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
– Zymplify 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
11 medium.com Community 2.4% 2 of 4 8 2
12 apollo.io Vendor site 1.4% 3 of 4 8 Not read
13 glean.com Vendor site 2.4% 1 of 4 1 12
14 monday.com Vendor site 1.9% 3 of 4 7 Not read
15 attio.com Vendor site 1.0% 1 of 4 4 Not read
16 facebook.com Social 1.9% 1 of 4 7 Not read
17 growthwayadvertising.com Consultancy 1.9% 3 of 4 1 Not read
18 cnil.fr Regulator 1.0% 1 of 4 3 Not read
19 indeed.com Directory 1.7% 1 of 4 2 2
20 rbrandr.com Consultancy 1.4% 2 of 4 2 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Welche Marketing-Automation-Tools eignen sich am besten für kleine Teams? German ActiveCampaign, Brevo and HubSpot, tied
Wie können Marketingteams E-Mail-Kampagnen automatisieren? German Brevo
Wie kann ein Marketingteam E-Mails basierend auf den Aktionen von Kunden versenden? German HubSpot
Wie kann ich Leads vom ersten Kontakt bis zum Verkaufsabschluss nachverfolgen? German HubSpot
Sind für kleine Unternehmen manuelle E-Mail-Kampagnen oder Automatisierung besser? German No brand recommended
Ist es für B2B-Teams besser, Leads in Tabellen oder mithilfe von Automatisierung zu verwalten? German No brand recommended
Welche Alternativen zum manuellen E-Mail-Versand gibt es für kleine Teams? German Brevo
Welche Alternativen zu Tabellen gibt es, um Leads in B2B-Unternehmen nachzuverfolgen? German HubSpot
Ich führe ein kleines Unternehmen und möchte E-Mails automatisieren, ohne dafür einen technischen Spezialisten zu brauchen. German Brevo and MailerLite, tied
Ich bin für das Marketing in einem B2B-Unternehmen verantwortlich und brauche eine Möglichkeit, Leads nachzuverfolgen. German 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