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Sales engagement platforms · September 2026 Edition

Outreach vs HubSpot Sales Hub

Two of twelve models named Outreach first on the direct prompt; zero named HubSpot Sales Hub. Both were named by all twelve models and Outreach carries 62 labels and HubSpot Sales Hub 48, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Outreach

criticized challenger

By Outreach Corporation, Seattle, United States, founded 2013. Named in eleven categories this edition.

HubSpot Sales Hub

accepted challenger

By HubSpot, Cambridge, United States, founded 2006. Named in sixteen categories this edition.

First-choice share15%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate31%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels6248A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Outreach reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Salesloft was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Salesloft vs Outreach · Salesloft vs HubSpot Sales Hub · Apollo.io vs Outreach

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 sales engagement platforms page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
OutreachFirst choices, of twelve modelsHubSpot Sales Hub
Direct204 against Outreach
Paraphrase131 against Outreach
Comparative60
Budget-constrained015 against Outreach
Scale-constrained40
Negative019 against Outreach · 2 against HubSpot Sales Hub
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, Outreach and HubSpot Sales Hub were named in the same answer 118 times, of the 286 answers naming Outreach and the 501 naming HubSpot Sales Hub. In those answers HubSpot Sales Hub took the first choice twenty times and Outreach twenty-two.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Outreach first, HubSpot Sales Hub not the choice

2 of 12 modelsHubSpot Sales Hub was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickApollo.io, Outreach, Salesloft
MiniMax M2.5Outreach alternatives: Apollo.io, Salesloft

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub, Outreach, Salesloft
GPT-5.4 miniSalesloft alternatives: HubSpot Sales Hub, Outreach
Gemini 3.5 FlashSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub
Perplexity SonarSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub, Outreach
Grok 4.1 FastSalesloft alternatives: Apollo.io, HubSpot Sales Hub
Mistral SmallApollo.io alternatives: Outreach, Salesloft
DeepSeek V4 FlashApollo.io alternatives: Groove, HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesloft
Qwen 3.7 FlashSalesloft alternatives: HubSpot Sales Hub, Klenty, Outreach
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: Outreach, Salesloft

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GLM 4.7 FlashXApollo.io alternatives: Salesloft

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 ten points.
HubSpot Sales Hub10%#3 of 13
Outreach0%#13 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Outreach leads at mid-market.
Outreach15%#3 of 10
HubSpot Sales Hub8%#4 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Outreach leads by thirty-three points.
Outreach42%#1 of 7
HubSpot Sales Hub10%#4 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“Red flags: Poor customer support (slow responses, ticket-only), steep learning curve, integration issues ... Avoid if: Non-Salesforce CRM, small team, or high-volume cold email” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“flag it as risky for first-timers because it often requires a 12-month minimum, may charge for early termination, and can be overkill” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid entirely if: You're a startup or small team looking at Outreach, Salesloft, or ZoomInfo” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Focus on platforms like Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo.io, or Groove (Clari)... Popular mid-market fits: Outreach (enterprise-scale outbound)” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · first choice
“🏆 Outreach Best for: Large enterprise sales teams (20+ reps) running complex, multi-stage sales motions” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Outreach — Category leader for enterprise outbound; deepest sequencing, analytics, and admin controls.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

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. Two of two in this category shown.

“Never use for cold email: HubSpot Sales Hub” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“some features are only accessible in high-tier plans, which can be costly, and the platform can sometimes be slow” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
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.