The most visible marketing automation tools in Netherlands, October 2026

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

Leader

HubSpot

62Heralded Score, range 30–73

Most cited source

youtube.com

6citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Mailchimp

2/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
11 Zoho Marketing Automation IN New entry 4 , range 1–23 6#10 0= #29
4
  • : score 4 · #11
4% 1% First reading
12 ConvertKit US New entry 1 , range 1–14 2#12 0= #29
1
  • : score 1 · #12
2% 0% First reading
– Acoustic Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Act-On US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 1= #24
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% First reading
– Actito Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ActiveTrail Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Acumbamail ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Adobe Marketo US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 9#7
–
  • : Unranked
2% 1% First reading
– Apteco Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Attentive US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #29
–
  • : 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 appwiki.nl Directory 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
12 automatevia.com Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 1 5
13 bit-integrations.com Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 1 10
14 cloudigy.nl Consultancy 3.3% 2 of 4 1 6
15 cloudtalk.io Vendor site 3.3% 2 of 4 2 Not read
16 delahayesolutions.com Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 1 5
17 dtchdigitals.com Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 1 8
18 dupple.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
19 fitsmallbusiness.com Media 3.3% 1 of 4 1 13
20 indeed.com Directory 3.3% 1 of 4 1 2

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best marketing automation tools for small business marketing teams English ActiveCampaign, Brevo, HubSpot and Klaviyo, tied
automate email campaigns for small business marketing teams English ActiveCampaign, Brevo, HubSpot, Klaviyo and Mailchimp, tied
how can a small business send the right message to each customer English HubSpot and Mailchimp, tied
how to follow up with leads without sending each email by hand English ActiveCampaign and Mailchimp, tied
automated email campaigns vs manual email campaigns for small businesses English No brand recommended

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