AI Rankings / CRMs
The CRMs AI recommends most
HubSpot is recommended in 90% of AI answers about CRMs. Measured from 250 answers by ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Mode and Perplexity between 6 Oct 2026 and 13 Oct 2026. Updated daily.
250
AI answers · 7 days
10
questions asked daily
20
brands ranked
4
AI engines
| # | Brand | Recommended in | ChatGPT | Claude | AI Mode | Perplexity | Picked first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HubSpot | 90% | 98% | 99% | 89% | 80% | 180× |
| 2 | Pipedrive | 77% | 80% | 81% | 76% | 71% | 39× |
| 3 | Zoho CRM | 63% | 68% | 71% | 47% | 69% | 5× |
| 4 | Salesforce | 50% | 50% | 71% | 31% | 49% | 37× |
| 5 | Attio | 44% | 68% | 41% | 37% | 40% | 46× |
| 6 | Close | 36% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 31% | 0× |
| 7 | Freshsales | 18% | 8% | 26% | 13% | 20% | 0× |
| 8 | monday.com | 15% | 5% | 21% | 14% | 14% | 0× |
| 9 | Airtable | 13% | 0% | 36% | 11% | 0% | 4× |
| 10 | Folk | 12% | 3% | 19% | 19% | 4% | 1× |
| 11 | Less Annoying CRM | 11% | 8% | 9% | 17% | 10% | 7× |
| 12 | Bigin | 11% | 13% | 7% | 20% | 4% | 2× |
| 13 | Streak | 10% | 0% | 17% | 19% | 0% | 0× |
| 14 | Bitrix24 | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 2× |
| 15 | Notion | 9% | 0% | 29% | 3% | 0% | 1× |
| 16 | Capsule | 5% | 0% | 17% | 1% | 0% | 0× |
| 17 | Odoo | 4% | 3% | 13% | 1% | 0% | 0× |
| 18 | EngageBay | 4% | 0% | 4% | 10% | 0% | 0× |
| 19 | Zoho | 4% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 0% | 0× |
| 20 | Microsoft Dynamics 365 | 4% | 8% | 6% | 0% | 3% | 0× |
Engine by engine
Which CRM does ChatGPT recommend?
- 1. HubSpot98%
- 2. Pipedrive80%
- 3. Zoho CRM68%
Which CRM does Claude recommend?
- 1. HubSpot99%
- 2. Pipedrive81%
- 3. Zoho CRM71%
Which CRM does Google AI Mode recommend?
- 1. HubSpot89%
- 2. Pipedrive76%
- 3. Zoho CRM47%
Which CRM does Perplexity recommend?
- 1. HubSpot80%
- 2. Pipedrive71%
- 3. Zoho CRM69%
The questions we ask
Each is asked every day on all four engines. None names a brand, so no answer starts with a favourite.
- What is the best CRM for a B2B SaaS company?
- What is the best CRM for a 10-person sales team?
- What is the most customizable CRM?
- Which CRM is easiest to set up for a small team?
- What are the best CRMs for startups in 2026?
- Which CRM do you recommend for a small business?
- Compare the top CRMs for startups and their pricing.
- What CRM has the best free plan?
- What CRM should an early-stage startup use?
- How do I keep track of sales leads and customer relationships as a small team?
How the rankings work
- Every day we ask ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Mode and Perplexity the questions buyers ask when choosing software, through the same interfaces people use, with web search on.
- Only neutral questions count. “What is the best CRM for a small team?” does; “Is HubSpot worth it?” does not, because the question already picked a brand.
- A brand counts as recommended when the answer puts it forward as an option. Tools named in passing, such as an integration or a review site, are not counted.
- The share is the percentage of answers that recommend the brand, over the last 7 days. Product lines are counted under their brand (HubSpot CRM is HubSpot).
- AI answers vary from day to day. A few points of difference between two brands is noise; tens of points is not.
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