INOpsgenie entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTZoho left the top 10 (#7 → #11)
  • ▼ OUTYouTrack left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
  • ▼Zoho moved #7 → #11
  • ▲Azure DevOps moved #11 → #9
  • ▲Opsgenie moved #12 → #10
  • ▼YouTrack moved #10 → #12
  • ▲Backlog moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Monday moved #9 → #8
  • ▲Asana +3.3pp (37.7% → 41%)
  • ▲Trello +2.3pp (42% → 44.3%)
  • ▲Backlog +2.3pp (17.4% → 19.7%)
  • ▲Monday +2.3pp (17.4% → 19.7%)
  • ▲Azure DevOps +2.3pp (17.4% → 19.7%)
  • ▲Shortcut +2.1pp (29% → 31.1%)
  • ▲Opsgenie +2.1pp (15.9% → 18%)
  • ▲Jira +2pp (78.3% → 80.3%)
  • ▲ClickUp +1.8pp (50.7% → 52.5%)
  • ▼YouTrack -1pp (17.4% → 16.4%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026
  • ▲ INZoho entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
  • ▲ INBacklog entered the top 10 (#13 → #8)
  • ▲ INYouTrack entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTAzure DevOps left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
  • ▼ OUTNotion left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
  • ▼ OUTGitLab left the top 10 (#10 → #17)
  • ▼GitLab moved #10 → #17
  • ▲Backlog moved #13 → #8
  • ▲Zoho moved #11 → #7
  • ▲YouTrack moved #14 → #10
  • ▼Notion moved #9 → #13
  • ▼Azure DevOps moved #8 → #11
  • ▼Monday moved #7 → #9
  • ▼GitLab -5.3pp (16.9% → 11.6%)
  • ▼Shortcut -4.8pp (33.8% → 29%)
  • ▼Monday -3.4pp (20.8% → 17.4%)
  • ▼ClickUp -2.5pp (53.2% → 50.7%)
  • ▼Notion -2.3pp (18.2% → 15.9%)
  • ▼Jira -2.2pp (80.5% → 78.3%)
  • ▼Trello -2.2pp (44.2% → 42%)
  • ▼Azure DevOps -2.1pp (19.5% → 17.4%)
  • ▲Zoho +1.9pp (16.9% → 18.8%)
  • ▼Linear -1.8pp (71.4% → 69.6%)
  • ▲Backlog +1.8pp (15.6% → 17.4%)
  • ▲YouTrack +1.8pp (15.6% → 17.4%)
  • ▼Asana -1.3pp (39% → 37.7%)
Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026
  • ▲ INMonday entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
  • ▼ OUTZenhub left the top 10 (#10 → #15)
  • ▼Zenhub moved #10 → #15
  • ▲Monday moved #11 → #7
  • ▼GitLab moved #7 → #10
  • ▼GitLab -7.9pp (24.8% → 16.9%)
  • ▼Azure DevOps -5.3pp (24.8% → 19.5%)
  • ▼Zenhub -3.2pp (18.8% → 15.6%)
  • ▼Linear -2.9pp (74.3% → 71.4%)
  • ▲Monday +2pp (18.8% → 20.8%)
  • ▼Jira -1.7pp (82.2% → 80.5%)
  • ▼Asana -1.6pp (40.6% → 39%)
  • ▼ClickUp -1.3pp (54.5% → 53.2%)
Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 7, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 6, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 5, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 4, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 3, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 2, 202671 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.5%
  • #2Linear73.2%
  • #3ClickUp43.7%
  • #4Backlog39.4%
  • #5Trello33.8%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Asana32.4%
  • #8Monday31%
  • #9GitLab26.8%
  • #10Azure23.9%
Sep 1, 202655 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira80%
  • #2Linear69.1%
  • #3Backlog41.8%
  • #4ClickUp40%
  • #5Shortcut36.4%
  • #6Trello34.5%
  • #7Asana34.5%
  • #8Monday30.9%
  • #9Azure27.3%
  • #10YouTrack23.6%
Aug 31, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.4%
  • #2Linear71%
  • #3Backlog38.7%
  • #4ClickUp38.7%
  • #5Shortcut38.7%
  • #6Trello35.5%
  • #7Asana32.3%
  • #8Monday25.8%
  • #9Opsgenie22.6%
  • #10Azure22.6%
Aug 30, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.4%
  • #2Linear71%
  • #3Backlog38.7%
  • #4ClickUp38.7%
  • #5Shortcut38.7%
  • #6Trello35.5%
  • #7Asana32.3%
  • #8Monday25.8%
  • #9Opsgenie22.6%
  • #10Azure22.6%
Aug 29, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.4%
  • #2Linear71%
  • #3Backlog38.7%
  • #4ClickUp38.7%
  • #5Shortcut38.7%
  • #6Trello35.5%
  • #7Asana32.3%
  • #8Monday25.8%
  • #9Opsgenie22.6%
  • #10Azure22.6%
