Vantage research · November 2026 · CRM

What AI cites for “best crm for startups”

ChatGPT cited 10 sites, Gemini cited 9 sites, Perplexity cited 10 sites. 1 site was cited by all three.

Updated monthlyNext edition 1 December 2026

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexity dots beside a site: the other engines that cite it too

ChatGPT

10 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 7 words

  1. attio.com
  2. hubspot.com
  3. pipedrive.com
  4. close.com
  5. zoho.com
  6. hackceleration.com
  7. softwarecompare.net
  8. beststacked.com
  9. techradar.com
  10. spotsaas.com

Brands namedAttio, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Close, Zoho CRM, Zoho, Salesforce, Pre-seed

Gemini

9 sites · opens with a sentence · no table · opening 23 words

  1. lightfield.app
  2. attio.com
  3. blog.salesflare.com
  4. failory.com
  5. fluidcrm.io
  6. expertmarket.com
  7. slack.com
  8. monday.com
  9. pcmag.com

Brands namednone

Perplexity

10 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 28 words

  1. selecthub.com
  2. techradar.com
  3. hubspot.com
  4. clarify.ai
  5. attio.com
  6. salesforce.com
  7. techrepublic.com
  8. bigin.com
  9. withallo.com
  10. slack.com

Brands namedHubSpot, Pipedrive, Zoho CRM, Bigin by Zoho, Salesforce Starter Suite, Attio, Close

Cited by more than one engine

  • attio.com
  • hubspot.com
  • techradar.com
  • slack.com

Is your site one of them?

Ask your AI agent to run Vantage's analyze_citation_coverage for your domain and “best crm for startups”, on all three engines, and it will tell you whether you are cited, who is instead, and what changed since your last check.

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Each engine was asked once, in English, as from the United States, on 2026-11-01. Answers change from run to run, so read this as a snapshot. Download the data.