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Territory and quota planning · September 2026 Edition

CaptivateIQ vs Everstage

Three of twelve models named CaptivateIQ first on the direct prompt; zero named Everstage. CaptivateIQ was named by twelve of the twelve models and Everstage by seven and CaptivateIQ carries 44 labels and Everstage 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CaptivateIQ

endorsed leader

Named in three categories this edition.

Everstage

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share30%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4412A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CaptivateIQ reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Fullcast was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. CaptivateIQ vs Fullcast · CaptivateIQ vs QuotaPath · CaptivateIQ vs eSpatial

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 territory and quota planning page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CaptivateIQFirst choices, of twelve modelsEverstage
Direct30
Paraphrase92
Comparative40
Budget-constrained002 against CaptivateIQ
Scale-constrained30
Negative102 against CaptivateIQ
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, CaptivateIQ and Everstage were named in the same answer 101 times, of the 256 answers naming CaptivateIQ and the 113 naming Everstage. In those answers Everstage took the first choice fifteen times and CaptivateIQ twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CaptivateIQ and Everstage 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
CaptivateIQ Everstage first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CaptivateIQ on the left and Everstage on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where CaptivateIQ and Everstage stood in it.

CaptivateIQ first, Everstage an alternative

3 of 12 modelsEverstage was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastCaptivateIQ alternatives: Everstage, Fullcast, Salesforce Maps, Salesforce Sales Planning, eSpatial
Qwen 3.7 FlashCaptivateIQ alternatives: SalesRabbit, Territory Helper
MiniMax M2.5CaptivateIQ alternatives: Fullcast, SalesRabbit, Varicent

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashFullcast alternatives: CaptivateIQ, Pigment, QuotaPath, Salesforce Maps, Salesforce Sales Planning
Perplexity SonarFullcast alternatives: CaptivateIQ
Mistral SmallFullcast, QuotaPath alternatives: Anaplan Territory & Quota Planning, Everstage, Varicent
DeepSeek V4 FlashFullcast alternatives: CaptivateIQ, Salesforce Sales Planning + Territory Management
Kimi K2Fullcast, Pigment alternatives: CaptivateIQ

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5CaptivateIQ Planning alternatives: Clari Align, Fullcast, eSpatial
GPT-5.4 miniCaptivateIQ Planning alternatives: Salesforce Sales Planning / Territory Planning, Xactly
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
GLM 4.7 FlashXFullcast alternatives: Salesforce Sales Planning / Territory Planning Add-On, Vena

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
CaptivateIQ leads by six points.
CaptivateIQ6%#3 of 13
Everstage0%#– of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
CaptivateIQ leads by twenty-six points.
CaptivateIQ30%#1 of 11
Everstage4%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
CaptivateIQ leads by four points.
CaptivateIQ4%#5 of 10
Everstage0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CaptivateIQ

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

“Mid-market RevOps tools (~$20K+/year or $2,400+/user/year).” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“End-to-End Revenue Plan | CaptivateIQ, Forma.ai | Combines territory carving, quota setting, and variable comp in a single agile platform.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“CaptivateIQ is widely considered the strongest option for mid-market teams because it eliminates the need for multiple disconnected tools.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Everstage

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.