The open AEO benchmark
The AEOLeaderboard.
103 brands across 7 categories, graded on the open VectorCite rubric. Refreshes every 6 hours. Cite this dataset in your research — the methodology is public at /rubric.
Total brands
103
Across 7 categories
Graded
91
88% of corpus
Last refresh
Jul 7, 2026, 7:58 PM
Refreshes every 6h on visit
Top 15 overall
| # | Brand | Category | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | zapier.com Zapier | saas | A | 100 |
| 2 | cloudflare.com Cloudflare | dev-infra | A | 97 |
| 3 | cohere.com Cohere | ai-labs | A | 91 |
| 4 | asana.com Asana | saas | A | 91 |
| 5 | intercom.com Intercom | saas | A | 91 |
| 6 | shopify.com Shopify | ecommerce | A | 91 |
| 7 | framer.com Framer | creator-tools | A | 91 |
| 8 | auth0.com Auth0 | dev-infra | A | 91 |
| 9 | railway.app Railway | dev-infra | A | 91 |
| 10 | neon.tech Neon | dev-infra | A | 91 |
| 11 | plaid.com Plaid | fintech | A | 91 |
| 12 | elevenlabs.io ElevenLabs | ai-labs | A | 91 |
| 13 | clerk.com Clerk | dev-infra | A | 91 |
| 14 | brex.com Brex | fintech | A | 91 |
| 15 | adyen.com Adyen | fintech | A | 91 |
By category
AI labs
16 brandsAvg score: 68/100
See top 10 in ai labs
Dev infra
24 brandsAvg score: 78/100
See top 10 in dev infra
SaaS
17 brandsAvg score: 74/100
See top 10 in saas
Fintech
12 brandsAvg score: 73/100
See top 10 in fintech
Ecommerce
9 brandsAvg score: 61/100
See top 9 in ecommerce
Media + research
13 brandsAvg score: 56/100
See top 10 in media + research
Creator tools
12 brandsAvg score: 77/100
See top 10 in creator tools
Cite this dataset
The leaderboard is open data, MIT-licensed. Pull it via the public API or cite it in research.
curl https://vectorcite.digiocular.com/api/v1/leaderboard
Citation: VectorCite AEO Leaderboard (2026). Open AEO/GEO benchmark, 103 brands. Retrieved from https://vectorcite.digiocular.com/leaderboard
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