When asked for the best business bank account for startups, 6 AI assistants named 7 brands between them this month. Chase was named most often, followed by Mercury and Bank of America. No brand was named by every assistant that answered.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Mercury | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 5 of 6 |
| Bank of America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | 4 of 6 |
| Novo | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| Bluevine | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | 3 of 6 |
| Chase Business Complete Banking | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Relay | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 4 brands, in this order: Chase, Chase Business Complete Banking, Bank of America, Novo.
Choosing the best business bank account for a startup or small business depends on various factors, including transaction volume, minimum balance requirements, fees, and additional features.
Perplexity
Named 5 brands, in this order: Mercury, Chase, Chase Business Complete Banking, Bluevine, Bank of America.
For most startup small businesses, the best all-around choice in the current rankings is Mercury if you want a digital-first account built for startups, or American Express Business Checking if you want the best overall small-business checking account pick from independent reviews.
Claude
Named 6 brands, in this order: Mercury, Relay, Bluevine, Novo, Chase, Bank of America.
Here are some top options depending on your needs:
Grok
Named 4 brands, in this order: Mercury, Novo, Bluevine, Relay.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Mercury, Relay, Chase, Chase Business Complete Banking, Bank of America.
There's no single "best" business bank account for startups — the right choice depends on your stage, how much cash you park, how many transactions you run, and whether you need credit or fundraising features.
Cohere
Named 3 brands, in this order: Mercury, Novo, Chase.
Choosing the best business bank account for a startup depends on several factors, including your business needs, fees, features, and the bank's reputation.
The questions asked
- What is the best business bank account for startups for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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