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Digital sales rooms · September 2026 Edition

Showpad vs Seismic

Zero of twelve models named Showpad first on the direct prompt; one named Seismic. Showpad was named by seven of the twelve models and Seismic by eleven and Showpad carries 10 labels and Seismic 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Showpad

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Seismic

criticized challenger

Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%36%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#7#8A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels1025A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Showpad 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 Showpad · Aligned vs Seismic · Trumpet vs Showpad

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.
ShowpadFirst choices, of twelve modelsSeismic
Direct01
Paraphrase101 against Seismic
Comparative10
Budget-constrained001 against Seismic
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Showpad · 7 against Seismic
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, Showpad and Seismic were named in the same answer 175 times, of the 199 answers naming Showpad and the 356 naming Seismic. In those answers Seismic took the first choice fifty times and Showpad six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Seismic first, Showpad not the choice

1 of 12 modelsShowpad was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashSeismic alternatives: Highspot, Qwilr, Spotio

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniAligned alternatives: DealHub, Dock, Showpad

Neither was named

10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Trumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, Flowla, GetAccept
Gemini 3.5 FlashAligned, Trumpet alternatives: DealHub, Dock, GetAccept
Perplexity SonarTrumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, GetAccept
Grok 4.1 FastTrumpet alternatives: Aligned, GetAccept
Mistral SmallGetAccept alternatives: Aligned, Dock, Trumpet
DeepSeek V4 FlashAligned alternatives: Dock, GetAccept, HummingDeck, Trumpet
Llama 4 MaverickTrumpet
Kimi K2Trumpet alternatives: Aligned, Dock, GetAccept, HummingDeck
GLM 4.7 FlashXAligned, Trumpet alternatives: DealHub, GetAccept, HummingDeck
MiniMax M2.5Aligned, Trumpet alternatives: Dock, GetAccept

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Showpad0%#– of 9
Seismic0%#9 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Showpad2%#7 of 14
Seismic2%#8 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Seismic leads by twelve points.
Seismic16%#1 of 12
Showpad5%#8 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Showpad

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

“Showpad — strongest if you want a broader sales enablement suite with DSR capabilities, deeper analytics, and native offline access” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Showpad if your main goal is buyer engagement + collaborative deal rooms in one platform.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Seismic

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

“Seismic is arguably the leader... Go with Seismic if you are building a modern sales infrastructure and need deep analytics.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct 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.