Five of twelve models named Chili Piper first on the direct prompt; zero named HubSpot Sales Hub. Chili Piper was named by eleven of the twelve models and HubSpot Sales Hub by twelve and Chili Piper carries 46 labels and HubSpot Sales Hub 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in sixteen categories this edition.
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 lead routing and management page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Chili Piper and HubSpot Sales Hub were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 249 answers naming Chili Piper and the 501 naming HubSpot Sales Hub. In those answers HubSpot Sales Hub took the first choice twenty-one times and Chili Piper four.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“full Chili Piper suites can be incredibly frustrating, as they often require five-figure annual contracts” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid on a Limited Budget - Chili Piper — Now starts at $15,000/year minimum” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for Limited Budgets - Chili Piper — starts at $15,000/year (enterprise pricing)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“For most mid-market B2B companies, I recommend starting with Chili Piper as your primary routing and scheduling tool.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Stay Native (HubSpot/Pipedrive) only if your lead volume is moderate ... many mid-sized teams eventually outgrow this” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Specific Tool to Watch: HubSpot ... notorious for aggressive price hikes once you scale past the lower tiers” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you are on HubSpot, stick to native Smart Routing initially unless you have highly cross-functional teams requiring extreme customizability.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
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.