The most visible conversational AI platforms in Netherlands, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Netherlands in Dutch and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Zendesk AI

29Heralded Score, range 21–58

Most cited source

openai.com

6citations

From ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

HubSpot Service Hub

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 Zendesk AI DK New entry 29 , range 21–58 40#1 10#2
29
  • : score 29 · #1
28% 5% None First reading
2 Fin AI Agent US New entry 23 , range 18–55 36#2 0= #19
23
  • : score 23 · #2
20% 6% None First reading
3 Tidio US New entry 19 , range 5–50 28#3 2= #13
19
  • : score 19 · #3
11% 4% None First reading
4 Watermelon NL New entry 10 , range 3–48 12#4 6#5
10
  • : score 10 · #4
8% 3% None First reading
5 Salesforce Service Cloud US New entry 8 , range 1–43 4#9 14#1
8
  • : score 8 · #5
5% 0% None First reading
6 Botpress CA New entry 7 , range 2–47 9#5 4= #8
7
  • : score 7 · #6
8% 2% None First reading
7 HubSpot Service Hub US New entry 5 , range 1–45 6#8 3= #10
5
  • : score 5 · #7
6% 0% None First reading
8 Voiceflow CA New entry 4 , range 2–45 6#6 0= #19
4
  • : score 4 · #8
6% 0% None First reading
9 Trengo NL New entry 4 , range 1–46 6#7 0= #19
4
  • : score 4 · #9
4% 1% None First reading
10 Crisp FR New entry 4 , range 1–42 4#10 3= #10
4
  • : score 4 · #10
4% 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 and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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 openai.com Vendor site 5.0% 1 of 4 6 Not read
2 shopify.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 4 Not read
3 gorgias.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
4 atlassian.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
5 bconnect.chat Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
6 chatreact.ai Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
7 interceptofflorida.com Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 1 Not read
8 vesqia.ai Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
9 adobe.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
10 aerochat.ai Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Can one conversational AI platform handle website chat and messaging? English Fin AI Agent
How does an AI chatbot compare with adding more live support agents? English No brand recommended
What can replace a manual FAQ for answering customer questions? English No brand recommended
How can we replace a basic website chatbot that cannot answer follow-up questions? English No brand recommended
What can replace agents answering the same customer questions all day? English Fin AI Agent, Freddy AI, Tidio and Zendesk AI, tied

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

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