Leader
69Heralded Score, range 63–72
The most visible sales engagement tools in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
96citations
From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on Google AI Overviews, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and ChatGPT
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 | | New entry | 69 , range 63–72 | 69#1 | 69
| 72% | 37% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 39 , range 36–42 | 39#2 | 39
| 29% | 20% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 31 , range 22–34 | 31#3 | 31
| 20% | 7% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 30 , range 18–33 | 30#4 | 30
| 17% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 30 , range 19–33 | 30#5 | 30
| 22% | 3% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 27 , range 16–32 | 27#6 | 27
| 18% | 6% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 12 , range 8–25 | 12#7 | 12
| 10% | 6% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 11 , range 8–24 | 11#8 | 11
| 11% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 8 , range 6–15 | 8#9 | 8
| 12% | 1% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 7 , range 5–12 | 7#10 | 7
| 9% | 2% | | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Social | 11.9% | 2 of 4 | 73 | Not read |
| 2 | | Vendor site | 9.0% | 3 of 4 | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | | Social | 7.1% | 3 of 4 | 32 | Not read |
| 4 | | Community | 7.4% | 3 of 4 | 28 | 1 |
| 5 | | Vendor site | 2.1% | 1 of 4 | 14 | Not read |
| 6 | | Regulator | 1.9% | 1 of 4 | 5 | Not read |
| 7 | | Vendor site | 2.6% | 2 of 4 | 11 | Not read |
| 8 | | Vendor site | 3.8% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | | Review site | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | | Review site | 1.9% | 3 of 4 | 9 | 27 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Phone calls vs. emails for sales teams prospecting | English | No brand recommended |
| Alternatives to manual lead outreach for sales teams | English | |
| Alternatives to spreadsheets for tracking leads | English | |
| I lead a 5-person sales team. How can I automate lead follow-up? | English | |
| I’m a sales manager at a small company. How do I organize email and phone outreach? | English | |
| best sales engagement software for small sales teams | English | |
| automate sales outreach for small sales teams | English | |
| how can a sales rep follow up with more prospects | English | No brand recommended |
| how to keep track of sales emails and calls | English | |
| email outreach vs phone outreach for small sales teams | English | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
HubSpot Sales Hub
- 2
Apollo
- 3
Salesloft
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
Instantly
ChatGPT
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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.