AI Shortlist Index · September 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0
Parking Management: AI Shortlist Index, September 2026
The parking management 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. Community Boss was named in 82% of runs, Parkade in 65% and ParkM in 64%. Vendor sites took 90% of the citations among the top twenty domains, the highest share in the edition, led by communityboss.com with 36. One run per prompt; read it as a first reading.
Ranking
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Community Boss | 82% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Parkade | 65% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 3 | ParkM | 64% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Reliant Parking | 48% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 5 | ApartmentPermits | 24% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 6 | 5280 Parking | 24% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 7 | ParkStash | 20% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 8 | SmartRent | 20% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 9 | ParkingPass | 16% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Park Entra | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 11 | Park Graph | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Zark Parking | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 13 | SimplyPermits | 12% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 14 | ParqEx | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 15 | Wayleadr | 8% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 16 | Online Parking Permits | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 17 | ParkDwell | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 18 | Condo Control | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| 19 | BuildingLink | 4% | 1/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Laneo | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Lotably | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Parkeaz | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Parking Permits of America | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | Parkva | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | PatrolWorks | 0% | 0/1 | – | – | – |
| – | PLACA.AI | 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.