# Crayon alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 352 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Crayon holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/crayon/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Kompyte: 39
- Apollo.io: 30
- Similarweb: 18
- ZoomInfo: 17
- AlphaSense: 15
- Visualping: 15

## Competitive intelligence tools

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #7 of 15 at 3%).

- Kompyte: first choice in 28 of those 76
- Visualping: first choice in 13 of those 76
- Semrush: first choice in 8 of those 76
- Google Alerts: first choice in 6 of those 76
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Similarweb: first choice in 3 of those 76
- ClientCues: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Ahrefs: first choice in 1 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #3 of 12 at 23%).

- Kompyte: first choice in 11 of those 41
- Semrush: first choice in 2 of those 41
- Visualping: first choice in 2 of those 41
- AlphaSense: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Analook: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Google Alerts: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Owler: first choice in 1 of those 41
- SE Ranking: first choice in 1 of those 41

**Enterprise**: 29 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #1 of 7 at 54%).

- CompeteIQ: first choice in 3 of those 29
- Contify: first choice in 2 of those 29
- Klue: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Similarweb: first choice in 1 of those 29

## Market intelligence platforms

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #12 of 20 at 2%).

- Apollo.io: first choice in 22 of those 79
- Similarweb: first choice in 11 of those 79
- Semrush .Trends: first choice in 7 of those 79
- Crunchbase: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Prospeo: first choice in 4 of those 79
- ClientCues: first choice in 2 of those 79
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 2 of those 79
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator: first choice in 2 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #8 of 13 at 4%).

- Apollo.io: first choice in 7 of those 63
- ZoomInfo: first choice in 6 of those 63
- AlphaSense: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Crunchbase: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Similarweb: first choice in 3 of those 63
- CB Insights: first choice in 1 of those 63
- ClientCues: first choice in 1 of those 63
- Contify: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Crayon (Crayon is #5 of 18 at 6%).

- AlphaSense: first choice in 11 of those 64
- ZoomInfo: first choice in 11 of those 64
- Contify: first choice in 4 of those 64
- HG Insights: first choice in 3 of those 64
- Northern Light SinglePoint: first choice in 3 of those 64
- 6sense: first choice in 1 of those 64
- Apollo.io: first choice in 1 of those 64
- CB Insights: first choice in 1 of those 64

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