When asked for the best domain registrar, 6 AI assistants named 8 brands between them this month. GoDaddy was named most often, followed by Google Domains and Namecheap. 3 brands were named by every assistant that answered: GoDaddy, Google Domains, Namecheap.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GoDaddy | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Google Domains | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Namecheap | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Cloudflare Registrar | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Squarespace Domains | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 3 of 6 |
| Bluehost | ✓ | · | · | · | · | ✓ | 2 of 6 |
| Hover | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | · | · | 2 of 6 |
| Porkbun | · | · | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 5 brands, in this order: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Bluehost, Google Domains, Hover.
Choosing the best domain registrar for a small business depends on various factors, including pricing, features, customer support, and ease of use.
Perplexity
Named 3 brands, in this order: Namecheap, GoDaddy, Google Domains.
For a small business, the best domain registrar depends on whether you want the lowest upfront price, the best long-term value, or an all-in-one platform.
Claude
Named 6 brands, in this order: Namecheap, Google Domains, Squarespace Domains, Cloudflare Registrar, GoDaddy, Hover.
There's no single "best" option, but here are the top choices depending on your priorities:
Grok
Named 6 brands, in this order: Porkbun, GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare Registrar, Squarespace Domains, Google Domains.
The "best" domain registrar for a small business depends on your priorities (price, ease of use, support, or minimalism), but here are the top recommendations based on current value, reliability, and small-business feedback:
DeepSeek
Named 6 brands, in this order: Cloudflare Registrar, Namecheap, Porkbun, Google Domains, Squarespace Domains, GoDaddy.
For most small businesses, Cloudflare Registrar is the best default choice, with Namecheap and Porkbun as strong alternatives depending on your needs.
Cohere
Named 4 brands, in this order: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Google Domains, Bluehost.
Choosing the best domain registrar for a small business depends on several factors, including pricing, features, customer support, and ease of use.
The questions asked
- What is the best domain registrar 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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