Who each engine recommends
Position of every brand named in the latest run.
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | AI Mode | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreshworksTop pick | #1 | #3 | #2 | |
| Pipedrive | #3 | #2 | #1 | |
| Zoho | #2 | #1 | #8 | |
| HubSpot | #5 | — | #7 | |
| monday.com | — | — | #3 | |
| Close | — | #4 | — | |
| EngageBay | — | — | #4 | |
| Less Annoying CRM | #4 | — | — | |
| GoHighLevel | — | — | #5 | |
| Nimble | — | #5 | — | |
| Salesforce | — | — | #6 |
Mention rate over time
Share of engines naming each brand, weekly over the last 60 days (up to 8 brands).
Freshworks is named by 100% of engines today.
Responses
What each engine answered, and how the shortlist moved.
Several CRM platforms have transparent, publicly displayed pricing without requiring you to speak to a salesperson to find out what they cost. If pricing transparency is your priority, I'd start with these five: CRM platforms with public pricing --------------------------------- CRM Starting paid price Best for --- --- --- Freshsales $9/user/mo Small sales teams Zoho CRM $14/user/mo Small and growing businesses Pipedrive $14/user/mo Sales pipeline management Less Annoying CRM $15/user/mo…
- Freshworks — Best budget option: Freshsales – Affordable entry-level sales CRM. ↑ 1 vs last week
- Zoho — Best overall value: Zoho CRM – Multiple published tiers, broad functionality, and room to grow. ↑ 3 vs last week
- Pipedrive — Best sales-focused CRM: Pipedrive – Easy-to-understand plans built around sales pipelines. ↑ 1 vs last week
- Less Annoying CRM — Best pricing simplicity: Less Annoying CRM – Straightforward pricing without a complicated tier structure. ↑ 2 vs last week
- HubSpot — Best sales and marketing combination: HubSpot – Generous free starting point, but watch for higher-tier costs and onboarding fees. ↑ 2 vs last week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: Bigin by Zoho, monday.com, Salesforce
- Zoho — Zoho CRM is one of the most transparent CRM options: it publishes prices for all tiers, offers monthly or annual billing, and states that it has no forced contracts or surprise costs.
- Pipedrive — Pipedrive: about $14–$99 per seat/month.
- Freshworks — Freshsales: free tier through roughly $71 per user/month.
- Close — Close: about $19–$149 per seat/month.
- Nimble — Nimble: $24.90/user/month annually or $29.90 monthly. New this week
- Pipedrive — When looking for a CRM with transparent pricing , you want platforms that clearly publish their per-seat or flat costs online, avoid mandatory enterprise onboarding/implementation fees, and have clear tier limitations…
- Freshworks — Freshsales (Freshworks) : Offers a free tier and straightforward per-user pricing for its paid plans.
- monday.com — monday CRM : Built on top of monday.com’s flexible architecture, its CRM tiers (Basic/Standard, Pro, and Enterprise) use clear seat-based pricing.
- EngageBay — EngageBay : Known for extreme affordability and transparent packaging for small-to-medium businesses. New this week
- GoHighLevel — GoHighLevel : Offers a unique flat-fee structural approach for agencies and growing businesses (such as the Starter tier at a fixed $97/month that covers multiple user accounts up to a threshold), bypassing the… New this week
- Salesforce — SMB Tiers: While small business tiers are transparently listed on public pricing matrices, enterprise-level plans for almost all vendors (including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zoho) pivot to "custom pricing" negotiated via… ↓ 2 vs last week
- HubSpot — SMB Tiers: While small business tiers are transparently listed on public pricing matrices, enterprise-level plans for almost all vendors (including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zoho) pivot to "custom pricing" negotiated via… New this week
- Zoho — SMB Tiers: While small business tiers are transparently listed on public pricing matrices, enterprise-level plans for almost all vendors (including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Zoho) pivot to "custom pricing" negotiated via… New this week
Citations
Sources the engines cited for this prompt.
| Source | Type | Citations | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| pipedrive.com | Brand site · Pipedrive | 3 | Perplexity, Google AI Mode |
| zoho.com | Brand site · Zoho | 2 | Perplexity |
| beltstack.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| conduyt.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| crmswitch.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| findbestcrm.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| hackceleration.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| helpcompare.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| match-vs.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| monday.com | Brand site · monday.com | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| outmano.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| pipelinecrm.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| reddit.com | Forum | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| riaselect.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| saasdealer.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| saleoid.com | Web | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| salescrew.io | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| sasanova.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| sparrowcrm.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| stackkite.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| techradar.com | Media | 1 | ChatGPT |
| toolgrowth.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| toolprices.pro | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| wiseagent.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |