Dataset size
The latest Small Language Models (SLMs) run found 23 recommended brands and 33 cited sources in AI answers.
Small Language Models (SLMs)
This weekly AI Brand Index shows how AI tools answer buyer questions in the Small Language Models (SLMs) category. SupaIntent asks each LLM the same question: which brands are the most visible, significant, and recommended in that niche. Each system returns its own top. We track what brands are recommended, which cited sources are used and how positions move week to week. Use it to see the freshest AI visibility data for this category.
Updated 9 August 2026
Brands
Category coverage
23
ranked across AI engines
Sources
Evidence base
33
domains cited in answers
Brand sites
Official share
42%
from brand-owned domains
AI model filter
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Phi | 1 |
| Mistral AI | 2 |
| Google Gemma | 3 |
| Meta Llama | 4 |
| IBM Granite | 5 |
What AI tools say about Small Language Models (SLMs)
Movement
What changed this week?
Microsoft Phi overtook Meta Llama this week to take the top position.
Sources
Which sources shape AI answers?
Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: Huggingface, Meta and Microsoft are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 42% of all citations.
Engines
Do AI engines agree on the leader?
The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Gemini name Microsoft Phi first and Perplexity names OpenAI, which does not appear in the top five of any other engine.
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Key facts from this AI Brand Index report
Current leader
Microsoft Phi ranks #1 for Small Language Models (SLMs) in the latest SupaIntent AI Brand Index run.
Top brands
Microsoft Phi, Mistral AI, and Google Gemma lead Small Language Models (SLMs) across AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
Brand sites
Huggingface, Medium, and Localaimaster are the most cited brand sites in this category.
Weekly movement
Top 10 onlyEntered the index
New in the top 10
Anthropic#9
Biggest gains
Moved up this week
IBM Granite11 to #5
Biggest losses
Moved down this week
Meta Llama3 to #4
Rank history
Weekly rank changes for the current top 10
| Rank | Brand | Previous | Current | Change | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | #2 | #1 | 1 | #1 | |
| #2 | #4 | #2 | 2 | #2 | |
| #3 | #3 | #3 | 0 | #3 | |
| #4 | #1 | #4 | 3 | #1 | |
| #5 | #16 | #5 | 11 | #5 | |
| #6 | #6 | #6 | 0 | #6 | |
| #7 | #5 | #7 | 2 | #5 | |
| #8 | #7 | #8 | 1 | #5 | |
| #9 | New | #9 | New | #9 | |
| #10 | #8 | #10 | 2 | #8 |
Current brand snapshot
23 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand |  ChatGPT |  Google AI Mode |  Gemini |  Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | #1 | #1 | #1 | - | | |
| 2 | +2 | #4 | #4 | #5 | #5 | | |
| 3 | 0 | #2 | #2 | #3 | - | | |
| 4 | -3 | #3 | #3 | #2 | - | | |
| 5 | +11 | #7 | #6 | - | #8 | | |
| 6 | 0 | #5 | #5 | #4 | - | | |
| 7 | -2 | - | #9 | - | #1 | | |
| 8 | -1 | #6 | - | #6 | #10 | | |
| 9 | New | - | - | - | #2 | | |
| 10 | -2 | - | - | - | #3 | | |
| 11 | +1 | - | - | - | #4 | | |
| 12 | New | #5 | - | #4 | - | | |
| 13 | New | #8 | #8 | - | - | | |
| 14 | New | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 15 | -4 | - | #7 | - | - | | |
| 16 | New | - | - | - | #7 | | |
| 17 | -3 | - | - | #7 | - | | |
| 18 | +1 | #9 | - | #10 | - | | |
| 19 | -2 | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 20 | -5 | - | - | - | #9 | | |
| 21 | New | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 22 | -2 | - | #10 | - | - | | |
| 23 | New | #6 | - | #6 | #10 | |
Current source snapshot
33 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HuggingfaceOfficial | 11 | |
| 2 | 6 | | |
| 3 | 6 | | |
| 4 | 5 | | |
| 5 | 3 | | |
| 6 | MetaOfficial | 2 | |
| 7 | MicrosoftOfficial | 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | | |
| 9 | IbmOfficial | 2 | |
| 10 | 2 | | |
| 11 | AIOfficial | 1 | |
| 12 | GoogleOfficial | 1 | |
| 13 | Ai21Official | 1 | |
| 14 | Aleph AlphaOfficial | 1 | |
| 15 | AnthropicOfficial | 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | | |
| 17 | BentomlOfficial | 1 | |
| 18 | 1 | | |
| 19 | CohereOfficial | 1 | |
| 20 | 1 | | |
| 21 | 1 | | |
| 22 | NvidiaOfficial | 1 | |
| 23 | 1 | | |
| 24 | 1 | | |
| 25 | MistralOfficial | 1 | |
| 26 | OpenaiOfficial | 1 | |
| 27 | 1 | | |
| 28 | 1 | | |
| 29 | 1 | | |
| 30 | 1 | | |
| 31 | 1 | | |
| 32 | 1 | | |
| 33 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Phi | 1 |
| Google Gemma | 2 |
| Meta Llama | 3 |
| Mistral AI Ministral | 4 |
| Alibaba Qwen | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
9 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | #1 | - | - | - | | |
