AI Rankings · Web design and development agencies · Gold Coast
Best web design and development agencies in Gold Coast, according to AI (October 2026)
We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode 80 questions a buyer in Gold Coast types when looking for web design and development agencies. The engines named 220 companies in Gold Coast. Thrive Web Design is named most often, in 30% of answers, followed by Five by Five (18%) and Gold Coast Websites (12%). 33 are named by all three engines.
The full list is below, ranked by how consistently each company is named.
80 buyer questions
239 answers read
3 engines
All 220 companies AI names in Gold Coast
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 239, one engine’s 80 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.
Before an engine names a company, it reads the web. These are the sites each engine cited most in its 79 answers for Gold Coast, by the share of answers citing them.
ChatGPT
209 domains · 792 links overall
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fivebyfive.com.au
11%
26
spraymedia.com.au
10%
18
thriveweb.com.au
9%
20
tropixel.com.au
8%
21
localsearch.com.au
6%
12
goldcoastwebsites.com.au
6%
13
balarmediagroup.com.au
6%
19
e-cbd.com.au
6%
12
redfoxwebdesign.com.au
6%
16
gcds.com.au
6%
12
Gemini
58 domains · 300 links overall
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thriveweb.com.au
15%
37
fivebyfive.com.au
9%
20
7thvision.com.au
6%
16
spraymedia.com.au
5%
12
coralcreative.com.au
4%
12
sitelabs.com.au
4%
6
goldcoastwebsites.com.au
3%
8
rebelagency.com.au
3%
3
websitebuilderbrisbane.com.au
3%
4
webdesigncollective.com.au
3%
4
Google AI Mode
119 domains · 732 links overall
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thriveweb.com.au
16%
27
goldcoastwebsites.com.au
14%
28
fivebyfive.com.au
11%
26
goldcoastgraphicdesign.com.au
8%
16
webeasy.com.au
6%
12
michaelsherry.com.au
6%
10
titanblue.com.au
5%
8
rb.com.au
5%
6
rhysdyson.au
5%
8
coralcreative.com.au
5%
8
One thing stands out. ChatGPT cites company sites directly: fivebyfive.com.au tops its list, so a company’s own pages decide whether it is named.
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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 Gold Coast that is Thrive Web Design, Five by Five and Creative Ground Web Design on ChatGPT. Thrive Web Design, Five by Five and 7thVision Web Design on Gemini. Thrive Web Design, Five by Five and Gold Coast Websites 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 80 questions we asked
Every company was measured against the same 80 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)
3 questions
I want one fixed price for the job and no hourly billing, which web design and development agencies in Southport work that way?
We launch a limited release at 9pm Thursday, which web developers in Tweed Heads will pick up the phone after hours if the site falls over?
Which web design companies in Burleigh Heads will meet face to face at every stage of the project, not just the first chat?
Alternatives (excluding the well-known)
the question asks for options outside the market leaders11 questions
Which independent web designers in Burleigh Heads have worked with meal prep and health food businesses?
Who are the boutique web design and development agencies in Tweed Heads that a retirement village operator should talk to?
Looking for independent website designers around Runaway Bay who've worked with local cafes and small retail shops.
+ 8 more questions in this group.
Criterion (price, reviews, support, integration)
a plain category question with one qualifier10 questions
Can you suggest web designers on the Gold Coast who quote a flat price up front for a five page website?
Need a basic one page site for my pool cleaning business, which website designer around Nerang does cheap and cheerful?
I'm starting a party hire business from home in Coomera on a tiny budget, which web designers there would build a simple site for me?
+ 7 more questions in this group.
Other phrasing
56 questions
Our booking page crashed on the first day of the school holidays and I need web developers in Surfers Paradise who can fix it today.
Our ticket page is charging people twice on our busiest weekend, can you point me to a web design firm on the Gold Coast that can fix it this morning?
Do any web design companies in Nerang let you pay in stages as each part of the site is signed off?
+ 53 more questions in this group.
How we measure
Each of the 80 questions was asked once to ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode in October 2026: 239 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 Gold Coast, and names that aren’t web design and development agencies. 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.
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Questions about this ranking
Why isn’t my company listed?
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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 is free and open to anyone, no login. The “Top 3 in AI answers” badge goes on the company’s site when any engine puts it in its top 3.
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