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Sales engagement platforms · October 2026 Edition

HubSpot Sales Hub vs Outreach

Four of fourteen models named HubSpot Sales Hub first on the direct prompt; two named Outreach. Both were named by all fourteen models and HubSpot Sales Hub carries 57 labels and Outreach 62, so the shares are not directly comparable.

HubSpot Sales Hub

accepted challenger

By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in twenty-two categories this edition.

Outreach

criticized challenger

Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share20%9%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%35%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5762A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, HubSpot Sales Hub reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Apollo.io was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Apollo.io vs HubSpot Sales Hub · Apollo.io vs Outreach · Salesloft vs HubSpot Sales Hub

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 sales engagement platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HubSpot Sales HubFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOutreach
Direct424 against Outreach
Paraphrase312 against Outreach
Comparative010
Budget-constrained405 against Outreach
Scale-constrained02
Negative012 against HubSpot Sales Hub · 11 against Outreach
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, HubSpot Sales Hub and Outreach were named in the same answer 150 times, of the 730 answers naming HubSpot Sales Hub and the 314 naming Outreach. In those answers Outreach took the first choice twenty-nine times and HubSpot Sales Hub twenty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where HubSpot Sales Hub and Outreach 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
HubSpot Sales Hub Outreach first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, HubSpot Sales Hub on the left and Outreach on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where HubSpot Sales Hub and Outreach stood in it.

HubSpot Sales Hub first, Outreach an alternative

4 of 14 modelsOutreach was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5HubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Amplemarket, Apollo.io, Reply.io, Salesloft
DeepSeek V4 FlashHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Apollo.io, Klenty, Rework
Qwen 3.7 FlashHubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Apollo.io, Outreach, Salesloft
MiniMax M2.5Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub alternatives: Outreach, Revenue Grid, Salesloft

Outreach first, HubSpot Sales Hub not the choice

2 of 14 modelsHubSpot Sales Hub was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallApollo.io, Outreach, Salesloft
Llama 4 MaverickOutreach alternatives: Amplemarket

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.
GPT-5.4 miniSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub
Gemini 3.5 FlashApollo.io alternatives: Amplemarket, HubSpot Sales Hub, Klenty, Salesloft
Perplexity SonarSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub, Outreach
Grok 4.1 FastApollo.io alternatives: Groove, HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesloft
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesloft
GLM 4.7 FlashXSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub
GPT-6 LunaSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, Outreach
Muse Glimmer 30BSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub, Rework, Salesforce Sales Engagement

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
HubSpot Sales Hub leads by eighteen points.
HubSpot Sales Hub18%#2 of 11
Outreach0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
HubSpot Sales Hub leads by eleven points.
HubSpot Sales Hub20%#3 of 11
Outreach9%#4 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Outreach leads at enterprise.
Outreach57%#1 of 8
HubSpot Sales Hub4%#4 of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about HubSpot Sales Hub

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

“HubSpot Sales Hub – Common complaints include: Missing features... Limited customization... Significant cost increases with bugs” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative

What the models said about Outreach

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

“This applies to Outreach, SalesLoft, and any tool that encourages high-volume, automated outreach — those platforms are now risking your domain reputation” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“High-Caution Platforms (Frequent Red Flags): Outreach.io ... account termination complaints ... Best for enterprise but buggy for smaller teams.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“you want to avoid premium enterprise platforms like Outreach or Salesloft, which require custom quotes, charge steep per-seat fees” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Outreach | 150+ reps, complex workflows | $200–250/user/mo | Deepest customization, governance, enterprise features” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Deepest task‑driven sequencing and workflow controls... Enterprise SDR/orgs, RevOps teams needing deep forecasting” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“### 1. Outreach (now Outreach.ai) - Best for: Enterprise sales teams ... Deepest enterprise feature set” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative 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.