| 2 | 0 | #2 | - | - | - | | |
| 3 | 0 | #3 | - | - | - | | |
| 4 | New | #4 | - | - | - | | |
| 5 | -1 | #5 | - | - | - | | |
| 6 | 0 | #6 | - | - | - | | |
| 7 | +1 | #7 | - | - | - | | |
| 8 | New | #8 | - | - | - | | |
| 9 | New | #9 | - | - | - | |
Current source snapshot
2 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HuggingfaceOfficial | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Phi | 1 |
| Google Gemma | 2 |
| Meta Llama | 3 |
| Mistral AI | 4 |
| Alibaba Qwen | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | - | #1 | - | - | | |
| 2 | 0 | - | #2 | - | - | | |
| 3 | 0 | - | #3 | - | - | | |
| 4 | 0 | - | #4 | - | - | | |
| 5 | New | - | #5 | - | - | | |
| 6 | New | - | #6 | - | - | | |
| 7 | -1 | - | #7 | - | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | #8 | - | - | | |
| 9 | -4 | - | #9 | - | - | | |
| 10 | -1 | - | #10 | - | - | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Phi | 1 |
| Meta Llama | 2 |
| Google Gemma | 3 |
| Qwen | 4 |
| Mistral AI | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | - | - | #1 | - | | |
| 2 | 0 | - | - | #2 | - | | |
| 3 | 0 | - | - | #3 | - | | |
| 4 | New | - | - | #4 | - | | |
| 5 | 0 | - | - | #5 | - | | |
| 6 | 0 | - | - | #6 | - | | |
| 7 | 0 | - | - | #7 | - | | |
| 8 | 0 | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 9 | New | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 10 | -1 | - | - | #10 | - | |
Current source snapshot
5 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | | |
| 2 | 5 | | |
| 3 | 5 | | |
| 4 | 2 | | |
| 5 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| OpenAI | 1 |
| Anthropic | 2 |
| Cohere | 3 |
| AI21 Labs | 4 |
| Mistral AI | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | - | - | - | #1 | | |
| 2 | New | - | - | - | #2 | | |
| 3 | +3 | - | - | - | #3 | | |
| 4 | +3 | - | - | - | #4 | | |
| 5 | New | - | - | - | #5 | | |
| 6 | New | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 7 | New | - | - | - | #7 | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | - | #8 | | |
| 9 | -1 | - | - | - | #9 | | |
| 10 | New | - | - | - | #10 | |
Current source snapshot
18 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IbmOfficial | 2 | |
| 2 | 2 | | |
| 3 | AIOfficial | 1 | |
| 4 | MetaOfficial | 1 | |
| 5 | Ai21Official | 1 | |
| 6 | Aleph AlphaOfficial | 1 | |
| 7 | AnthropicOfficial | 1 | |
| 8 | 1 | | |
| 9 | CohereOfficial | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | | |
| 11 | 1 | | |
| 12 | HuggingfaceOfficial | 1 | |
| 13 | MistralOfficial | 1 | |
| 14 | OpenaiOfficial | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 | | |
| 16 | 1 | | |
| 17 | 1 | | |
| 18 | 1 | |
Common AI search questions about Small Language Models (SLMs)
Q1
Who leads Small Language Models (SLMs) in AI answers?
Microsoft Phi is the most recommended small language models (SLMs) brand in the latest AI Brand Index run. The next highest-ranked brands are Mistral AI and Google Gemma. The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Gemini name Microsoft Phi first and Perplexity names OpenAI.
Q2
Which cited sources are used for Small Language Models (SLMs)?
The most cited sources for small language models (SLMs) recommendations are Huggingface, Medium and Localaimaster, out of 33 tracked sources. Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: Huggingface, Meta and Microsoft are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 42% of all citations. The main independent sources are Medium, Localaimaster and Datacamp.
Q3
How fresh is this Small Language Models (SLMs) ranking?
The AI Brand Index updates every Sunday. In the latest run, Anthropic entered the top 10 and IBM Granite and Meta Llama moved three or more positions in the small language models (SLMs) index.
How to cite this report
Cite the canonical SupaIntent report page when referencing this AI visibility ranking.
SupaIntent AI Brand Index: Small Language Models (SLMs). https://supaintent.com/ai-brand-index/artificial-intelligence-generative-ai-software-small-language-models-slms
Report data
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AI Brand Index methodology
Rankings use collected AI answers, cited sources, brand-site matching, and provider-level position history.
- SupaIntent measures buying-intent AI answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
- This report uses the latest observed AI answers for Small Language Models (SLMs), including 23 recommended brands and 33 cited sources.
- Brand sites are identified from official domains and subdomains, then separated from review, community and publisher sources.
- Weekly movement compares the latest rank with the previous collected position for each brand.
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