The most visible sales engagement 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

Most cited source

reddit.com

35citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Instantly

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 HubSpot Sales Hub US New entry 69 , range 63–72 69#1
69
  • : score 69 · #1
72% 37% None First reading
2 Apollo US New entry 39 , range 36–42 39#2
39
  • : score 39 · #2
29% 20% First reading
3 Salesloft US New entry 31 , range 22–34 31#3
31
  • : score 31 · #3
20% 7% None First reading
4 lemlist FR New entry 30 , range 18–33 30#4
30
  • : score 30 · #4
17% 9% None First reading
5 Salesforce Sales Engagement US New entry 30 , range 19–33 30#5
30
  • : score 30 · #5
22% 3% None First reading
6 Outreach US New entry 27 , range 16–32 27#6
27
  • : score 27 · #6
18% 6% None First reading
7 Reply.io CA New entry 12 , range 8–25 12#7
12
  • : score 12 · #7
10% 6% None First reading
8 Instantly US New entry 11 , range 8–24 11#8
11
  • : score 11 · #8
11% 5% None First reading
9 Salesforce Agentforce Sales US New entry 8 , range 6–15 8#9
8
  • : score 8 · #9
12% 1% None First reading
10 ZoomInfo / GTM Workspace US New entry 7 , range 5–12 7#10
7
  • : score 7 · #10
9% 2% 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 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 reddit.com Community 7.4% 3 of 4 28 1
2 airtable.com Community 1.4% 2 of 4 5 Not read
3 quora.com Community 0.7% 2 of 4 3 Not read
4 ama.org Community 0.2% 1 of 4 1 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
Bellen of e-mailen om prospects te benaderen: wat werkt beter voor salesteams? Dutch No brand recommended
Alternatieven voor handmatige leadopvolging door salesteams Dutch Apollo and HubSpot Sales Hub, tied
Alternatieven voor spreadsheets om leads bij te houden Dutch HubSpot Sales Hub
Ik geef leiding aan een salesteam van vijf personen. Hoe kan ik de opvolging van leads automatiseren? Dutch HubSpot Sales Hub
Ik ben salesmanager bij een klein bedrijf. Hoe organiseer ik outreach via e-mail en telefoon? Dutch HubSpot Sales Hub
best sales engagement software for small sales teams English Apollo, HubSpot Sales Hub and Mixmax, tied
automate sales outreach for small sales teams English HubSpot Sales Hub
how can a sales rep follow up with more prospects English HubSpot Sales Hub, Outreach and Salesloft, tied
how to keep track of sales emails and calls English HubSpot Sales Hub
email outreach vs phone outreach for small sales teams 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