What AI engines actually recommend
for Charleston Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about Charleston motel. 12 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 90%. Most-cited business: Starlight Motor Inn (15 citations across 2 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
12 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Starlight Motor Inn | · | · | 9 | 6 | 15 | 100 |
| 2 | Red Roof Inn North Charleston Coliseum | · | · | 2 | 7 | 9 | 76 |
| 3 | West Ashley Inn | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 60 |
| 4 | Days Inn by Wyndham Charleston Historic District | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 52 |
| 5 | Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Charleston Airport West | · | · | · | 7 | 7 | 48 |
| 6 | Motel 6 Charleston South | · | · | 7 | · | 7 | 48 |
| 7 | Studio 6 Extended Stay – Summerville | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 44 |
| 8 | La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Charleston Riverview | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 40 |
| 9 | Best Western Inn West Ashley Charleston, SC | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 40 |
| 10 | Motel 6 Charleston North SC | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 36 |
| 11 | Suburban Studios North Charleston I-526 | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 32 |
| 12 | Days Inn Goose Creek | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 24 |
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 Charleston SC for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel Charleston under USD 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"Charleston motel close to I-26 or US-17 highway"0 engines
Location"Charleston motel close to Charleston airport CHS"0 engines
Unique"pet friendly motel in Charleston South Carolina"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.