The most visible CRM tools 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

HubSpot

79Heralded Score, range 71–85

Where engines disagree most

Teamleader

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, 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
1 HubSpot US New entry 79 , range 71–85 79#1
79
  • : score 79 · #1
92% 46% None First reading
2 Pipedrive US New entry 75 , range 64–83 75#2
75
  • : score 75 · #2
80% 46% None First reading
3 Zoho CRM IN New entry 48 , range 39–63 48#3
48
  • : score 48 · #3
44% 28% None First reading
4 Teamleader BE New entry 35 , range 23–45 35#4
35
  • : score 35 · #4
24% 14% None First reading
5 Salesforce US New entry 31 , range 9–40 31#5
31
  • : score 31 · #5
20% 8% None First reading
6 Salesflare BE New entry 23 , range 7–37 23#6
23
  • : score 23 · #6
17% 5% None First reading
7 monday CRM IL New entry 10 , range 4–34 10#7
10
  • : score 10 · #7
11% 4% None First reading
8 Freshsales US New entry 8 , range 3–33 8#8
8
  • : score 8 · #8
8% 5% None First reading
9 folk FR New entry 7 , range 3–32 7#9
7
  • : score 7 · #9
8% 4% None First reading
10 Simplicate NL New entry 6 , range 2–31 6#10
6
  • : score 6 · #10
7% 3% 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

No answer cited a source of this type (Reference).

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Wat is de beste CRM-software voor kleine bedrijven? Dutch HubSpot and Pipedrive, tied
Klantrelatiebeheer voor kleine bedrijven Dutch HubSpot, Odoo, Pipedrive, Teamleader, YouBaze CRM and Zoho CRM, tied
Hoe kan een klein bedrijf gesprekken met klanten bijhouden? Dutch HubSpot
Hoe voorkom ik dat ik leads kwijtraak na het eerste contact? Dutch No brand recommended
Handmatige verkoopregistratie of een CRM voor kleine teams? Dutch Pipedrive
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

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