AI Shortlist Index · October 2026 snapshot · Prompt Set v1.0
Smart Home for Multifamily: AI Shortlist Index, October 2026
The smart home for multifamily 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 through the OpenAI API (gpt-6-luna) on 30 October 2026, Claude through the Anthropic API on 31 October. SmartRent was named in 83% of runs, Rently Smart Home in 63% and iApartments in 56%. smartrent.com was the most-cited domain, with 35 citations. One run per prompt per engine; read it as a first reading.
Ranking
| # | Vendor | Mention rate | Engines | Consistency | Move | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmartRent | 83% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Rently Smart Home | 63% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 6 | – |
| 3 | iApartments | 56% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Quext | 50% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 1 | – |
| 5 | PointCentral | 48% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 3 | – |
| 6 | DOOR | 34% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 5 | – |
| 7 | Ambient | 26% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 6 | – |
| 8 | Brilliant | 24% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 9 | – |
| 9 | ButterflyMX | 24% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 10 | Homebase | 22% | 2/2 | – | ▲ 2 | – |
| 11 | RemoteLock | 16% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 12 | Brivo | 14% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 5 | – |
| 13 | igloohome | 10% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 14 | Salto | 8% | 2/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 15 | ElevateOS | 6% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 16 | ProdataKey (PDK) | 6% | 2/2 | – | – | – |
| 17 | dormakaba | 4% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 7 | – |
| 18 | Swiftlane | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 19 | LiftMaster myQ Community | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 20 | Gatewise | 4% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 21 | Avigilon Alta | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 2 | – |
| 22 | Kastle Systems | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 8 | – |
| 23 | EliseAI | 2% | 1/2 | – | – | – |
| 24 | Livly | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 6 | – |
| 25 | Zentra | 2% | 1/2 | – | ▼ 10 | – |
Engines
| Engine | Status | Model | Runs | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | ran | gpt-6-luna | 25 | |
| Claude | ran | claude-haiku-5-5 | 25 |
Part of the October 2026 edition of the AI Shortlist Index. All editions: archive.