# 28% of the citations behind the answers point at a vendor's own site, and 7% at a review site.

HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/research/what-the-answers-cite/

Four of the twelve models return the sources they read before answering. Across the 3,270 answers that carry a source list, 40,252 citations name 306 sites. This page counts them: which sites the answers cite, how much of the citing goes to the vendors themselves, and how much to the review sites that sell placement. It is a fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

## The sites cited most

- g2.com: 1304 citations in 574 answers (review site)
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 947 citations in 803 answers (vendor: PeopleManagingPeople)
- guideflow.com: 640 citations in 548 answers (vendor: Guide)
- gartner.com: 556 citations in 489 answers (vendor: Gartner Peer Insights)
- worldmetrics.org: 466 citations in 304 answers (vendor: World Metrics)
- learn.g2.com: 448 citations in 403 answers (review site)
- selectsoftwarereviews.com: 434 citations in 390 answers (vendor: Select Software Reviews)
- forbes.com: 351 citations in 309 answers (review site)
- hrtechsaas.com: 259 citations in 242 answers (vendor: HRTechSaaS)
- pin.com: 230 citations in 173 answers
- ravio.com: 177 citations in 86 answers (vendor: Ravio’s Buyer’s Guide)
- hiretruffle.com: 159 citations in 129 answers
- gitnux.org: 149 citations in 106 answers
- firsthr.app: 147 citations in 144 answers (vendor: FirstHR)
- comprehensive.io: 141 citations in 118 answers (vendor: Comprehensive.ai)
- tability.io: 138 citations in 50 answers (vendor: Tability)
- rippling.com: 126 citations in 92 answers (vendor: Rippling)
- metaview.ai: 125 citations in 107 answers (vendor: Metaview scheduling)
- workhuman.com: 123 citations in 114 answers (vendor: Workhuman iQ)
- engagedly.com: 120 citations in 99 answers (vendor: Engagedly – Talent Mobility)
- okrstool.com: 119 citations in 66 answers (vendor: OKRs Tool)
- feedbackpulse.com: 115 citations in 65 answers (vendor: FeedbackPulse)
- coggno.com: 111 citations in 45 answers (vendor: Coggno)
- reddit.com: 108 citations in 31 answers (vendor: Reddit)
- mangoapps.com: 107 citations in 63 answers (vendor: MangoApps Succession Hub)
- softwareadvice.com: 104 citations in 89 answers (review site)
- goskills.com: 104 citations in 78 answers (vendor: GoSkills)
- docebo.com: 103 citations in 87 answers (vendor: Docebo Content / Content Marketplace)
- capterra.com: 100 citations in 64 answers (review site)
- hibob.com: 97 citations in 85 answers (vendor: HiBob's Pay Equity Audit Template)

11277 of 40252 citations (28%) to a vendor's own site; 3014 (7%) to a review site.

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