AI Software Index · August 2026

Best sales engagement platform according to AI

On 6 August 2026, across 80 buyer questions asked on ChatGPT and Gemini, the three brands AI named most for sales engagement platform were Outreach (in 99% of answers), Salesloft (88%) and HubSpot (84%).

Last measured: 6 August 2026 · 80 buyer questions · ChatGPT and Gemini

Outreach is the answer AI gives most often. It was the first recommendation in 49% of the 80 answers we collected.

A high win rate for this category: the answer stays fairly stable however you phrase the question.

The leaderboard

EngineRegion
Buyer

Mention rate = share of 80 answers naming the brand. Top pick = share where it was the first recommendation.

#BrandMentionedTop pick
1Outreach99%
49%
2Salesloft88%
10%
3HubSpot84%
8%
4Apollo81%
19%
5Salesforce60%
5%
6Reply.io35%
0%
7Lemlist34%
0%
8Mixmax25%
0%
9Instantly25%
0%
Citations

The sources behind the answers

Which domains ChatGPT and Gemini cite when recommending sales engagement platform, and which ones move the outcome.

Most-cited domains

  1. 1.hubspot.com28
  2. 2.apollo.io26
  3. 3.salesloft.com22
  4. 4.outreach.io21
  5. 5.kixie.com17
  6. 6.reddit.com14
  7. 7.buyersprint.com13
  8. 8.reply.io11

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Methodology: 80 structured buyer prompts (generic, audience-framed, US/UK-localized) run on the real ChatGPT (gpt-5.5) and Gemini web apps, measured 6 August 2026. “Top pick” = first brand recommended in the answer. Strings the extractor captured that are not products, such as follow-up questions and feature names, are removed, and duplicate names for one product are merged. Part of the GetIntel AI Software Index.

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