What AI engines actually recommend
for San Francisco Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 15 real customer-search queries about San Francisco motel. 11 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 87% · Claude 87% · Gemini 87%. Most-cited business: Motel 6 San Francisco, CA - Great Highway (16 citations across 3 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
11 businesses named across 15 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Motel 6 San Francisco, CA - Great Highway | 3 | 7 | · | 6 | 16 | 90 |
| 2 | Marina Motel | 2 | 7 | · | 6 | 15 | 86 |
| 3 | Beck's Motor Lodge | 2 | 5 | · | 4 | 11 | 71 |
| 4 | Motel Capri | 2 | 5 | · | 4 | 11 | 71 |
| 5 | Motel 6 Belmont | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 66 |
| 6 | Travelodge by Wyndham San Francisco Airport North | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 66 |
| 7 | Ocean Pacific Lodge | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 66 |
| 8 | Ocean Inn San Francisco | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 66 |
| 9 | Residence Inn by Marriott Redwood City | · | · | 15 | · | 15 | 66 |
| 10 | Motel 6 San Francisco, CA – Fisherman’s Wharf | 4 | · | · | 5 | 9 | 54 |
| 11 | Motel 6 San Francisco, CA – Fisherman's Wharf | · | 7 | · | · | 7 | 36 |
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"San Francisco motel that takes cash"0 engines
Road trip"best motel in San Francisco for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in San Francisco under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"San Francisco motel near the highway"0 engines
Family"family motel in San Francisco with kitchenette"0 engines
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Data snapshot generated June 30, 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.