CRM / Sales Software

Cycle 2026-08-01run #65

The CRM / Sales Software AI-visibility leaderboard ranks 16 brands by how often Perplexity, ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic) and Gemini (Google) mention and recommend them across a fixed panel of realistic buyer questions, re-measured every monthly cycle. HubSpot currently leads with a global visibility score of 70.4.

Movers

No statistically significant movement since the last run — all 16 tracked brands are stable within their confidence intervals. Muted hollow arrows in the standings below show drift that stayed within statistical noise.

Standings

#	Brand	Global score	Per model
1	HubSpot	70.4 ±1.9△ +0.4	perplexity69 google-search62 openai-search73 openai71 anthropic71 google67
2△1	Pipedrive	49.1 ±2.6△ +1.2	perplexity46 google-search45 openai-search48 openai50 anthropic48 google47
3▽1	Salesforce	47.9 ±2.7▽ −0.2	perplexity44 google-search46 openai-search50 openai49 anthropic42 google47
4	Zoho CRM	45.0 ±2.4▽ −0.8	perplexity45 google-search41 openai-search50 openai48 anthropic42 google37
5	Freshsales	30.5 ±2.5△ +0.6	perplexity22 google-search18 openai-search29 openai35 anthropic22 google19
6	Microsoft Dynamics 365	25.9 ±2.4▽ −0.8	perplexity20 google-search22 openai-search30 openai28 anthropic22 google22
7	Close	24.1 ±2.6△ +0.3	perplexity24 google-search19 openai-search22 openai25 anthropic27 google21
8	Copper	22.9 ±2.5△ +0.2	perplexity15 google-search21 openai-search20 openai25 anthropic14 google19
9	ActiveCampaign	22.4 ±2.6▽ −0.2	perplexity22 google-search23 openai-search22 openai24 anthropic15 google20
10	Attio	19.8 ±4.9△ +3.3	perplexity19 google-search27 openai-search18 openai20 anthropic17 google21
11	monday CRM	13.7 ±2.0▽ −1.4	perplexity23 google-search20 openai-search16 openai12 anthropic12 google19
12	Keap	13.4 ±2.1▽ −0.0	perplexity19 google-search16 openai-search13 openai13 anthropic13 google15
13△1	SugarCRM	10.6 ±1.9▽ −0.3	perplexity4 google-search9 openai-search11 openai12 anthropic8 google9
14▽1	Zendesk Sell	10.5 ±1.6▽ −1.0	perplexity15 google-search9 openai-search12 openai11 anthropic8 google8
15	Nutshell	8.2 ±5.7△ +2.1	perplexity21 google-search13 openai-search16 openai8 anthropic8 google5
16	Insightly	5.6 ±1.1△ +0.3	perplexity9 google-search0 openai-search3 openai7 anthropic10 google0

What the AIs cite

The domains search-backed assistants relied on when answering this industry's questions (2026-08-01). Getting featured on these is the most direct lever on AI visibility.

Domain	Answers citing it
reddit.com	271
youtube.com	244
monday.com	163
zapier.com	155
hubspot.com	124
forbes.com	115
vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com	100
g2.com	99
salesforce.com	99
pipedrive.com	92

Head-to-head: HubSpot vs Pipedrive · HubSpot vs Salesforce · Pipedrive vs Salesforce

Global score = market-share-weighted blend of per-model visibility scores (0–100). Methodology

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