What AI engines actually recommend
for San Jose Hotel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 10 real customer-search queries about San Jose hotel. 13 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: The Westin San Jose (13 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
13 businesses named across 10 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Westin San Jose | · | · | 8 | 5 | 13 | 100 |
| 2 | Hotel Valencia San Jose | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 66 |
| 3 | Hyatt House San Jose | · | · | 9 | · | 9 | 62 |
| 4 | San Jose Marriott | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 57 |
| 5 | Hilton San Jose | · | · | 8 | · | 8 | 57 |
| 6 | Hayes Mansion, Curio Collection by Hilton | · | · | · | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| 7 | Hotel de Anza | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 43 |
| 8 | AC Hotel San Jose Downtown | · | · | · | 5 | 5 | 43 |
| 9 | Hotel Valencia Santana Row | · | · | · | 4 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | The Inn at San Jose | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 29 |
| 11 | Boutique Hotel San Jose | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 29 |
| 12 | Valencia Boutique Inn | · | · | 2 | · | 2 | 29 |
| 13 | San Jose Art House | · | · | 1 | · | 1 | 25 |
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 Jose"0 engines
Unique"boutique hotel in San Jose with character"0 engines
Location"San Jose hotel walking distance to downtown"0 engines
Romantic"luxury hotel in San Jose for a romantic getaway"0 engines
Family"family friendly hotel in San Jose 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.