Does AI recommend PenFed Credit Union?
penfed.org in personal loans: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to SoFi, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
12%
of AI answers name PenFed Credit Union
SoFi: 39%. Rank 9 of 65 brands tracked.
PenFed Credit Union vs SoFi, engine by engine
Named most by ChatGPT (13%), least by Google AI Overviews (10%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Is PenFed Credit Union named, and where?
- Yes. PenFed Credit Union is named in 12% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 9 of 65 brands we track in personal loans.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.4 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (65 brands tracked in personal loans, Week 41).
1%
The typical brand
39%
The category leader
12%
PenFed Credit Union, above typical
See the full personal loans index · PenFed Credit Union's weekly trend
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about personal loans, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- experian.com5.5% of citations
- bankrate.com5.2% of citations
- upstart.com4.9% of citations
- sofi.com4.2% of citations
- nerdwallet.com4.1% of citations
- credible.com3.9% of citations
- lendingtree.com3.9% of citations
- moneylion.com3.5% of citations
Can AI crawlers read penfed.org?
Nothing we could test stops the AI engines from reading the site; part of the check could not run (marked below). Checked Oct 17, 2026.
| Crawler | What it feeds | robots.txt |
|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search, the pages it cites | Unknown |
| GPTBot | OpenAI model training only | Unknown |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Unknown |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Unknown |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Unknown |
| Firewall | Akamai in front of the site | Could not test |
| Text without JavaScript | 1909 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
We could not reach robots.txt.
Nothing to fix in what we could test. The rows marked "Could not test" need a manual look: open your homepage with JavaScript off, and check your bot protection settings.
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