10 categories · RankedDrift
Drift is a Salesloft application used to qualify sales leads and book meetings from website visits · drift.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in AI marketing agents and Marketing automation, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Tidio is first at 27%.
Qualified is first at 25%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Qualified is first at 47%.
Why models recommend it
“Drift: The market leader for B2B pipeline acceleration. Strongest for large enterprises but very popular in mid-market due to robust reporting and AI capabilities.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Strong for B2B lead gen, AI qualification, and meeting booking. Excellent HubSpot/Salesforce integration. Great for mid-market.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“Drift (The Market Leader for B2B)... Choose Drift (or Salesloft Chat Agents) if you are a B2B company trying to book meetings”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Comparative question · first choice
“The gold standard for B2B pipeline acceleration, though its premium pricing remains a barrier for mid-market firms.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · first choice
What gives them pause
“The platform has been called out for both operational and security concerns... Salesloft Drift breach in August 2025 is widely cited as an example of third-party SaaS risk”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Drift is being sunset/wound down following its acquisition by Salesloft... This makes Drift a risky choice for new investments”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“What to Avoid or Reconsider | Drift | Now owned by Salesloft and reportedly winding down as a standalone product.”Kimi K2 · Direct question · warning
“I'd avoid starting a new deployment on Drift... Drift is the clearest "avoid for new deployments" example right now”GPT-6 Luna · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Drift, over the 251 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 17 | Compare → | |
| 108 | 40 | Compare → | |
| 93 | 23 | Compare → | |
| 44 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 43 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 33 | 2 | View → | |
| 32 | 4 | View → | |
| 31 | 15 | View → | |
| 27 | 0 | View → | |
| 27 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Drift →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Drift's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, United States
- Founded
- 2011
- Also from Salesloft
- Salesloft, Salesloft Conversations, Salesloft Dialer, Salesloft Rhythm
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 219 of the 251 answers that named Drift and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
532 of the 532 domain citations in answers naming Drift came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 |