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Tide

Latest three-month snapshot through 2026-07-21 · 1 wave. Use the controls above to change the window.

83%share of voice · 99 of 120 recommendation answers
39%named first in recommendation answers
75%positive tone · 418 of 559 coded mentions

Laundry Detergent · 1 wave · n=120 answers, pooled

By model

How often each model brings the brand up in recommendation answers.

modelshare of voiceanswers
ChatGPT68%27 of 40
Claude98%39 of 40
Gemini83%33 of 40

Share of recommendations over time

Wave-by-wave share of recommendation answers that named this brand.

waveshare of voiceanswerschange
2026-07-2183%99 of 120

In their words

558 exact quoted mentions in this snapshot, grouped by coded tone. Recent quotes are deduplicated and mixed across models.

What they recommend

“best-selling detergent in the U.S. for decades and performs like a champ in most cases”
Claude · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“you'd want to swap to Tide Free & Gentle or another fragrance-free alternative”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“absolutely worth it if you or someone in your family has sensitive skin, eczema, or allergies, but you still want your clothes to actually get clean”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“impressed testers with its stellar ability to remove body oils and did a solid job cleaning dirt, blood, and grass stains”
Claude · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“A middle ground: typically more cleaning power than budget detergents but much cheaper than regular Tide or Persil.”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent

Where they hedge

“Tide Ultra Oxi is a premium detergent”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“close to Tide or other premium detergents”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“reasonably close in price to Persil Free & Sensitive”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“cheaper, though much less concentrated, alternative”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“you can add a water softener like Borax or Washing Soda instead of pouring more expensive Tide”
Claude · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent

What they warn about

“it lacks many of the enzymes found in original Tide. Many users find they have to use more detergent or wash clothes twice to get them clean, which can end up erasing the savings.”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“Avoid Tide Simply (which lacks the necessary enzymes)”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“Pods are the priciest option per load. If budget matters, skip them unless the convenience is worth an extra $0.15–$0.30 per load to you”
Claude · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“buy the smallest bottle of a store brand—such as Great Value Ultimate Fresh—rather than pods or premium Tide/Gain”
ChatGPT · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent
“Do not buy this. Tide Simply is stripped of almost all the stain-”
Gemini · 2026-07-21 · Laundry Detergent

The substitution map

Which competitors models suggest when shoppers ask for something cheaper.

Named as cheaper alternatives to Tide
  • ARM & HAMMER ×13
  • Kirkland Signature Ultra Clean ×12
  • All Free Clear ×7
  • Purex ×5
  • Up & Up ×4
  • Amazon Basics Free & Clear ×4
  • ECOS Free & Clear ×4
  • Kirkland Signature Ultra Clean Pacs ×4
Tide suggested as the cheaper alternative to
  • persil ×7
  • persil proclean ×5
  • kirkland signature ultra clean ×5
  • purex ×4
  • seventh generation free & clear ×2
  • persil proclean sensitive skin ×2
  • tide ultra oxi ×2
  • arm & hammer ×1

Method: fixed shopper questions asked repeatedly to Claude, OpenAI GPT and Gemini with web search on. Shares are the percentage of recommendation answers mentioning the brand. Quotes are AI outputs; full transcripts are kept as receipts.