“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.
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Brands Detected
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Sources Cited
52 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 3d ago
Unanimous
10/10 models recommend TurboTax
ChatGPT
Claude
DeepSeek
Gemini
Grok
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 | 7/10 | ||||||||||
 TaxAct | 7/10 | ||||||||||
 TaxSlayer | 7/10 | ||||||||||
 Cash App Taxes | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 TaxSlayer Self-Employed | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 Intuit | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 Office | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 Workers | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 H&R Block Self-Employed | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 Ease | 5/10 | ||||||||||
 CNET | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 Forbes | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 On | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 TaxAct Self-Employed | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 forbes.com | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 1099-NEC | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 1099s | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 TurboTax Premium | 4/10 | ||||||||||
 cnet.com | 3/10 | ||||||||||
 QuickBooks Self-Employed | 3/10 | ||||||||||
 Investopedia | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 investopedia.com | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 Gold | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 W-2s | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 Money | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 OpenAI | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 CNBC | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 Session | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 cnbc.com | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 crypto | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 FreshBooks | 2/10 | ||||||||||
 Marketing | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Spot | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Sync | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Balance | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Excel | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 FlyFin | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 quickbooks.intuit.com | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Email | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Uber | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Spreadsheets | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Wave | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Android | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Fully | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Keeper | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 PCMag | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 PCMag Editors' Choice | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 pcmag.com | 1/10 | ||||||||||
 Accurate | 1/10 |
Key Quotes
Claude“TaxSlayer Self-Employed Best for: Best overall value TaxSlayer provides all the essential functionality needed by most self-employed taxpayers at less than half the price of TurboTax.”
“QuickBooks Self-Employed quickbooks.intuit.com”
DeepSeek“If you want to avoid the high price tags of TurboTax and H&R Block, TaxSlayer Self-Employed is the standout value pick.”
“Best for Simple Freelancing: TaxSlayer Self-Employed TaxSlayer is the middle ground between FreeTaxUSA and TurboTax.”
Gemini“Best Overall & Easiest to Use: Intuit TurboTax (Premium) TurboTax remains the gold standard for self-employed filers because of its highly polished, conversational step-by-step interview style.”
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DeepSeek rank changed for FreeTaxUSADeepSeek stopped mentioning PayPalDeepSeek stopped mentioning StripeDeepSeek stopped mentioning VanguardDeepSeek stopped mentioning FidelityDeepSeek stopped mentioning H&R Block Self-EmployedDeepSeek stopped mentioning 1099sDeepSeek stopped mentioning WorkersDeepSeek stopped mentioning CNBCDeepSeek stopped mentioning EaseWhere AI models get their sources
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