What is the best lending platform?
Asked "What is the best lending platform?", Google AI Mode, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and ChatGPT named 28 distinct tools across 14 answers on September 7, 2026, and 20 of them in two or more answers.
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20 of 28 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 14 answers · asked September 7, 2026 · 5 engines
The best lending platform depends on your specific needs and priorities, such as personal loans, peer-to-peer lending, or business loans. SoFi, LightStream, and LendingClub are often recommended for personal loans, while Prosper and Upstart are popular for peer-to-peer lending. For business loans, BlueVine and OnDeck are notable options.
- 1SoFinamed in 11 of 14 answers
- 2LightStreamnamed in 10 of 14 answers
- 3Upstartnamed in 10 of 14 answers
- 4Prospernamed in 9 of 14 answers
- 5LendingClubnamed in 6 of 14 answers
- 6Discovernamed in 5 of 14 answers
- 7Kivanamed in 4 of 14 answers
- 8Nexonamed in 4 of 14 answers
- 9PenFed Credit Unionnamed in 4 of 14 answers
- 10Upgradenamed in 3 of 14 answers
- 11LendingTreenamed in 3 of 14 answers
- 12Marcus by Goldman Sachsnamed in 3 of 14 answers
- 13Aavenamed in 3 of 14 answers
- 14Percentnamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 15Groundfloornamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 16Lednnamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 17SoLo Fundsnamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 18BlueVinenamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 19OnDecknamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 20FundBoxnamed in 2 of 14 answers
- 21Funding Circlenamed in 1 of 14 answersone answer
- 22Prosper Marketplacenamed in 1 of 14 answersone answer
- 23Coinbasenamed in 1 of 14 answersone answer
- 24LoanPronamed in 1 of 14 answersone answer
- 25Encompassnamed in 1 of 14 answersone answer
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The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 28 names.
- How many of the 14 answers named each of them.
- 116 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.