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CRM · September 2026 Edition

Zoho CRM vs Nutshell

Zero of twelve models named Zoho CRM first on the direct prompt; zero named Nutshell. Zoho CRM was named by twelve of the twelve models and Nutshell by eight and Zoho CRM carries 54 labels and Nutshell 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zoho CRM

accepted challenger

By Zoho Office Suite, India, India, founded 1996. Named in twelve categories this edition.

Nutshell

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5411A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zoho CRM reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.HubSpot CRM vs Zoho CRM · HubSpot CRM vs Nutshell · HubSpot Sales Hub vs Zoho CRM

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Zoho CRMFirst choices, of twelve modelsNutshell
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained51
Scale-constrained00
Negative007 against Zoho CRM
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Zoho CRM and Nutshell stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Zoho CRM Nutshell first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoho CRM on the left and Nutshell on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Zoho CRM and Nutshell stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashHubSpot CRM alternatives: Pipedrive, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM
Perplexity SonarHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Coevera, Freshsales, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM
Grok 4.1 FastHubSpot CRM, Pipedrive alternatives: Freshsales, Salesflare, Zoho CRM
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot CRM alternatives: Attio, Pipedrive, Salesflare, Zoho CRM
Qwen 3.7 FlashHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Close, Coevera, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Pipedrive, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM, Zoho One
Kimi K2HubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Freshsales, Pipedrive, Salesflare, Zoho CRM
GLM 4.7 FlashXHubSpot CRM alternatives: Close, Monday.com, Nutshell, Pipedrive, Pipeline CRM, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Zoho CRM
MiniMax M2.5HubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, NetSuite, Zoho CRM

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniHubSpot Sales Hub, Salesforce Sales Cloud alternatives: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Mistral SmallHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Freshsales, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Salesflare
Llama 4 MaverickCoevera alternatives: Freshsales, NetSuite, Salesflare

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Zoho CRM leads by eleven points.
Zoho CRM11%#3 of 10
Nutshell0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zoho CRM leads by eight points.
Zoho CRM10%#3 of 11
Nutshell2%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zoho CRM leads by five points.
Zoho CRM5%#5 of 10
Nutshell0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Zoho CRM

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“Zoho CRM: 300+ negative G2 reviews... Affordable but frustrating for growing teams.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“complaining about email sync failures - Systemic reliability issues” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Start with a free tier (HubSpot or Zoho) to test the waters. Both offer strong functionality at no cost” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“For most small businesses with limited budgets, Zoho CRM offers the best balance” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Nutshell

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“The best CRM for a company with a limited budget is Nutshell, starting at $13 per month per user” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Nutshell if you want an affordable, easy-to-use CRM for a growing B2B sales team” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Start with HubSpot Free/Starter or Nutshell for ease of use and support” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.