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PODS

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PODS ranks #7 of 25 among the movers AI assistants recommend in San Francisco, CA, named by 3 of the 10 assistants that answered — up 2 places from #9 in the previous edition.

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7th of 25 businesses AI names

▲ 2 since last edition

3 of 10 assistants

ClaudeGrokMistral

Edition of October 1, 2026·5 mentions

Best rank

3/10

Assistants recommending

Mentions this edition

Category ranked

Hidden

out of 100

AI Access score · pods.com

Free AI Access score · measured October 2026

Can the AI assistants actually read pods.com?

How well the assistants can read pods.com, out of 100 (what it checks). Of the 4 scored movers ranked above PODS, 3 scored higher. The typical score in this ranking is in the 50s.

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Which AI assistants recommend PODS

Claude, Grok and Mistral name PODS when asked for movers in San Francisco, CA. ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Meta AI, Siri, Alexa and Perplexity answered the same questions without naming it. Its strongest question is “Best affordable moving company near San Francisco?”, where it ranks #7; on “I need a moving company in San Francisco, CA. Who do you recommend?” it is not named. One Big Man & One Big Truck holds #6, one place ahead, with 6 mentions to PODS's 5. The site cited most often in the answers that name it is angi.com (1×).

What “searches the web” and “answers from memory” mean.

ChatGPTNot naming youSearches the web

ClaudeRecommends youSearches the web

GeminiNot naming youSearches the web

PerplexityNot naming youSearches the web

Google AI OverviewsNamed no one on this listSearches the web

Microsoft CopilotNamed no one on this listSearches the web

SiriNot naming youVoice assistant

AlexaNot naming youVoice assistant

GrokRecommends youAnswers from memory

Meta AINot naming youAnswers from memory

DeepSeekNot naming youAnswers from memory

MistralRecommends youAnswers from memory

What the AI assistants say about PODS

Across 1 answer from 1 assistant in the October 2026 edition, this is what they told customers about PODS — in their words, as recorded.

Positive in 0 of 1 answer that described it.

portable container option

Grok

These are the assistants' own statements about PODS when asked for movers in San Francisco, CA, recorded as given. We don't verify them — an assistant can be out of date or wrong, and that is exactly what a business needs to know. How these are recorded.

Rank, movement and who's ahead

Each ranking PODS holds in San Francisco, CA, how it has moved edition to edition, and the businesses directly above and below it.

San Francisco, CA

Moving Companies

▲ 2 since last edition

#7of 25

Rank history

2 editions on record. Lower is better: #1 sits at the top.

Who's around you

#4Delancey Street Moving3 AIs · 8 mentions
#5U-Haul3 AIs · 7 mentions
#6One Big Man & One Big Truck4 AIs · 6 mentions
#7PODS · you3 AIs · 5 mentions
#8TaskRabbit3 AIs · 5 mentions
#9Gentle Giant Moving Company3 AIs · 4 mentions

The gap to close: these 5 assistants name a business ranked above you, but not you.DeepSeekGeminiSiriMeta AIChatGPT

Your rank by question—I need a moving company in San Francisco, CA. Who do you recommend?#7Best affordable moving company near San Francisco?#9Who are the best movers in San Francisco, CA?

Named by 3 of 10 assistants that answered · 5 mentions · edition of October 1, 2026 · see the full moving companies list

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Where the assistants read about PODS

6 sites were cited in the answers that named PODS; most often angi.com (1×), consumeraffairs.com (1×) and thumbtack.com (1×). Its own site, pods.com, was not among the sites cited.

01 angi.comDirectory & reviews 1× 1 of 10 assistants
02 consumeraffairs.comDirectory & reviews 1× 1 of 10 assistants
03 thumbtack.comDirectory & reviews 1× 1 of 10 assistants
04 local.yahoo.com 1× 1 of 10 assistants
05 greatguysmove.com 1× 1 of 10 assistants
06 homeadvisor.comDirectory & reviews 1× 1 of 10 assistants

Common questions

What is PODS's website?

PODS's website is https://www.pods.com/ — the site the AI assistants' own answers point to for this business in San Francisco, CA, and checked to be this business's own website.

Do AI assistants recommend PODS?

Yes. In the edition of October 1, 2026, 3 of the 10 assistants that answered named PODS when asked for movers in San Francisco, CA: Claude, Grok, Mistral. It ranks #7 for movers.

Where does PODS rank for movers in San Francisco, CA?

#7 of 25, named by 3 of the 10 assistants that answered, across 5 mentions — up 2 places from #9 in the previous edition.

What is PODS's AI Access score?

A free 0–100 measure of how well AI assistants can read pods.com: whether their crawlers are allowed in, whether the site answers the questions customers ask them, and whether it publishes the files they look for. We measured it on October 12, 2026. The number is shown only to a verified email address: enter yours on this page and we send it with the top fixes.

What do AI assistants say about PODS?

Asked for movers, the assistants described PODS with statements such as "portable container option" — their own words, recorded as given and not verified by us. Positive in 0 of 1 answer that described it.

Which AI assistants don't recommend PODS?

In the edition of October 1, 2026, ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Meta AI, Siri, Alexa and Perplexity answered the question for movers in San Francisco, CA without naming PODS.

Who ranks ahead of PODS in San Francisco, CA?

Delancey Street Moving (#4), U-Haul (#5), One Big Man & One Big Truck (#6) — One Big Man & One Big Truck is one place ahead, named by 4 assistants across 6 mentions. TaskRabbit is one place behind at #8.

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