Mode vs Zoho

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Zoho is the stronger AI pick in Business Intelligence: it has a visibility score of 20.9 versus 0.7 for Mode, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Mode if…

AI answers describe it more positively (100% vs 50% positive)

Choose Zoho if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (20.9 vs 0.7)
You need ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 or SOC 2 Type II coverage
Strong value for money and low cost
Free tier for small teams

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Mode	Zoho
Visibility score	0.7%	20.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Business Intelligence	#33	#6
Share of voice	0.2%	5.8%
Mentions this run	1	31
Positive in AI answers	100%	50%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Mode 0pp · Zoho 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Zoho leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

28.7%

AI Mode

12%

Perplexity

22%

ModeZoho

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

0Mode ranked higher

1Zoho ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Mode	Zoho
How do I choose a business intelligence tool for a mid-market team?	AI Mode	#4	#3

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Mode	Zoho
Deployment	—	Cloud (SaaS)
Compliance	—	ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 2 Type II
Founded	2013	1996
Headquarters	San Francisco, CA	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Employees	—	5,000+
Funding	Series D · $83M raised	Bootstrapped
Best for	Data teams that want SQL, R, Python and dashboards alongside business users in one place.	Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, wanting one suite for sales, support, finance and HR