Does AI recommend Salesforce Commerce Cloud?
salesforce.com in ecommerce platforms: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Shopify, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
9%
of AI answers name Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Shopify: 81%. Rank 9 of 56 brands tracked.
Salesforce Commerce Cloud vs Shopify, engine by engine
Named most by ChatGPT (10%), least by Google AI Overviews (7%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Is Salesforce Commerce Cloud named, and where?
- Yes. Salesforce Commerce Cloud is named in 9% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 9 of 56 brands we track in ecommerce platforms.
- In list answers it shows up at position 3.0 on average in Gemini (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (56 brands tracked in ecommerce platforms, Week 41).
1%
The typical brand
81%
The category leader
9%
Salesforce Commerce Cloud, above typical
See the full ecommerce platforms index · Salesforce Commerce Cloud's weekly trend
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about ecommerce platforms, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- shopify.com8.6% of citations
- youtube.com5.9% of citations
- bigcommerce.com3.0% of citations
- reddit.com2.7% of citations
- squareup.com1.5% of citations
- woocommerce.com1.5% of citations
Can AI crawlers read salesforce.com?
Not fully. The fixes below are listed most important first. Checked Oct 17, 2026.
| Crawler | What it feeds | robots.txt |
|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search, the pages it cites | Allowed |
| GPTBot | OpenAI model training only | Allowed |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Allowed |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Allowed |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Allowed |
| Firewall | Akamai in front of the site | Blocks AI crawlers |
| Text without JavaScript | 363 words in the raw homepage HTML | Readable |
- Akamai blocks AI crawlersYour homepage answered our AI crawler request with a 403 or a challenge page, while a browser got the page. Allow verified AI crawlers in your firewall or bot protection settings.
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