57% of first choices, consensus.
“Salesforce CPQ is now end of sale for new customers... Any CPQ that is being phased out or has a clear successor you'd be forced to migrate to soon.” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
“avoid enterprise-grade CPQs like Salesforce CPQ, Oracle CPQ Cloud, or DealHub initially” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
“If you are not already deeply embedded in the SAP ecosystem (S/4HANA, ECC), **avoid**.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
“some Conga products are described as hard to configure and difficult for teams to troubleshoot without vendor support” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
81 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 991 links across 186 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DealHub dealhub.io | 57% | 175 | 1,900 | 83 | 319,299 | $372 | 62 | 1 |
| PandaDoc pandadoc.com | 15% | 527 | 60,500 | 510 | 425,196 | $42,516 | 119 | |
| QuoteWerks quotewerks.com | 9% | 84 | 1,300 | 22 | 3,244 | 27 | 5 | |
| Bitrix24 bitrix24.com | 6% | 37 | 5,400 | 90 | 69,160 | 104 | ||
| Conga CPQ conga.com | 4% | 108 | 320 | 19 | 46,363 | $224 | 120 | |
| HubSpot parent site HubSpot Commerce Hub 2% | 2% | 72 | 368,000 | 9,776 | ||||
| Proposify proposify.com | 2% | 274 | 3,600 | 28 | 38,103 | 27 | ||
| Odoo odoo.com | 2% | 23 | 49,500 | 3,053 | 406,262 | $644 | 95 | |
| Zoho parent site Zoho CRM 2%, Zoho CPQ 0% | 2% | 332 | 49,500 | 660 | ||||
| Salesforce parent site Salesforce Revenue Cloud 2% | 2% | 215 | 550,000 | 60,632 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 15 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (dealhub.io, g2.com, monday.com). The first result for “best cpq software” is gartner.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 14:16 | yes | 20 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 21 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:46 | yes | 16 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 20 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:52 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 15 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:38 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 8 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 14 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:07 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 8 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:47 | yes | 17 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:52 | yes | 12 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:07 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 21 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:12 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 17 | 199 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:45 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 16 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 24 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:50 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:30 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 19 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:47 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:53 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 11 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:25 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:25 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 14 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:23 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:31 | yes | 14 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:59 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 14:02 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 24 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:27 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:48 | yes | 19 | 54 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:34 | yes | 25 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 25 | 306 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
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