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Digital sales rooms · September 2026 Edition

Aligned vs HummingDeck

Five of twelve models named Aligned first on the direct prompt; zero named HummingDeck. Aligned was named by twelve of the twelve models and HummingDeck by nine and Aligned carries 50 labels and HummingDeck 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aligned

endorsed leader

Named in two categories this edition.

HummingDeck

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share40%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels5017A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aligned reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Trumpet was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Aligned vs Trumpet · Aligned vs GetAccept · Aligned vs Flowla

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 digital sales rooms page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AlignedFirst choices, of twelve modelsHummingDeck
Direct50
Paraphrase50
Comparative10
Budget-constrained84
Scale-constrained10
Negative004 against Aligned
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, Aligned and HummingDeck were named in the same answer forty-seven times, of the 148 answers naming Aligned and the 50 naming HummingDeck. In those answers HummingDeck took the first choice six times and Aligned twenty-one.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Aligned first, HummingDeck an alternative

5 of 12 modelsHummingDeck was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniAligned alternatives: DealHub, Dock, Showpad
Gemini 3.5 FlashAligned, Trumpet alternatives: DealHub, Dock, GetAccept
DeepSeek V4 FlashAligned alternatives: Dock, GetAccept, HummingDeck, Trumpet
GLM 4.7 FlashXAligned, Trumpet alternatives: DealHub, GetAccept, HummingDeck
MiniMax M2.5Aligned, Trumpet alternatives: Dock, GetAccept

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.
Claude Haiku 4.5Trumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, Flowla, GetAccept
Perplexity SonarTrumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, GetAccept
Grok 4.1 FastTrumpet alternatives: Aligned, GetAccept
Mistral SmallGetAccept alternatives: Aligned, Dock, Trumpet
Kimi K2Trumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, GetAccept, HummingDeck

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickTrumpet
Qwen 3.7 FlashSeismic alternatives: Highspot, Qwilr, Spotio

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
Aligned leads by thirty-eight points.
Aligned46%#1 of 9
HummingDeck8%#4 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aligned leads by thirty-one points.
Aligned40%#1 of 14
HummingDeck8%#4 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Aligned leads by fourteen points.
Aligned14%#5 of 12
HummingDeck0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aligned

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

“Limited customization options - Steep learning curve - Integration issues with CRMs” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“incomplete data flow back to your CRM—seen in some Aligned/Trumpet feedback” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Aligned - Good for large buying committees but integration issues” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose trumpet or Aligned. They are highly visual, extremely easy to adopt, and built for fast, collaborative deal velocity.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Value: Aligned ... Choose Aligned if you're ready to pay and want the best price-to-feature ratio” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, Aligned offers the best price-to-feature ratio with a strong free tier” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about HummingDeck

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

“If you want the absolute lowest entry price for a paid plan, go with HummingDeck” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“### Top Recommendation: HummingDeck (Best overall for budget-conscious small teams)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“HummingDeck ($25/user/mo) - Best overall value” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
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.