The most visible workflow automation and AI agent platforms in France, October 2026

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

Leader

n8n

63Heralded Score, range 29–74

Most cited source

youtube.com

32citations

From Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Zapier

3/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
11 Salesforce Flow US New entry 4 , range 1–42 4#11 3= #24
4
  • : score 4 · #11
4% 0% First reading
– Activepieces CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 3= #22
–
  • : Unranked
2% 0% First reading
– Airia US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
–
  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Appian US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
–
  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Beam AI DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
–
  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Botpress CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured 3= #24
–
  • : Unranked
3% 1% None First reading
– Dust FR Unranked Too few answers Not measured 16#6
–
  • : Unranked
2% 1% None First reading
– Google Vertex AI Agent Builder US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 5#14
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Google Workspace Workflows US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 4= #17
–
  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– Gumloop US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 4= #17
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% 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
1 youtube.com Social 25.0% 3 of 4 29 Not read
2 parseur.com Vendor site 6.7% 2 of 4 3 3
3 reddit.com Community 8.3% 3 of 4 6 Not read
4 ones.com Vendor site 3.3% 1 of 4 5 Not read
5 openai.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 5 Not read
6 jedha.co Reference 5.0% 1 of 4 2 10
7 deloitte.com Consultancy 5.0% 3 of 4 2 Not read
8 francenum.gouv.fr Regulator 5.0% 2 of 4 3 Not read
9 gartner.com Industry authority 3.3% 2 of 4 3 Not read
10 impots.gouv.fr Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 3 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best workflow automation tools for small businesses English Make, n8n and Zapier, tied
ai agent platform for business automation English n8n
how to automate repetitive tasks across business apps English Microsoft Power Automate and Zapier, tied
how to build ai agents without coding English n8n and Zapier, tied
robotic process automation vs ai agents English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

  1. 1 Make

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