Vantage research · November 2026 · AI coding
What AI cites for “best ai code editor”
ChatGPT cited 10 sites, Gemini cited 6 sites, Perplexity cited 10 sites. No site was cited by all three.
Updated monthlyNext edition 1 December 2026
ChatGPTGeminiPerplexity dots beside a site: the other engines that cite it too
ChatGPT
10 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 23 words
- cursor.com
- windsurf.com
- code.visualstudio.com
- github.com
- zed.dev
- replit.com
- jetbrains.com
- itechguides.com
- unstore.io
- neutrixflow.com
Brands namedCursor, Windsurf, Zed, Replit, JetBrains AI Assistant, Copilot, JetBrains
Gemini
6 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 27 words
- playcode.io
- faros.ai
- nipralo.com
- mindstudio.ai
- pecollective.com
- simular.ai
Brands namedCursor, Deep Codebase Context, Composer & Multi-File Edits, Familiar Ecosystem, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Inline Autocomplete, Ecosystem Support
Perplexity
10 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 31 words
- ibm.com
- producthunt.com
- superblocks.com
- techjournal.org
- dupple.com
- datanorth.ai
- secondtalent.com
- syncfusion.com
- zapier.com
- mindstudio.ai
Brands namedCursor
Cited by more than one engine
- mindstudio.ai
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Each engine was asked once, in English, as from the United States, on 2026-11-01. Answers change from run to run, so read this as a snapshot. Download the data.