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Lead routing and management · October 2026 Edition

Chili Piper vs Default

One of fourteen models named Chili Piper first on the direct prompt; one named Default. Chili Piper was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Default by nine and Chili Piper carries 42 labels and Default 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Chili Piper

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Default

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate24%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Chili Piper reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.LeanData was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. LeadAngel vs Chili Piper · LeadAngel vs Default · LeanData vs Chili Piper

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 lead routing and management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Chili PiperFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDefault
Direct111 against Chili Piper
Paraphrase10
Comparative20
Budget-constrained002 against Chili Piper
Scale-constrained10
Negative007 against Chili Piper
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Chili Piper and Default were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 242 answers naming Chili Piper and the 47 naming Default. In those answers Default took the first choice two times and Chili Piper seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Chili Piper and Default stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Chili Piper Default first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Chili Piper on the left and Default on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Chili Piper and Default stood in it.

Chili Piper first, Default an alternative

1 of 14 modelsDefault was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChili Piper, LeanData alternatives: Default, HubSpot Sales Hub, RevenueHero, Traction Complete

Default first, Chili Piper an alternative

1 of 14 modelsChili Piper was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Muse Glimmer 30BDefault, LeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesforce Sales Cloud

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5LeadAngel, LeanData alternatives: Default, HubSpot Sales Hub
GPT-5.4 miniLeanData alternatives: Chili Piper
Mistral SmallLeadAngel, LeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Sales Hub, RevenueHero
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Chili Piper, Default, LeanData
Llama 4 MaverickHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Chili Piper, LeadSquared, LeanData
GLM 4.7 FlashXHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Chili Piper, LeanData
MiniMax M2.5LeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, LeanData
GPT-6 LunaLeanData, RevenueHero alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Sales Hub

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarLeadAngel alternatives: HubSpot Sales Hub
Grok 4.20HubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Pipedrive, Salesflare, Zoho CRM
Qwen 3.7 FlashJunction alternatives: LeadReactor, Salesforce LeadScore, Seamless.AI
Kimi K2RevenueHero alternatives: LeadAngel

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
Chili Piper leads by two points.
Chili Piper2%#9 of 11
Default0%#– of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Chili Piper leads by four points.
Chili Piper5%#5 of 11
Default2%#7 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Default leads at enterprise.
Default2%#7 of 9
Chili Piper0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Chili Piper

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

“Volume-based platform fees scale sharply with inbound volume... full Chili Piper suites can be incredibly frustrating, as they often require five-figure annual contracts” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Choose Chili Piper or RevenueHero if your main pipeline bottleneck is prospects filling out your website's contact form” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“If your primary goal is converting inbound web traffic into qualified sales meetings... Chili Piper is the market leader.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Default

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

“Default is repeatedly recommended for mid-market inbound routing + scheduling automation.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Positions itself around visual workflows that can combine routing with enrichment, qualification, scheduling, CRM updates, and fallbacks” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
“Choose Default if you want one platform that integrates easily to handle data enrichment, instantly qualifies forms, escalates leads” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative 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.