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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 158 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Qualified 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/qualified/alternatives

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

- Tidio: 35
- HubSpot Conversations: 13
- Drift: 9
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: 5
- Intercom: 5
- Smartsupp: 3

## Conversational marketing platforms

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Qualified (Qualified is #7 of 14 at 4%).

- Tidio: first choice in 23 of those 77
- HubSpot Conversations: first choice in 12 of those 77
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Intercom: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Smartsupp: first choice in 3 of those 77
- HubSpot Chat: first choice in 2 of those 77
- HubSpot Chatbot Builder: first choice in 2 of those 77
- ManyChat: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 44 of 84 answers did not name Qualified (Qualified is #1 of 8 at 25%).

- Tidio: first choice in 12 of those 44
- Drift: first choice in 6 of those 44
- Intercom: first choice in 2 of those 44
- Customers.ai: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Freshchat: first choice in 1 of those 44
- HubSpot Conversations Hub: first choice in 1 of those 44
- HubSpot Live Chat: first choice in 1 of those 44
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 1 of those 44

**Enterprise**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Qualified (Qualified is #1 of 9 at 47%).

- Drift: first choice in 3 of those 37
- 1mind Superhumans: first choice in 1 of those 37
- ChatBot.com: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Conferbot: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Docket: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Genesys Cloud CX: first choice in 1 of those 37
- HubSpot Conversations: first choice in 1 of those 37
- HubSpot Marketing Hub: first choice in 1 of those 37

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