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The Picks Index · Garage door repair

How AI assistants choose a garage door company

We ask Grok Bot, Meta Muse, and Instinct the questions customers ask about garage door repair and record every answer. This is what they read and what they rewarded across 42 answers in 7 markets, from each question's latest round.

Businesses weighed per answer
7.3
Picks whose own website the assistant read
83%
Most common reason for a pick
Speed and availability, 71%

What they reward

Why an assistant picks a garage door company

Share of picks whose stated reason mentions each thing. A reason can mention several.

  • Speed and availability71%
  • Price and financing69%
  • Reviews and ratings52%
  • Licenses and credentials43%
  • Experience and history19%
  • Local or family owned12%
  • Specific service match7%

Assistant by assistant

Each one weighs something different

The same questions about garage door companies, answered by each assistant. What decides a pick is not the same everywhere, so a business has to show all of it.

  • Grok Bot

    4 answers

    Top reason
    Licenses and credentials, 100%
    Picks whose own site it read
    100%
    Site it checks most
    bbb.org, 100%
  • Meta Muse

    28 answers

    Top reason
    Speed and availability, 68%
    Picks whose own site it read
    75%
    Site it checks most
    angi.com, 21%
  • Instinct

    10 answers

    Top reason
    Price and financing, 100%
    Picks whose own site it read
    100%
    Site it checks most
    angi.com, 50%

What they read

The sites they check you against

Share of answers that cite each site, leaving out the businesses' own websites. Your profile on these is part of your answer.

  • angi.com26%
  • bbb.org12%
  • thumbtack.com10%
  • homeyou.com7%
  • threebestrated.com5%
  • homeadvisor.com5%

In their own words

Garage door companies the assistants picked, and why

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