# Competitive intelligence tools: what AI models recommend, October 2026

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Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "competitive intelligence tool" and as "competitor tracking platform for product marketing", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/index.md

**Standing:** Kompyte leads with 38% of first choices; verdict contested. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Kompyte](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/kompyte/index.md) | 38% | 11% | 56 |
| 2 | [Klue](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/klue/index.md) | 26% | 16% | 55 |
| 3 | [Crayon](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/crayon/index.md) | 12% | 24% | 55 |
| 4 | [SpyFu](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/spyfu/index.md) | 6% | 21% | 19 |
| 5 | [Visualping](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/visualping/index.md) | 4% | 6% | 17 |
| 6 | [Google Alerts](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/google-alerts/index.md) | 4% | 7% | 14 |
| 7 | [Owler](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/owler/index.md) | 2% | 6% | 18 |
| 12 | [Similarweb](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/similarweb/index.md) | 0% | 11% | 36 |
| 13 | [Semrush](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush/index.md) | 0% | 20% | 41 |
| 14 | [AlphaSense](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/alphasense/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 20 |
| 15 | [Contify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/contify/index.md) | 0% | 23% | 22 |
| 16 | [Ahrefs](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ahrefs/index.md) | 0% | 26% | 19 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 85 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Klue; alternatives Crayon, Kompyte
- GPT-5.4 mini: Kompyte; alternatives Crayon, Klue, Similarweb
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Klue; alternatives BattleReady, Crayon, Kompyte
- Perplexity Sonar: Kompyte; alternatives Crayon, Similarweb, ZoomInfo
- Grok 4.20: Kompyte; alternatives Semrush
- Mistral Small: Klue, Kompyte
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Kompyte; alternatives Klue
- Llama 4 Maverick: Kompyte
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Klue; alternatives Ahrefs, Clutch, Crayon, G2 Buyer Intent
- Kimi K2: Kompyte; alternatives Klue, Semrush
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Kompyte; alternatives Crayon, Klue
- MiniMax M2.5: ZoomInfo; alternatives Google Alerts, Mention, Semrush
- GPT-6 Luna: Klue; alternatives Crayon
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Kompyte; alternatives Crayon, Klue

## Sources the answers cite

77 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- pipeline.zoominfo.com: 38 answers, 49 citations
- klue.com: 34 answers, 40 citations
- contify.com: 33 answers, 46 citations
- improvado.io: 31 answers, 34 citations
- marketintelligencetools.com: 29 answers, 30 citations
- copy.ai: 28 answers, 41 citations
- kompyte.com: 24 answers, 32 citations
- unkover.com: 21 answers, 23 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://improvado.io/blog/32-best-competitive-intelligence-companies (30 answers)
- https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/competitive-intelligence-software (30 answers)
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/rankings/competitive-intelligence-tools (28 answers)
- https://copy.ai/blog/competitive-intelligence-tools (26 answers)
- https://klue.com/topics/competitive-intelligence-tools-b2b-software (23 answers)
- https://contify.com/resources/blog/best-competitive-intelligence-tools (20 answers)
- https://blog.hootsuite.com/competitive-intelligence-software (19 answers)
- https://unkover.com/blog/competitive-intelligence-tools (19 answers)
- https://cloro.dev/blog/best-competitive-intelligence-tools (13 answers)
- https://copy.ai/blog/market-intelligence-tools (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Crayon: 13 of 55 labels negative. "Enterprise tools (Crayon, Klue) typically start at $25K+/year — avoid these on a limited budget" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Klue: 9 of 55 labels negative. "Enterprise tools (Crayon, Klue) typically start at $25K+/year — avoid these on a limited budget" (Kimi K2, budget prompt)
- Semrush: 8 of 41 labels negative. "While slightly pricier, it offers a comprehensive suite of tools that can be worth the investment. However, if budget is truly limited, SpyFu might be a better choice." (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- Contify: 5 of 22 labels negative. "Avoid unless you have a large enterprise IT budget and a dedicated analyst" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.