The most visible marketing automation 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

61Heralded Score, range 55–66

Most cited source

youtube.com

74citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Brevo

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

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
– SugarCRM US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Systeme.io Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Teenvío Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Ternair Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– theMarketer RO Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Twilio SendGrid US Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– VerticalResponse Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– VOXmail Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Webmecanik Automation FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Xtremepush 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 10.5% 2 of 4 57 Not read
2 linkedin.com Social 7.1% 2 of 4 29 Not read
3 pipedrive.com Vendor site 5.5% 4 of 4 16 1
4 zapier.com Vendor site 4.5% 3 of 4 15 8
5 reddit.com Community 4.8% 3 of 4 18 Not read
6 toolradar.com Review site 4.3% 1 of 4 5 26
7 fitsmallbusiness.com Media 3.6% 1 of 4 2 13
8 europa.eu Regulator 2.1% 1 of 4 8 Not read
9 ico.org.uk Regulator 1.2% 1 of 4 7 Not read
10 insiderone.com Vendor site 2.9% 3 of 4 4 20

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Quels sont les meilleurs outils d’automatisation marketing pour les petites équipes ? French ActiveCampaign, Brevo, HubSpot and Mailchimp, tied
Comment les équipes marketing peuvent-elles automatiser leurs campagnes d’e-mails ? French Brevo and Mailchimp, tied
Comment une équipe marketing peut-elle envoyer des e-mails en fonction des actions des clients ? French No brand recommended
Comment suivre des prospects du premier contact jusqu’à la vente ? French HubSpot
Pour une petite entreprise, vaut-il mieux envoyer des campagnes d’e-mails manuellement ou les automatiser ? French Mailchimp
Pour une équipe B2B, vaut-il mieux suivre les prospects dans des tableurs ou utiliser un outil d’automatisation ? French HubSpot
Quelles solutions existe-t-il pour éviter d’envoyer des e-mails manuellement quand on a une petite équipe ? French HubSpot
Quelles alternatives aux tableurs existe-t-il pour suivre les prospects dans une entreprise B2B ? French HubSpot
Je dirige une petite entreprise et je veux automatiser mes e-mails sans avoir besoin d’un spécialiste technique. French Brevo
Je suis responsable marketing dans une entreprise B2B et je cherche un moyen de suivre les prospects. French HubSpot

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