# Event lead capture apps: 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 a mid-market B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/event-lead-capture/2026-11

**Standing:** Blinq leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 51 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Blinq](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/blinq/index.md) | 20% | 15% | 41 |
| 2 | [B2Brain](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/b2brain/index.md) | 14% | 0% | 28 |
| 3 | [Wave Connect](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/wave-connect/index.md) | 14% | 4% | 25 |
| 4 | [iCapture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/icapture/index.md) | 12% | 23% | 43 |
| 5 | [Captello](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/captello/index.md) | 6% | 11% | 35 |
| 7 | [momencio](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/momencio/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 25 |
| 8 | [BoothIQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/boothiq/index.md) | 4% | 12% | 16 |
| 10 | [Cvent LeadCapture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/cvent-leadcapture/index.md) | 4% | 43% | 35 |
| 11 | [Popl](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/popl/index.md) | 2% | 31% | 36 |
| 12 | [Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/eventleaf-lead-retrieval-app/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 12 |
| 18 | [Mobly Capture](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/mobly-capture/index.md) | 0% | 17% | 24 |
| 23 | [Whova](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/whova/index.md) | 0% | 25% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 93 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: Blinq; alternatives iCapture, momencio
- GPT-5.4 mini: Cvent LeadCapture; alternatives Popl, Webex Events/Webinars
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: iCapture; alternatives Captello, Mobly Capture, Popl, Romify
- Perplexity Sonar: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Captello, Uniqode Cards, iCapture
- Grok 4.20: momencio; alternatives B2Brain, Blinq, Captello, Popl
- Mistral Small: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Captello, Mobly Capture, Popl
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: B2Brain; alternatives Mobly Capture, iCapture
- Llama 4 Maverick: Apollo.io; alternatives Blinq
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: B2Brain, Popl; alternatives iCapture
- Kimi K2: B2Brain; alternatives iCapture, momencio
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Blinq; alternatives B2Brain, Mobly Capture, Wave Connect, iCapture
- MiniMax M2.5: B2Brain, momencio; alternatives Lead Liaison, iCapture
- GPT-6 Luna: Cvent iCapture; alternatives momencio
- Muse Glimmer 30B: B2Brain; alternatives Blinq, Captello, Popl, iCapture

## Sources the answers cite

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

- b2brain.com: 51 answers, 121 citations
- g2.com: 35 answers, 57 citations
- blinq.me: 27 answers, 37 citations
- getapp.com: 25 answers, 38 citations
- uniqode.com: 24 answers, 24 citations
- learn.g2.com: 21 answers, 22 citations
- eventify.io: 19 answers, 23 citations
- cvent.com: 17 answers, 27 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://uniqode.com/blog/events/best-event-lead-capture-software (24 answers)
- https://getapp.com/marketing-software/event-marketing/f/lead-capture (23 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/lead-capture-app (19 answers)
- https://eventify.io/blog/trade-show-lead-capture-app (17 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-app-for-events (15 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/lead-capture-app-for-trade-shows (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/event-lead-capture (15 answers)
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-event-lead-capture-software-2026 (14 answers)
- https://cvent.com/en/event-marketing-management/lead-capture (14 answers)
- https://whova.com/blog/best-event-lead-capture-apps (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Popl: 11 of 36 labels negative. "Popl if you need reliable, predictable performance at a low cost (pricing and crashing complaints are widespread)." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt)
- Cvent LeadCapture: 15 of 35 labels negative. "Be cautious with organizer-rented or event-provided scanners/apps (especially Cvent LeadCapture)... explicitly warn against relying on these unless you have no choice." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Blinq: 6 of 41 labels negative. "This app has consistent technical problems: Many users report issues reading QR codes" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- iCapture: 10 of 43 labels negative. "Avoid for Limited Budgets: ... or iCapture (~$8K/year) are powerful but scale to bigger operations with higher costs." (Grok 4.20, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Blinq at 20%.

- B2Brain: 4% to 14%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 8 → 2 of 93.
- Mobly Capture: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 2 → 18 of 93.
- Wave Connect: 8% to 14%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 of 93, unchanged.
- iCapture: 6% to 12%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 5 → 4 of 93.
- Captello: 2% to 6%, +4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 11 → 5 of 93.
- momencio: 8% to 4%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 4 → 7 of 93.
- Blinq: 23% to 20%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 93, unchanged.
- BoothIQ: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 6 → 8 of 93.
- Cvent LeadCapture: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 10 of 93.
- Popl: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 9 → 11 of 93.
- Eventleaf Lead Retrieval App: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 10 → 12 of 93.
- Whova: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 23 of 93.

## 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.