Twelve of fourteen models named HubSpot Marketing Hub first on the direct prompt; zero named Brevo. HubSpot Marketing Hub was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Brevo by thirteen and HubSpot Marketing Hub carries 52 labels and Brevo 37, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in twenty-eight categories this edition.
Paris, France, founded 2012. Named in thirteen 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 email marketing platforms page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, HubSpot Marketing Hub and Brevo were named in the same answer 176 times, of the 987 answers naming HubSpot Marketing Hub and the 403 naming Brevo. In those answers Brevo took the first choice thirty-five times and HubSpot Marketing Hub forty-two.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.20 | ||||||
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Recommending HubSpot to small businesses is irresponsible, and for everyone except B2B companies doing £1M+ in revenue, it's a trap.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“HubSpot and Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Avoid if you only need email marketing)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“If you're a B2B company with a complex sales cycle, HubSpot remains the most complete option — with caveats. ... Best for B2B Winner: HubSpot with significant cost caveats.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Multiple Reddit users mention Brevo throttling speed or suspending accounts that spike in volume.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Brevo is the most cited "best budget" platform because of the unlimited contacts free tier and email-volume pricing.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget 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.