AI Shortlist Index · October 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0
CRE Facilities Management: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026
The cre facilities management ranking as the October 2026 edition measured it: 50 runs across 25 prompts. The live category page carries the current edition; this one does not change.
Editorial read
Fifty runs, one per prompt on each engine: ChatGPT from its app on 27 October 2026, Claude through the Anthropic API on 31 October. Building Engines was named in 46% of runs and Facilio in 44%, but the engines split on Building Engines: 74% of ChatGPT's runs, 17% of Claude's. MaintainX and UpKeep were each named in 39% of Claude's runs. facilio.com was the most-cited domain, with 37 citations. One run per prompt per engine; read it as a first reading.
Ranking
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building Engines | 46% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Facilio | 44% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 3 | MaintainX | 33% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 4 | UpKeep | 28% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 5 | Visitt | 26% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 6 | – |
| 6 | Limble | 18% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 1 | – |
| 7 | ServiceChannel | 18% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 8 | FMX | 16% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 9 | Corrigo | 15% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 3 | – |
| 10 | VTS Activate Multifamily | 12% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 4 | – |
| 11 | HqO | 12% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 12 | eMaint | 12% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 13 | Fiix | 12% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 1 | – |
| 14 | Planon | 10% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 15 | IBM Maximo | 8% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 16 | VendorPM | 6% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 17 | Electronic Tenant Solutions | 4% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 18 | BuildingLink | 4% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 1 | – |
| 19 | Property Meld | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 20 | HappyCo | 4% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 21 | AppWork | 4% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 22 | Fexa | 4% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 3 | – |
| 23 | Asset Essentials | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 24 | GetCovered | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 25 | NetVendor | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 12 | – |
| 26 | SmartRent | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 27 | SuiteSpot | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 28 | Leonardo247 | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 29 | Frontdesk | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 30 | Latchel | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 31 | Knock | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 32 | URBI | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
Engines
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-6-thinking | 25 | |
| Claude | ran | claude-haiku-5-5 | 25 |
Part of the October 2026 edition of the AI Shortlist Index. All editions: archive.