The AEO Index · Edition 1, October 2026

Best website builder for a startup, according to AI.

ChatGPT named Framer first and Perplexity named Wix first when we asked “What is the best website builder for a startup?” Here is every brand they named, in order, and the sites each one read to get there.

Who AI recommends

ChatGPT named Framer first and Perplexity named Wix first. Together they named 6 brands, 4 of them in both answers. The score runs to 100: 10 points for being named first in an answer, down to 2 points for fifth and later, added across both engines.

BrandChatGPTPerplexityScore
Webflow#2#2 80
Wix#3#1 80
Framer#1#4 70
Shopify#5#3 40
Carrd#4– 20
Hostinger–#5 10

Where the two engines disagree

  • Only ChatGPT named: Carrd.
  • Only Perplexity named: Hostinger.

Being named by one engine says little about the other. The sites below show what each one read.

The sites each engine cited

The two engines cited 18 and 10 sites, and only techradar.com appeared in both. If you sell in this category, these are the pages to get onto, or to get corrected.

ChatGPT cited

toolradar.com, startupik.com, arahi.ai, softwarecompare.net, webflow.com, wix.com, techradar.com, creativecorner.studio, framer.com, rationalgo.ai, carrd.co, shopify.com, dupple.com, iosblueprint.com, messyfounder.com, sitecritic.ai, skwebpages.co.uk, tomsguide.com

Perplexity cited

techradar.com, name.com, zoho.com, readdy.ai, allaboutcookies.org, designrush.com, super.so, pcmag.com, webnode.com, sourceforge.net

If your product isn’t on this list

  1. Check the cited pages. Open each one above and see whether you’re listed, and whether your price and plans are right.
  2. Publish the comparison yourself. A page on your site for website builder for a startup, with a straight answer at the top, gives AI tools something of yours to read.
  3. Make your site readable. Run the free AEO audit to check that AI crawlers can get in.
  4. Measure it more than once. One answer is a snapshot. Track this question across engines each week. How to rank in ChatGPT goes through the full process.

Want this done for you? We’re an AEO agency for software companies, and this work is what we do each week.

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About these results.

What does AI recommend as the best website builder for a startup?

ChatGPT named Framer first and Perplexity named Wix first when asked “What is the best website builder for a startup?” in October 2026. Across both answers they named 6 brands, and 4 of them appeared in both.

Which sites did the AI tools read?

ChatGPT cited 18 sites and Perplexity cited 10. Only techradar.com appeared in both.

How reliable is this ranking?

It records one run per engine, from the United States, so treat it as a snapshot. AI answers vary between runs, users and locations. It shows who was named and which sites were read that day, not which product is best.

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