# Multifamily Access Control: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026

> The October 2026 record of access control in the AI Shortlist Index: every vendor as measured. This page does not change.

Canonical: https://webpossible.com/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/2026-10/
Source: https://webpossible.com/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/2026-10/
Format: Markdown version for AI agents. The canonical HTML page is at the source URL above.
Last verified: 2026-09-03

---

AI Shortlist Index · October 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0

# Multifamily Access Control: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026

The multifamily access control ranking as the October 2026 edition measured it: 50 runs across 25 prompts. The [live category page](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/) 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. ButterflyMX was named in 78% of runs (91% on ChatGPT, 65% on Claude), Brivo in 60% and SmartRent in 54%. Gatewise was named in 58% of Claude's runs and 17% of ChatGPT's. Vendor sites took 88% of the citations among the top twenty domains. One run per prompt per engine; read it as a first reading.

## Ranking

Multifamily Access Control, October 2026 snapshot. 50 runs from 2 engines. Mention rate = share of runs that named the vendor. Green means named.
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [ButterflyMX](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/butterflymx/) | 78% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 2 | [Brivo](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/brivo/) | 60% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 1 | – |
| 3 | [SmartRent](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/smartrent/) | 54% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 1 | – |
| 4 | [DOOR](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/door/) | 52% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 1 | – |
| 5 | [Swiftlane](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/swiftlane/) | 42% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 4 | – |
| 6 | [Salto](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/salto/) | 38% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 4 | – |
| 7 | [Gatewise](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/gatewise/) | 38% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 5 | – |
| 8 | [RemoteLock](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/remotelock/) | 34% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 9 | [PointCentral](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/pointcentral/) | 26% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 2 | – |
| 10 | [Avigilon Alta](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/avigilon-alta/) | 24% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 11 | [Rently Smart Home](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/rently/) | 22% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 4 | – |
| 12 | [Zentra](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/zentra/) | 20% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 13 | [Aiphone](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/aiphone/) | 18% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 3 | – |
| 14 | [Verkada](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/verkada/) | 16% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 8 | – |
| 15 | [LiftMaster myQ Community](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/liftmaster-myq-community/) | 16% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 3 | – |
| 16 | [igloohome](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/igloohome/) | 14% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 17 | [Akuvox](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/akuvox/) | 12% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 18 | [dormakaba](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/dormakaba/) | 12% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 12 | – |
| 19 | [2N](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/2n/) | 10% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 20 | [Luxer One](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/luxer-one/) | 8% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 21 | [ProdataKey (PDK)](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/prodatakey/) | 6% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 22 | [Quext](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/quext/) | 6% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 1 | – |
| 23 | [Kastle Systems](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/kastle/) | 4% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 3 | – |
| 24 | [Homebase](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/homebase/) | 4% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 25 | [Hyly.AI](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/hyly-ai/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 26 | [iApartments](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/iapartments/) | 4% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 27 | [Frontdesk](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/frontdesk/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 28 | [Brilliant](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/brilliant/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 29 | [Ambient](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/ambient/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 30 | [Community Boss](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/community-boss/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 31 | [Tenant Turner](/ai-shortlist-index/multifamily-access-control/tenant-turner/) | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |

## Engines

Engines in this edition. Mention rates are averaged over the engines shown.
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-6-thinking | 25 |  |
| Claude | ran | claude-haiku-5-5 | 25 |  |

Part of [the October 2026 edition](/ai-shortlist-index/2026-10/) of [the AI Shortlist Index](/ai-shortlist-index/). All editions: [archive](/ai-shortlist-index/archive/).

Last verified 2026-09-03