Digital sales rooms for small business buyers
Asked as “digital sales room platform”, and as “buyer engagement and deal room tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Aligned46%
Aligned46%02Trumpet13%
Trumpet13%03Flowla13%
Flowla13%04HummingDeck8%
HummingDeck8%05Dock8%
Dock8%06GetAccept6%
GetAccept6%07DealHub0%
DealHub0%08Highspot0%
Highspot0%09Seismic0%
Seismic0%02What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and GLM 4.7 FlashX changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Seismic95%
20 of 21 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 11 hard negative
“It is described as **extremely expensive**, **high in implementation complexity**, and fundamentally built around **internal content management** rather than buyer-facing deal rooms.[5]” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Highspot95%
18 of 19 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 10 hard negative
“**Why to Avoid:** Primarily an enterprise enablement tool rather than a pure sales room. It has a "steep learning curve"” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
DealHub55%
11 of 20 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“Avoid starting with: ... Full quote-to-revenue platforms (DealHub, Accord) unless you also need CPQ and contract lifecycle management” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
GetAccept32%
13 of 41 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“**Verdict:** Avoid completely. The combination of bugs, poor customer service, and unfair contract terms makes this a high-risk choice.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: four of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
22 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 191 links across 63 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 8 models searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.
10 answers · 18 citations · 3 models
vendor site · GetAccept9 answers · 9 citations · 3 models
8 answers · 14 citations · 3 models
vendor site · Gartner8 answers · 8 citations · 2 models
vendor site · MindTickle8 answers · 8 citations · 2 models
7 answers · 14 citations · 3 models
vendor site · Dock7 answers · 11 citations · 2 models
vendor site · HummingDeck7 answers · 7 citations · 2 models
vendor site · Allego6 answers · 7 citations · 2 models
vendor site · Flowla6 answers · 6 citations · 2 models
vendor site · Storylane5 answers · 5 citations · 2 models
4 answers · 5 citations · 2 models
Pages the answers cite
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.
9 answers · 3 models
9 answers · 3 models
8 answers · 2 models
8 answers · 2 models
7 answers · 2 models
7 answers · 2 models
6 answers · 2 models
5 answers · 2 models
4 answers · 2 models
4 answers · 1 model
04How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best digital sales room platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which buyer engagement and deal room tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top digital sales room platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best digital sales room platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a digital sales room platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which digital sales room platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Along, Dockagainst: TrumpetDocSend, DockChangedAligned, Flowlaagainst: JourneySalesFlowlano first choiceagainst: Dealpad, Dock, Seismic
One alternative
FlowlaThree alternatives
ShareFile Virtual Data Room, Trumpet, iDealsOne alternative
ArrowsOne alternative
TrumpetGPT-5.4 miniAlignedagainst: Highspot, SeismicGetAcceptChangedTrumpetagainst: SeismicLaunchdeckagainst: DealHub, GetAcceptno first choiceagainst: Allego, DealHub, Qwilr, Salesroom, Seismic
Two alternatives
GetAccept, TrumpetThree alternatives
Aligned, DealHub, TrumpetThree alternatives
DealHub, GetAccept, HighspotOne alternative
AlignedGemini 3.5 FlashAlignedFlowla, TrumpetChangedagainst: Highspot, SeismicAligned, Trumpetagainst: Highspot, SeismicAligned, HummingDeckagainst: Highspot, MindTickle, SeismicDockagainst: Highspot, Seismicagainst: Accord, DealHub, Highspot, PandaDoc, Proposify, Seismic, Showpad
Four alternatives
Dock, Flowla, GetAccept, TrumpetFour alternatives
Aligned, Dock, GetAccept, HummingDeckThree alternatives
Dock, Flowla, GetAcceptTwo alternatives
Flowla, FollowUpFive alternatives
Aligned, Arrows, Flowla, GetAccept, TrumpetPerplexity SonarAlignedTrumpetChangedAlignedAligned, Flowlaagainst: Trumpetno first choiceagainst: Allego, DealHub, DocSend, Highspot, MindTickle, Seismic
Three alternatives
Flowla, GetAccept, TrumpetTwo alternatives
Aligned, Apollo.ioFive alternatives
Dock, Flowla, GetAccept, HummingDeck, TrumpetOne alternative
GetAcceptGrok 4.1 FastAlignedAlignedHeldagainst: GetAcceptAligned, HummingDeckagainst: DealHub, GetAcceptAlignedagainst: StorylaneAligned, Trumpetagainst: Highspot, MindTickle, SalesHood, Seismic, Showpad
Six alternatives
Dock, Flowla, GetAccept, HummingDeck, Storylane, TrumpetTwo alternatives
Dock, TrumpetThree alternatives
Dock, Flowla, TrumpetThree alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetTwo alternatives
Dock, GetAcceptMistral SmallAligned, TrumpetGetAcceptChangedHummingDeckagainst: Dock, GetAcceptFlowlano first choiceagainst: Highspot, Salesloft, Seismic, Showpad
Two alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeckThree alternatives
Flowla, PandaDoc, TrumpetThree alternatives
Aligned, Flowla, TrumpetTwo alternatives
HummingDeck, TrumpetDeepSeek V4 FlashFlowla, TrumpetAlignedChangedagainst: Datasite, FirmRoomHummingDeckagainst: Highspot, MindTickle, SeismicAlignedagainst: Dock, GetAccept, Trumpetno first choiceagainst: Aligned, Consensus, DealHub, Dock, GetAccept, Highspot, MindTickle, Seismic
Three alternatives
Aligned, GetAccept, HummingDeckSix alternatives
Arrows, Digify, Dock, Flowla, Peony, SecureDocsFive alternatives
Aligned, Dock, Flowla, GetAccept, TrumpetTwo alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeckFive alternatives
Aligned, Dock, Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetLlama 4 MaverickAlignedno first choiceChangedno first choiceAlignedno first choiceagainst: Highspot, Seismic
Three alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetThree alternatives
Flowla, PandaDoc, Storylane Demo SuiteQwen 3.7 FlashFlowlaAlignedChangedAlignedagainst: GetAcceptHummingDeckno first choiceagainst: Highspot, Seismicagainst: Accord, Aligned, Allego, DealHub, Dock, GetAccept, Highspot
