The most visible CRM tools 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

HubSpot

81Heralded Score, range 78–83

Most cited source

youtube.com

98citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

They agree

Every engine names the same top three.

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
– Veeva US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– vtenext IT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Wice CRM DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– work4all DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Workbooks GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– YellowBox CRM FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Youday CRM FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Zarina CRM Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Zimplu CRM RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 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
1 youtube.com Social 13.1% 2 of 4 60 Not read
2 reddit.com Community 7.9% 3 of 4 25 7
3 linkedin.com Social 3.6% 2 of 4 18 Not read
4 techradar.com Media 4.3% 4 of 4 7 11
5 hackceleration.com Consultancy 3.3% 4 of 4 2 6
6 axisconsulting.io Consultancy 3.1% 3 of 4 1 9
7 airtable.com Community 1.9% 2 of 4 6 1
8 slack.com Vendor site 2.9% 2 of 4 1 8
9 europa.eu Regulator 0.7% 1 of 4 9 Not read
10 bedrijfssoftwaregids.nl Review site 1.4% 1 of 4 3 15

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
E-mails en spreadsheets of een CRM voor kleine salesteams? Dutch HubSpot and Pipedrive, tied
Alternatieven voor spreadsheets om leads bij te houden Dutch HubSpot and Pipedrive, tied
Alternatieven voor het handmatig bijhouden van klanten voor kleine bedrijven Dutch HubSpot
Ik heb een bedrijf met vijf medewerkers. Welk CRM kan ik gebruiken om mijn klanten te beheren? Dutch Pipedrive
Ik geef leiding aan een salesteam van drie personen en wil dat we onze contacten bijhouden. Dutch HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho CRM, tied
best crm software for small business sales teams English HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho CRM, tied
crm tools for independent consultants to track client relationships English HubSpot and Pipedrive, tied
how can a small business keep track of customer conversations English Freshsales, HubSpot, Intercom and Pipedrive, tied
how to follow up with sales leads before they go cold English HubSpot and Salesforce, tied
spreadsheets vs crm software for small sales teams English HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho CRM, tied

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