# 24% of the citations behind the answers point at a vendor's own site, and 7% at a review site.

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

Four of the twelve models return the sources they read before answering. Across the 2,617 answers that carry a source list, 32,826 citations name 263 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

- worldmetrics.org: 821 citations in 504 answers (vendor: World Metrics)
- g2.com: 744 citations in 346 answers (review site)
- gartner.com: 475 citations in 385 answers (review site)
- learn.g2.com: 433 citations in 381 answers (review site)
- highradius.com: 374 citations in 260 answers (vendor: HighRadius E-Invoicing & Payment)
- guideflow.com: 309 citations in 286 answers (vendor: Guideflow)
- ramp.com: 280 citations in 191 answers (vendor: Ramp Bill Pay)
- gitnux.org: 244 citations in 169 answers
- softwareconnect.com: 193 citations in 151 answers
- capterra.com: 190 citations in 112 answers (review site)
- softwareadvice.com: 167 citations in 151 answers (review site)
- airwallex.com: 162 citations in 119 answers (vendor: Airwallex)
- zipdo.co: 158 citations in 112 answers (vendor: Zipdo)
- forbes.com: 138 citations in 111 answers (review site)
- drivetrain.ai: 133 citations in 105 answers (vendor: Drivetrain)
- cubesoftware.com: 132 citations in 98 answers
- numeric.io: 126 citations in 104 answers (vendor: Numeric)
- nerdwallet.com: 125 citations in 83 answers (vendor: NerdWallet)
- getapp.com: 123 citations in 86 answers (review site)
- chaserhq.com: 116 citations in 88 answers (vendor: Chase)
- techrepublic.com: 115 citations in 111 answers
- wise.com: 102 citations in 76 answers (vendor: Wise Business)
- getaleph.com: 102 citations in 74 answers
- bill.com: 100 citations in 81 answers (vendor: BILL AP/AR)
- prophix.com: 99 citations in 87 answers (vendor: Prophix One)
- cfoshortlist.com: 92 citations in 70 answers
- ottotheagent.com: 88 citations in 44 answers (vendor: Otto)
- navan.com: 86 citations in 48 answers (vendor: Navan)
- tesorio.com: 85 citations in 82 answers (vendor: Tesorio)
- mindsprint.com: 83 citations in 71 answers (vendor: Mindsprint ProcureSnow)

7761 of 32826 citations (24%) to a vendor's own site; 2283 (7%) to a review site.

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