Every category where a model named SAP LeanIX for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Function	Share	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant	Since September 2026
Enterprise architecture tools	IT operations and endpoint	25%	1 of 113	15%	33	accepted challenger
IT financial management	IT operations and endpoint	0%	155 of 159	100%	1	under 10 labels · led by Nicus ITFM Platform at 9%

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for SAP LeanIX yet. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment and per category, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated SAP LeanIX across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.

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Model	First choice	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Haiku 4.5	0	0	0	0	0
GPT-5.4 mini	3	0	0	0	3
Gemini 3.5 Flash	2	1	0	0	3
Perplexity Sonar	2	0	0	0	2
Grok 4.1 Fast	1	0	1	1	3
Mistral Small	0	0	1	0	1
DeepSeek V4 Flash	3	0	0	3	6
Llama 4 Maverick	0	0	0	0	0
Qwen 3.7 Flash	1	0	0	1	2
Kimi K2	3	0	0	0	3
GLM 4.7 FlashX	1	0	1	0	2
MiniMax M2.5	1	1	1	0	3
GPT-6 Luna	2	0	0	1	3
Muse Glimmer 30B	1	2	0	0	3

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.

FramingLabels by classFirst choices

Direct27 labels17

Paraphrase15 labels10

Comparative29 labels17not counted in share

Budget-constrained15 labels8

Scale-constrained14 labels7

Negative19 labels1not counted in share

First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative119 labels in all, every segment counted; 42 of the 60 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“agile cloud-based solutions with strong integration and collaboration features are typically recommended, e.g. SAP LeanIX, Ardoq, or BlueDolphin” Muse Glimmer 30B · EA tools · scale prompt · first choice

“Choose LeanIX if you want to quickly understand what applications you own, how much they cost, and how they map to business goals.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · EA tools · comparative prompt · first choice

“LeanIX is highly accessible for mid-market companies due to its out-of-the-box usability and modular pricing structure” Gemini 3.5 Flash · EA tools · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Positioned farthest and highest in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant (completeness of vision + ability to execute)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · EA tools · comparative prompt · first choice

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“Primarily an Enterprise Architecture tool, not a full TBM/ITFM platform.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · IT financial mgmt · paraphrase prompt · hard negative

“SAP LeanIX, if you need a highly bespoke metamodel... That's not a reason to avoid LeanIX if its standard model fits” GPT-6 Luna · EA tools · negative prompt · soft negative

“Medium-High Risk: Customization & Data Model Rigidity ... LeanIX if you need deep customization” DeepSeek V4 Flash · EA tools · negative prompt · soft negative

“Often targets larger enterprises; check if the licensing/price is competitive for <1k users.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · EA tools · scale prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as SAP LeanIX, over the 119 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and SAP LeanIX was named but was not.

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ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head

Ardoq95 of 1196Compare →

Bizzdesign Horizzon65 of 1193Compare →

Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect43 of 1198Compare →

MEGA HOPEX31 of 1190Not among the top eight

OrbusInfinity30 of 1190Not among the top eight

Avolution ABACUS28 of 1190Not among the top eight

Sparx Enterprise Architect24 of 1191Not among the top eight

ServiceNow Enterprise Architecture20 of 1191Not among the top eight

Orbus Software20 of 1190Not among the top eight

Archi16 of 1196Compare →

A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SAP LeanIX. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 118 of the 119 answers that named SAP LeanIX and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

ardoq.com62

superblocks.com61

leanix.net55

erstudio.com52

gartner.com49

cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com48

research.oz.spotlightar.com43

g2.com39

ciopages.com37

catio.tech36

482 of the 482 domain citations in answers naming SAP LeanIX came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

superblocks.com/blog/enterprise-architecture-tools61

erstudio.com/blog/enterprise-architecture-tools52

cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tools/10-best-enterprise-arch/13170569446

research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-enterprise-architecture-tools-2024/lead39

ciopages.com/buyer-guides/enterprise-architecture-tool37

catio.tech/blog/enterprise-architecture-tools36

thectoclub.com/tools/best-enterprise-architecture-software34

gartner.com/reviews/market/enterprise-architecture-tools33

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Search and answers

Where SAP LeanIX stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.

