# Event lead capture apps for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "event lead capture app" and as "trade show badge scanning and lead retrieval tool", 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/event-lead-capture/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** iCapture leads with 29% of first choices; verdict contested. 48 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [iCapture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/icapture/index.md) | 29% | 9% | 47 |
| 2 | [B2Brain](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/b2brain/index.md) | 12% | 5% | 19 |
| 3 | [Bizzabo](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/bizzabo/index.md) | 10% | 11% | 18 |
| 4 | [Cvent iCapture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cvent-icapture/index.md) | 10% | 14% | 14 |
| 5 | [Captello](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/captello/index.md) | 6% | 12% | 40 |
| 6 | [Cvent LeadCapture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cvent-leadcapture/index.md) | 6% | 16% | 38 |
| 7 | [momencio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/momencio/index.md) | 4% | 11% | 18 |
| 8 | [Blinq](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/blinq/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 32 |
| 9 | [Wave Connect](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/wave-connect/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 16 |
| 18 | [Popl](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/popl/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 31 |
| 39 | [Mobly Capture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/mobly-capture/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 14 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 81 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: Bizzabo; alternatives Blinq, iCapture
- GPT-5.4 mini: Cvent LeadCapture; alternatives Bizzabo, SpotMe
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: iCapture; alternatives Captello, Cvent LeadCapture, Integrate, Mobly Capture
- Perplexity Sonar: Bizzabo; alternatives B2Brain, Captello, Uniqode Cards, iCapture
- Grok 4.20: B2Brain, Captello, momencio; alternatives Cvent LeadCapture
- Mistral Small: B2Brain, Blinq; alternatives Captello
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: B2Brain; alternatives Captello, iCapture, momencio
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Bizzabo; alternatives Blinq, Popl, Wave Connect, ZoomInfo
- Kimi K2: Cvent LeadCapture; alternatives B2Brain, Popl, momencio
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: B2Brain; alternatives Bizzabo, Cvent LeadCapture, momencio
- MiniMax M2.5: B2Brain, momencio; alternatives Blinq, Captello, Cvent LeadCapture, Popl
- GPT-6 Luna: Cvent iCapture; alternatives Captello, Cvent LeadCapture, momencio
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Bizzabo; alternatives B2Brain, Blinq, Captello, Cvent iCapture

## Sources the answers cite

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

- b2brain.com: 46 answers, 108 citations
- g2.com: 39 answers, 62 citations
- blinq.me: 32 answers, 41 citations
- bizzabo.com: 28 answers, 40 citations
- cvent.com: 26 answers, 42 citations
- getapp.com: 21 answers, 31 citations
- eventify.io: 20 answers, 24 citations
- uniqode.com: 19 answers, 19 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-event-lead-capture-software-2026 (26 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/event-lead-capture/enterprise (25 answers)
- https://cvent.com/en/event-marketing-management/lead-capture (20 answers)
- https://getapp.com/marketing-software/event-marketing/f/lead-capture (19 answers)
- https://uniqode.com/blog/events/best-event-lead-capture-software (19 answers)
- https://bizzabo.com/blog/best-lead-capture-apps-for-events (14 answers)
- https://eventify.io/blog/trade-show-lead-capture-app (14 answers)
- https://blinq.me/blog/best-event-lead-capture-software-2026 (13 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/event-lead-capture (13 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-app-for-events (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Popl: 9 of 31 labels negative. "Basic QR/NFC tools like some free/cheap variants of Popl or similar (e.g., if not on enterprise plans): ... not ideal for high-volume, regulated environments." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Blinq: 8 of 32 labels negative. "this model becomes unpredictable at scale... you can't accurately forecast total costs since spending depends on lead volume" (Claude Haiku 4.5, budget prompt)
- Cvent LeadCapture: 6 of 38 labels negative. "Avoid: Cvent LeadCapture, Eventleaf Lead Retrieval, Whova Lead Capture, rented badge scanners" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)
- Mobly Capture: 4 of 14 labels negative. "its evidence base is thin and SSO is not documented, creating adoption and access-management concerns for large enterprises" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: iCapture at 29%.

- Cvent LeadCapture: 21% to 6%, −15. Cleared the floor by 4 points · rank 2 → 6 of 81.
- B2Brain: 4% to 12%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 7 → 2 of 81.
- Bizzabo: 2% to 10%, +8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 9 → 3 of 81.
- Blinq: 9% to 2%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 4 → 8 of 81.
- iCapture: 23% to 29%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 81, unchanged.
- Captello: 11% to 6%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 3 → 5 of 81.
- BoothIQ: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 8 → 21 of 81.
- Cvent iCapture: 8% to 10%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 → 4 of 81.
- momencio: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 7 of 81.
- Popl: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 15 → 18 of 81.
- Mobly Capture: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 39 of 81.
- Wave Connect: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 9 of 81.

## 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.