| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| hunterwebs.com.au | 37% | 91 |
| redcrowdigital.com.au | 18% | 45 |
| coletek.org | 18% | 27 |
| team10.com.au | 15% | 26 |
| castleit.com.au | 10% | 13 |
| digitalnomadstudio.io | 10% | 15 |
| littleman.com.au | 10% | 18 |
| au.linkedin.com | 8% | 11 |
| zoomapps.com.au | 8% | 14 |
| safsolutions.com.au | 8% | 20 |
AI Rankings · Custom software development companies · the Hunter Valley
Best custom software development companies in the Hunter Valley, according to AI (October 2026)
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 60 questions a buyer in the Hunter Valley types when looking for custom software development companies. The engines named 96 companies in the Hunter Valley. HunterWebs is named most often, in 41% of answers, followed by Jaegersoft (26%) and CastleIT (20%). 19 are named by all three engines.
The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.
- 60 buyer questions
- 180 answers read
- 3 engines
All 96 companies AI names in the Hunter Valley
Click a company to open its full report: every answer that names it, where it stands in each one, and the sites behind every rival. Mentioned is the share of answers that name the company: all 180, one engine’s 60 in the engine columns. Green marks that engine’s 3 most recommended. A crossed circle means it never named the company. Click a heading to sort.
Every company AI named in the Hunter Valley, ranked by how consistently it is named.
5 most recommended. 91 named. The rest not cited.
Not cited by AI? Start here.
See every answer that names a rival instead of you, and the fix for each.
Where AI gets its answers
Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 60 answers for the Hunter Valley, by the share of answers citing them.
| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| hunterwebs.com.au | 30% | 74 |
| castleit.com.au | 18% | 24 |
| smikteck.com.au | 17% | 31 |
| jaegersoft.com.au | 17% | 33 |
| headjam.com.au | 7% | 10 |
| coletek.org | 7% | 9 |
| kurl.com.au | 7% | 8 |
| drapp.com.au | 5% | 8 |
| rb.com.au | 5% | 8 |
| digitallinked.com.au | 3% | 6 |
| Source | Share | Links |
|---|---|---|
| hunterwebs.com.au | 43% | 81 |
| castleit.com.au | 22% | 26 |
| smikteck.com.au | 13% | 15 |
| jaegersoft.com.au | 10% | 12 |
| 13labs.au | 8% | 10 |
| peritusdigital.com.au | 8% | 12 |
| adept-it.com.au | 7% | 8 |
| clickk.com.au | 7% | 8 |
| drapp.com.au | 7% | 8 |
| muswellbrookchamberofcommerce.com.au | 5% | 6 |
One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: hunterwebs.com.au tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.
What to do with your row
Most recommendedTop 3 on an engine
Open your full report, then take the “Top 3 in AI answers” badge. It names the engine, it links back here, and it is free. Then keep the spot: Findrix tracks all three engines for your company and tells you when a rival moves in.
MentionedNamed, not recommended
Findrix shows you, answer by answer, who took the recommendation instead of you and which sites got them there. Your site becomes a numbered list of edits, and the next scan confirms each one.
Not namedMissing from all 180 answers
Findrix runs your buyers’ questions for your company and shows what AI says instead of you, with every wrong fact and the correction written for you.
What “Top 3 in AI answers” means
A company gets the badge when it is in the top 3 on any single engine, by how many of that engine’s answers recommend it, not just name it. The badge names the engine, so a company can hold it on Gemini and not on ChatGPT. In the Hunter Valley that is HunterWebs, Hunter V Digital and Appello Software on ChatGPT. HunterWebs, Jaegersoft and CastleIT on Gemini. HunterWebs, Jaegersoft and CastleIT on Google AI Mode. 9 badges, 5 companies. A badge holder confirms its website inside the report and puts the badge on its site, and it links back to this page.
The 60 questions we asked
Every company was measured against the same 60 questions, asked the way a buyer types them, with no company name in the question. Grouped by how the question is asked: four kinds.
Use case (the job is named)
2 questions
- Our foster care agency holds children's case files, so which custom software development companies in Port Stephens are used to protecting information that sensitive?
- Who are the app developers in the Upper Hunter that have built booking and invoicing for water cartage businesses?
Alternatives (excluding the well-known)
the question asks for options outside the market leaders9 questions
- Can you name custom software developers in the Lower Hunter who build production and stock records for boutique cheese and chocolate makers?
- Are there custom software development companies in the Hunter Valley that will build for the tablets we already own instead of selling us new ones?
- Can you name custom software development companies in the Lower Hunter that can deploy on our own servers instead of the cloud?
+ 6 more questions in this group.
Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)
a plain category question with one qualifier3 questions
- Our committee approved one set amount for this app, so which software developers in the Hunter Valley will build to a fixed price that doesn't move?
- Our farm machinery parts app needs small fixes now and then, so which software developers in the Hunter Valley have support plans that let unused hours carry over to the next month?
- Which app developers in Port Stephens are rated highly by businesses that supply the defence base?
Other phrasing
46 questions
- Our new mountain bike park opens in two months and riders will need day passes on their phones, so which app development companies in the Lower Hunter could build that in time?
- Which custom software development companies in Maitland train up local graduates rather than outsourcing the work?
- Our community transport service books rides for seniors over the phone, so which app developers in the Lower Hunter could build a booking app with large text and a one-tap button to call us?
+ 43 more questions in this group.
How we measure
Each of the 60 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 180 answers. We read every answer and record which companies it names. A company’s share is the part of answers that name it. Different spellings of one company are merged into one row.
Left out: companies outside the Hunter Valley, and names that aren’t custom software development companies. A name AI gave without a website we could find is listed without a profile.
One run per question means a single answer moves a company at the bottom of the table by a point. Treat differences of 1 to 2% as noise and the top 20 as stable.
One email when the next run moves this list: who entered, who left, where you stand. No newsletter.
Questions about this ranking
Why isn’t my company listed?
Either no engine named it in the 180 answers we read, or it was named and we could not match it to a website. Search the list above. If it was named, its full report is ready and you can add the website from there. If it was never named, Findrix shows what AI says when buyers ask about custom software development companies, which rivals it names instead, and a ranked list of fixes: the page, the edit, and the next scan ticks it off. It starts with the 7-day trial.
What is in the full report?
Everything we collected about the company: its position on each of ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode, recommended or only mentioned, its average position in the answer and what AI says about it word for word. It opens after a quick login, free, for anyone. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.
Why would I subscribe if I am already listed?
This page is one snapshot. Findrix is where you control and grow your AI visibility over time: your own question set, 60 to 180 questions by plan, tracked for you and your rivals. On every answer you see recommended, only mentioned, or a rival, and which sites earned that rival the spot. Wrong facts come with the correction email written for you. Your site becomes a numbered plan: which page, what to change, confirmed by the next scan. A PDF report for you and your team. It starts with the 7-day trial.
Can I correct or remove my company’s listing?
Use Request a correction at the bottom of the page: we check the change against the answers and fix the listing. Sign in with an email on the company’s domain to open its full report. For anything else, write to us there too and we will look at it against your website.
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