# Competitive intelligence tools for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane, the publisher, sells software in this category. Every product here is measured by the same method as in every other category.

Gane Index, November 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 an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/enterprise

**Standing:** Crayon leads with 54% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Crayon](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/crayon/index.md) | 54% | 18% | 77 |
| 2 | [Klue](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/klue/index.md) | 29% | 19% | 72 |
| 3 | [Contify](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/contify/index.md) | 5% | 2% | 44 |
| 5 | [Similarweb](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/similarweb/index.md) | 4% | 17% | 35 |
| 8 | [AlphaSense](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/alphasense/index.md) | 0% | 10% | 39 |
| 9 | [Kompyte](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/kompyte/index.md) | 0% | 37% | 35 |
| 13 | [Semrush](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush/index.md) | 0% | 36% | 25 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 71 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: Crayon, Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Kompyte
- GPT-5.4 mini: Contify, Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Crayon
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Contify, Crayon, Kompyte
- Perplexity Sonar: Crayon; alternatives AlphaSense, Contify, Klue, Semrush
- Grok 4.20: Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Crayon, Kompyte, Semrush
- Mistral Small: Crayon; alternatives Klue, SyncGTM
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Crayon, Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Contify, Kompyte, Similarweb
- Llama 4 Maverick: Crayon; alternatives Klue, Kompyte, Similarweb
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Crayon, Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Kompyte, Similarweb
- Kimi K2: Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Crayon, Kompyte
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Crayon, Klue; alternatives AlphaSense, Contify, Similarweb
- MiniMax M2.5: Crayon, Klue; alternatives Brand24, Cognism, Distill Intelligence, Lumen
- GPT-6 Luna: Klue; alternatives Crayon
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Crayon, Klue

## Sources the answers cite

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

- gane.ai/index: 30 answers, 32 citations
- klue.com: 29 answers, 41 citations
- toolradar.com: 24 answers, 36 citations
- g2.com: 23 answers, 42 citations
- marketintelligencetools.com: 21 answers, 26 citations
- contify.com: 20 answers, 35 citations
- crayon.co: 18 answers, 26 citations
- miniloop.ai: 17 answers, 17 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/competitive-intelligence/enterprise (28 answers)
- https://miniloop.ai/blog/competitive-intelligence-tools (17 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/best/competitive-intelligence/for/enterprises (17 answers)
- https://marketintelligencetools.com/reports/competitive-intelligence-pricing (16 answers)
- https://syncgtm.com/blog/competitive-intelligence-tools (15 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/best/competitive-intelligence (15 answers)
- https://inflowave.io/resources/best-competitive-intelligence-tools (13 answers)
- https://softwaresuggest.com/competitive-intelligence-tools (13 answers)
- https://blog.hootsuite.com/competitive-intelligence-software (12 answers)
- https://divbyzero.com/blog/best-competitive-intelligence-tools (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Klue: 14 of 72 labels negative. "Avoid if your organization prioritizes ironclad data security; opt for alternatives with better breach track records." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Crayon: 14 of 77 labels negative. "recommendations include avoiding "enterprise-priced suites like Crayon, Klue, or Kompyte until you truly need scale."" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Kompyte: 13 of 35 labels negative. "Start-up-only pricing models that don’t scale | Kompyte, some “budget-friendly” CI platforms." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Semrush: 9 of 25 labels negative. "criticized for high pricing, navigation limitations, and data inconsistencies... may not scale ethically for large orgs" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Crayon at 54%.

- Crayon: 44% to 54%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 1 of 71, unchanged.
- Klue: 35% to 29%, −6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 2 of 71, unchanged.
- Contify: 10% to 5%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 of 71, unchanged.
- Similarweb: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 9 → 5 of 71.
- AlphaSense: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 8 of 71.
- Kompyte: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 9 of 71.
- Semrush: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 13 of 71.

## Record

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