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Vantage research · November 2026 · AI assistants

What AI cites for “best ai research assistant”

ChatGPT cited 10 sites, Gemini cited 7 sites, Perplexity cited 8 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 25 words

  1. chatgpt.com
  2. perplexity.ai
  3. elicit.com
  4. notebooklm.google.com
  5. consensus.app
  6. claude.ai
  7. scite.ai
  8. dupple.com
  9. booleandreams.com
  10. lumivero.com

Brands namedChatGPT Deep Research, Perplexity, Elicit, NotebookLM, Consensus, Claude Research, Scite, ChatGPT

Gemini

7 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 33 words

  1. zemith.com
  2. catchagent.ai
  3. getjarvis.eu
  4. paperguide.ai
  5. julius.ai
  6. qedscience.com
  7. scholarcy.com

Brands namedElicit, Consensus, SciSpace, Scite

Perplexity

8 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 9 words

  1. toollist.ai
  2. editage.us
  3. sim.ai
  4. zemith.com
  5. exa.ai
  6. resources.rework.com
  7. paperguide.ai
  8. atlasworkspace.ai

Brands namednone

Cited by more than one engine

  • zemith.com
  • paperguide.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.