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The Picks Index · AC and heating repair

How AI assistants choose an HVAC company

We ask Grok Bot, Meta Muse, and Instinct the questions customers ask about AC and heating repair and record every answer. This is what they read and what they rewarded across 684 answers in 83 markets, from each question's latest round.

Businesses weighed per answer
9.1
Picks whose own website the assistant read
85%
Most common reason for a pick
Licenses and credentials, 70%

What they reward

Why an assistant picks an HVAC company

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

  • Licenses and credentials70%
  • Speed and availability61%
  • Reviews and ratings59%
  • Price and financing53%
  • Experience and history50%
  • Local or family owned16%
  • Specific service match7%

Assistant by assistant

Each one weighs something different

The same questions about HVAC 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

    302 answers

    Top reason
    Licenses and credentials, 93%
    Picks whose own site it read
    84%
    Site it checks most
    bbb.org, 88%
  • Meta Muse

    143 answers

    Top reason
    Reviews and ratings, 76%
    Picks whose own site it read
    78%
    Site it checks most
    reviews.birdeye.com, 15%
  • Instinct

    238 answers

    Top reason
    Speed and availability, 66%
    Picks whose own site it read
    91%
    Site it checks most
    bestpickreports.com, 11%

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.

  • bbb.org42%
  • angi.com14%
  • yelp.com14%
  • reviews.birdeye.com12%
  • bestpickreports.com11%
  • reddit.com10%
  • hvacservice.io9%
  • prosgrade.com8%

In their own words

HVAC companies the assistants picked, and why

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