Kiosk software: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank kiosk software by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Kiosk software used to lock down devices, power self-service experiences, run check-in workflows, and manage unattended screens across retail and service environments. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Scalefusion dominates the kiosk software AI visibility landscape with a composite score of 32.5, compared to the category average of 1.2% visibility and 8.1% citation. No other brand holds any measured visibility percentage at all. Scalefusion's 25% visibility and 50% citation rate together create a gap so wide that the second-ranked brands, Hexnode and Esper, each score just 7.5 composite with zero visibility. This concentration in a single brand is an unusual structural feature of this category.
Hexnode and Esper both carry 25% citation rates yet hold zero visibility, revealing a clear divergence between being named in AI responses and being treated as a trusted source. KioWare presents the sharpest inversion: its citation rate rose by 12.5 points in the current period while its visibility fell by 12.5 points, meaning AI responses reference it without surfacing it prominently. Intuiface and Hexnode both lost 12.5 points of visibility with no offsetting citation gain, suggesting a net retreat from AI awareness.
Google AI Mode is the recorded top engine for every brand in this dataset, indicating the audit is anchored entirely on that single engine with no Perplexity or ChatGPT signal captured here. Among cited sources, blog.scalefusion.com appears alongside community.spiceworks.com, kioskindustry.org, youtube.com, and reddit.com, pointing to a mix of owned brand content and third-party community or trade sources. The presence of kioskbuddy.app and touchwall.us suggests AI is pulling from niche, domain-specific properties rather than broad software review platforms.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility fallers
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Hexnode 12% → 0% · rank #2 → #2-12pp
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Intuiface 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #4-12pp
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KioWare 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #5-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
scalefusion.com
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25% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Scalefusion holds the only non-zero visibility in the category at 25%, with a 50% citation rate that is more than six times the 8.1% category average. |
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| 2 |
hexnode.com
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Hexnode sits at rank 2 with a 25% citation rate but zero visibility, and has lost 12.5 points of both visibility and citation versus the prior period. |
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| 3 |
esper.io
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
Esper matches Hexnode with a 25% citation rate and zero visibility, giving it a composite score of 7.5, identical to Hexnode but with no recorded period-over-period change. |
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| 4 |
intuiface.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
Intuiface dropped one rank and lost 12.5 points of visibility with no citation change, leaving it at a 12.5% citation rate and a composite score of 3.8. |
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| 5 |
kioware.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
KioWare gained 12.5 citation points while losing 12.5 visibility points, producing the clearest named-but-not-surfaced pattern among all top-5 brands. |
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| 6 |
42gears.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
optisigns.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
novisign.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
toasttab.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
samsungknox.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
meraki.cisco.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
moki.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
poppulo.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
screencloud.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
sitekiosk.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
touchbistro.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
lavu.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
manageengine.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
raydiant.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
yodeck.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on kiosk software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about kiosk software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in kiosk software?
Scalefusion leads with 25% visibility and a 50% citation rate, giving it a composite score of 32.5. No other brand in the dataset holds any measured visibility percentage.
What is the typical AI visibility level for kiosk software brands?
The category average visibility is just 1.2% and the average citation rate is 8.1%, reflecting extremely low AI surface area across the 20 brands audited.
Which brands are cited by AI but not visibly featured in responses?
Hexnode and Esper each carry 25% citation rates with zero visibility, and KioWare gained citation share while losing all visibility, making all three clear cases of citation without prominence.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for kiosk software research?
The top cited sources include blog.scalefusion.com, kioskindustry.org, community.spiceworks.com, youtube.com, reddit.com, kioskbuddy.app, wavetec.com, and touchwall.us, combining owned brand content with niche trade and community sites.
Which kiosk software brands have lost the most AI visibility recently?
Hexnode, Intuiface, and KioWare each dropped 12.5 visibility points in the current period, with no brand recording a visibility gain during the same window.
Which AI engine is dominant for kiosk software visibility?
Google AI Mode is the recorded top engine for every brand in this audit, with no signal from other engines captured in the dataset.