# AI agent builders: which vendors AI models recommend (September 2026)

Source: Memetik Index, https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-agent-builders
Field: Build without a team. Edition: 2026-09. Run: 2026-09-02.
Method: 5 fixed buyer prompts sent once each to 10 current models (GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Pro, Sonar Reasoning Pro) via their APIs with web search enabled. 50 answers. Answer share = fraction of answers naming the vendor. Named first = fraction where it was the first tracked vendor named.

**Lindy leads** with 66% answer share (named in 33 of 50 answers) and was named first in 18%. n8n follows at 58%. 20 vendors were named at least once.

## Answer share

| # | Vendor | Answer share | Named first | Mentions | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindy | 66% | 18% | 33/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 2 | n8n | 58% | 16% | 29/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity |
| 3 | Zapier | 58% | 12% | 29/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 4 | Gumloop | 48% | 4% | 24/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 5 | Relevance AI | 46% | 2% | 23/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 6 | Voiceflow | 36% | 6% | 18/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 7 | Make | 36% | 0% | 18/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 8 | Botpress | 32% | 2% | 16/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 9 | Pickaxe | 22% | 4% | 11/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 10 | Dify | 20% | 6% | 10/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| 11 | MindStudio | 16% | 8% | 8/50 | Claude Opus 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 12 | Stack AI | 16% | 2% | 8/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity |
| 13 | LiveChatAI | 12% | 6% | 6/50 | Claude, Claude Fable 5, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 14 | CrewAI | 12% | 4% | 6/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 15 | Taskade | 10% | 2% | 5/50 | Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 16 | LangGraph | 10% | 0% | 5/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 17 | Flowise | 10% | 0% | 5/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Gemini |
| 18 | Sierra | 8% | 0% | 4/50 | Claude Opus 5, Perplexity |
| 19 | Decagon | 6% | 2% | 3/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Claude |
| 20 | Retell | 2% | 0% | 1/50 | Claude |

## By model

- **GPT-5.6 Sol** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-sol, 5 answers): n8n 60%, Relevance AI 60%, Lindy 40%, Zapier 40%, Make 40%
- **GPT-5.6 Terra** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-terra, 5 answers): Zapier 80%, n8n 20%, LangGraph 20%
- **GPT-5.6 Luna** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-luna, 5 answers): Voiceflow 80%, Botpress 80%, Lindy 60%, n8n 60%, Zapier 60%
- **Claude Opus 5** (Anthropic, claude-opus-5, 5 answers): Lindy 100%, n8n 100%, Gumloop 80%, Zapier 60%, Sierra 60%
- **Claude Sonnet 5** (Anthropic, claude-sonnet-5, 5 answers): Lindy 80%, n8n 60%, Zapier 60%, Gumloop 60%, Relevance AI 60%
- **Claude Fable 5** (Anthropic, claude-fable-5, 5 answers): Lindy 80%, n8n 80%, Zapier 80%, Gumloop 80%, Voiceflow 80%
- **Gemini 3.6 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.6-flash, 5 answers): Lindy 80%, n8n 80%, Relevance AI 80%, Dify 60%, Flowise 60%
- **Gemini 3.5 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.5-flash, 5 answers): Zapier 80%, n8n 60%, Gumloop 60%, Relevance AI 60%, Make 60%
- **Sonar Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-pro, 5 answers): Lindy 80%, n8n 60%, Gumloop 60%, Taskade 60%, Relevance AI 40%
- **Sonar Reasoning Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-reasoning-pro, 5 answers): Lindy 100%, Gumloop 80%, Zapier 60%, MindStudio 60%, Taskade 40%

## Sources the models cited

- rasa.com: 55
- braintrust.dev: 53
- pickaxe.co: 47
- airtable.com: 40
- reddit.com: 35
- youtube.com: 34
- vellum.ai: 33
- gumloop.com: 27
- lindy.ai: 23
- mindpal.space: 20
- superdupr.com: 18
- stackai.com: 16
- botpress.com: 15
- help.zapier.com: 13
- taskade.com: 13

## Prompts

1. What is the best platform to build AI agents without a big engineering team for a startup? Name specific products.
2. Which platform to build AI agents without a big engineering team would you recommend to a startup in 2026?
3. Compare the top platform to build AI agents without a big engineering team options right now.
4. I'm a startup and I need a platform to build AI agents without a big engineering team. What should I use and why?
5. Best platform to build AI agents without a big engineering team for customer support agents?

## Tracked but never named

Vapi

Raw answers: https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-agent-builders (every answer published in full). Chart image: https://www.memetik.ai/charts/ai-agent-builders.png. Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit "Memetik Index".