What AI engines actually recommend
for San Diego Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about San Diego 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 San Diego Airport - Harbor (8 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 San Diego Airport - Harbor | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 80 |
| 2 | Hampton Inn & Suites San Diego Airport Liberty Station | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 80 |
| 3 | Motel 6 San Diego, CA - Airport - Harbor | · | · | · | 6 | 6 | 65 |
| 4 | Motel 6 La Mesa, CA - San Diego | · | · | · | 6 | 6 | 65 |
| 5 | Western Inn Old Town | · | · | 6 | · | 6 | 65 |
| 6 | E-Z 8 Motel Old Town | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 57 |
| 7 | National City Motel | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 57 |
| 8 | Holiday Inn Express San Diego Airport-Old Town | · | · | 5 | · | 5 | 57 |
| 9 | TownePlace Suites by Marriott San Diego Downtown | · | · | 5 | · | 5 | 57 |
| 10 | Residence Inn by Marriott San Diego Downtown | · | · | 5 | · | 5 | 57 |
| 11 | Motel 6 San Diego, CA - Hotel Circle - Mission Valley | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 50 |
| 12 | Courtyard by Marriott San Diego Airport/Liberty Station | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 50 |
| 13 | Wyndham San Diego Bayside | · | · | 4 | · | 4 | 50 |
| 14 | Homewood Suites by Hilton San Diego Airport-Liberty Station | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 35 |
| 15 | Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | Hilton San Diego Airport/Harbor Island | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 28 |
| 17 | The Pearl | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 28 |
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 San Diego for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in San Diego under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"San Diego motel near the highway"0 engines
Family"family motel in San Diego with kitchenette"0 engines
Location"San Diego 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.