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

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "revenue intelligence and forecasting platform" and as "sales forecasting and pipeline analytics tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/revenue-intelligence-and-forecasting/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/sales/revenue-intelligence-and-forecasting/index.md

**Standing:** Clari Copilot leads with 28% of first choices; verdict contested. 50 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Clari Copilot](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/clari-copilot/index.md) | 28% | 40% | 65 |
| 2 | [HubSpot Sales Hub](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hubspot-sales-hub/index.md) | 12% | 10% | 39 |
| 3 | [Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/gong-revenue-intelligence-platform/index.md) | 12% | 35% | 63 |
| 4 | [Avoma](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/avoma/index.md) | 10% | 0% | 25 |
| 6 | [Pipedrive](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/pipedrive/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 14 |
| 7 | [Revenue Grid](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/revenue-grid/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 15 |
| 9 | [BoostUp](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/boostup/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 10 |
| 10 | [Salesforce Revenue Intelligence](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesforce-revenue-intelligence/index.md) | 2% | 29% | 21 |
| 18 | [People.ai](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/people-ai/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 16 |
| 19 | [Salesloft](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/salesloft/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 19 |
| 20 | [Aviso](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/aviso/index.md) | 0% | 13% | 15 |
| 22 | [Revenue.io](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/revenue-io/index.md) | 0% | 15% | 13 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 76 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: Terret; alternatives Aviso, Avoma, HubSpot Sales Hub
- GPT-5.4 mini: Clari Copilot; alternatives Aviso, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform; alternatives Ebsta, HubSpot Sales Hub, Terret
- Perplexity Sonar: Clari Copilot; alternatives Avoma, Revenue.io, Salesforce Revenue Intelligence
- Grok 4.20: Revenue Grid; alternatives Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub
- Mistral Small: Clari Copilot; alternatives Demandbase, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Terret; alternatives Avoma, Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, Salesforce Revenue Intelligence
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: BoostUp; alternatives Clari Copilot
- Kimi K2: Avoma; alternatives Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Clari Copilot; alternatives Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform, HubSpot Sales Hub, ZoomInfo GTM Workspace
- MiniMax M2.5: Clari Copilot, Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform; alternatives HubSpot Sales Hub, Revenue Grid
- GPT-6 Luna: Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform; alternatives HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesforce Revenue Intelligence, Salesloft with Clari Forecast
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Revenue Grid; alternatives Clari Copilot, HubSpot Sales Hub, Salesforce Revenue Intelligence

## Sources the answers cite

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

- pipeline.zoominfo.com: 45 answers, 70 citations
- avoma.com: 38 answers, 55 citations
- demandbase.com: 35 answers, 35 citations
- optif.ai: 31 answers, 41 citations
- salesmotion.io: 28 answers, 28 citations
- cleverly.co: 25 answers, 25 citations
- zapier.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- marketbetter.ai: 20 answers, 25 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://demandbase.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platforms (35 answers)
- https://avoma.com/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-software (29 answers)
- https://optif.ai/media/articles/revenue-intelligence-tools-guide (28 answers)
- https://salesmotion.io/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform-guide (28 answers)
- https://cleverly.co/blog/revenue-intelligence-tools (25 answers)
- https://tellius.com/resources/blog/best-revenue-intelligence-platforms-in-2026-clari-gong-tellius-7-more-compared (19 answers)
- https://zapier.com/blog/revenue-intelligence-platform (19 answers)
- https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/sales-forecasting-software (18 answers)
- https://pipeline.zoominfo.com/sales/revenue-intelligence-tools (17 answers)
- https://marketsandmarkets.com/AI-sales/revenue-intelligence-tool-selection-performance-and-accuracy-focus (13 answers)

## Warned against

- Clari Copilot: 26 of 65 labels negative. "Avoid these enterprise forecasters unless you have already solved your CRM data hygiene issues" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform: 22 of 63 labels negative. "Avoid Gong if your team is under 15\u201320 reps or if you lack a dedicated Revenue Operations (RevOps) professional" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Chorus by ZoomInfo: 6 of 15 labels negative. "ZoomInfo contracts are notorious for automatic multi-year renewals ... do not sign until you get the exact exit, cancellation, and non-auto-renewal clauses in writing" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Salesforce Revenue Intelligence: 6 of 21 labels negative. "adding Salesforce Revenue Intelligence is often highly redundant and far less flexible" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: Avoma (20%) to Clari Copilot (28%). Margin 16 points, beyond the floor.

- Clari Copilot: 18% to 28%, +10. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 → 1 of 68.
- Avoma: 20% to 12%, −8. Inside the floor by 3 points · rank 1 → 3 of 68.
- BoostUp: 7% to 2%, −5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 5 → 9 of 68.
- HubSpot Sales Hub: 16% to 12%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 2 of 68.
- Gong Revenue Intelligence Platform: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 of 68, unchanged.
- Salesloft: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 16 of 68.
- Revenue.io: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 22 of 68.
- Pipedrive: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 of 68, unchanged.
- Revenue Grid: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 8 of 68.
- Salesforce Revenue Intelligence: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 11 of 68.
- People.ai: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 28 → 17 of 68.
- Aviso: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 24 → 19 of 68.

## Record

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