# Revenue intelligence and forecasting: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "revenue intelligence and forecasting platform" and as "sales forecasting and pipeline analytics tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/revenue-intelligence-and-forecasting/2026-09

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 15, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/revenue-intelligence-and-forecasting/index.md

**Standing:** Avoma leads with 20% of first choices; verdict contested. 55 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Avoma](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/avoma/index.md) | 20% | 0% | 31 |
| 2 | [Clari Copilot](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/clari-copilot/index.md) | 18% | 35% | 62 |
| 3 | [HubSpot Sales Hub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-sales-hub/index.md) | 16% | 0% | 29 |
| 4 | [Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/gong-revenue-intelligence-platform/index.md) | 9% | 31% | 55 |
| 5 | [BoostUp](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/boostup/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 17 |
| 6 | [Pipedrive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pipedrive/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 11 |
| 10 | [Revenue Grid](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/revenue-grid/index.md) | 2% | 7% | 30 |
| 11 | [Salesloft](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesloft/index.md) | 2% | 14% | 21 |
| 12 | [Revenue.io](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/revenue-io/index.md) | 2% | 12% | 17 |
| 13 | [Salesforce Revenue Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesforce-revenue-intelligence/index.md) | 2% | 8% | 12 |
| 24 | [Aviso](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/aviso/index.md) | 0% | 18% | 11 |
| 26 | [Chorus by ZoomInfo](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/chorus-by-zoominfo/index.md) | 0% | 33% | 18 |

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: Clari Copilot; alternatives BoostUp, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- GPT-5.4 mini: Clari Copilot; alternatives BoostUp, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform; alternatives Avoma, Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub, Oliv
- Perplexity Sonar: Avoma; alternatives 6sense, Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, ZoomInfo
- Grok 4.20: Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform; alternatives Avoma, Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- Mistral Small: Avoma; alternatives BoostUp, Oliv, Revenue Grid, Salesloft
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: BoostUp; alternatives Avoma, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub
- Llama 4 Maverick: Terret; alternatives HubSpot Sales Hub, InsightSquared, ZoomInfo GTM Workspace
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Clari Copilot; alternatives Einstein Copilot / EPM, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, Zuuna
- Kimi K2: Avoma; alternatives BoostUp, Revenue Grid, Revenue.io
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Avoma; alternatives Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- MiniMax M2.5: Avoma, Terret; alternatives Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub

## Sources the answers cite

22 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- oliv.ai: 13 answers, 21 citations
- getmaxiq.com: 12 answers, 15 citations
- salesmotion.io: 10 answers, 10 citations
- forecastio.ai: 8 answers, 13 citations
- pipeline.zoominfo.com: 7 answers, 10 citations
- demandbase.com: 7 answers, 8 citations
- zapier.com: 6 answers, 6 citations
- marketsandmarkets.com: 5 answers, 7 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://oliv.ai/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-software-platforms (11 answers)
- https://salesmotion.io/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform-guide (10 answers)
- https://getmaxiq.com/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (8 answers)
- https://demandbase.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platforms (7 answers)
- https://forecastio.ai/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (6 answers)
- https://tellius.com/resources/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms-in-2026-clari-gong-tellius-7-more-compared (5 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform (5 answers)
- https://avoma.com/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-software (4 answers)
- https://goairspeed.com/academy/alternatives/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms (4 answers)
- https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/revenue-intelligence-tools (4 answers)

## Warned against

- Clari Copilot: 22 of 62 labels negative. "Platforms to *Avoid* on a Limited Budget ... Clari \u2014 $100\u2013$200/user/month + $10K\u2013$75K implementation fees" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)
- Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform: 17 of 55 labels negative. "Avoid: Enterprise platforms (Gong, Clari) unless you have 100+ reps and dedicated RevOps" (Mistral Small, direct prompt)
- Chorus by ZoomInfo: 6 of 18 labels negative. "Avoid as a standalone; be cautious of transcription limits." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- People.ai: 6 of 18 labels negative. "Avoid if you are a small or non-enterprise team... Avoid it if your sales team is under 20 reps" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

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