CRM
Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ55Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ33Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+17 more products
AI-recommended Sales Software
How ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity rank 149 products across 10 Sales categories in the Edition 4 snapshot for Week 31, August 2, 2026, backed by 889 cited pages from 485 domains.
Sales Engagement
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ93Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ58Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ33
+11 more products
Sales Intelligence
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ41
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ36
+12 more products
Conversation Intelligence
Gong1Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 3 of 4 assistants
AIQ30Named by 1 of 4 assistants
AIQ28
+15 more products
E-Signature
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ98Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ53
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ30
+11 more products
Proposal Software
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ88
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ63Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ31
+13 more products
Contract Management (CLM)
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ46Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ37
+13 more products
Sales Enablement
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ78Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ55Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ46
+15 more products
CPQ
Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ60Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ57Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ53
+11 more products
Demo Automation
Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ100Named by 4 of 4 assistants
AIQ32
Named by 2 of 4 assistants
AIQ31
+9 more products
Movers in Edition 4
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Spots Lost
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This Edition’s News
Reporting from Cooper’s Edition 4 software recommendation index.
Index Update
The Cooper Index, Edition 4: How AI Recommendations Changed Across 80 Software Categories
Edition 4 measures what ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity recommend across 80 business software categories, separating Best, Most Affordable, Easiest to Set Up, and Rising into four direct rankings.
Rising AIQ
Edition 4 Rising AIQ Report
Eight category-relative Rising AIQ findings show where emerging-product recommendations strengthened in Cooper’s fourth immutable edition.
Category Report
Edition 4 Sales Software Report
A category-by-category reading of all ten Edition 4 Sales markets, with Best Top 3 tables and separate Most Affordable, Easiest to Set Up, and Rising analysis.