“cheaper alternatives to Salesforce for small business”
When we asked, 3 of 3 engines named a B2B SaaS vendor. 6 distinct firms were named in total, never the same across every engine — see the breakdown below.
Who does ChatGPT name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: Salesforce · HubSpot · Zoho · Monday.com · Pipedrive
Sources cited: hubspot.com, zoho.com, pipedrive.com, monday.com, blog.hubspot.com
Who does Gemini name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: Salesforce · HubSpot · Zoho · Monday.com · Freshworks · Pipedrive
Who does Perplexity name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: Salesforce · HubSpot · Zoho · Monday.com · Freshworks · Pipedrive
Sources cited: techsy.io, integrateiq.com, usecarly.com, cloudappcritic.com, text.com, coffee.ai, fluidcrm.io, reddit.com, +12 more
How was this measured?
We put this exact question to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity as part of the B2B SaaS Vendors in AI Answers — a directional read study, once per engine, and recorded every firm each answer named and every source it cited. Each engine is reported on its own — never averaged — because engines name different firms for the same question. Only firms tracked in the study are matched, so a firm missing here may still have been mentioned.
What else do buyers ask about switching & alternatives?
- best alternatives to Salesforce · 8 named
- best alternatives to HubSpot · 9 named
- why companies switch away from Salesforce · 6 named
- best alternatives to Monday.com · 6 named
- best alternatives to Asana · 5 named