The most visible customer support tools in Italy, October 2026

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

Leader

Zendesk

51Heralded Score, range 27–70

Where engines disagree most

Help Scout

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– easiware FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Enlivy Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Faveo Helpdesk IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– FlowHunt SK Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– FocalScope SG Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Foqal US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Freshchat IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured 6#20
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Freshservice IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured 5= #22
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Froged ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Gladly US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #43
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  • : Unranked
1% 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 itechguides.com Directory 10.0% 1 of 4 4 6
2 reddit.com Community 8.3% 2 of 4 4 Not read
3 thecxlead.com Unclassified 6.7% 2 of 4 4 Not read
4 youtube.com Social 6.7% 2 of 4 4 Not read
5 dupple.com Media 5.0% 1 of 4 1 9
6 sciencedirect.com Reference 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read
7 agentsrepublic.com Consultancy 3.3% 2 of 4 1 2
8 bitrix24.it Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
9 g2.com Review site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
10 getmacha.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best customer support tools for small support teams English Freshdesk and Intercom, tied
customer support software for teams answering customer questions English Intercom and Zendesk, tied
how can a support team resolve customer questions faster English No brand recommended
how to keep customer support requests from getting lost English Intercom and Zendesk, tied
shared inbox vs help desk software for support teams English Freshdesk, Freshworks, Front, Help Scout, Hiver, Missive and Zendesk, 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