Leader
53Heralded Score, range 49–59
The most visible customer support tools in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
31citations
From ChatGPT
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini 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 | | New entry | 53 , range 49–59 | 53#1 | 53
| 61% | 22% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 48 , range 45–53 | 48#2 | 48
| 48% | 25% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 40 , range 37–44 | 40#3 | 40
| 33% | 20% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 39 , range 36–43 | 39#4 | 39
| 34% | 15% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 34 , range 31–37 | 34#5 | 34
| 23% | 12% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 32 , range 26–35 | 32#6 | 32
| 21% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 29 , range 17–33 | 29#7 | 29
| 16% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 17 , range 9–30 | 17#8 | 17
| 13% | 6% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 11 , range 8–24 | 11#9 | 11
| 11% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 9 , range 6–19 | 9#10 | 9
| 8% | 5% | | 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 | | Directory | 6.2% | 1 of 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | | Social | 5.2% | 2 of 4 | 14 | Not read |
| 3 | | Unclassified | 3.6% | 3 of 4 | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | | Vendor site | 3.8% | 3 of 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | | Community | 3.8% | 2 of 4 | 11 | Not read |
| 6 | | Media | 3.1% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | | Review site | 1.7% | 3 of 4 | 10 | Not read |
| 8 | | Vendor site | 2.6% | 3 of 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | | Consultancy | 1.4% | 1 of 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | | Review site | 2.1% | 1 of 4 | 3 | 18 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| best customer support tools for small support teams | English | |
| customer support software for teams answering customer questions | English | |
| how can a support team resolve customer questions faster | English | No brand recommended |
| how to keep customer support requests from getting lost | English | |
| shared inbox vs help desk software for support teams | English | |
| What’s the best customer support software for support teams? | English | |
| What customer support tools are best for small teams? | English | |
| How can a support team respond to customers faster? | English | |
| How can I manage customer requests without missing any messages? | English | |
| Should a small team offer customer support by email or chat? | English | No brand recommended |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
Freshdesk
- 2
Zendesk
- 3
Help Scout
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
Google AI Overviews
ChatGPT
Related leaderboards
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.