What AI engines actually recommend
for San Jose Motel
We probed 4 AI engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini) with 15 real customer-search queries about San Jose motel. 14 unique businesses were named across the answers. Engine coverage (% of queries that returned a specific recommendation): Perplexity 100% · ChatGPT 80% · Claude 100% · Gemini 93%. Most-cited business: Super 8 by Wyndham San Jose (28 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
14 businesses named across 15 queries| Rank | Property | ChatGPT | Claude | Perplexity | Gemini | Total | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super 8 by Wyndham San Jose | 7 | 13 | · | 8 | 28 | 90 |
| 2 | Casa Linda Motel | 1 | 11 | · | 7 | 19 | 71 |
| 3 | Motel 6 San Jose, CA | 7 | · | · | 9 | 16 | 54 |
| 4 | Motel 6 San Jose, CA - Convention Center | 2 | · | · | 8 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Quality Inn San Jose Airport/Silicon Valley | · | 4 | · | 6 | 10 | 41 |
| 6 | Best Western Inn Santa Clara Motel | · | · | 14 | · | 14 | 40 |
| 7 | Travelers Rest Motel | · | · | 13 | · | 13 | 38 |
| 8 | Sterling Inn | · | · | 13 | · | 13 | 38 |
| 9 | Wittle Motel | · | · | 13 | · | 13 | 38 |
| 10 | Best Western Plus Airport Plaza Motel | · | · | 12 | · | 12 | 36 |
| 11 | Motel 6 San Jose | · | 11 | · | · | 11 | 34 |
| 12 | Convention Center Inn & Suites Motel | · | · | 10 | · | 10 | 31 |
| 13 | Motel 6 San Jose Convention Center | · | 7 | · | · | 7 | 25 |
| 14 | Valley Inn San Jose | 2 | · | · | · | 2 | 14 |
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 Jose motel with late check in"0 engines
Road trip"best motel in San Jose for a road trip stopover"0 engines
Budget"cheap motel in San Jose under 100 a night"0 engines
Road trip"San Jose motel near the highway"0 engines
Family"family motel in San Jose 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.