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The most visible sales engagement tools, October 2026

October 2026 · 12 questions asked in English, worldwide · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 96 answers read

Most cited source

g2.com

33citations

From Google AI Mode, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Apollo

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 Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 Salesloft US 82 , range 76–87 90% 56% None First reading
2 HubSpot Sales Hub US 80 , range 74–86 86% 56% None First reading
3 Outreach US 78 , range 72–84 88% 48% None First reading
4 Apollo US 77 , range 71–83 77% 56% None First reading
5 Salesforce Sales Engagement US 35 , range 30–42 26% 12% None First reading
6 Reply.io CA 31 , range 12–38 17% 11% None First reading
7 lemlist FR 27 , range 9–36 15% 9% None First reading
8 Clari Groove US 27 , range 9–36 14% 10% None First reading
9 Gong US 16 , range 6–33 13% 5% None First reading
10 Mixmax US 11 , range 6–32 13% 3% 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. 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 reddit.com Community 13.5% 2 of 4 7 Not read
2 quora.com Community 1.0% 1 of 4 1 Not read

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
sales engagement software with the best support English Salesloft
which sales engagement software do experts recommend English Apollo, Outreach and Salesloft, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

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