Finance & Insurance Prompt

“Best tax software for self-employed”

Which brands do AI models actually recommend for this finance & insurance question? We re-run this regularly and track how the answers shift.

Tracked since Mar 21·Last scanned Sep 15

AI Models

Snapshots

Brands Detected

Sources Cited

61 brands come up when 10 AI models answer “Best tax software for self-employed”. We re-run this prompt every few days with web search on across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and Perplexity.

What AI models recommend

10 models queried · Last scanned Sep 15

Unanimous

10/10 models recommend TurboTax

ChatGPT

Claude

DeepSeek

Ddeepseek-chat

Gemini

Ggemini-3-flash

Ggpt-5

Grok

Ggrok-4-1-fast

Perplexity

Brand	ChatGPT	Claude	DeepSeek	Ddeepseek-chat	Gemini	Ggemini-3-flash	Ggpt-5	Grok	Ggrok-4-1-fast	Perplexity	Total
TurboTax											10/10
H&R Block											9/10
FreeTaxUSA											8/10
QuickBooks											8/10
H&R Block Self-Employed											7/10
TaxAct											7/10
Office											6/10
TaxSlayer											6/10
TurboTax Premium											6/10
On											5/10
TaxSlayer Self-Employed											5/10
TaxAct Self-Employed											5/10
Workers											5/10
Ease											5/10
1099-NEC											4/10
1099s											4/10
QuickBooks Self-Employed											4/10
Fully											3/10
Intuit											3/10
Uber											3/10
CNET											3/10
Cash App Taxes											3/10
Money											2/10
Plain											2/10
FlyFin											2/10
Keeper											2/10
Spreadsheets											2/10
cnet.com											2/10
FreshBooks											2/10
Forbes											2/10
forbes.com											2/10
Excel											1/10
Speak											1/10
1099-K											1/10
Marketing											1/10
Spot											1/10
Close											1/10
DoorDash											1/10
Etsy											1/10
Lyft											1/10
Square											1/10
QuickBooks Online											1/10
HTML											1/10
QBI											1/10
W-2s											1/10
quickbooks.intuit.com											1/10
Email											1/10
Gold											1/10
OpenAI											1/10
Wave											1/10
crypto											1/10
Android											1/10
CNBC											1/10
Investopedia											1/10
PCMag											1/10
PCMag Editors' Choice											1/10
Session											1/10
cnbc.com											1/10
investopedia.com											1/10
pcmag.com											1/10
Accurate											1/10

Key Quotes

Claude

“TurboTax generally provides a more guided experience, while some H&R Block options are more streamlined.”

Ddeepseek-chat

“QuickBooks Self-Employed quickbooks.intuit.com”

DeepSeek

“H&R Block Self-Employed Online (Best for Unlimited Expert Help) If you get nervous about filing on your own but don't want to hand over the entire process, H&R Block offers unlimited support from credentialed tax pros.”

Ggemini-3-flash

“Best for Simple Freelancing: TaxSlayer Self-Employed TaxSlayer is the middle ground between FreeTaxUSA and TurboTax.”

Gemini

“It is cheaper than TurboTax and H&R Block, but still provides more guidance and structured support than FreeTaxUSA.”

Finance & Insurance brand rankings

Brands ranked by how many AI models mention them. Trend shows change since the last scan.

#BrandModelsScoreTrend

1TurboTax

10/10↑1

2H&R Block

9/10↓1

3QuickBooks

8/10↑1

4FreeTaxUSA

8/10↑1

5TaxAct

7/10↓2

6H&R Block Self-Employed

7/10↑1

7Office

6/10↑4

8TurboTax Premium

6/10↑3

9TaxSlayer

6/10↓3

10Workers

5/10—

11Ease

5/10↑2

12TaxAct Self-Employed

5/10↑2

13On

5/10↑1

14TaxSlayer Self-Employed

5/10↑1

151099-NEC

4/10↑2

161099s

4/10—

17QuickBooks Self-Employed

4/10↑2

18Intuit

3/10↓2

19CNET

3/10↓1

20Cash App Taxes

3/10↓2

21Fully

3/10↑2

22Uber

3/10↑2

23Money

2/10—

24FreshBooks

2/10↑2

25Plain

2/10↑2

26cnet.com

2/10↓1

27Forbes

2/10↓1

28forbes.com

2/10↓1

29Spreadsheets

2/10↑2

30FlyFin

2/10↑2

31Keeper

2/10↑2

32QuickBooks Online

1/10—

33Excel

1/10—

34Session

1/10↓1

35Speak

1/10↑1

36Spot

1/10—

37Square

1/10↑1

38Etsy

1/10↑1

39Email

1/10—

40DoorDash

1/10↑1

41Close

1/10↑1

42CNBC

1/10↓1

43Android

1/10↑1

44quickbooks.intuit.com

1/10↑1

45W-2s

1/10—

46Wave

1/10↑1

47Accurate

1/10↑1

48cnbc.com

1/10—

49crypto

1/10↓1

50investopedia.com

1/10↓1

51pcmag.com

1/10—

52HTML

1/10↑1

53Gold

1/10↓1

541099-K

1/10—

55Investopedia

1/10↓1

56Lyft

1/10↑1

57Marketing

1/10—

58OpenAI

1/10↓1

59PCMag

1/10—

60PCMag Editors' Choice

1/10↑1

61QBI

1/10↓1

Finance & Insurance brand visibility over time

Track how brand mentions shift across AI models over time.

What changed and when

Every brand addition, removal, and citation change logged with timestamps.

Sep 15

Claude rank changed for TaxAct

Sep 15

DeepSeek rank changed for Spot

Sep 15

DeepSeek rank changed for Marketing

Sep 15

DeepSeek rank changed for QuickBooks

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning QBI

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning TaxAct Self-Employed

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning Keeper

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning Uber

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning Spreadsheets

Sep 15

Grok started mentioning Fully

Where AI models get their sources

Domains cited by AI models when answering this prompt, ranked by how many models reference them.

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quickbooks.intuit.com

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leadspark.questo.media

1 model

quarterly1099.com

1 model

ramp.com

1 model

ramseysolutions.com

1 model

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Frequently asked questions

TurboTax ranks first, mentioned by 10/10 AI models. Also mentioned often: H&R Block, QuickBooks, FreeTaxUSA.

10 AI models answer this prompt: Claude Sonnet 4.6, deepseek-chat, DeepSeek V4, gemini-3-flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, gpt-5, GPT-5.4 Mini, grok-4-1-fast, Grok 4.3, Perplexity. We look at each response to see which brands show up and what sources get cited.

On a recurring schedule. We run this prompt through every model with web search on, pull out brand mentions and citations, then flag anything that changed.

AI models cite 40 unique domains when answering this prompt. The most-cited sources include turbotax.intuit.com, hrblock.com, cnet.com.

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“Best tax software for self-employed”

What AI models recommend

Key Quotes

Finance & Insurance brand rankings

Finance & Insurance brand visibility over time

What changed and when

Where AI models get their sources

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