Pipedrive

How often 10 AI models recommend Pipedrive, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 2 buying questions where it came up.

Mention rate

54%of all answers on these questions

Best standing

#1of 27 on Best CRM software for small businesses

Buying questions

2where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. MiniMax M383%
2. Qwen 3.8 Flash54%
3. Kimi K354%
4. Claude Haiku 5.550%
5. GPT-6 Luna50%
6. Gemini 4 Argon50%
7. DeepSeek V4 Pro50%
8. GLM-5.350%
9. Mistral Large 450%
10. Nemotron 3 Ultra50%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best CRM software for small businesses 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Visual sales pipeline makes deal tracking simple; built for small sales teams.
• GPT-6 LunaIntuitive pipeline management makes it especially effective for sales-focused small businesses.
• Gemini 4 ArgonHyper-focused, intuitive visual sales pipelines built specifically for small teams to close deals fast.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashPurpose-built for small sales teams; intuitive and affordable.
• DeepSeek V4 ProVisual pipeline management that sales-focused small businesses love.
• GLM-5.3Visual sales pipeline that's easy for non-technical founders to adopt.
• Kimi K3Visual pipeline, cheap, sales-focused without overwhelming extras.
• MiniMax M3Excellent sales pipeline visualization for deal-focused teams.
• Mistral Large 4Built for sales teams; visual pipeline makes deal tracking effortless.
• Nemotron 3 UltraVisual pipeline, sales-focused, affordable for small teams

Best sales engagement platforms 1

• MiniMax M3Simple CRM with email integration and basic cadence automation.

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, Pipedrive highlighted.

Best CRM software for small businesses

27 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

FreshsalesHubSpotPipedriveZoho CRMSalesforce

Contested

1. 6Copper83%
2. 7Insightly70%
3. 8Keap58%
4. 9Less Annoying CRM48%
5. 10monday.com43%

Best sales engagement platforms

41 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

Apollo.ioOutreachSalesloft

Contested

1. 4HubSpot87%
2. 5Reply.io83%
3. 6Lemlist60%
4. 7Clari (Groove)55%
5. 8Mixmax47%
6. ⋯
7. 18Pipedrive8%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best CRM software for small businesses	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Best sales engagement platforms				8			8	67

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best CRM software for small businesses	100	100	100	100
Best sales engagement platforms		10	17	7

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

Pipedrive vs HubSpotPipedrive vs SalesforcePipedrive vs Zoho CRMPipedrive vs FreshsalesPipedrive vs Apollo.ioPipedrive vs Outreach

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