3 categories · RankedNutshell
Nutshell is a sales CRM with marketing automation, described by its own pages as AI-powered, built for small businesses · nutshell.com ↗
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.
HubSpot CRM is first at 65%.
HubSpot CRM is first at 53%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
No model named it for this buyer.
Why models recommend it
“Nutshell is the best affordable CRM for small businesses, starting at $13 per month per user”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Good for companies wanting integrated CRM + customer success, especially if you're starting with a lower budget.”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
“Best for growing B2B sales teams 5-50 reps seeking an affordable, easy-to-use CRM”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · alternative
“Flowlu or Nutshell combine CRM with additional tools like invoicing or marketing.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“flags Kylas Sales CRM, Bigin, and Nutshell for reporting-related complaints”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Nutshell, over the 32 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 13 | View → | |
| 18 | 4 | View → | |
| 17 | 2 | View → | |
| 13 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Nutshell's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Small Businesses
- Price stated
- $13 Per user, per month
- Starting price
- 13
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-Day Trial
- Integrations
- 5000
- Certifications
- SOC 2
- Customers named
- Patrick Services, Connected Sales and Marketing, DocSolid, 89-Paint, The Reuse Network, Clear Path Strategy
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 31 of the 32 answers that named Nutshell and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Fifty-six of the seventy-nine domain citations in answers naming Nutshell 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 787 | 13 | 2026-09-23 | CRM, SEO | |
| Comparison | 99 | 0 | 2025-04-25 | CRM, CDP | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 23 | 0 | 2026-06-17 | ||
| Case study | 22 | 0 | 2026-03-17 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 22 | 0 | 2025-01-29 | CRM, Enrichment | |
| Podcast or video | 8 | 0 | 2024-03-19 | ||
| Report or ebook | 7 | 0 | 2026-06-22 | ||
| Conference or event | 4 | 0 | 2024-05-07 | ||
| News or press | 3 | 0 | 2024-12-17 | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | 0 | 2024-10-25 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-23Crm office 365 integration blog
- 2026-09-16Crm ai tools blog
- 2026-09-16Crm ai pricing comparison blog
- 2026-09-10User friendly crm blog
- 2026-08-28Ringcentral sms inbox blog
- 2026-08-27Crm reporting blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page nutshell.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.