Who each engine recommends
Position of every brand named in the latest run.
Mention rate over time
Share of engines naming each brand, weekly over the last 60 days (up to 8 brands).
8 brands
Apollo is named by 100% of engines today.
Responses
What each engine answered, and how the shortlist moved.
ChatGPT · run of Nov 3 · sentiment toward the top pick: ↑ Positive
- Apollo — For most early-stage startups, Apollo.io is the best overall sales engagement platform because it combines prospecting, contact data, email sequences, calling, and CRM functionality without requiring an expensive…
- HubSpot
- lemlist — Growing outbound SDR team: Reply.io or lemlist. ↑ 1 vs last week
- Reply.io — Growing outbound SDR team: Reply.io or lemlist. ↓ 1 vs last week
- Instantly — High-volume cold email: Instantly. New this week
- Salesloft — Series B and beyond: Evaluate Salesloft and Outreach. ↑ 3 vs last week
- Outreach — LinkedIn and multichannel outreach. ↓ 2 vs last week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: Klenty, Mixmax, Gmail
Perplexity · run of Nov 3 · sentiment toward the top pick: ↑ Positive
- Apollo — Apollo.io is the best default sales engagement platform for most startups.
- lemlist — Choose Lemlist when highly personalized outreach matters more than having the largest all-in-one database. ↑ 2 vs last week
- Smartlead New this week
- Instantly ↓ 1 vs last week
- HubSpot ↓ 3 vs last week
- Salesloft
- Outreach — Choose Lemlist when highly personalized outreach matters more than having the largest all-in-one database.
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: Clay
Google AI Mode · run of Nov 3 · sentiment toward the top pick: → Mixed
- Outreach — For early-stage and growth startups, the "best" sales engagement platform (SEP) isn’t the heavy enterprise standard like Outreach or Salesloft —those are expensive, overly complex, and take months to configure. ↑ 1 vs last week
- Salesloft — For early-stage and growth startups, the "best" sales engagement platform (SEP) isn’t the heavy enterprise standard like Outreach or Salesloft —those are expensive, overly complex, and take months to configure. ↑ 6 vs last week
- Apollo — Apollo.io (Best All-in-One for Most Startups). ↓ 2 vs last week
- HubSpot — HubSpot Sales Hub (Best CRM-Native Engagement). ↓ 1 vs last week
- Mixmax — Mixmax (Best for Gmail/Google Workspace-Centric Teams). New this week
- Gmail — Mixmax (Best for Gmail/Google Workspace-Centric Teams). New this week
- Instantly — Instantly.ai or Smartlead (Best Dedicated Cold Email Outbound). ↓ 1 vs last week
- Smartlead — Instantly.ai or Smartlead (Best Dedicated Cold Email Outbound). New this week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: lemlist, Reply.io, ZoomInfo
Citations
Sources the engines cited for this prompt.
| Source | Type | Citations | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| clay.com | Brand site · Clay | 2 | ChatGPT, Perplexity |
| growthtechspotlight.com | Web | 2 | Perplexity |
| spotsaas.com | Web | 2 | ChatGPT, Perplexity |
| apollo.io | Brand site · Apollo | 1 | ChatGPT |
| crm.org | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| hackceleration.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| hubspot.com | Brand site · HubSpot | 1 | ChatGPT |
| instantly.ai | Brand site · Instantly | 1 | ChatGPT |
| lemlist.com | Brand site · lemlist | 1 | ChatGPT |
| marketbetter.ai | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| outreach.ai | Brand site · Outreach | 1 | ChatGPT |
| qwilr.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| rankite.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| reddit.com | Forum | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| reply.io | Brand site · Reply.io | 1 | ChatGPT |
| salesloft.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| smarte.pro | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| toolradar.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| vettlo.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| zoominfo.com | Brand site · ZoomInfo | 1 | Google AI Mode |