Zero of fourteen models named QuoteWerks first on the direct prompt; zero named HubSpot Commerce Hub. QuoteWerks was named by eleven of the fourteen models and HubSpot Commerce Hub by eleven and QuoteWerks carries 23 labels and HubSpot Commerce Hub 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three 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 CPQ page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, QuoteWerks and HubSpot Commerce Hub were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 88 answers naming QuoteWerks and the 75 naming HubSpot Commerce Hub. In those answers HubSpot Commerce Hub took the first choice seven times and QuoteWerks ten.
| 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. Four of five in this category shown.
“Avoid SMB-only like QuoteWerks.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · hard negative
“QuoteWerks is the best budget pick in the results: it is described as affordable for small sales teams” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“PandaDoc from ~$19/mo and QuoteWerks from ~$15/mo are the starting points most analysts point to.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend QuoteWerks because: Lowest entry price ($15/mo)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“These tools sit on the lighter end of the CPQ spectrum... They will break down if you try to build complex multi-layered product hierarchies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“PandaDoc, Proposify, or HubSpot Quotes are the best starting points” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Look instead at modern, agile, and mid-market-focused CPQ tools (like Dealsign, PandaDoc, or HubSpot CPQ)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
“if you need basic quoting functionality only, HubSpot's free tier might be sufficient to start” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · alternative
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.