HubSpot vs Zoho CRM: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about CRM for small business — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. HubSpot is named in 24 of 30 answers (80%); Zoho CRM in 16 (53%).

HubSpot

80%

named in 24 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 90% of answers

Gemini: named in 50% of answers

Perplexity: named in 100% of answers

Zoho CRM

53%

named in 16 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

HubSpot

80%

Pipedrive

60%

Zoho CRM

53%

Freshsales

40%

Bigin by Zoho

33%

Less Annoying CRM

33%

Salesforce Starter

23%

Salesflare

17%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.