Who each engine recommends
Position of every brand named in the latest run.
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | AI Mode | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ApolloTop pick | #1 | #3 | #1 | |
| HubSpot | #7 | #1 | #3 | |
| Salesforce | #10 | #12 | #2 | |
| Salesloft | #8 | #13 | #5 | |
| G2 | — | #2 | #4 | |
| Reply.io | #2 | #5 | — | |
| lemlist | #3 | #4 | — | |
| Close | — | #9 | #6 | |
| Mixmax | #6 | #8 | — | |
| Outreach | #9 | #14 | — | |
| Gong | #11 | #15 | — | |
| Smartlead | #4 | — | — | |
| Instantly | #5 | — | — | |
| Klenty | — | #6 | — | |
| Amplemarket | — | — | #7 | |
| Saleshandy | — | #7 | — | |
| Pipedrive | — | #10 | — | |
| Mailshake | — | #11 | — | |
| ZoomInfo | — | #16 | — |
Mention rate over time
Share of engines naming each brand, weekly over the last 60 days (up to 8 brands).
Apollo is named by 100% of engines today.
Responses
What each engine answered, and how the shortlist moved.
As of November 2026, several major Sales Engagement platforms offer lower pricing when you pay annually rather than monthly. The biggest savings are generally found among SMB and mid-market tools, while enterprise platforms tend to negotiate annual contract discounts individually. Sales engagement tools with annual discounts Platform Annual pricing / discount ---------------- Apollo.io Save approximately 24% Reply.io Annual billing discount; approximately 17% lemlist Approximately 20% Smartlead…
- Apollo ↑ 2 vs last week
- Reply.io — Reply.io – Offers annual discounts and multichannel capabilities. ↑ 5 vs last week
- lemlist — lemlist – Good savings for multichannel outbound. ↑ 2 vs last week
- Smartlead — Smartlead – Particularly attractive for high-volume email outreach. ↑ 2 vs last week
- Instantly ↓ 3 vs last week
- Mixmax — Mixmax – Attractive for Salesforce-oriented sales teams. New this week
- HubSpot ↑ 1 vs last week
- Salesloft ↑ 3 vs last week
- Outreach — Smartlead – Particularly attractive for high-volume email outreach. ↑ 1 vs last week
- Salesforce — Mixmax – Attractive for Salesforce-oriented sales teams. ↑ 2 vs last week
- Gong New this week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: Close, Saleshandy, Yesware
Several Sales Engagement tools offer lower pricing when billed annually: Tool Annual pricing or discount ------ HubSpot Sales Hub Annual billing is cheaper than monthly; G2 also lists 20% off plans for the first year, then 10% ongoing for eligible buyers. Apollo.io Plans start at $49/user/month billed annually, compared with higher monthly pricing. lemlist Email plan: $55/month annually vs. $69 monthly; Multichannel: $87/user/month annually vs. $109 monthly. Reply.io Email Volume plan starts at…
- HubSpot
- G2 New this week
- Apollo
- lemlist ↑ 4 vs last week
- Reply.io ↓ 1 vs last week
- Klenty ↑ 3 vs last week
- Saleshandy ↑ 3 vs last week
- Mixmax ↓ 2 vs last week
- Close ↑ 2 vs last week
- Pipedrive ↓ 3 vs last week
- Mailshake ↓ 6 vs last week
- Salesforce ↓ 10 vs last week
- Salesloft — For enterprise tools such as Salesloft, Outreach, Gong, and Agentforce Sales, annual contracts are common, but discounts and final prices are generally quote-based rather than publicly listed.
- Outreach — For enterprise tools such as Salesloft, Outreach, Gong, and Agentforce Sales, annual contracts are common, but discounts and final prices are generally quote-based rather than publicly listed.
- Gong — For enterprise tools such as Salesloft, Outreach, Gong, and Agentforce Sales, annual contracts are common, but discounts and final prices are generally quote-based rather than publicly listed. New this week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: ActiveCampaign, Nooks, Helply
- Apollo — Many major sales engagement and intelligence platforms encourage annual commitments by structuring their pricing models to offer substantial discounts or requiring annual contracts… New this week
- Salesforce — Salesforce Sales Engagement: Priced at $50 user/month, which specifically requires being billed annually as a core condition of the add-on package. ↑ 1 vs last week
- HubSpot — HubSpot Sales Hub: Frequently features promotional or structured first-year and annual reductions (such as integrated G2/HubSpot partnership deals offering around 20% off year-one annual… ↓ 2 vs last week
- G2 — HubSpot Sales Hub: Frequently features promotional or structured first-year and annual reductions (such as integrated G2/HubSpot partnership deals offering around 20% off year-one annual… New this week
- Salesloft — Many major sales engagement and intelligence platforms encourage annual commitments by structuring their pricing models to offer substantial discounts or requiring annual contracts…
- Close — Close: Frequently participates in ecosystem incentives (like partner or platform startup programs) offering percentage-off reductions on initial annual or recurring billing cycles.[](https://www.g2.com/deals/sales-and-… New this week
Dropped from this engine’s shortlist this week: Reply.io, Outreach, Helply
Citations
Sources the engines cited for this prompt.
| Source | Type | Citations | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| g2.com | Review site | 4 | Perplexity, Google AI Mode |
| apollo.io | Brand site · Apollo | 2 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode |
| salesforce.com | Brand site · Salesforce | 2 | Perplexity, Google AI Mode |
| amplemarket.com | Brand site · Amplemarket | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| cirrusinsight.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| crm.org | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| folk.app | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| growthtechspotlight.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| hubspot.com | Brand site · HubSpot | 1 | Perplexity |
| lemlist.com | Brand site · lemlist | 1 | ChatGPT |
| mailsfinder.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| mixmax.com | Brand site · Mixmax | 1 | ChatGPT |
| reply.io | Brand site · Reply.io | 1 | ChatGPT |
| revexa.io | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| rework.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| smartlead.ai | Brand site · Smartlead | 1 | ChatGPT |
| thesdrlist.com | Web | 1 | ChatGPT |
| zoominfo.com | Brand site · ZoomInfo | 1 | Perplexity |