Top B2B SaaS Companies Most Recommended by AI

The definitive ranking of which B2B SaaS companies AI assistants recommend most — measured across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity using real buyer-intent prompts. No estimates, no fabricated scores.

Key findings

The strongest, data-backed conclusions from this run — each derived directly from the collected model responses.

• HubSpot is the most-recommended B2B SaaS company across the major AI models, with an AI Visibility Score of 68.4 out of 100 and 9.2% of all AI share of voice.
• AI recommendations are highly concentrated: the top 10 brands capture 35.0% of all AI share of voice, and the top 20 capture 52.8% — a winner-takes-most market.
• Only 71 of 91 ranked companies are named by all four models — consistent cross-model presence (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity) is rare.
• Every company in the Top 20 appears in all four major AI models — the leaders are unanimous across assistants, not the artifact of a single model.
• AI recommendations extend well beyond CRM: Greenhouse is the highest-ranked Recruitment Software brand at #4 overall.
• Venture-backed challengers outrank far larger incumbents — in CRM, Zoho (Private (bootstrapped)) sits at #3, ahead of Capsule (Private) at #88.
• The Top 10 alone spans 7 different software categories — AI assistants spread their recommendations across the B2B stack, not just one niche.
• 10 categories have a distinct AI front-runner, from CRM (HubSpot) to Finance SaaS (Ramp).

AI Visibility leaders

The 20 most AI-visible B2B SaaS brands by Recommendation Authority Score (RAS) — our 0–100 measure, shown here as the AI Visibility Score — computed from real model responses.

AI Share of Voice

HubSpot captures 9.2% of all weighted AI mentions — the largest single share of voice in the index. The top 20 brands together hold 52.8%.

AI Recommendation Share (ARS)

AI Recommendation Share (ARS) is the AI equivalent of market share: the percentage of all weighted AI recommendations a brand captures when buyers ask the major assistants. The brands below own the largest share of the AI conversation.

#	Company	AI Recommendation Share
1	HubSpot	9.2%
2	Salesforce	6.8%
3	Zoho	4.4%
4	Atlassian	3.7%
5	Zendesk	3.1%
6	Mixpanel	2.7%
7	Amplitude	2.7%
8	Intercom	2.6%
9	Apollo.io	2.3%
10	Pipedrive	2.2%
11	Greenhouse	2.0%
12	Freshsales	1.9%
13	Freshdesk	1.9%
14	ActiveCampaign	1.8%
15	ClickUp	1.8%

Biggest surprises

What stands out when you read the index closely — the talking points behind the numbers.

Winners & losers

Which companies punch above their funding weight — and which large, well-funded brands AI under-recommends. Based on 91 ranked companies with researched funding data.

Overperformers

Seed–Series C brands ranking in the Top 20

#3ZohoPrivate (bootstrapped)57.8

#6CognismSeries C56.0

#9AshbySeries C55.1

#10MixpanelSeries C55.0

#15ClickUpSeries C54.5

#19DrataSeries C54.3

Underperformers

Series D+/public brands ranked in the bottom third

#91AircallSeries D28.8

#89LatticeSeries F34.0

#88CapsulePrivate34.4

#87TeamtailorPrivate (PE)34.5

#79RecruiteeAcquired40.1

#73KustomerPrivate43.4

Visibility vs funding stage

Each dot is a ranked company; the red line marks the average AI Visibility Score for each funding tier. AI visibility is not simply a function of how much a company has raised.

Rankings by category

This flagship index rolls up our per-category leaderboards. Explore which brands AI recommends most in each niche:

Why these companies rank where they do

A closer read of the top 10 — each profile describes exactly what the data shows about that company's AI visibility: its score, how many models name it, its AI Recommendation Share and its category standing. No causes are inferred beyond the measured figures.

The full ranking

Every score below is computed from real model responses — never estimated. The AI Visibility Score (0–100) blends mention frequency, average position, model coverage, category relevance and sentiment. Models shows how many of the four major assistants name the company.

