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Retirement and IRA providers · United States

Ascensus

Rank#8Top 11%of 74 tracked

Updated 2026-10-08

Brand Visibility

31.8%

Prompt Coverage

33%

AI Sub-Searches

Query fan-outs

Total Mentions

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What AI Says About Ascensus

Real AI response mentioning Ascensus — captured live from Gemini Search.

In response to: “Which providers offer the best Solo 401(k) for self-employed people in the US?”

…allow loans or Mega Backdoor Roth contributions. Best for: Existing Schwab clients looking to keep all business and personal accounts under one roof. (Note on Vanguard: Vanguard transitioned and sold its Individual 401(k) business to Ascensus. Ascensus charges annual administrative/fund fees and has received mixed reviews, so opening a new Solo 401(k) directly with Vanguard is no longer an option.) --- Category 2: Best Paid / Self-Directed Providers (Advanced Strategies &

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Prompts Tracked in Retirement and IRA providers

AI Rankia runs these exact prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude & more to build this ranking.

“What are the best companies to open a Roth IRA with in the US?”

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“Which retirement plan providers are considered the best in the US?”

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“Which are the top-rated providers for a SEP IRA in the United States?”

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Each prompt fans out into dozens of AI sub-searches —never miss the semantic gaps ↓

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AI Model Breakdown

How often each AI search engine recommends Ascensus.

Strongest AI Model

Gemini Search — mentioned in 21% of prompts

Gemini Search

21%3 prompts

Google AI Mode

21%

ChatGPT Search

14%

Google AI Overviews

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Nearby Competitors

Brands ranked closest to Ascensus in AI search visibility.

Betterment45.4%

Schwab44.8%

Wealthfront38.5%

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Prompts Mentioning Ascensus

The exact buyer questions where AI recommends Ascensus.

Pro

Which providers offer the best Solo 401(k) for self-employed people in the US?

Gemini Search90% vis

Who are the best 403(b) providers in the United States?

Google AI Mode90% vis

Which 401(k) providers are best for small businesses in the US?

Gemini Search75% vis

Who are the best providers for a SIMPLE IRA in the United States?

Google AI Overviews75% vis

Which providers offer the best Solo 401(k) for self-employed people in the US?

ChatGPT Search70% vis

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Citation Sources

Domains AI models cite when recommending Ascensus.

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google.comGoogle AI Overviews

77citations

www.investopedia.comGoogle AI Mode

12citations

www.nerdwallet.comGoogle AI Mode

11citations

google.comGoogle AI Overviews

8citations

www.stockbrokers.comGoogle AI Mode

7citations

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Citation URLs

Specific pages AI links to when answering retirement and ira providers questions.

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www.nerdwallet.com/retirement/best/roth-ira-accountsGoogle AI Mode · 5 citations

www.cnbc.com/select/best-ira-accountsGoogle AI Mode · 5 citations

admin316.com/largest-401k-administratorsGoogle AI Mode · 5 citations

www.investopedia.com/the-best-self-directed-ira-companies-11706224Google AI Mode · 4 citations

www.investopedia.com/the-best-solo-401k-companies-11705501Google AI Mode · 4 citations

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Query Fan-Out Intelligence

Every prompt fans out into dozens of sub-searches across AI models — covering every semantic angle a buyer might take. Miss one, and a competitor ranks instead.

63 sub-searches found

#	AI Sub-Search Query	Count	% Share
1	best self directed ira custodians	1	33.3%
2	best SIMPLE IRA providers small business	1	33.3%
3	best solo 401k providers	1	33.3%

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When AI recommends a retirement and ira providers brand, it doesn't just pick a name — it silently runs 63 sub-searchesacross Google to find corroborating evidence. Brands that rank for those queries get cited. Brands that don't, get skipped.

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About Ascensus's AI Search Visibility

This ranking is powered by the AI Rankia Universal Brand Index (UBI) — a system that sends real buyer queries to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, Claude, Grok, and Google AI Mode, then measures which retirement and ira providers each model recommends. Rankings are updated regularly as AI models evolve.

Ascensus achieved a prompt coverage of 33% — appearing in 5 of 15 tracked buyer queries — with an AI visibility score of 31.8%, placing them #8 of 74 retirement and ira providers in United States.

Ascensus's strongest AI model is Gemini Search, cited in 21% of relevant prompts. Their weakest is Google AI Overviews at 7% — an opportunity to improve citations on that platform.

Seeing this ranking is step one. AI Rankia is the autonomous AI-visibility platform that acts on it— where read-only tools (Profound, Otterly, Semrush) just hand you a report, AI Rankia's agents publish the content AI cites, deploy the schema, llms.txt and internal links straight to your live site, buy the links AI already trusts for your competitors, and prove the citation lift against a control. Its Get Cited PR toolkit finds the journalists and creators who cover retirement and ira providers and automates the whole outreach — discover contacts, AI-write each pitch, send from your Gmail and track replies. Switch on autopilot and the agents run the entire loop end to end, every day — Monitor → Get Cited → Content Hub → AI Links — or take full manual control of every article, prompt, schema tag and link. Built for the teams that own retirement and ira providers visibility: agencies reporting to clients, and brands who want to move up this ranking instead of just watching it.

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