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Lead routing and management · November 2026 Edition

Chili Piper vs Default

Two of fourteen models named Chili Piper first on the direct prompt; one named Default. Chili Piper was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Default by ten and Chili Piper carries 61 labels and Default 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Chili Piper

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Default

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate20%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels6125A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Chili Piper reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.LeanData was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. LeanData vs Chili Piper · LeanData vs Default · LeadAngel vs Chili Piper

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the lead routing and management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Chili PiperFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDefault
Direct211 against Chili Piper
Paraphrase001 against Chili Piper
Comparative20
Budget-constrained005 against Chili Piper · 4 against Default
Scale-constrained20
Negative005 against Chili Piper
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Chili Piper and Default were named in the same answer sixty times, of the 313 answers naming Chili Piper and the 66 naming Default. In those answers Default took the first choice zero times and Chili Piper six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Chili Piper and Default stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Chili Piper Default first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Chili Piper on the left and Default on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Chili Piper and Default stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
DeepSeek V4 FlashChili Piper, Default alternatives: LeadAngel, LeanData, RevenueHero

Chili Piper first, Default an alternative

1 of 14 modelsDefault was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChili Piper, LeanData alternatives: Default, Distribution Engine, HubSpot Operations & Sales Hub Enterprise, RevenueHero

Neither was the first choice, one was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5LeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Sales Hub, Kubaru, LeadAngel, Traction Complete
GPT-5.4 miniLeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, RevenueHero
Perplexity SonarLeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Sales Hub, LeanData
Grok 4.20LeanData alternatives: Apollo.io, Chili Piper, Kubaru, LeadAngel, RevenueHero, Salesforce Einstein Lead Scoring + Assignment Rules
Mistral SmallLeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, Default, LeadAngel, RevenueHero
Llama 4 MaverickLeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, Default, LeanData
Qwen 3.7 FlashLeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, LeanData, MarketBetter
Kimi K2LeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, LeanData
GLM 4.7 FlashXLeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, LeanData
MiniMax M2.5LeadAngel alternatives: Default, HubSpot Sales Hub, OnceHub Route
GPT-6 LunaLeanData alternatives: Chili Piper, HubSpot Workflows, RevenueHero
Muse Glimmer 30BLeadAngel alternatives: Chili Piper, Default, Kubaru, LeanData, RevenueHero

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Chili Piper leads by five points.
Chili Piper5%#7 of 16
Default0%#14 of 16
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Chili Piper leads by five points.
Chili Piper7%#4 of 15
Default2%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Chili Piper leads by eleven points.
Chili Piper11%#2 of 10
Default0%#9 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Chili Piper

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“If your primary goal is instantly booking inbound website leads onto rep calendars: Choose Chili Piper or RevenueHero.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Chili Piper or Default are the strongest picks if your priority is fast, high-converting inbound lead handling” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“If your main pain point is slow response times to inbound leads: Choose Chili Piper for instant calendar booking.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Default

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid Chili Piper / LeanData / Default unless you have enterprise budget” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: ... Default ($15,000/year)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“can easily cost thousands of dollars per year, making them impractical for smaller budgets” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Chili Piper or Default are the strongest picks” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Default / Qualified: Modern, all-in-one inbound routing, scheduling, and enrichment platforms built for agile RevOps teams.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
“Modern mid-market teams wanting routing + scheduling in one clean UX | Quote-based | Newer platform; less proven at scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.