# Event lead capture apps: what AI models recommend, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "event lead capture app" and as "trade show badge scanning and lead retrieval tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/marketing/event-lead-capture/

**Standing:** Blinq leads with 23% of first choices; verdict contested. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinq | 23% | 13% | 46 |
| 2 | Mobly Capture | 8% | 10% | 29 |
| 3 | Wave Connect | 8% | 5% | 22 |
| 4 | momencio | 8% | 20% | 25 |
| 5 | iCapture | 6% | 19% | 36 |
| 6 | BoothIQ | 6% | 7% | 14 |
| 7 | B2Brain | 4% | 5% | 21 |
| 8 | Popl | 4% | 27% | 30 |
| 9 | Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App | 4% | 8% | 12 |
| 10 | Captello | 2% | 11% | 28 |
| 11 | Cvent LeadCapture | 2% | 35% | 34 |
| 12 | Whova | 2% | 31% | 16 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Conexa, iCapture
- GPT-5.4 mini: Popl; alternatives Captello, iCapture
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: BoothIQ, Mobly Capture; alternatives Blinq, Captello, Popl, iCapture
- Perplexity Sonar: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Cvent LeadCapture, momencio
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Blinq; alternatives Captello, Mobly Capture, iCapture, momencio
- Mistral Small: Blinq, momencio; alternatives Mobly Capture
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App, Mobly Capture, iCapture
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Whova; alternatives Attendify, Swapcard
- Kimi K2: Wave Connect, momencio; alternatives Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App, iCapture
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Mobly Capture; alternatives Blinq, Zuddl, momencio
- MiniMax M2.5: B2Brain, Mobly Capture; alternatives Accelevents, Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App, Popl
- GPT-6 Luna: Cvent iCapture; alternatives Captello, LeadCapture
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Blinq, momencio; alternatives iCapture

## Sources the answers cite

74 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- b2brain.com: 54 answers, 131 citations
- blinq.me: 53 answers, 87 citations
- g2.com: 34 answers, 56 citations
- mobilocard.com: 30 answers, 34 citations
- learn.g2.com: 29 answers, 35 citations
- getmobly.com: 27 answers, 33 citations
- wavecnct.com: 26 answers, 34 citations
- mymanagementguide.com: 25 answers, 25 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://blinq.me/blog/best-event-lead-capture-software-2026 (44 answers)
- https://mobilocard.com/post/whats-the-best-event-lead-generation-software (30 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-app-for-events (29 answers)
- https://getmobly.com/post/best-event-lead-capture-app (25 answers)
- https://mymanagementguide.com/top-event-lead-capture-platforms (25 answers)
- https://wavecnct.com/blogs/best-tools-lead-capture-trade-shows (23 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/lead-capture-app (20 answers)
- https://accelevents.com/blog/7-best-event-lead-capture-software-for-enhanced-lead-generation (19 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-lead-capture-software (18 answers)
- https://eventify.io/blog/best-lead-retrieval-software (17 answers)

## Warned against

- Cvent LeadCapture: 12 of 34 labels negative. "Organizer-Rented Scanners (e.g., Cvent LeadCapture) ... don't rely on the event organizer's hardware/app unless you have no choice." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Popl: 8 of 30 labels negative. "Many users across reviews complain the cost is too high... Multiple users report the app freezing and crashing during setup" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- iCapture: 7 of 36 labels negative. "iCapture, Cvent LeadCapture, Whova and momencio's standard tier need organizer API / registration vendor access... That creates data ownership and consent ambiguity." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Blinq: 6 of 46 labels negative. "Budget Warning: This can get expensive quickly. Capturing just 100 leads would cost roughly $1,000 in credits alone" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.