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Which lead generation brands do AI assistants recommend?

Results for this public set of 20 lead generation buying questions, asked to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Measured 9 Oct 2026. One category is measured each week, so each is re-measured every 4 weeks. No comparable rank changes are available for this edition.

Each question runs up to 3 times on each engine. A brand scores out of 100 on how often and how high it is recommended. The score measures visibility in AI answers, not product quality.

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Lead generation leaderboard

RankBrandScore
1Apollo.io41.62/100
2ZoomInfo36.87/100
3Hunter.io19.83/100
4Lusha17.33/100
5Instantly16.79/100
6Outreach14.04/100
7Cognism13.29/100
8LinkedIn Sales Navigator12.79/100
9lemlist11.29/100
10Smartlead11.08/100
11Salesloft10.21/100
12Expandi8.75/100
13Reply.io8.33/100
14Woodpecker5.92/100
15Mailshake5.63/100
166sense5.5/100
17Bombora5/100
18Clay4.92/100
19PhantomBuster4.83/100
20Albacross4.67/100
21Dealfront4.54/100
22Dux-Soup4.29/100
23Seamless.AI4.12/100
24Demandbase3.75/100
25Snov.io3.67/100
26RocketReach2.83/100
27Waalaxy2.67/100
28Saleshandy2.67/100
29UpLead2.21/100
30Dripify2.21/100
31Meet Alfred1.71/100
32Kaspr1.42/100
33D&B Hoovers1.42/100
34Outscraper1.42/100
35Linked Helper1.38/100
36Amplemarket1.33/100
37QuickMail1.29/100
38HeyReach1.25/100
39RB2B1.21/100
40Lead4110.79/100
41Prospeo0.75/100
42Skylead0.75/100
43La Growth Machine0.67/100
44Breeze Intelligence0.58/100
45Findymail0.54/100
46Surfe0.54/100
47Skrapp.io0.5/100
48Klenty0.46/100
49Lead Forensics0.46/100
50LeadIQ0.46/100
51Tomba0.42/100
52Dropcontact0.33/100
53FullEnrich0.33/100
54ContactOut0.21/100
55Leadinfo0.21/100
56SignalHire0.21/100
57Warmly0.12/100
The 20 questions
  1. What's the best lead generation tool for B2B sales?
  2. What's the best free tool to find B2B leads and their email addresses?
  3. I'm the founder of a 6-person B2B software startup and I do all the outbound myself. Which tools should I use to find prospects and contact them?
  4. What's the best B2B contact database?
  5. Which B2B contact database has the most accurate direct dials and mobile numbers for cold calling?
  6. What's the best cold email software?
  7. Which cold email tool is best for sending thousands of emails a day without landing in spam?
  8. I run a small lead generation agency and manage outbound campaigns for eight clients. Which outreach platform handles multiple clients and dozens of sending inboxes best?
  9. What's the best tool to automate LinkedIn prospecting?
  10. Which LinkedIn outreach tool is the safest to use without getting my account restricted?
  11. We have a team of 10 SDRs who book meetings through email sequences and cold calls. Which sales engagement platform should we standardize on?
  12. Which B2B prospecting database is GDPR compliant and has good coverage of European companies?
  13. What's the best data enrichment tool for B2B leads?
  14. Which prospecting tool syncs new leads and email activity into our CRM without creating duplicates?
  15. What's the best tool to see which companies are visiting my website?
  16. What's the best B2B intent data provider?
  17. I run a small recruitment agency and want to win new clients by reaching hiring managers at companies that are actively hiring. Which tools would help me find and contact them?
  18. What's the best lead generation tool for a solo founder or freelancer on a small budget?
  19. I sell marketing services to local businesses like restaurants, dentists and plumbers in my city. Which tool should I use to build a list of these businesses with their phone numbers and emails?
  20. Is there an AI tool that can find leads, write personalized emails and send them for us automatically?
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