Category
External hard drives
Who AI recommends when asked about external hard drives. 21 brands on the list today.
DriveSavers, Western and Western Digital tie for first, all named in one in five.
- Brands listed
- 21
- Leader
- 3 tied
- DriveSavers, Western, Western Digital
- All on 100.0, listed A to Z
- Lead
- Tied
- Three share first, 100.0
- With 2 others
- Category average
- 45.5
- Average place 4.9
- Across the 21
DriveSavers, Western and Western Digital share the lead. 14 of the 21 are named in only a fifth of answers.
Where each brand lands in the answer, from first place to tenth, and how often it is named at all.
| # | Brand | Place | Named | Score | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1= | DriveSavers | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | B2B |
| 1= | Western | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Media |
| 1= | Western Digital | 1.0 | 20% | 100.0 | Hardware |
| 4= | Ontrack | 2.0 | 20% | 91.3 | B2B |
| 4= | WD | 2.0 | 20% | 91.3 | Hardware |
| 6 | Seagate Backup | 2.6 | 80% | 73.5 | Hardware |
| 7 | WD Black P50 Game Drive | 3.0 | 20% | 64.0 | Hardware |
| 8 | Gillware | 4.0 | 20% | 49.0 | B2B |
| 9 | Samsung | 4.3 | 60% | 45.6 | Hardware |
| 10 | Data Rescue | 5.0 | 20% | 36.0 | B2B |
| 11 | SanDisk SSD | 5.6 | 80% | 29.2 | Hardware |
| 12= | Crucial | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 12= | Kingston | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 12= | Stellar | 6.0 | 20% | 25.0 | Platform |
| 12= | WD Elements | 6.0 | 40% | 25.0 | Hardware |
| 16 | LaCie d2 | 6.2 | 60% | 23.4 | Hardware |
| 17 | G-Technology G-Drive | 6.3 | 60% | 21.8 | Hardware |
| 18 | Secure Data Recovery | 7.0 | 20% | 16.0 | B2B |
| 19 | WD My Passport SSD | 8.0 | 20% | 9.0 | Hardware |
| 20 | LaCie Rugged | 9.0 | 20% | 4.0 | Hardware |
| 21 | ADATA | 10.0 | 20% | 1.0 | Hardware |
= means tied on score
How this list works
AI is asked about external hard drives every day. A brand’s score reflects where it lands in the answers that name it, so 100 means named first every time. Named is the share of answers that mention it at all. Names that fail our checks are counted but not listed.