Brand report · June 2026

Does AI recommend Sage?

20/100
Sage is effectively invisible in AI answers about accounting software.
Named in 0 of 5 real buyer questions · Invisible
When buyers ask AI for the best accounting software, Sage is named in just 0 of 5 answers — AI recommends QuickBooks instead.

What this means

A third of buyers now ask an AI assistant before they search Google. For "accounting software," the model does not surface Sage — it points buyers to QuickBooks instead. That gap is the new "page 2 of Google."

Who AI names instead

QuickBooks, Xero, FreshBooks.

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How Sage was scored

We asked a representative LLM five real buyer questions for accounting software and counted how often Sage was named. Score = weighted mention rate (0–100). Snapshot June 2026, US market. Re-run it live anytime with the free checker. Machine data: /index.json.