Joist vs Sage
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21
Joist and Sage are neck and neck overall, with scores of 4 and 3 out of 100 and each named in just 3 of 70 answers. Their strengths point in different directions, though. Joist swept the contractor question, named in all 3 of 3 answers, but never came up for international clients, billable hours, card payments, accounting integrations, or free tools. Sage's best showing was late payment chasing, named in 2 of 4 answers, while missing the same five questions Joist missed, plus the contractor one. Head-to-head, Sage edged ahead on 2 questions, Joist on 1, and the other 17 ended in a tie.
Head to head
| metric | Joist | Sage |
|---|---|---|
| score | 4 | 3 |
| questions won | 1 | 2 |
By assistant
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 |
Sage
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 2 | 5% of answers | #8.0 |
| Gemini | 7 | 10% of answers | #4.0 |
| Perplexity | 4 | 5% of answers | #3.0 |
Where they differ
Only Joist gets named for
- What's the best invoicing app for contractors and trades?
Only Sage gets named for
- What's the best invoicing tool that chases late payments automatically?
- What are the best invoicing software tools?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Invoicing software leaderboard