#	Company	AI Visibility Score	AI Share of Voice	Avg. position	Mentions	Models
1	HubSpot	68.4	9.2%	2.5	220	4/4
2	Salesforce	63.0	6.8%	3.4	186	4/4
3	Zoho	57.8	4.4%	4.3	123	4/4
4	Greenhouse	56.9	2.0%	1.6	35	4/4
5	Vanta	56.7	1.0%	1.7	16	4/4
6	Cognism	56.0	0.8%	2.4	12	4/4
7	Zendesk	56.0	3.1%	2.8	72	4/4
8	Atlassian	55.7	3.7%	4.5	116	4/4
9	Ashby	55.1	1.2%	3.5	22	4/4
10	Mixpanel	55.0	2.7%	1.9	73	4/4
11	Amplitude	54.9	2.7%	1.4	71	4/4
12	Pipedrive	54.8	2.2%	3.3	48	4/4
13	Apollo.io	54.8	2.3%	2.3	48	4/4
14	Gusto	54.6	1.0%	2.0	20	4/4
15	ClickUp	54.5	1.8%	2.4	37	4/4
16	Intercom	54.4	2.6%	3.0	65	4/4
17	Freshdesk	54.4	1.9%	2.6	40	4/4
18	Lever	54.4	1.6%	2.3	31	4/4
19	Drata	54.3	0.9%	2.3	16	4/4
20	Secureframe	54.2	0.8%	3.4	15	4/4
21	ActiveCampaign	53.9	1.8%	2.7	42	4/4
22	Sprinto	53.6	0.7%	3.1	13	4/4
23	SmartRecruiters	53.6	0.8%	3.5	16	4/4
24	Salesloft	53.3	1.6%	2.0	36	4/4
25	Asana	53.0	1.8%	3.3	42	4/4
26	Outreach	53.0	1.7%	1.9	39	4/4
27	Workable	52.5	1.1%	3.9	25	4/4
28	PostHog	52.3	1.6%	3.4	43	4/4
29	Close	52.1	1.0%	4.2	21	4/4
30	Monday.com	52.0	1.8%	4.0	48	4/4
31	Help Scout	51.9	1.0%	3.4	23	4/4
32	ZoomInfo	51.9	1.8%	1.5	45	4/4
33	Rippling	51.8	1.2%	3.8	28	4/4
34	Attio	51.1	1.0%	3.9	24	4/4
35	Freshsales	50.9	1.9%	5.0	63	4/4
36	Linear	50.9	0.9%	2.4	22	4/4
37	Heap	50.7	1.3%	3.6	35	4/4
38	Ramp	50.7	0.3%	1.0	8	4/4
39	Deel	50.7	0.7%	4.1	17	4/4
40	Klaviyo	50.6	0.6%	3.7	15	4/4
41	Brex	50.5	0.3%	2.0	6	4/4
42	Productboard	50.5	0.4%	1.0	9	4/4
43	Recurly	50.2	0.6%	3.2	15	4/4
44	Braze	50.2	0.5%	3.4	13	4/4
45	Notion	49.8	1.2%	5.1	41	4/4
46	Customer.io	49.6	0.9%	3.3	29	4/4
47	Smartsheet	49.6	0.5%	5.4	13	4/4
48	BambooHR	49.6	0.9%	3.7	26	4/4
49	Stripe	49.6	1.7%	2.8	59	4/4
50	Pendo	49.5	0.9%	4.3	30	4/4
51	Gong	49.4	1.0%	4.1	32	4/4
52	Wrike	49.1	0.8%	4.8	22	4/4
53	Iterable	48.9	0.4%	3.0	11	4/4
54	Remote	48.8	0.3%	4.7	8	4/4
55	Clari	48.6	0.8%	4.0	24	4/4
56	Chargebee	48.5	0.8%	2.8	24	4/4
57	Marketo	48.5	1.1%	3.6	35	4/4
58	Tidio	48.4	0.5%	5.7	14	4/4
59	Shortcut	48.2	0.6%	3.4	17	4/4
60	Front	48.1	0.3%	5.4	10	4/4
61	Gorgias	48.0	0.5%	5.0	16	4/4
62	Brevo	47.8	1.0%	6.0	38	4/4
63	Airtable	47.8	0.6%	5.8	20	4/4
64	HiBob	47.6	0.5%	5.4	19	4/4
65	FullStory	47.3	0.6%	5.3	22	4/4
66	Maxio	46.8	0.7%	5.0	24	4/4
67	Hyperproof	46.6	0.4%	5.0	13	4/4
68	Clay	46.4	0.3%	7.7	12	4/4
69	Personio	45.9	0.2%	6.0	6	4/4
70	OneTrust	45.1	0.3%	6.3	12	4/4
71	Contentsquare	44.5	0.3%	7.0	11	4/4
72	Scrut Automation	44.1	0.4%	4.4	9	3/4
73	Kustomer	43.4	0.2%	4.3	5	3/4
74	Aha!	43.3	0.2%	2.0	7	3/4
75	Folk	42.5	0.3%	5.5	9	3/4
76	Encharge	42.3	0.2%	3.0	8	3/4
77	Copper	41.3	0.1%	5.0	4	3/4
78	Mosaic	40.4	0.1%	8.0	4	3/4
79	Recruitee	40.1	0.2%	9.0	7	3/4
80	Runway	39.5	0.1%	4.0	2	2/4
81	Thoropass	38.3	0.3%	7.5	12	3/4
82	Mercury	37.4	0.1%	0.0	3	3/4
83	Gem	36.9	0.1%	6.7	5	2/4
84	Statsig	35.3	0.1%	6.0	3	2/4
85	Pinpoint	34.7	0.1%	8.0	4	2/4
86	Spendesk	34.7	0.1%	0.0	4	2/4
87	Teamtailor	34.5	0.1%	11.0	2	2/4
88	Capsule	34.4	0.1%	6.5	3	2/4
89	Lattice	34.0	0.1%	0.0	3	2/4
90	LogRocket	33.9	0.1%	0.0	2	2/4
91	Aircall	28.8	0.0%	0.0	1	1/4

Computed from real collected model responses across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity · last updated 2026-06-19. See the methodology for how each score is derived.

What this report measures

• AI Visibility Score (0–100) — a weighted blend of mention frequency, average position, model coverage, category relevance and sentiment.
• AI Share of Voice — how much of the category's AI attention each brand captures.
• Category analysis — how recommendations concentrate across CRM, support, HR, sales, compliance and more.
• Funding-stage analysis — how AI visibility maps to company maturity, joined to real, researched funding metadata.

How it's built

We maintain a library of real buyer-intent prompts per category, run them across the major AI models on a recurring basis, and capture which companies are named and in what order. Scores are derived from those responses — read the full methodology for the exact weights and formulas.

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