CRM
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ75Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ38
+14 more products
AI-recommended Sales Software
How ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity rank 143 products across 10 Sales categories in the Edition 3 snapshot for Week 30, July 26, 2026, backed by 799 cited pages from 458 domains.
Sales Engagement
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ78
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ73Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ33
+10 more products
Sales Intelligence
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ59Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ55
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ37
+13 more products
Conversation Intelligence
Gong1Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ36
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ24
+12 more products
E-Signature
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ50Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ31
+12 more products
Proposal Software
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ42
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ41
+15 more products
Contract Management (CLM)
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ74
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ60Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ36
+12 more products
Sales Enablement
Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ71Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ61Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ35
+9 more products
CPQ
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ56Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ55Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ52
+9 more products
Demo Automation
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ47
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ35
+10 more products
Movers in Edition 3
Most improved
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Spots lost
Down 11 positions
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This Edition’s News
Reporting from Cooper’s Edition 3 software recommendation index.
Index Update
The Cooper Index, Edition 3: Four Direct Rankings Across 80 Software Categories
Edition 3 records what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity recommend across 80 business software categories, with distinct rankings for Best, Most affordable, Easiest to set up, and Rising.
Rising AIQ
Edition 3 Rising AIQ Report
Eight category-relative Rising AIQ movements show how emerging-product recommendations changed across Cooper’s third immutable edition.
Category Report
Edition 3 Sales Software Report
A category-by-category reading of all ten Edition 3 Sales markets, with Best Top 3 tables and separate Most affordable, Easiest to set up, and Rising analysis.