Qualified vs HubSpot Conversations
One of fourteen models named Qualified first on the direct prompt; two named HubSpot Conversations. Qualified was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and HubSpot Conversations by eleven and Qualified carries 33 labels and HubSpot Conversations 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in five categories this edition.
By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the conversational marketing platforms page.
By framing
QualifiedFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHubSpot Conversations
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Qualified and HubSpot Conversations were named in the same answer thirty-one times, of the 117 answers naming Qualified and the 67 naming HubSpot Conversations. In those answers HubSpot Conversations took the first choice eight times and Qualified ten.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | |||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | | ||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Qualified HubSpot Conversations first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Qualified on the left and HubSpot Conversations on the right.The direct prompt
Qualified first, HubSpot Conversations not the choice
1 of 14 modelsHubSpot Conversations was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.HubSpot Conversations first, Qualified an alternative
2 of 14 modelsQualified was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
HubSpot Conversations16%#2 of 11Qualified0%#11 of 11Qualified8%#4 of 9HubSpot Conversations8%#5 of 9Qualified44%#1 of 6HubSpot Conversations2%#6 of 6What the models said about Qualified
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Qualified, another major B2B player, was acquired by Salesforce. Its conversational AI capabilities (formerly "Piper") are now integrated directly into Salesforce's Agentforce.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“More expensive (quote-based, starting around $40K-68K/year)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · soft negative
“with Qualified as the default choice if your primary goal is *more meetings and sales-qualified conversations*” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For mid-sized companies specifically, Drift or Qualified are typically the strongest choices” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“if you need pipeline chat and visitor de-anonymization, a Drift/Qualified-type engine fits” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about HubSpot Conversations
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Caution if you are a small-to-midsized business without dedicated operations staff.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“HubSpot lags behind dedicated competitors” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“HubSpot Conversations - Best for SMBs and mid-market companies already invested in the HubSpot ecosystem.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“The best conversational marketing platform for a mid-market B2B company is HubSpot Conversations” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“HubSpot: best all-in-one choice if you want chat + CRM + marketing automation.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.