How AI answer engines name Control Plane
Data through October 30, 2026
Across 489 answers ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI surfaces gave to buyer questions about Infrastructure & Dev Tools between May 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026, Control Plane was named in 5 (1.0%).
Last 28 days: named in 1 of 500 answers in its home categories (0.2%), up 0.2 points from the 28 days before.
By engine
Answers each engine gave to buyer questions about Infrastructure & Dev Tools and Enterprise Software, and how many of them named Control Plane.
| Engine | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 485 | 0.0% |
| Claude | 1 | 490 | 0.2% |
| Gemini | 1 | 489 | 0.2% |
| Perplexity | 0 | 489 | 0.0% |
| Google AI Mode | 6 | 218 | 2.8% |
| Google AI Overviews | 0 | 69 | 0.0% |
By question type
The same answers, split by the shape of the buyer question.
| Question type | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best-of | 0 | 208 | 0.0% |
| Ranked list | 0 | 218 | 0.0% |
| Head-to-head | 1 | 215 | 0.5% |
| Is it worth it | 0 | 212 | 0.0% |
| How to choose | 0 | 207 | 0.0% |
| Problem first | 0 | 213 | 0.0% |
| News | 7 | 967 | 0.7% |
Week by week
Control Plane was named in at least one answer in 5 of the 18 weeks on record; the latest was the week of October 19, 2026.
Each week's answers to buyer questions about Infrastructure & Dev Tools and Enterprise Software, Monday to Sunday, newest first, and how many of them named Control Plane. The questions asked can differ from one week to the next.
| Week of | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 177 | 0.6% | |
| 0 | 179 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 179 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 167 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 8 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 136 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 136 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 152 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 139 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 84 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 81 | 0.0% | |
| 1 | 106 | 0.9% | |
| 1 | 89 | 1.1% | |
| 0 | 60 | 0.0% | |
| 4 | 223 | 1.8% | |
| 1 | 222 | 0.5% | |
| 0 | 96 | 0.0% | |
| 0 | 6 | 0.0% |
Named first
When an answer named Control Plane alongside another brand in this record, it was named first in 3 of 10 (30.0%).
Named alongside
- Kubernetes: named together in 5 answers
- Salesforce: named together in 4 answers
- Okta: named together in 2 answers
- Red Hat: named together in 2 answers
- Auth0: named together in 1 answers
- Baseten: named together in 1 answers
- CloudBees: named together in 1 answers
- CrewAI: named together in 1 answers
Sources the engines cited when they named Control Plane
Domains cited in answers that named Control Plane, by the number of those answers that cited them.
| Domain | Answers |
|---|---|
| youtube.com | 6 |
| deloitte.com | 3 |
| futurumgroup.com | 3 |
| backblaze.com | 2 |
| cast.ai | 2 |
| databahn.ai | 2 |
| destcert.com | 2 |
| dev.to | 2 |
| diginomica.com | 2 |
| digitalrealty.com | 2 |
Control Plane's own site (controlplane.com) was cited in 0 of 11 (0.0%).
Across every answer run in the Machine Relations Index, not only the answers that named Control Plane, controlplane.com was cited in 3 of 33,570 (0.01%), by 1 of the 6 engines it observes. The Index is still collecting evidence on controlplane.com before it grades or ranks it.
Across every Enterprise Software buyer question, not only the answers that named Control Plane, the Machine Relations Index ranks which sources AI engines cite for Enterprise Software questions.
All categories
| Category | Named | Answers | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure & Dev Tools | 5 | 489 | 1.0% |
| Enterprise Software | 3 | 1,751 | 0.2% |
| AI Infrastructure | 1 | 1,376 | 0.1% |
| AI Security & Privacy | 1 | 1,487 | 0.1% |
| Cybersecurity | 1 | 1,980 | 0.1% |
How this is measured
Names are matched case-sensitively from each brand's own homepage title, in answers stored by the Machine Relations Index. Only derived counts are published here; no answer text is.
A brand appears only once it has been named in at least 10 answers on 7 separate days.
A name match counts a mention. It does not count a recommendation, and it does not measure sentiment.
Categories are the Index's buyer-question categories.
Source: Machine Relations Index.
FAQ
Does ChatGPT recommend Control Plane?
ChatGPT did not name Control Plane in any of its 485 answers to buyer questions about Infrastructure & Dev Tools and Enterprise Software between May 10, 2026 and October 30, 2026.
Which sources do AI engines cite when they mention Control Plane?
The domains cited most often in answers that named Control Plane were youtube.com (6 answers), deloitte.com (3 answers) and futurumgroup.com (3 answers).
Which AI engine names Control Plane most often?
Google AI Mode, at 2.8%: it named Control Plane in 6 of 218 answers to buyer questions about Infrastructure & Dev Tools and Enterprise Software.