# Homebase AI Visibility: Is Homebase Recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini?

> Whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI name Homebase when property managers ask about smart home platforms: mention rate, rank, the prompts and 

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Smart Home for Multifamily · September 2026 · [row 12 of 19](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/#v-homebase)

# Homebase AI Visibility: Is Homebase Recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini?

Homebase was named in 12% of runs across 1 engine that answered, rank 12 of 19 in smart home platforms.

Shortlist rank

#12

of 19 vendors

Mention rate

12%

share of runs that named them

Engine spread

1/1

engines that named them

Position

4.3

avg first-mention position

Consistency

–

agreement across runs

Movement

–

vs prior edition

## By engine

Homebase, mention rate by engine, September 2026.
| Engine | Mention rate | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | 12% | ran |

## Prompts that named Homebase

-   smh-best-02We're building a 240-home build-to-rent community and want smart locks, thermostats, and leak sensors in every home from day one. Which smart home vendors should we be looking at?
-   smh-best-07Give me a shortlist of the smart home platforms apartment operators use for thermostats, locks, and leak sensors, and who each one fits best.
-   smh-seg-01We operate 20,000 multifamily units. Which smart home platforms do institutional operators standardize on across a portfolio that size?

## Sources the mentions ride on

Domains cited in the runs where Homebase was named, most-cited first.

-   6 · onequext.com
-   4 · smartrent.com
-   4 · pointcentral.com
-   3 · realpage.com
-   1 · use.rently.com

### Top category sources where Homebase does not appear

The most-cited domains in smart home platforms that were not present in any run naming Homebase. This is the gap the Sprint works on.

-   10 · butterflymx.com (vendor site)
-   8 · iapts.com (vendor site)
-   7 · stratis.com (other)
-   5 · intercom.help (other)
-   5 · sec.gov (other)

[Full smart home platforms source map](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/sources/).

## Named beside Homebase

-   [SmartRent](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/smartrent/) · rank 1
-   [PointCentral](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/pointcentral/) · rank 2
-   [Quext](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/quext/) · rank 5
-   [Rently Smart Home](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/rently/) · rank 8
-   [Salto](/ai-shortlist-index/smart-home-for-multifamily/salto/) · rank 6

## Movement

#1 #19 2026-09

Homebase, shortlist rank by edition. 2026-09: rank 12 (12% mention rate). [Download PNG](/charts/smart-home-for-multifamily/homebase.png).

## On the record

From the shared vendor database. Every fact carries its source and the date it was checked.

Description · [source](https://www.homebase.ai/) · verified 2026-09-05

Smart community platform with Schlage locks, a patented smart thermostat, leak sensors, lighting, cameras and managed Wi-Fi plus a resident app; 500+ communities and 200K+ units; now part of OneQuext per its own site.

Integrations · [source](https://www.homebase.ai/) · verified 2026-09-05

appfolio, yardi, entrata, realpage

## Badge eligibility

Homebase qualifies for the “Named” badge for Smart Home for Multifamily, September 2026. Badges are free, link back to this row, and are valid for the current edition only. [Badge terms](/ai-shortlist-index/badges/).

![Homebase: Named badge, Smart Home for Multifamily, September 2026](/badges/smart-home-for-multifamily/homebase.svg)

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