What AI engines actually recommend
for Birmingham Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about Birmingham motel. 17 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 100%. Most-cited business: Motel 6-Birmingham (10 citations across 1 engines). Below is the live data — every number is computed from the AI answers shown in the per-query breakdown.
Engine coverage
% of queries where the engine returned a specific business name (not just “search Booking.com” or a refusal).
Top 3 — who wins this market
Most-cited businesses
17 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motel 6-Birmingham | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 80 |
| 2 | Days Inn Birmingham West | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 80 |
| 3 | Americas Best Value Inn-Leeds | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 74 |
| 4 | Southern Comfort Motel | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 74 |
| 5 | Travelers Rest Motel | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 44 |
| 6 | InTown Suites Extended Stay Birmingham AL | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 44 |
| 7 | Motel 6 Birmingham, AL | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| 8 | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Birmingham-Irondale (East) | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 44 |
| 9 | Sky Inn Motel | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 38 |
| 10 | Red Roof Inn Birmingham | · | · | · | 3 | 3 | 38 |
| 11 | Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport | · | · | · | 3 | 3 | 38 |
| 12 | Motel 6 Birmingham, AL on Vulcan Road | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 13 | Motel 6 Bessemer, AL - Birmingham | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Motel 6 Birmingham, AL - Medical Center | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 15 | Studio 6 Birmingham, AL - Medical Center | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 16 | Studio 6 Extended Stay Birmingham Pelham AL | · | · | · | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| 17 | Suburban Lodge | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 26 |
Total = sum of citations across all engines × all queries. Score = density-weighted with cross-engine consensus.
Per-query breakdown
click any row to read what each AI actually saidRoad trip"best motel in Birmingham for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in Birmingham under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"Birmingham motel near the highway"0 engines
Family"family motel in Birmingham with kitchenette"0 engines
Location"Birmingham motel near the airport for early flight"0 engines
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Data snapshot generated July 6, 2026. Refreshed weekly. findloc.ai is independent — we are not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Perplexity or Google. AI engine answers shown are quoted verbatim from public API responses and may change between snapshots.