AI Recommendation Index

Which backends and databases does AI recommend?

October 2026. We asked ChatGPT, Gemini, AI Overviews the same 20 buyer questions, as a buyer in the US, and counted the questions where each product was recommended.

#ProductRecommended in
1Supabase16 of 20 questions131314131314
2PostgreSQL12 of 20 questions886886
3Firebase9 of 20 questions987987
4AWS9 of 20 questions554554
5Neon7 of 20 questions375375
6MongoDB6 of 20 questions543543
7PocketBase6 of 20 questions236236
8Google BigQuery6 of 20 questions252252
9MySQL6 of 20 questions314314
10Node.js5 of 20 questions243243
11Turso5 of 20 questions233233
12Next.js5 of 20 questions151151
13Cloudflare D15 of 20 questions322322
14Convex5 of 20 questions501501
15PlanetScale4 of 20 questions233233
16Vercel4 of 20 questions231231
17Express4 of 20 questions032032
18Prisma4 of 20 questions041041
19Appwrite3 of 20 questions322322
20NestJS3 of 20 questions032032
21SQLite3 of 20 questions113113
22pgvector3 of 20 questions122122
23Go3 of 20 questions122122
24Ruby on Rails3 of 20 questions112112
25DigitalOcean Managed Databases3 of 20 questions022022

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The 20 questions we ask every month
  1. What's the best backend for a startup building a web app?
  2. Which database should I use for a new SaaS?
  3. What's the best managed Postgres for a small team?
  4. What's the best backend-as-a-service with auth, storage and a database in one?
  5. Which database is best for a mobile app that needs offline sync?
  6. What's the best serverless database for an app running on edge functions?
  7. Which backend is best for real-time features like live updates and chat?
  8. What's the best free database tier for a side project?
  9. Which database should I use for an AI app that needs vector search?
  10. What's the easiest backend for a frontend developer who doesn't want to manage servers?
  11. Which managed database is best for branching a copy of the data for each preview environment?
  12. What's a cheaper database host for a team whose bill jumped as usage grew?
  13. Which backend works best with an app made in an AI app builder?
  14. What's the best MySQL-compatible database for scaling a web app?
  15. Which backend platform makes row-level security easiest to get right?
  16. What's the best database setup for a multi-tenant SaaS?
  17. Which backend should I choose to avoid being locked in to one vendor?
  18. What's the best open source backend I can self-host?
  19. Which database is best for running analytics on top of app data?
  20. What's the best TypeScript-first backend for a React app?

One answer per engine per question, collected on one day. AI answers vary between runs and people, so read this as a monthly snapshot. See the methodology.