One of fourteen models named Cloudingo first on the direct prompt; zero named ZoomInfo Operations. Cloudingo was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ZoomInfo Operations by twelve and Cloudingo carries 33 labels and ZoomInfo Operations 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
By ZoomInfo, Vancouver, Washington, United States, founded 2000. Named in three 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 CRM data quality and deduplication page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Cloudingo and ZoomInfo Operations were named in the same answer thirty-three times, of the 96 answers naming Cloudingo and the 72 naming ZoomInfo Operations. In those answers ZoomInfo Operations took the first choice one time and Cloudingo six.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Don't buy ... Cloudingo (~$2,500/yr) unless you have large Salesforce databases” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Dedupely, Cloudingo, etc., need careful ruleset tuning to avoid over-merging (data loss) or under-merging” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“many popular third-party tools (like Cloudingo) start at $2,500/year” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Salesforce-only and want set-and-forget merging with undo: Cloudingo is the most cited workhorse” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Salesforce only and you want enterprise-grade, automated prevention: DemandTools or Cloudingo.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“look at cloud-native, user-friendly tools like Cloudingo, Insycle, or DataGroomr” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“RingLead is notorious for being incredibly complex to set up and manage... ZoomInfo is widely criticized in industry circles for aggressive, multi-year auto-renewal clauses” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“powerful, but they often require annual commitments ranging from $2,500 to over $10,000” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“May be over-featured and expensive for smaller mid-market companies” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend starting with Sweep or RingLead if you're on Salesforce” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best if you want a broader revenue-ops / routing / account data stack, not just dedupe: ZoomInfo Operations” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · alternative
“designed for B2B revenue teams needing ongoing enrichment, deduplication, and compliance in one platform” Perplexity Sonar · direct 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.