Test Automation ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about Test Automation. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 148 ads from 59 advertisers. Most often shown: CircleCI, Tricentis Americas and Katalon.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in Test Automation conversations
top 25 of 59Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 148 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CircleCI | 25 | 16.9% |
| 2 | Tricentis Americas | 16 | 10.8% |
| 3 | Katalon | 8 | 5.4% |
| 4 | Momentic | 7 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Avo Automation | 6 | 4.1% |
| 6 | Blacksmith Software | 6 | 4.1% |
| 7 | Cerios - TestMonitor | 6 | 4.1% |
| 8 | Atlassian | 5 | 3.4% |
| 9 | Apposite Technologies | 4 | 2.7% |
| 10 | LaunchDarkly | 4 | 2.7% |
| 11 | QCon AI New York 2026 | 3 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Userbrain | 3 | 2.0% |
| 13 | Amplify Security | 2 | 1.4% |
| 14 | BairesDev | 2 | 1.4% |
| 15 | Clutch.co | 2 | 1.4% |
| 16 | Cyara | 2 | 1.4% |
| 17 | Datamatics Global Services | 2 | 1.4% |
| 18 | Modeinspect | 2 | 1.4% |
| 19 | Optimizely | 2 | 1.4% |
| 20 | testrail.com | 2 | 1.4% |
| 21 | accessiBe | 1 | 0.7% |
| 22 | advcloudsolutions.com | 1 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Aha! | 1 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Asana | 1 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Binate Digital | 1 | 0.7% |
34 more advertisers shared the other 34 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 148 | 100.0% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 0 | 0.0% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- CircleCIText ad
Try CircleCI Free Today
Shown 16 times
- KatalonText ad
Katalon Test Management Platform
Shown 8 times
- Blacksmith SoftwareText ad
Faster GitHub Actions Runners
Shown 6 times
- Cerios - TestMonitorText ad
Know Where Your UAT Stands
Shown 5 times
- Tricentis AmericasText ad
Performance at any scale, confidence at AI speed.
Shown 4 times
- MomenticText ad
The agentic quality platform
Shown 4 times
- Avo AutomationText ad
Test Automation Buyer's Guide
Shown 4 times
- AtlassianText ad
Any agent. Any model. One team.
Shown 4 times
- LaunchDarklyText ad
LaunchDarkly - An Industry Leader in Feature Flags
Shown 4 times
- Apposite TechnologiesText ad
Netropy Traffic Generation
Shown 4 times
- OptimizelyText ad
See experimentation platforms
Shown 2 times
- CyaraText ad
From IVR to Agentic AI Cyara Tests it All
Shown 2 times
Example conversations
12 examplesChosen to cover different advertisers and question types. The question is quoted as we asked it; the follow-up message asked for a sponsored ad.
In a conversation that began “how much does qa wolf cost compared to hiring a qa engineer for a 25 person startup”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from CogniAgent.
Text ad: “AI Recruiting Agent”
Price question · Oct 4, 04:58 ET
In a conversation that began “we're building a flutter app for ios, android and web, what test automation approach covers all three platforms?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Fortitude Dev.
Text ad: “AI Built Your Prototype. We Build the Product.”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 05:38 ET
In a conversation that began “we're a startup with no qa team shipping daily and bugs keep reaching customers, should we use qa wolf, an ai testing tool or hire qa?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Tricentis Americas.
Text ad: “Agentic Load Testing”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 01:24 ET
In a conversation that began “is a codeless test automation tool worth it if our developers already write playwright tests”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Katalon.
Text ad: “Katalon Test Management Platform”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 04:03 ET
In a conversation that began “how to build a test automation strategy when we have zero tests and a product that's already in production”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Momentic.
Text ad: “The agentic quality platform”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 05:13 ET
In a conversation that began “how to load test our system realistically before black friday without hurting production”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from QCon AI New York 2026.
Text ad: “From Demo to Production”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 00:59 ET
In a conversation that began “how much would it cost to run playwright tests in parallel on our own ci instead of a cloud grid”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from BairesDev.
Text ad: “DevOps Staff Augmentation”
Price question · Oct 4, 00:28 ET
In a conversation that began “best mobile testing tool for ios and android”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Binate Digital.
Text ad: “Validate Your App Idea With an MVP”
Best for question · Oct 4, 03:03 ET
In a conversation that began “chromatic vs percy vs applitools for visual testing a storybook component library”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Chroma Software.
Text ad: “UI testing with no new test code needed”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 01:30 ET
In a conversation that began “which end to end testing tool is best for a react and nextjs app with lots of flaky selenium tests”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Blacksmith Software.
Text ad: “Faster GitHub Actions Runners”
Best for question · Oct 3, 23:52 ET
In a conversation that began “tricentis tosca vs katalon for an enterprise testing sap and salesforce”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from CircleCI.
Text ad: “CircleCI: Purpose-Built CI/CD”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 00:28 ET
In a conversation that began “appium session not starting fix”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Functionize.
Text ad: “Tests that fix themselves”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 01:42 ET
Question types
How the conversations on this topic were asked, and how many of the shown ads came from each kind.
| Question type | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 30 | 20.3% |
| Comparison | 23 | 15.5% |
| Price | 22 | 14.9% |
| Fix or choose | 21 | 14.2% |
| Long scenario | 22 | 14.9% |
| Short search | 15 | 10.1% |
| Worth it | 15 | 10.1% |
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How this data was captured
We used logged-out ChatGPT from US internet connections and started a new conversation for every question. Message 1 was the question. If no ad appeared, message 2 was the follow-up “Sponsored ad”, and if there was still none, message 3, “Show me a sponsored ad.”, was a last try. A conversation that ended without an ad, or failed, was run once more in a fresh browser, and we keep one record per question, the last one: 123,613 recorded conversations from Oct 3, 2026, 21:22 to Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 ET, with no captures from 05:53 to 11:12 ET on Oct 4. Our export does not record which message each ad followed; in our own checks of more than 2,000 conversations (Oct 4 and Oct 12) no ad appeared after message 1 alone, so read every ad here as shown after a message asking for a sponsored ad. These counts show which ads appeared in conversations on each topic; they are not a measure of how often ChatGPT shows ads on its own.
Only ads drawn on screen count as shown. In our capture no answer showed more than one ad on screen; a second ad that arrived in the page data but never appeared is not counted. Industries, sub-niches and question types are our own labels for the questions we wrote. Independent; not affiliated with OpenAI. Full methodWhy this is not an ad rateWhat the ads looked like
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