AI Shortlist Index · September 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0
Community Engagement Apps: AI Shortlist Index, September 2026
The community engagement apps ranking as the September 2026 edition measured it: 25 runs across 25 prompts. The live category page carries the current edition; this one does not change.
Editorial read
Twenty-five prompts, one run each, captured from the ChatGPT app in early October 2026. Livly was named in 65% of runs, Cobu in 60% and Flamingo in 57%, and 27 vendors were named at least once, 18 of them in 12% of runs or fewer. The category has no settled shortlist yet; the engine assembles a different one for almost every question. One run per prompt; read it as a first reading.
Ranking
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Livly | 65% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Cobu | 60% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 3 | Flamingo | 57% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 4 | BuildingLink | 35% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 5 | ElevateOS | 32% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 6 | Zego | 21% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 7 | Venn | 20% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 8 | Vantaca | 16% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 9 | TownSq | 13% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Condo Control | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 11 | FRONTSTEPS | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | VTS Activate Multifamily | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 13 | Amenify | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Brivo | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 15 | Alosant | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 16 | Enumerate | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 17 | Frontdesk | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Henri | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 19 | PayHOA | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 20 | CINC Systems | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 21 | Funnel | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 22 | SmartRent | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 23 | Carson | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 24 | Salto | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 25 | DOOR | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 26 | Avigilon Alta | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 27 | Bilt Rewards | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| – | HOA Start | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | URBI | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
Engines
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-5-6-thinking | 25 |
Part of the September 2026 edition of the AI Shortlist Index. All editions: archive.