BrandRank.AI Agentic Commerce Rankings (Q2-2025)

Question Consensus (ChatGPT 2x) ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
Leadership in Agentic Commerce & Intelligent Transactions Consensus ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
1. Who is the most advanced company in enabling AI-led, autonomous online payments? Visa Visa Mastercard Amazon Stripe Stripe Skyfire Systems Visa Visa Stripe
2. Which brand is best positioned to lead in agentic commerce? Amazon Amazon Amazon Visa Amazon Shopify Amazon Stripe Mastercard PayPal
3. Who is the most recognized innovator in intelligent, AI-driven transaction systems? Stripe Stripe Google Google Cloud PayPal PayPal Visa Mastercard PayPal Square (Block, Inc.)
4. Which company is furthest along in building a platform for intelligent commerce? Shopify Shopify Visa Amazon Shopify Amazon Visa Shopify Stripe Amazon (Amazon Pay & AWS Commerce)
5. Who is the top financial brand powering agent-based purchasing experiences? Visa PayPal PayPal Visa Visa Visa Mastercard American Express Visa Visa
Trust, Security & Permission-Based Transactions Consensus ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
6. Which brand is the most trusted for securing AI-driven financial transactions? Mastercard Apple Visa FICO Mastercard Mastercard Temenos Mastercard Mastercard Mastercard
7. Who offers the most reliable fraud protection for AI-powered purchases? American Express American Express Forter IBM Safer Payments Fraud.net Sift Science WooshPay Visa Braintree American Express
8. Which provider is best equipped to ensure user-permission-based AI transactions? Microsoft Microsoft Mastercard Velotix Plaid OneTrust Permit.io Plaid Visa IBM (IBM Watson Commerce)
9. Who is the top player in enabling secure, tokenized commerce through AI agents? Circle Circle Visa Mastercard Circle IBM Mastercard Stripe Mastercard Token.io
10. What financial brand is most known for securing agent-led payments? Visa Chase (JPMorgan) PayPal Visa Square American Express Mastercard American Express Visa J.P. Morgan Chase
Payment Infrastructure & Developer Tools Consensus ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
11. Who offers the most developer-friendly APIs for agentic commerce? Stripe Stripe Stripe PayPal Stripe Google PayPal Stripe Stripe Plaid
12. Which company provides the best infrastructure for autonomous purchasing systems? Adyen Adyen Adyen Keelvar Adyen Google Cloud Visa Adyen Visa Adyen
13. Who is the best platform for integrating AI agents into payment flows? Stripe Square PayPal LangChain Braintree Braintree Stripe Stripe PayPal Stripe
14. Which brand offers the most scalable architecture for agent-led payments? Mastercard Checkout.com Marqeta Google Checkout.com Salesforce Mastercard Adyen Mastercard Google (Google Pay & Cloud)
15. Who delivers the most seamless integration between AI agents and payments? Stripe Plaid Stripe Visa PayPal Microsoft Stripe Stripe Stripe Shopify (Shopify Payments)
Consumer Use Cases & Applied Scenarios Consensus ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
16. Who is the best provider for enabling AI agents to book travel and pay automatically? Expedia Expedia Expedia MyTrip.AI Expedia Expedia Google Tripadvisor Expedia Booking.com (with AI-powered payments)
17. Which brand powers the most frictionless AI-led shopping experiences today? Amazon Instacart Perplexity Amazon Amazon Apple Amazon Shopify Amazon Alibaba (Alipay & AI commerce)
18. Who enables the smoothest checkout process when AI agents buy on behalf of users? Apple Pay Shop Pay (by Shopify) PayPal Visa Apple Pay Facebook Google Stripe PayPal Apple (Apple Pay & Siri integration)
19. Which payment system is best for AI agents managing subscriptions and renewals? Stripe Zuora Stripe Maxio Recurly Recurly Visa Apple Pay Stripe Zuora
20. Who is the top provider enabling smart assistants to complete everyday transactions? Google Google Assistant (with Google Pay) Google Google Google Pay Amazon Alexa Microsoft Google Google Microsoft (with Copilot & Azure AI commerce)
Ecosystem Partnerships & Industry Influence Consensus ChatGPT ChatGPT DeepResearch Google Gemini Claude Meta/Llama Co-Pilot Perplexity Grok/X DeepSeek
21. Which financial brand has the most strategic partnerships in the AI commerce space? Visa Mastercard Visa Visa Visa JPMorgan Chase Visa Mastercard Visa Visa
22. Who is the most integrated with AI foundation model companies for payments? Stripe Anthropic Stripe Stripe OpenAI NVIDIA Stripe Stripe Mastercard OpenAI (partnered with Stripe & others)
23. Which brand is playing the biggest role in shaping standards for agent-led commerce? Visa OpenAI (via ChatGPT Plugins & APIs) Mastercard Visa Mastercard World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) commercetools Visa Visa World Economic Forum
24. Who is the most influential company helping define ethical AI transaction frameworks? Accenture World Economic Forum Microsoft IBM IBM Accenture Salesforce OpenAI World Economic Forum Accenture
25. Who is the go-to partner for AI startups building autonomous shopping tools? Stripe Y Combinator Shopify OpenAI Stripe Techstars AiFi Stripe Stripe Y Combinator (backing AI commerce startups)

Methodology

  • 25 strategic queries across 5 agentic commerce categories
  • 9 leading AI answer engines interrogated
  • Consensus weighted with ChatGPT counting as 2 LLMs
  • ChatGPT DeepResearch treated independently
  • Queries designed to elicit organic brand mentions

Key Findings

  • Stripe dominates: 6 consensus wins, leads developer categories
  • Visa leads partnerships: 67% consensus on strategic alliances
  • Amazon strong in platforms: 2 consensus wins in commerce
  • Developer gap critical: API-first companies outrank traditional
  • Trust vs. Innovation: Traditional brands excel in security

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