One category · what the models named insteadAlternatives to Cobalt, as AI models named them
In the October 2026 Edition, 157 of the 252 answers collected in the one category where Cobalt holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
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Fifty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in sixteen. The first choices in those fifty-three answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:
Fifty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in twenty-two. The first choices in those fifty-one answers, thirteen products in all, the eight most named:
Fifty-three of the eighty-four answers did not name Cobalt; it was the first choice in six. The first choices in those fifty-three answers, four products in all:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Cobalt neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Cobalt only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Cobalt's side.
Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Cobalt was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.