How do we read AI answers for transportation software?
Broadcastwell measures and fixes whether AI search engines name B2B software companies.
Run the free checkTransportation software vendors start from a measured record, not a promise. The September 2026 Index checked 25 transportation vendors in 150 valid answers captured on 22 September 2026; AscendTMS was named in 64 and Alvys in 58. Our offers capture your own transportation questions, repair what the evidence supports, and measure again.
Updated 9 November 2026.
The engines are ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, reported one by one. No offer measures one engine alone, and nothing we do makes an engine name a transportation vendor.
The transportation record
| Transportation record, September 2026 | Value |
|---|---|
| Checked transportation vendors | 25 |
| Valid transportation answers | 150 of 150 planned |
| Excluded transportation attempts | none |
| AscendTMS named | 64 of 150, 42.7% (35.0% to 50.7%); own domain cited in 9 |
| Alvys named | 58 of 150, 38.7% (31.2% to 46.7%); own domain cited in 29 |
| Oracle Transportation Management named | 43 of 150, 28.7% (22.0% to 36.4%); own domain cited in 9 |
| Top three share of all transportation vendor names | 165 of 535, 30.8% (27.1% to 34.9%) |
| Transportation vendors never named | 3 of 25 |
| Transportation answers with no cited entry | 4 of 150, 2.7% (1.0% to 6.7%) |
Of 1,430 cited transportation entries, 22.2% went to vendor sites (20.2% to 24.5%), 7.9% to review platforms and 7.1% to news and trade media; 51.5% went to the "other" class for hosts with mixed roles.
Our page on transportation software missing from AI answers reads the low and zero counts, the transportation cited-host page lists domains, and the Index keeps the AscendTMS record.
Transportation answers by engine
| Engine | Valid transportation answers | Transportation vendor names | AscendTMS named | Named most in transportation answers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 30 | 96 | 8 of 30 | Descartes, Descartes Aljex, Alvys |
| Claude | 30 | 142 | 16 of 30 | AscendTMS, Alvys, Oracle Transportation Management |
| Perplexity | 30 | 112 | 15 of 30 | AscendTMS, Alvys, Infios (MercuryGate) |
| Google AI Overviews | 30 | 85 | 11 of 30 | AscendTMS, Alvys, Oracle Transportation Management |
| Google AI Mode | 30 | 100 | 14 of 30 | Alvys, AscendTMS, SAP Transportation Management |
Claude gave the most checked-vendor names in transportation answers (142) and Google AI Overviews the fewest (85). ChatGPT put Descartes first; Google AI Mode put Alvys first, rather than AscendTMS.
Offers applied to transportation software
| Offer | A transportation example |
|---|---|
| Live question, $19 once | the transportation question "What is the best TMS for a mid size freight brokerage?"; three runs per engine, back within 24 hours |
| Answer Repair, $490 once | the fix behind "What are the best alternatives to MercuryGate?", due 48 elapsed hours after Ready |
| Agency Deadline Audit, $490 per client report | ten agreed transportation questions; one could be "AscendTMS vs Alvys, which is better for a small broker?"; 150 observations |
| Fix Sprint, $3,900 ($3,410 after the $490 credit) | pages for transportation questions like "What is the best TMS for a shipper moving about 200 loads a month?", measured on one agreed test at day 30 |
| Care, $490 a month | outside work on review platforms, then news and trade media, with monthly transportation evidence |
| Program, $5,500 a month | Transportation pages, buyer-path checks and a measurement report |
Every clock and refund term is quoted in our operating framework; the service model maps each offer to its workstreams.
Where transportation work starts
Reasoned. Vendor sites held only 22.2% of transportation citations, so outside pages carry much of the transportation record. Review platforms held 7.9% and directories 5.7%; we read the exact transportation listing an answer cited before proposing a change. With 51.5% of transportation entries in "other", we open each cited page before choosing one to work on. None of this is a measured effect of a change.
Sources
- Transportation category record, Absence Index release 2026-09, transportation answers captured 22 September 2026, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.
- Transportation rows of our citation bases, source classes, vendor concentration and exclusions, report DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23804758.
- Our pricing and method pages. All sources read 9 November 2026.
Related: ChatGPT visibility reads one engine across all categories; industry benchmarks reads transportation against the rest.