What AI engines actually recommend
for San Francisco Hotel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about San Francisco hotel. 29 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 0% · Claude 0% · Gemini 0%. Most-cited business: Hotel Zephyr San Francisco (3 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
29 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotel Zephyr San Francisco | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 100 |
| 2 | The Fairmont San Francisco | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 100 |
| 3 | Hyatt Regency San Francisco | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 100 |
| 4 | Queen Anne Hotel | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 100 |
| 5 | Inn San Francisco | · | · | 3 | · | 3 | 100 |
| 6 | Hotel Nikko San Francisco | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 7 | Hotel Garrett | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 8 | Cartwright Hotel | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 9 | Hyatt Place San Francisco Downtown | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 10 | Union Square Hotel | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 11 | The Urban Hotel | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 12 | The St. Regis San Francisco | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 13 | InterContinental Mark Hopkins | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 14 | Four Seasons San Francisco | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 15 | Hotel Zetta San Francisco | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 16 | Hyatt Place San Francisco Airport | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 80 |
| 17 | Grand Hotel San Francisco | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 18 | The Cartwright Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 19 | The Herbert Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 20 | Andrews Hotel | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
▸▾Show all 29 businesses(rank 21 – 29)
| 21 | The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 22 | Riu Plaza Fisherman's Wharf | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 23 | Embassy Suites San Francisco | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 24 | Residence Inn San Francisco | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 25 | Ritz Inn San Francisco SFO Airport | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 26 | Embassy Suites San Francisco Airport | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 27 | Crowne Plaza San Francisco Airport | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 28 | Aloft San Francisco Airport | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
| 29 | Kimpton Hotel San Francisco | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 60 |
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 saidOther"best hotels in San Francisco"0 engines
Unique"boutique hotel in San Francisco with character"0 engines
Location"San Francisco hotel walking distance to downtown"0 engines
Romantic"luxury hotel in San Francisco for a romantic getaway"0 engines
Family"family friendly hotel in San Francisco with pool"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.