Source Map · Loan origination and lending · Broadcastwell Research
The pages AI reads before it names a loan origination and lending vendor
The 20 pages cited most across 150 AI answers recorded on 22 September 2026, and the Index vendors each one lists.
From 150 answers recorded on 2026-09-22 (10 buyer questions, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode, three runs each), 406 distinct pages were cited. These are the 20 cited most often.
The plain lesson: of these 20 pages, fifteen are editorial roundups and five are vendors' own pages. The page cited most, loanpro.io, appears in 39 of the 150 answers. Roundups and directories are pages a vendor can ask to be listed on; a vendor's own pages are the ones it controls. Of the 14 third-party pages that could be read, Calyx is listed on 12, ICE Mortgage Technology on 12, MeridianLink on 11.
The 20 pages
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| # | Page | Cited in | Engines | Page type | Index vendors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | loanpro.io/blog/best-loan-origination-software | 39 of 150 answers | Claude 10, Perplexity 9, Google AI Overviews 7, Google AI Mode 13 | Vendor page | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Finastra, Abrigo, TurnKey Lender, LoanPro, Mortgage Cadence. |
| 2 | aloan.ai/compare/meridianlink-alternatives | 22 of 150 answers | Claude 9, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 2, Google AI Mode 5 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, LendingPad, Temenos, Finastra, Jack Henry, Abrigo, Baker Hill, TurnKey Lender. |
| 3 | aloan.ai/compare/ncino-alternatives | 21 of 150 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 6 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, Calyx, Finastra, Jack Henry, Abrigo, Baker Hill. |
| 4 | hesfintech.com/blog/top-best-loan-origination-software | 20 of 150 answers | Claude 12, Perplexity 8 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, LendingPad, Finastra, Jack Henry. |
| 5 | multimodal.dev/post/best-loan-origination-software | 17 of 150 answers | Claude 6, Perplexity 11 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, Temenos, Finastra, Jack Henry, Abrigo, TurnKey Lender, LoanPro. |
| 6 | ncino.com/solutions/commercial-lending | 17 of 150 answers | ChatGPT 7, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 3 | Vendor page | Index vendors listed: could not check (HTTP 429). |
| 7 | openbankingtracker.com/banktech-providers/meridianlink/alternatives | 16 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 5, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 4 | Editorial roundup | Index vendors listed: could not check (HTTP 429). |
| 8 | timvero.com/blog/best-loan-origination-software | 16 of 150 answers | Claude 7, Perplexity 4, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 1 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, LendingPad, Finastra, Abrigo, TurnKey Lender. |
| 9 | aloan.ai/guides/best-loan-origination-software | 15 of 150 answers | Claude 4, Perplexity 9, Google AI Overviews 2 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, Temenos, Finastra, Jack Henry, Abrigo, Baker Hill, Origence. |
| 10 | moxo.com/blog/best-loan-origination-sofware | 15 of 150 answers | Claude 4, Perplexity 4, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 4 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, TurnKey Lender, LoanPro. |
| 11 | confersolutions.ai/blog/encompass-alternatives-mid-sized-lenders | 14 of 150 answers | Perplexity 6, Google AI Overviews 5, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, Mortgage Cadence. |
| 12 | abrigo.com/software/lending-and-credit-risk | 13 of 150 answers | ChatGPT 6, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 2, Google AI Mode 2 | Vendor page | Lists Abrigo. |
| 13 | backbase.com/blog/loan-origination-software | 13 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 8, Google AI Overviews 2 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx, Temenos, Finastra, TurnKey Lender, LoanPro. |
| 14 | crediflow.ai/compare/ncino-alternatives | 13 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 2, Google AI Overviews 4, Google AI Mode 4 | Editorial roundup | Lists nCino, MeridianLink, Abrigo, Baker Hill. |
| 15 | awesometechinc.com/encompass-vs-blend-and-other-los-which-one-is-best | 12 of 150 answers | Claude 5, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 1, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Blend, Byte Software, Calyx, LendingPad, defi SOLUTIONS. |
| 16 | setshape.com/blog/top-loan-origination-systems | 12 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists MeridianLink, ICE Mortgage Technology, Byte Software, Calyx, LendingPad, LendingWise. |
| 17 | ustechautomations.com/resources/blog/automate-blend-vs-encompass-for-mortgage-brokers-2026 | 12 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists ICE Mortgage Technology, Blend. |
| 18 | ustechautomations.com/resources/blog/blend-vs-encompass-for-mortgage-brokers-2026 | 12 of 150 answers | Claude 3, Perplexity 3, Google AI Overviews 3, Google AI Mode 3 | Editorial roundup | Lists ICE Mortgage Technology, Calyx. |
| 19 | meridianlink.com/products/consumer-lending-software | 11 of 150 answers | ChatGPT 10, Google AI Overviews 1 | Vendor page | Lists MeridianLink. |
| 20 | abrigo.com/software/lending-and-credit-risk/sageworks-lending-software | 10 of 150 answers | ChatGPT 5, Perplexity 2, Google AI Overviews 2, Google AI Mode 1 | Vendor page | Lists Abrigo. |
How to read this: a count is the number of answers that cited the page. The vendors column comes from fetching each page on 2026-09-28 (robots.txt respected) and matching the 25 Index vendors in this category by name; a vendor listed on a page is not a vendor the engines named. A page cited today may not be cited next month.
Observed answers on stated dates, not a ranking. Absence Index release 2026-09, method v1.1, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22907695.
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