The most visible marketing automation tools in Germany, October 2026

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

Leader

HubSpot

61Heralded Score, range 28–74

Most cited source

youtube.com

16citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Mailchimp

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Acoustic Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Act-On US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Actito Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ActiveTrail Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Acumbamail ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Adobe Marketo US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 45#9
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  • : Unranked
4% 2% First reading
– Apteco Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Attentive US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 3= #27
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– AWeber US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 25#17
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  • : Unranked
2% 1% None First reading
– beehiiv US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #37
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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 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
11 smartmail.io Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 1 2
12 adsby.co Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
13 advertal.de Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
14 brandreach.at Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
15 businesswith.com Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
16 capterra.com Review site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 cizaconsulting.de Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 cleverpush.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 clicks.digital Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 clickup.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 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