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The most visible CRM tools, October 2026

October 2026 · 12 questions asked in English, worldwide · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 96 answers read

Leader

HubSpot

89%of answers name it

Most cited source

salesforce.com

40citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Pipedrive

2/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Keap US Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– Kustomer US Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– Less Annoying CRM US Too few answers 1% 1% First reading
– Medians CRM AI-Powered Laravel System Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– Meta CRM Too few answers 2% 1% None First reading
– noCRM.io FR Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– Odoo BE Too few answers 2% 0% None First reading
– OnePageCRM IE Too few answers 1% 0% None First reading
– SugarCRM US Too few answers 0% 0% First reading
– SuperOffice NO Too few answers 1% 1% 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. 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
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12 pipelinecrm.com Brand site 6.3% 4 of 4 2 5
13 uschamber.com Unclassified 7.3% 3 of 4 4 3
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15 gartner.com Industry authority 4.2% 1 of 4 2 2
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19 zoominfo.com Vendor site 5.2% 3 of 4 2 3
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The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
CRM software with the best support English HubSpot
which CRM software do experts recommend English HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Zoho CRM, tied

Each engine's top three

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.

How the leaderboards are measured