American B2B brands by AI visibility in their industry on Google AI Mode, October 2026

October 2026 · 36 questions asked in English, worldwide · Google AI Mode · 72 answers read

Most cited source

youtube.com

52citations

From Google AI Mode

Where engines disagree most

Not compared

A list across industries has no engine top three.

Brands

Brand Place in its industry Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
HubSpot US #1 in CRM tools 82 , range 71–90 92% 50% None First reading
Pipedrive US #1 in CRM tools 82 , range 70–90 88% 54% None First reading
Asana US #1 in project management tools 70 , range 47–81 67% 38% First reading
ActiveCampaign US #1 in email marketing tools#7 in CRM tools 47 , range 37–65 40% 29% None First reading
Salesforce US #3 in CRM tools 77 , range 59–86 83% 42% None First reading
Klaviyo US #3 in email marketing tools 68 , range 45–81 54% 46% None First reading
ClickUp US #3 in project management tools 65 , range 44–79 63% 33% None First reading
Smartsheet US #5 in project management tools 43 , range 31–66 42% 17% None First reading
Freshsales US #5 in CRM tools 34 , range 19–50 21% 17% None First reading
beehiiv US #6 in email marketing tools 39 , range 26–60 29% 21% None First reading

This list spans more than one industry, so each brand shows its place in its own. Every brand named in at least three answers is placed. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 icagile.com Reference 1.4% 1 of 4 1 0

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best email marketing software for a e-commerce company English ActiveCampaign and Klaviyo, tied
email marketing software recommendations for a content marketer English beehiiv and Kit, tied
top email marketing software English ActiveCampaign, beehiiv and Klaviyo, tied
how to choose email marketing software English ActiveCampaign
what to look for in email marketing software English No brand recommended
email marketing software for a team of 20 to 200 English ActiveCampaign, HubSpot Marketing Hub and Klaviyo, tied
email marketing software that integrates with Shopify English ActiveCampaign, Klaviyo, Mailchimp and Seguno, tied
email marketing software with GDPR-compliant hosting English No brand recommended
email marketing software for publishing English Kit and Substack, tied
most reliable email marketing software English Constant Contact

Method

Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

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