# Crayon alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 362 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Crayon holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/crayon/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Kompyte: 40
- Apollo.io: 25
- Semrush: 19
- ZoomInfo: 19
- AlphaSense: 15
- Visualping: 15

## Competitive intelligence tools

**Small business**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #10 of 15 at 2%).

- Kompyte: first choice in 19 of those 72
- Visualping: first choice in 10 of those 72
- SpyFu: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Semrush: first choice in 6 of those 72
- Google Alerts: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Owler: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Similarweb: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Brand24: first choice in 2 of those 72

**Mid-market**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #3 of 12 at 12%).

- Kompyte: first choice in 11 of those 48
- SpyFu: first choice in 3 of those 48
- Google Alerts: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Klue: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Visualping: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Clozd: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Competitors App: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Cotera: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Enterprise**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #1 of 7 at 44%).

- CompeteIQ: first choice in 3 of those 35
- Contify: first choice in 3 of those 35
- AlphaSense: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Klue: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Kompyte: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Nodify: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Semrush: first choice in 1 of those 35

## Market intelligence platforms

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #16 of 16 at 0%).

- Apollo.io: first choice in 18 of those 78
- Semrush: first choice in 10 of those 78
- Kompyte: first choice in 7 of those 78
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 5 of those 78
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator: first choice in 3 of those 78
- Visualping: first choice in 3 of those 78
- 6sense: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Google Trends: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #4 of 12 at 7%).

- Apollo.io: first choice in 7 of those 67
- ZoomInfo: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Google Trends: first choice in 3 of those 67
- AlphaSense: first choice in 2 of those 67
- CB Insights: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Crunchbase: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Kompyte: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Semrush: first choice in 2 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 62 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #4 of 14 at 7%).

- ZoomInfo: first choice in 13 of those 62
- AlphaSense: first choice in 11 of those 62
- CB Insights: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Gartner: first choice in 3 of those 62
- Cognism: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Contify: first choice in 2 of those 62
- HG Insights: first choice in 2 of those 62
- Northern Light SinglePoint: first choice in 2 of those 62

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