The most visible conversational AI platforms in Europe, October 2026

October 2026 · 105 questions asked from 7 countries · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 420 answers read

Leader

Zendesk AI

42Heralded Score, range 39–46

Most cited source

youtube.com

62citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Botpress

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, not on Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Inbenta ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Netomi US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Sinch Chatlayer BE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– WotNot IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Yellow.ai IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. 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
11 gartner.com Industry authority 1.7% 2 of 4 9 Not read
12 edesk.com Vendor site 1.7% 3 of 4 8 Not read
13 europa.eu Regulator 0.7% 1 of 4 9 Not read
14 facebook.com Social 1.4% 1 of 4 8 Not read
15 nber.org Reference 1.2% 1 of 4 3 Not read
16 ssrn.com Reference 1.4% 1 of 4 3 Not read
17 interceptofflorida.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 aerochat.ai Vendor site 1.4% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 callcenterstudio.com Vendor site 1.4% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 omnichat.ai Vendor site 1.4% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Was kann ein Support-Team nutzen, um Kundenfragen per KI-Chat zu beantworten? German Cognigy, Fin AI Agent and Zendesk AI, tied
Welche Plattform hilft einem Unternehmen dabei, einen Chatbot für Kundengespräche aufzubauen? German Botpress and Zendesk AI, tied
Was sollte ein Onlineshop nutzen, um Kundenchats automatisch zu bearbeiten? German No brand recommended
Wie kann ein Unternehmen KI-Chat in seinen Kundenservice integrieren? German No brand recommended
Wie baue ich einen Chatbot, der Fragen zu unseren Produkten beantworten kann? German Chatbase
Wie können wir verhindern, dass Kundenchats außerhalb der Geschäftszeiten unbeantwortet bleiben? German No brand recommended
Wie bringe ich einem KI-Chatbot bei, Fragen anhand unseres Hilfe-Centers zu beantworten? German No brand recommended
Wie kann ein Support-Team komplexe Chats vom Bot an einen Mitarbeitenden übergeben? German Zendesk AI
Sollten wir einen KI-Chatbot für Vertrieb und Support nutzen oder getrennte Bots? German No brand recommended
Was funktioniert im Kundenservice besser: ein KI-Chatbot oder ein skriptbasierter Bot? German No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, 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.

How the leaderboards are measured