HubSpot CRM vs Keap: what AI actually recommends
The same buying questions, run after run, to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity: the record of which of these two they name first. No opinions, no scores we invented: what the models said.
AI currently favors HubSpot CRM. Ahead in 3 of 3 shared categories on consensus rank.
That is the latest close, not a verdict for all time. The model-by-model board below shows where they agree, where they split, and how both brands moved.
At the latest close, HubSpot CRM leads 3 and Keap leads 0 across the 3 categories they both appear in. The gap is widest in Best CRM Software For Startups, where the consensus scores read 75 and 6 on the 0-100 scale, and tightest in Best CRM Software For Small Businesses.
Beyond this pairing, HubSpot CRM is ranked in 4 categories and sits at #1 in 4; Keap is ranked in 3 categories. The board below is the shared slice, where the four models place these two side by side.
The record, category by category.
Consensus rank · latest close- #1HubSpot CRMNew entry at the last closespread 0Gemini#1PPLX#1
- #14KeapNew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#10
On consensus rank, HubSpot CRM leads here, #1 to Keap's #14. 50 to 6 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks HubSpot CRM ahead. HubSpot CRM is new to the board at this close.
- #1HubSpot CRMNew entry at the last closespread 0Gemini#1PPLX#1
- #7KeapNew entry at the last closespread 9Gemini#8PPLX#10
HubSpot CRM holds the edge in this category, #1 against Keap's #7. 50 to 14 on the 0-100 score. No model ranks Keap ahead in this category. HubSpot CRM is new to the board at this close.
- #1HubSpot CRMNew entry at the last closespread 0Claude#1Gemini#1PPLX#1
- #20KeapNew entry at the last closespread 10Gemini#10
The blended rank places HubSpot CRM at #1 and Keap at #20. 75 to 6 on the 0-100 score. Every model that separates the two ranks HubSpot CRM ahead. HubSpot CRM is new to the board at this close.
Where the models split.
Across the 3 categories HubSpot CRM and Keap both appear in, the models never break ranks: in each one, the same brand leads on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity alike.
No model runs against the grain here: each of the four ranks HubSpot CRM ahead at least as often as not, with Gemini the most lopsided.
The race is tightest in Best CRM Software For Small Businesses (6 ranks apart) and widest in Best CRM Software For Startups, where HubSpot CRM leads by 19.
- ChatGPTsplit 0-0
- Claudefavors HubSpot CRM 1-0
- Geminifavors HubSpot CRM 3-0
- Perplexityfavors HubSpot CRM 3-0