Aug 28, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.4%
  • #2Linear71%
  • #3Backlog38.7%
  • #4ClickUp38.7%
  • #5Shortcut38.7%
  • #6Trello35.5%
  • #7Asana32.3%
  • #8Monday25.8%
  • #9Opsgenie22.6%
  • #10Azure22.6%
Aug 27, 202631 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v5-7
  • #1Jira77.4%
  • #2Linear71%
  • #3Backlog38.7%
  • #4ClickUp38.7%
  • #5Shortcut38.7%
  • #6Trello35.5%
  • #7Asana32.3%
  • #8Monday25.8%
  • #9Opsgenie22.6%
  • #10Azure22.6%
Aug 26, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.9%
  • #2Linear70.2%
  • #3ClickUp48.9%
  • #4Trello42.6%
  • #5Shortcut36.2%
  • #6Asana36.2%
  • #7Backlog25.5%
  • #8Opsgenie21.3%
  • #9Monday21.3%
  • #10Azure DevOps21.3%
Aug 25, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.9%
  • #2Linear70.2%
  • #3ClickUp48.9%
  • #4Trello42.6%
  • #5Shortcut36.2%
  • #6Asana36.2%
  • #7Backlog25.5%
  • #8Opsgenie21.3%
  • #9Monday21.3%
  • #10Azure DevOps21.3%
Aug 24, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.9%
  • #2Linear70.2%
  • #3ClickUp48.9%
  • #4Trello42.6%
  • #5Shortcut36.2%
  • #6Asana36.2%
  • #7Backlog25.5%
  • #8Opsgenie21.3%
  • #9Monday21.3%
  • #10Azure DevOps21.3%
Aug 23, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.9%
  • #2Linear70.2%
  • #3ClickUp48.9%
  • #4Trello42.6%
  • #5Shortcut36.2%
  • #6Asana36.2%
  • #7Backlog25.5%
  • #8Opsgenie21.3%
  • #9Monday21.3%
  • #10Azure DevOps21.3%
Aug 22, 202661 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.3%
  • #2Linear68.9%
  • #3ClickUp52.5%
  • #4Trello44.3%
  • #5Asana41%
  • #6Shortcut31.1%
  • #7Backlog19.7%
  • #8Monday19.7%
  • #9Azure DevOps19.7%
  • #10Opsgenie18%
Aug 21, 202669 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira78.3%
  • #2Linear69.6%
  • #3ClickUp50.7%
  • #4Trello42%
  • #5Asana37.7%
  • #6Shortcut29%
  • #7Zoho18.8%
  • #8Backlog17.4%
  • #9Monday17.4%
  • #10YouTrack17.4%
Aug 20, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.5%
  • #2Linear71.4%
  • #3ClickUp53.2%
  • #4Trello44.2%
  • #5Asana39%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Monday20.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps19.5%
  • #9Notion18.2%
  • #10GitLab16.9%
Aug 19, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira80.5%
  • #2Linear71.4%
  • #3ClickUp53.2%
  • #4Trello44.2%
  • #5Asana39%
  • #6Shortcut33.8%
  • #7Monday20.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps19.5%
  • #9Notion18.2%
  • #10GitLab16.9%
Aug 18, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira82.2%
  • #2Linear74.3%
  • #3ClickUp54.5%
  • #4Trello44.6%
  • #5Asana40.6%
  • #6Shortcut34.7%
  • #7GitLab24.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps24.8%
  • #9Notion18.8%
  • #10Zenhub18.8%
Aug 17, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira82.2%
  • #2Linear74.3%
  • #3ClickUp54.5%
  • #4Trello44.6%
  • #5Asana40.6%
  • #6Shortcut34.7%
  • #7GitLab24.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps24.8%
  • #9Notion18.8%
  • #10Zenhub18.8%
Aug 16, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira82.2%
  • #2Linear74.3%
  • #3ClickUp54.5%
  • #4Trello44.6%
  • #5Asana40.6%
  • #6Shortcut34.7%
  • #7GitLab24.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps24.8%
  • #9Notion18.8%
  • #10Zenhub18.8%
Aug 15, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira82.2%
  • #2Linear74.3%
  • #3ClickUp54.5%
  • #4Trello44.6%
  • #5Asana40.6%
  • #6Shortcut34.7%
  • #7GitLab24.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps24.8%
  • #9Notion18.8%
  • #10Zenhub18.8%
Aug 14, 2026101 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4-7
  • #1Jira82.2%
  • #2Linear74.3%
  • #3ClickUp54.5%
  • #4Trello44.6%
  • #5Asana40.6%
  • #6Shortcut34.7%
  • #7GitLab24.8%
  • #8Azure DevOps24.8%
  • #9Notion18.8%
  • #10Zenhub18.8%

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