FreeAgent vs Joist
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21
FreeAgent and Joist both keep a fairly low profile with AI assistants, scoring 3 and 4 out of 100 overall. FreeAgent shows up in 4 of 70 answers, picking up single mentions for questions like best VAT or sales tax invoicing, solo consultant tools, and best value for money. Joist appears in just 3 of 70 answers, but it owns one topic completely: it's named in all 3 answers about the best invoicing app for contractors and trades. Head to head, FreeAgent gets named more often across 4 questions, Joist leads on 1, and the two tie on 15.
Head to head
| metric | FreeAgent | Joist |
|---|---|---|
| score | 3 | 4 |
| questions won | 4 | 1 |
By assistant
FreeAgent
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 10 | 20% of answers | #7.8 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Joist
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Gemini | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #2.0 |
Where they differ
Only FreeAgent gets named for
- What's the best invoicing tool that handles VAT or sales tax?
- What's the best invoicing app for a solo consultant?
- Which invoicing software is best value for money?
- What are the best invoicing software tools?
Only Joist gets named for
- What's the best invoicing app for contractors and trades?
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Not sold on either?
Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Invoicing software leaderboard