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In search

Google, US estimates

Searches for its name, Google: 480 a month (“sap leanix”)
AI search demand for its name, est.: 36 a month
Its own site: It sits on SAP's site (sap.com), so there are no site figures for it alone

In answers

This edition

Share of first choices

25%

rank 1 of 113 in EA tools

First choices

across its categories

Named in: 119 answers
Its own site cited: in 118 of the answers that named it

Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read October 5, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.

Follow SAP LeanIX

An email the morning each edition publishes: where this product moved, where it held, and by how much against the noise floor. One address, confirmed by a click; a stop link in every email.

Already following? Everything you follow, with a stop for each.

The company

SAP is the company behind SAP LeanIX.

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On record

Company records

Also from SAP: SAP AI, SAP Access Control, SAP Ariba, SAP BTP, SAP BTP API Management, SAP Build Process Automation, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business Data Cloud and 19 more

In its own words

Stated by the vendor, not checked

Positioning: A single source of truth for everybody
sap.com/products/business-transformation-management/leanix-solutions.html
For: enterprise architects
sap.com/products/technology-platform/leanix-solutions-enterprise-architecture-decision-management.html
Price stated: Price upon request sap.com/products/business-transformation-management/leanix-solutions.html
Not stated on the pages read: Starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, certifications, hosting, customers

What SAP LeanIX's own pages state, read October 5, 2026: sap.com/products/business-transformation-management/leanix-solutions.html, sap.com/products/technology-platform/leanix-solutions-context-generation.html, sap.com/products/technology-platform/leanix-solutions-architecture-guidance.html, sap.com/products/technology-platform/leanix-solutions-enterprise-architecture-decision-management.html, sap.com/korea/products/technology-platform/leanix-solutions-architecture-guidance.html. A claimed page can correct any of them.

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Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when SAP LeanIX's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as SAP LeanIX, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.

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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for SAP LeanIX by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:

where SAP LeanIX is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
who was chosen in the answers that did not name SAP LeanIX, and every reason the record gives;
a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.

Badges

Wins only: a badge exists where SAP LeanIX is ranked in a category's top three this edition. Three sizes, one file each, light and dark; the code is under each.

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AI models recommend SAP LeanIX first in Enterprise architecture tools this edition. Each badge says so in the buyer's words, names the edition, and links to the standing. The next edition issues a new badge; this one stays true as a record of October 2026.

Wide · 320 × 104 Website, beside other badges

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<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/operations/enterprise-architecture-tools/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/sap-leanix--enterprise-architecture-tools-wide.svg" alt="AI models' first choice in Enterprise architecture tools, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="320" height="104"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise architecture tools standing, where the claim can be checked.

Square · 240 × 240 LinkedIn, slides

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<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/operations/enterprise-architecture-tools/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/sap-leanix--enterprise-architecture-tools-square.svg" alt="AI models' first choice in Enterprise architecture tools, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="240" height="240"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise architecture tools standing, where the claim can be checked.

Compact · 200 × 56 Email signature, footer

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<a href="https://it-ai-index.com/operations/enterprise-architecture-tools/"><img src="https://it-ai-index.com/badges/2026-10/sap-leanix--enterprise-architecture-tools-compact.svg" alt="AI models' first choice in Enterprise architecture tools, October 2026 Edition, IT AI Recommendation Index" width="200" height="56"></a>

Copy the code as it is. The link is part of the badge: it points at the Enterprise architecture tools standing, where the claim can be checked.

Badges read on light and dark pages. Alt text carries the claim, the category, the edition and the index, so it stays a citation where the image does not load.