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Google Sheets

53Judge labels
1First choices
28Negative labels
12 / 14Models named it
8Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.7, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
0% in Org charts for mid-market buyers
Rank 24 of 95 in the mid-market standing
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 0% of its 3 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
In org charts · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Google Sheets for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
Org charts and org designWorkforce planning and analytics0%24 of 950%3under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 30%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Goals and OKRsPerformance and talent management0%52 of 6850%2under 10 labels · led by Perdoo at 24%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Leave and absence managementCore HR and payroll0%95 of 95100%2under 10 labels · led by BambooHR at 28%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
People analyticsWorkforce planning and analytics0%44 of 1140%2under 10 labels · led by Crunchr at 22%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Performance managementPerformance and talent management0%60 of 8550%2under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 43%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Succession planningPerformance and talent management0%85 of 9350%2under 10 labels · led by Lattice at 28%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
Mentoring softwareLearning and development0%43 of 770%1under 10 labels · led by Together at 28%newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Workforce planningWorkforce planning and analytics0%94 of 98100%1under 10 labels · led by ChartHop at 37%newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.

Movement

Since September 2026, Google Sheets held within the floor in all eight categories: no change cleared 13 points.

Best category · Org charts · by segment

Small business=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 47 → 41 of 69
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 25 → 23 of 90
Enterprise=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 13 pointsRank 75 → 69 of 80

All categories · Mid-market

CategorySeptember 2026NowChangeReadingRank
Org charts0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 25 → 24 of 95
Goals and OKRs0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 26 → 52 of 68
Leave0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 81 → 95 of 95
People analytics0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 31 → 44 of 114
Performance management0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 25 → 60 of 85
Succession planning0%0%=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Within noiseRank 80 → 85 of 93
Mentoring software0%0%newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.New this editionRank 43 of 77, unchanged
Workforce planning0%0%newNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.New this editionRank 94 of 98, unchanged

Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.

The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions

By model

How each model treated Google Sheets across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
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ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.500000
GPT-5.4 mini00000
Gemini 3.5 Flash01135
Perplexity Sonar00011
Grok 4.1 Fast00101
Mistral Small00000
DeepSeek V4 Flash01102
Llama 4 Maverick00000
Qwen 3.7 Flash01012
Kimi K200000
GLM 4.7 FlashX00303
MiniMax M2.500011
GPT-6 Luna00000
Muse Glimmer 30B00000

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct0 labelsNone
Paraphrase4 labelsNone
Comparative3 labelsNone
Budget-constrained14 labels1
Scale-constrained2 labelsNone
Negative30 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative53 labels in all, every segment counted; 1 of the 1 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“Already using Google Workspace? → Google Sheets/Slides with templates — zero cost” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Org charts · budget prompt · alternative
“spreadsheet software is actually one of the cheapest ways to handle org charts” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Org charts · budget prompt · alternative
“Use Canva (for beauty) or Google Sheets (for speed).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Org charts · budget prompt · alternative

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Simple Spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets) ... you should avoid using spreadsheets as a primary system” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Leave · negative prompt · hard negative
“The "DIY" Trap: Static Spreadsheets (Excel/Google Sheets) for Scaled Operations” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Workforce planning · negative prompt · hard negative
“Homegrown Spreadsheets and Emails (The Risk Trap)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Leave · negative prompt · hard negative
“Static Spreadsheets (Excel / Google Sheets) for Large Scales ... are highly prone to data entry errors, and offer no governance, security, or audit trails” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Succession planning · negative prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Google Sheets, over the 53 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Google Sheets was named but was not.
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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
Excel29 of 530Not among the top eight
BambooHR15 of 534Not among the top eight
Rippling10 of 533Not among the top eight
Gusto10 of 532Not among the top eight
Anaplan8 of 532Not among the top eight
Workday Adaptive Planning7 of 531Not among the top eight
Asana7 of 530Not among the top eight
Notion7 of 530Not among the top eight
ChartHop6 of 532Not among the top eight
Weekdone6 of 532Not among the top eight
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Google Sheets. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 46 of the 53 answers that named Google Sheets and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

firsthr.app23
peoplemanagingpeople.com17
g2.com14
guideflow.com11
capterra.com10
forbes.com10
engagedly.com9
okrstool.com9
softwareadvice.com9
tability.io8

120 of the 120 domain citations in answers naming Google Sheets came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

google.com is not in Google's top ten for any of the category's searches. In the answers, Google Sheets takes 0% of first choices and ChartHop takes 30%.
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In search

Google, US estimates
Position for “org chart tools”
–
not in the top ten
Position for “org chart software”
–
not in the top ten
Searches for its name, Google
3,350,000 a month (“google sheets”)
AI search demand for its name, est.
53,730 a month
Organic visits to its site
about 1,800,358,416 a month
Searches its site ranks for
16,240,774 · 2,471,277 in the top three
Sites linking to it
28,655,444
Paid Google search
243 searches its ads show for, about 42,266 clicks and $465,944 a month (estimate)
Ads on GoogleDetailLess
5+ ads · 2 image, 2 text, 1 video · 5 shown in the last 30 days

First shown January 2026, as Google LLC, verified. Ads started 2025-10 to 2026-09: 5 in the year. 115 more by other advertisers linking to it.

On Google's pages: 1 2 3 4

In answers

This edition
Share of first choices
0%
rank 24 of 95 in org charts
Segment leader
30%
ChartHop
First choices
1 across its categories
Named in
53 answers
Its own site cited
in 46 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.

What it publishes

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Addresses on google.com
7,607
subdomains included
Content
1,201
counted in the table below
Documentation
137
Product · Integration
18 · 84
KindPagesLast 90 days2025-10 to 2026-09LatestCategories named
Case study707undated
Blog37202018-12-13
Glossary or explainer5102018-12-13
Comparison35undated
News or press34undated
Template or tool1undated
Podcast or video1undated
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Every page google.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.

Names read as Google Sheets

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Google Sheets; a claim can dispute any of them.
Excel / Google Sheets 3Google Sheets / Microsoft Excel 1Google Sheets / Slack 1Google Sheets / Slides 1Google Sheets/Notion/Trello 1

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An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.

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The company

Google Sheets is its own company.
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In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked
Positioning
Collaborative, AI-powered spreadsheets
Customers named
Globe TelecomUltraEtsyAdore MeRobinhoodAttache
Not stated on the pages read
Price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting

What Google Sheets's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: workspace.google.com/products/sheets, google.com, google.com/adwords/express/pricing, google.com/admob/platform.html. A claimed page can correct any of them.

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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Google Sheets by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:

  • where Google Sheets is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
  • the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
  • its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
  • who was chosen in the answers that did not name Google Sheets, and every reason the record gives;
  • a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
  • one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.
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A verification link goes to your work email; an address at google.com is approved on the spot, any other is reviewed by hand. Your email is never published. Claiming gives no say over labels, shares, verdicts or which quotes appear.