United States · Finance

Advisor Discovery

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How to read the rankings

Columns

Rank
Position across all eligible AI responses for this market.
Mentions
AI responses that named this business.
Response mention rate (±margin)
Mentions divided by eligible responses. The ± is the 95% confidence margin.
Per-AI columns
Responses from each assistant that named the business; together they sum to Mentions.

Full methodology →

The independent record of which businesses ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity put on the shortlist when United States buyers describe what they need.

941 businesses named over time 3,360 responses analyzed v1.0
Current ranking: 352 businesses published 1 week ago 560 responses used for ranking US-ADV-2026-09-v1.0
Model versions and response counts

openai/gpt-4o: 140 · perplexity/sonar: 140 · google/gemini-2.5-flash: 140 · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6: 140

All-time Advisor Discovery results

AI responses analyzed

3,360

of 96,898 across Atlas · 3.5%

Business mentions

13,880

of 403,245 across Atlas · 3.4%

Businesses named over time

941

of 34,867 across Atlas · 2.7%

Buyer questions tested

70

of 1,616 across Atlas · 4.3%

Published snapshots

6

of 177 across Atlas · 3.4%

Businesses ranked

923

across all eligible responses

These totals cover all published Advisor Discovery research. The all-time ranking uses 3,353 eligible AI responses collected since Aug 21, 2026.

# Business Hits Rate
#1
Garrett Planning Network Unverified
Claude 467 ChatGPT 120 Gemini 308 Perplexity 29
924 27.6% ±1.5
#2
XY Planning Network Unverified
Claude 379 ChatGPT 145 Gemini 285 Perplexity 44
853 25.4% ±1.5
#3
Wealthramp Unverified
Claude 167 ChatGPT 93 Gemini 224 Perplexity 130
614 18.3% ±1.3
#4
WiserAdvisor Unverified
Claude 116 ChatGPT 85 Gemini 58 Perplexity 120
379 11.3% ±1.1
#5
Facet Unverified
Claude 158 ChatGPT 82 Gemini 70 Perplexity 34
344 10.3% ±1.0
#6
Harness Wealth Unverified
Claude 181 ChatGPT 83 Gemini 10 Perplexity 22
296 8.8% ±1.0
#7
Paladin Registry Unverified
Claude 79 ChatGPT 66 Gemini 124 Perplexity 15
284 8.5% ±0.9
#8
feeonlynetwork.com Unverified
Claude 34 ChatGPT 36 Gemini 183 Perplexity 25
278 8.3% ±0.9
#9
NerdWallet Advisors Match Unverified
Claude 75 ChatGPT 23 Gemini 24 Perplexity 97
219 6.5% ±0.8
#10
Datalign Unverified
Claude 7 ChatGPT 12 Gemini 11 Perplexity 138
168 5.0% ±0.7
#11
Vanguard Personal Advisor Services Unverified
Claude 35 ChatGPT 39 Gemini 60 Perplexity 14
148 4.4% ±0.7
#12
Unbiased Unverified
Claude 0 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 1 Perplexity 139
140 4.2% ±0.7
#13
Pam Krueger Unverified
Claude 108 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 4 Perplexity 1
113 3.4% ±0.6
#14
Betterment Unverified
Claude 40 ChatGPT 25 Gemini 5 Perplexity 6
76 2.3% ±0.5
#15
Merrill Advisor Match Unverified
Claude 7 ChatGPT 1 Gemini 0 Perplexity 63
71 2.1% ±0.5
#16
Zacks AdvisorMatch Unverified
Claude 2 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 36 Perplexity 32
70 2.1% ±0.5
#17
Ellevest Unverified
Claude 27 ChatGPT 17 Gemini 10 Perplexity 10
64 1.9% ±0.5
#18
Wealthfront Unverified
Claude 22 ChatGPT 26 Gemini 15 Perplexity 0
63 1.9% ±0.5
#19
Warmer Unverified
Claude 0 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 0 Perplexity 52
52 1.6% ±0.4
#20
SmartAsset Advisor Matching Unverified
Claude 1 ChatGPT 4 Gemini 15 Perplexity 29
49 1.5% ±0.4
#21
Guardia Wealth Unverified
Claude 12 ChatGPT 12 Gemini 12 Perplexity 12
48 1.4% ±0.4
#22
xyplanningnetwork.com Unverified
Claude 46 ChatGPT 1 Gemini 1 Perplexity 0
48 1.4% ±0.4
#23
Mercer Advisors Unverified
Claude 1 ChatGPT 1 Gemini 2 Perplexity 41
45 1.3% ±0.4
#24
Savvy Ladies Unverified
Claude 25 ChatGPT 12 Gemini 0 Perplexity 2
39 1.2% ±0.4
#25
Vanguard Digital Advisor Unverified
Claude 29 ChatGPT 0 Gemini 0 Perplexity 6
35 1.0% ±0.3

Sources cited by AI

Directories, associations, and other sources

These sources appeared in AI answers as places to research, verify, or compare businesses. We show them here because they helped shape the answers.

How sources are classified

1. NAPFA's Find an Advisor

napfa.org

cited source

163 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

2. NAPFA

cited source

89 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

3. CFP Board's Find a CFP Professional

cfp.net

cited source

43 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

4. FINRA BrokerCheck

cited source

40 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

5. SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD)

cited source

33 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

6. Bankrate

bankrate.com

cited source

19 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

7. XYPN Advisor Search

xyplanningnetwork.com

cited source

15 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

8. White Coat Investor

cited source

12 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

9. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards

cfp.net

cited source

9 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

10. Fidelity Charitable’s Sustainable and Impact Investing Advisor Firms

cited source

7 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

11. Reddit

cited source

6 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

12. Forbes

cited source

4 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

13. Divorce Financial Planning Association

cited source

3 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

14. Avvo

cited source

3 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

15. Martindale

cited source

2 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

16. CFP.net

cited source

2 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

17. CFP Board advisor search

cited source

2 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

18. 1% for the Planet

cited source

2 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

19. National Association of Enrolled Agents

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

20. LGBTQ+ Bar Association

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

21. Association of Women in Finance

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

22. adviserinfo.sec.gov

cited source

1 source · 0 verification · 0 comparison mentions

These sources can reveal where buyers and AI assistants research the market. Source mentions are reported separately from business rankings.

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