# Revenue intelligence and forecasting: what AI models recommend, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "revenue intelligence and forecasting platform" and as "sales forecasting and pipeline analytics tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/sales/revenue-intelligence-and-forecasting/

**Standing:** Avoma leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 55 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoma | 20% | 0% | 31 |
| 2 | Clari Copilot | 18% | 35% | 62 |
| 3 | HubSpot Sales Hub | 16% | 0% | 28 |
| 4 | Gong | 9% | 31% | 55 |
| 5 | BoostUp | 7% | 0% | 17 |
| 6 | Pipedrive | 4% | 0% | 11 |
| 7 | Revenue Grid | 2% | 7% | 30 |
| 8 | Salesloft | 2% | 14% | 21 |
| 9 | Revenue.io | 2% | 12% | 17 |
| 10 | Salesforce Revenue Intelligence | 0% | 0% | 10 |
| 11 | Aviso | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 12 | Chorus by ZoomInfo | 0% | 33% | 18 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Clari Copilot; alternatives BoostUp, Gong, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- GPT-5.4 mini: Clari Copilot; alternatives BoostUp, Gong
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Gong; alternatives Avoma, Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub, Oliv
- Perplexity Sonar: Avoma; alternatives 6sense, Clari Copilot, Gong, ZoomInfo
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Gong; alternatives Avoma, Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- Mistral Small: Avoma; alternatives BoostUp, Oliv, Revenue Grid, Salesloft
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: BoostUp; alternatives Avoma, Gong, HubSpot Sales Hub
- Llama 4 Maverick: BoostUp/Terret; alternatives HubSpot Sales Hub, InsightSquared, ZoomInfo GTM Workspace
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Clari Copilot; alternatives Einstein Copilot / EPM, Gong, Zuuna
- Kimi K2: Avoma; alternatives BoostUp, Revenue Grid, Revenue.io
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Avoma; alternatives Clari Copilot, Gong, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- MiniMax M2.5: Avoma, Terret; alternatives Clari Copilot, Gong, HubSpot Sales Hub

## Sources the answers cite

22 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- oliv.ai: 8 answers, 11 citations
- pipeline.zoominfo.com: 7 answers, 10 citations
- salesmotion.io: 7 answers, 7 citations
- getmaxiq.com: 6 answers, 8 citations
- zapier.com: 6 answers, 6 citations
- forecastio.ai: 5 answers, 6 citations
- marketbetter.ai: 5 answers, 5 citations
- marketsandmarkets.com: 4 answers, 6 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://oliv.ai/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-software-platforms (8 answers)
- https://salesmotion.io/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform-guide (7 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform (5 answers)
- https://forecastio.ai/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (4 answers)
- https://getmaxiq.com/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (4 answers)
- https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/revenue-intelligence-tools (4 answers)
- https://tellius.com/resources/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms-in-2026-clari-gong-tellius-7-more-compared (4 answers)
- https://articsledge.com/post/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (3 answers)
- https://assemblyai.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platforms (3 answers)
- https://avoma.com/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-software (3 answers)

## Warned against

- Clari Copilot: 22 of 62 labels negative. "Platforms to *Avoid* on a Limited Budget ... Clari \u2014 $100\u2013$200/user/month + $10K\u2013$75K implementation fees" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Gong: 17 of 55 labels negative. "Avoid: Enterprise platforms (Gong, Clari) unless you have 100+ reps and dedicated RevOps" (Mistral Small, direct prompt)
- Chorus by ZoomInfo: 6 of 18 labels negative. "Avoid as a standalone; be cautious of transcription limits." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- People.ai: 6 of 18 labels negative. "Avoid if you are a small or non-enterprise team... Avoid it if your sales team is under 20 reps" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.