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
1 HubSpot US New entry 61 , range 55–66 61#1
61
  • : score 61 · #1
65% 30% First reading
2 Mailchimp US New entry 46 , range 43–50 46#2
46
  • : score 46 · #2
48% 18% First reading
3 Brevo FR New entry 45 , range 42–49 45#3
45
  • : score 45 · #3
38% 26% First reading
4 ActiveCampaign US New entry 43 , range 40–47 43#4
43
  • : score 43 · #4
39% 19% First reading
5 MailerLite LT New entry 32 , range 27–35 32#5
32
  • : score 32 · #5
19% 12% First reading
6 Klaviyo US New entry 32 , range 26–35 32#6
32
  • : score 32 · #6
19% 10% First reading
7 Omnisend LT New entry 10 , range 7–22 10#7
10
  • : score 10 · #7
9% 6% First reading
8 Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Agentforce) US New entry 8 , range 6–13 8#8
8
  • : score 8 · #8
12% 0% First reading
9 Salesforce Account Engagement US New entry 7 , range 6–11 7#9
7
  • : score 7 · #9
11% 0% First reading
10 Zoho Marketing Automation IN New entry 3 , range 2–5 3#10
3
  • : score 3 · #10
3% 1% 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
Quali sono i migliori strumenti di marketing automation per i piccoli team? Italian ActiveCampaign and Brevo, tied
Come possono i team di marketing automatizzare le campagne email? Italian Brevo and Klaviyo, tied
Come può un team marketing inviare email in base alle azioni dei clienti? Italian Klaviyo
Come posso monitorare i lead dal primo contatto fino alla vendita? Italian No brand recommended
Per le piccole imprese, è meglio inviare email manualmente o automatizzare le campagne? Italian No brand recommended
Per i team B2B, è meglio monitorare i lead con i fogli di calcolo o usare l’automazione? Italian HubSpot
Quali alternative ci sono all’invio manuale delle email per i piccoli team? Italian Brevo and Mailchimp, tied
Quali alternative ai fogli di calcolo ci sono per monitorare i lead nelle aziende B2B? Italian ActiveCampaign, Freshworks and HubSpot, tied
Gestisco una piccola impresa e vorrei automatizzare le email senza dovermi rivolgere a uno specialista tecnico. Italian Brevo and Mailchimp, tied
Mi occupo di marketing in un’azienda B2B e ho bisogno di un modo per monitorare i lead. Italian 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