Three alternatives
Aligned, HummingDeck, TrumpetTwo alternatives
DealCollab, TrumpetThree alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetTwo alternatives
Aligned, FollowUpKimi K2Aligned, HummingDeckagainst: GetAcceptAligned, TrumpetChangedagainst: GetAcceptAligned, Trumpetagainst: DealHub, Highspot, SeismicAligned, HummingDeckTrumpetagainst: DealHub, Dock, Highspot, Seismicagainst: Allego, Dock, GetAccept, Highspot, Seismic
Three alternatives
Flowla, Storylane, TrumpetOne alternative
DockThree alternatives
Dock, Flowla, HummingDeckTwo alternatives
GetAccept, TrumpetThree alternatives
Aligned, Flowla, HummingDeckGLM 4.7 FlashXAlignedDockChangedagainst: Aligned, DealHub, ShowpadAlignedAligned, FlowlaAlignedagainst: Aligned, Dock, GetAccept, Noux Digital Sales Room
Three alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetOne alternative
GetAcceptFive alternatives
Dock, Flowla, GetAccept, Journey, TrumpetTwo alternatives
HummingDeck, TrumpetFour alternatives
Allego, DealHub, GetAccept, RELAYTOMiniMax M2.5AlignedAlignedHeldTrumpetAligned, GetAcceptno first choiceagainst: Accord, Consensus, DealHub, Dock, GetAccept, Highspot, MindTickle, Seismic
Three alternatives
Flowla, HummingDeck, TrumpetFour alternatives
DealHub, Dock, GetAccept, TrumpetFour alternatives
Aligned, Dock, Flowla, HummingDeckTwo alternatives
Dock, TrumpetBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 01:58 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-14 23:20 | yes | 3 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 01:22 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 00:29 | yes | 19 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 00:45 | yes | 0 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 03:05 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 01:37 | yes | 0 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 00:32 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 04:57 | yes | 0 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 03:25 | yes | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-14 23:13 | yes | 0 | 46 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 04:40 | yes | 0 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 01:12 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 03:29 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 01:42 | yes | 7 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 02:49 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 00:36 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-14 23:27 | yes | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 03:10 | yes | 0 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 02:45 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 04:52 | yes | 0 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 01:46 | yes | 0 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 01:36 | yes | 0 | 171 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 02:38 | yes | 0 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 02:39 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-14 23:25 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 00:25 | yes | 16 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 02:16 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 04:54 | yes | 0 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 04:11 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 01:38 | yes | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 03:43 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-14 23:55 | yes | 0 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 03:15 | yes | 0 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 04:54 | yes | 0 | 24 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 00:55 | yes | 0 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-14 23:28 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 03:43 | yes | 3 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 00:43 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 04:17 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 01:53 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 00:35 | yes | 0 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 03:08 | yes | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 02:06 | yes | 0 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 02:19 | yes | 0 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 04:28 | yes | 0 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 01:41 | yes | 0 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-14 23:04 | yes | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 01:25 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-14 23:57 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 01:09 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 04:30 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 02:13 | yes | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 03:07 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 01:08 | yes | 0 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 04:37 | yes | 0 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-14 23:56 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 01:46 | yes | 0 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 02:54 | yes | 0 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-14 23:46 | yes | 0 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-14 23:55 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 03:57 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 01:18 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 04:51 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-15 03:33 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 00:43 | yes | 0 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-15 01:11 | yes | 0 | 107 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-14 23:10 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 02:06 | yes | 0 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 03:43 | yes | 0 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-14 23:19 | yes | 0 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 01:56 | yes | 0 | 38 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
None. Every name in this category resolved on its own.
Unresolved, counted raw
Along
Dealpad
Digify
FirmRoom
Google Slides
Launchdeck
Noux
Paage
Peony.ink
Salesroom
ShareFile Virtual Data Room
iDeals
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.