Picks: the tools AI models name
55 tools were named at least five times in October 2026. Each page shows the picks per category, per context and per model. Tools with fewer picks have no page of their own; they appear in their category. 900 picks from 9 models in total; see the October 2026 issue and the methodology.
Model pick, not a product recommendation. The models answered without a repository, existing code or tools, so the index shows what a model names when nothing in the project constrains it. It says nothing about quality, security, price or market share.
- Stripe55 picks by 8 models, mostly in Payments (55 of 64).
- Prisma37 picks by 5 models, mostly in ORM and query layer (30 of 63).
- Vercel36 picks by 8 models, mostly in Hosting (36 of 63).
- PostHog33 picks by 6 models, mostly in Product analytics (22 of 24).
- Resend27 picks by 7 models, mostly in Transactional email (25 of 64).
- Auth.js25 picks by 6 models, mostly in Authentication (25 of 70).
- Amazon S325 picks by 6 models, mostly in File storage (25 of 62).
- BullMQ25 picks by 7 models, mostly in Background jobs (25 of 63).
- Sentry21 picks by 6 models, mostly in Error monitoring (21 of 24).
- SendGrid20 picks by 4 models, mostly in Transactional email (20 of 64).
- Celery19 picks by 8 models, mostly in Background jobs (19 of 63).
- FastAPI Users18 picks by 8 models, mostly in Authentication (18 of 70).
- SQLAlchemy18 picks by 8 models, mostly in ORM and query layer (10 of 63).
- shadcn/ui17 picks by 6 models, mostly in UI components (17 of 24).
- Brevo16 picks by 8 models, mostly in Transactional email (10 of 64).
- next-intl16 picks by 6 models, mostly in Internationalisation (16 of 24).
- Plausible16 picks by 6 models, mostly in Web analytics (16 of 24).
- React Hook Form16 picks by 6 models, mostly in Forms (16 of 24).
- PostgreSQL13 picks by 8 models, mostly in Database (13 of 67).
- Supabase13 picks by 9 models, mostly in Database (13 of 67).
- Vercel AI SDK13 picks by 6 models, mostly in AI SDK (13 of 24).
- Hetzner12 picks by 6 models, mostly in Hosting (6 of 63).
- Inngest12 picks by 6 models, mostly in Background jobs (11 of 63).
- Meilisearch11 picks by 5 models, mostly in Search (11 of 24).
- Redis11 picks by 7 models, mostly in Caching (9 of 24).
- Sanity11 picks by 6 models, mostly in CMS (11 of 24).
- Vercel Cron Jobs11 picks by 6 models, mostly in Scheduled jobs (11 of 24).
- Drizzle ORM9 picks by 4 models, mostly in ORM and query layer (9 of 63).
- Firebase Authentication9 picks by 3 models, mostly in Authentication (9 of 70).
- Klaro9 picks by 4 models, mostly in Cookie consent (9 of 24).
- Upstash Ratelimit9 picks by 5 models, mostly in Rate limiting and bot protection (9 of 24).
- Cloudflare R28 picks by 4 models, mostly in File storage (8 of 62).
- Firebase8 picks by 3 models, mostly in Database (8 of 67).
- Loops8 picks by 4 models, mostly in Newsletter and marketing email (8 of 24).
- Render8 picks by 4 models, mostly in Hosting (8 of 63).
- Supabase Realtime8 picks by 6 models, mostly in Realtime (8 of 24).
- Unleash8 picks by 5 models, mostly in Feature flags (8 of 24).
- SQLModel7 picks by 2 models, mostly in ORM and query layer (6 of 63).
- Supabase Auth7 picks by 6 models, mostly in Authentication (7 of 70).
- Supabase Storage7 picks by 7 models, mostly in File storage (7 of 62).
- Upstash Redis7 picks by 6 models, mostly in Caching (7 of 24).
- Algolia6 picks by 3 models, mostly in Search (6 of 24).
- Neon6 picks by 5 models, mostly in Database (6 of 67).
- PostgreSQL full-text search6 picks by 3 models, mostly in Search (6 of 24).
- Pydantic6 picks by 6 models, mostly in Forms (6 of 24).
- Babel6 picks by 6 models, mostly in Internationalisation (6 of 24).
- SlowAPI6 picks by 6 models, mostly in Rate limiting and bot protection (6 of 24).
- CookieConsent6 picks by 2 models, mostly in Cookie consent (6 of 24).
- WebSockets6 picks by 6 models, mostly in Realtime (6 of 24).
- Arcjet5 picks by 4 models, mostly in Rate limiting and bot protection (5 of 24).
- Clerk5 picks by 5 models, mostly in Authentication (5 of 70).
- Railway5 picks by 3 models, mostly in Hosting (5 of 63).
- Scaleway5 picks by 4 models, mostly in File storage (3 of 62).
- Strapi5 picks by 3 models, mostly in CMS (5 of 24).
- Vercel Analytics5 picks by 5 models, mostly in Web analytics (5 of 24).