65% of first choices, clear leader.
“**Why to Avoid/Be Cautious:** **Data Export Limits:** You will hit contact storage caps that force expensive upgrades immediately.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
“being cautious with SMB-first tools like **Keap**, **Pipedrive**... not a fit when you need heavy governance, deep customization, or multi-department complexity” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
“**Why to Avoid:** While feature-rich, the underlying data structure can become brittle as you scale.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
“**Avoid for cost predictability:** → **Salesforce**” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
72 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. 971 links across 339 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salesforce parent site Salesforce Sales Cloud 65%, Salesforce CRM 2% | 67% | 275 | 550,000 | 60,632 | ||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales 22% | 22% | 144 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| HubSpot parent site HubSpot CRM 6%, HubSpot Sales Hub 0% | 6% | 693 | 368,000 | 9,776 | ||||
| Creatio creatio.com | 2% | 19 | 4,400 | 147 | 146,708 | $12,005 | 18 | 7 |
| Creatio CRM | 2% | |||||||
| Ringy ringy.com | 2% | 4 | ||||||
| Oracle parent site Oracle CX 0%, Oracle Sales 0%, Oracle CRM 0%, Oracle NetSuite 0% | 0% | 23 | 450,000 | 66,611 | ||||
| SAP Sales Cloud | 0% | 135,000 | 74,309 | |||||
| SAP Customer Experience | 0% | 135,000 | 74,309 | |||||
| Bitrix24 bitrix24.com | 0% | 37 | 5,400 | 90 | 69,160 | 104 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 13 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (creatio.com, forbes.com, salesforce.com). The first result for “best crm” is salesforce.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:00 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 23 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:17 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:16 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:11 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:27 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 14:12 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:28 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:06 | yes | 16 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 15 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:24 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:42 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:31 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:44 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 18 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:15 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:29 | yes | 13 | 27 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:31 | yes | 23 | 67 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:09 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 14:14 | yes | 14 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:54 | yes | 10 | 111 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:03 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:20 | yes | 16 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 24 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:44 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 14:06 | yes | 14 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:38 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:24 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:52 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:56 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:54 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 14:07 | yes | 12 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:24 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:28 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:32 | yes | 16 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 13 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:30 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 24 | 60 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:16 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:25 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 2 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:24 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 14:06 | yes | 23 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:04 | yes | 22 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 24 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:15 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:10 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 25 | 85 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 14:07 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
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