Which tool your company reads its numbers in
Summary
As of Aug 18, 2026, the market’s strongest steer is Domo — followed by Tableau and Looker.
The engines name 8 of the 20 products measured here — the other 12 are never mentioned in an answer.
Buyers search for Mode Analytics by name more than anything else here — which is not where the engines steer.
“Governed Data for AI Agents” — their words · Aug 14, 2026
The rest of the board, ranked by what the market says — every score’s receipts one click away.
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Claude, Gemini, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand135,000 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Claude, Gemini, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand89,950 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Claude, Gemini, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand40 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Claude, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand14,800 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Claude, Gemini and Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Gemini and Google's AI Mode
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand2,964,600 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnamed by Google's AI Overview
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand3,600 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand2,900 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
Why it ranks here →
- AI answersnot named in AI answers
- Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
- Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
What the engines say
Verbatim, from the answers themselves. We quote what an engine said and when it said it — never a paraphrase, and never our summary of it.
“It stands out for robust AI-driven insights and enterprise-grade data governance. - Domo - A cloud-native, all-in-one business intelligence platform that combines data integration, warehousing, visualization, and app creation.”
Google's AI Mode on Domo · Aug 18, 2026
“The top data visualization and dashboard platforms widely recognized for their capabilities include Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, and Google Looker Studio (formerly Google Data Studio).”
Gemini on Looker · Aug 18, 2026
“For Different Scenarios: - Startups/SMBs: Looker Studio (free), Power BI, or Metabase - Large Enterprises: Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik - Data-Heavy Organizations: Looker or Qlik - Microsoft Ecosystem Users: Power BI I'd recommend evaluating 2-3 tools with free…”
Claude on Looker Studio · Aug 18, 2026
“For Different Scenarios: - Startups/SMBs: Looker Studio (free), Power BI, or Metabase - Large Enterprises: Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik - Data-Heavy Organizations: Looker or Qlik - Microsoft Ecosystem Users: Power BI I'd recommend evaluating 2-3 tools with free…”
Claude on Metabase · Aug 18, 2026
“However, I can outline some of the leading options: Popular Enterprise BI Tools: - Power BI (Microsoft) - Strong integration with Microsoft products, user-friendly, good for mid to large enterprises - Tableau - Excellent for data visualization and analytics,…”
Claude on Power BI · Aug 18, 2026
“However, I can outline some of the leading options: Popular Enterprise BI Tools: - Power BI (Microsoft) - Strong integration with Microsoft products, user-friendly, good for mid to large enterprises - Tableau - Excellent for data visualization and analytics,…”
Claude on Tableau · Aug 18, 2026
Engines asked for this category: Claude, Gemini, Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview.
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What decides a position
Four signals, chosen because a vendor cannot buy any of them directly. Each is a measurement of what the market does, not of what a company says.
What AI engines answer when buyers ask what to use for a job.
Where the product stands in the search results buyers actually see for the category’s buying queries — including who owns the answer box.
How many buyers search for the product by name.
Whether the product is gaining or losing ground against the others in its market, measured between dated captures rather than claimed.
A product is scored on the signals we could actually measure for it, and a signal we could not measure is left out rather than counted as zero. This is not a quality rating and not a recommendation. It measures how present and how well-regarded a product is across public surfaces — a different question from whether it is right for you.
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The Lytms Index. "Which tool your company reads its numbers in." Lytms AI. Measured Aug 18, 2026. https://lytms.ai/best/bi-tools
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Markets next to this one
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2 of these 20 products also appear on that roster — Gooddata and Mode Analytics.
In collection — it publishes when the signals behind it are sufficient.
2 of these 20 products also appear on that roster — Looker and Mode Analytics.
In collection — it publishes when the signals behind it are sufficient.