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Best Email Marketing according to AI

Across 24 sampled answers in 2026-W24, AI models named Mailchimp most often for email marketing — in 88% of answers.

Ranking — all models combined

Mention rate = share of 24 answers that named the brand. First-pick = share named first.

# Brand Mention rate First-pick
1 Mailchimp 88% (21/24) 50%
2 Brevo 71% (17/24) 13%
3 MailerLite 58% (14/24) 17%
4 ConvertKit 54% (13/24) 0%
5 Sendinblue 54% (13/24) 0%
6 ActiveCampaign 38% (9/24) 0%
7 HubSpot 33% (8/24) 8%
8 Klaviyo 29% (7/24) 0%
9 Moosend 25% (6/24) 0%
10 Constant Contact 13% (3/24) 0%
11 Shopify 13% (3/24) 0%
12 HubSpot Sales Hub 8% (2/24) 8%
13 EmailOctopus 8% (2/24) 0%
14 Omnisend 8% (2/24) 0%
15 Customer.io 8% (2/24) 0%
16 Pardot 8% (2/24) 0%
17 Salesforce 8% (2/24) 0%
18 Salesloft 8% (2/24) 0%
19 Outreach 8% (2/24) 0%
20 Resend 4% (1/24) 4%
21 HubSpot Marketing Hub 4% (1/24) 4%
22 Outreach.io 4% (1/24) 0%
23 Loops 4% (1/24) 0%
24 Zapier 4% (1/24) 0%
25 Marketing Cloud Account Engagement 4% (1/24) 0%
26 Salesforce Engage 4% (1/24) 0%
27 GetResponse 4% (1/24) 0%
28 Beehiiv 4% (1/24) 0%
29 Marketo 4% (1/24) 0%
30 WooCommerce 4% (1/24) 0%
31 Apollo 4% (1/24) 0%
32 Woodpecker 4% (1/24) 0%
33 Kit 4% (1/24) 0%
34 Zoho Campaigns 4% (1/24) 0%
35 Zoho 4% (1/24) 0%
36 WordPress 4% (1/24) 0%
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By model

Claude Sonnet 4.6

  1. 1 Mailchimp 100%
  2. 2 Brevo 83%
  3. 3 Sendinblue 67%
  4. 4 ConvertKit 50%
  5. 5 HubSpot 33%

DeepSeek V3.1

  1. 1 Mailchimp 100%
  2. 2 MailerLite 83%
  3. 3 ConvertKit 67%
  4. 4 Brevo 67%
  5. 5 Sendinblue 67%

Gemini 2.5 Flash

  1. 1 Mailchimp 83%
  2. 2 ActiveCampaign 67%
  3. 3 Brevo 67%
  4. 4 MailerLite 50%
  5. 5 ConvertKit 50%

ChatGPT (GPT-5.4)

  1. 1 Mailchimp 67%
  2. 2 Brevo 67%
  3. 3 HubSpot 67%
  4. 4 MailerLite 67%
  5. 5 ConvertKit 50%

Sources AI cited

URLs the models referenced when answering. Getting cited on these pages is how brands enter the answer.

The questions we asked

Each was sampled across 4 models. Full method on the methodology page.

  • What is the best email marketing platform for a small business?
  • Which email marketing platform should a 10-person startup use?
  • Recommend a email marketing platform for a B2B sales team.
  • What email marketing platform do you recommend for a bootstrapped SaaS company?
  • I need a email marketing platform that's easy to set up. What should I pick?
  • What's the most affordable email marketing platform that's still good?
  • What is the best email marketing platform for a growing mid-size company?
  • Which email marketing platform has the best free plan?
  • What email marketing platform would you choose in 2026, and why?
  • What are the top 5 email marketing platform options right now?
  • What's a good alternative to the most popular email marketing platform?
  • Which email marketing platform is best for a fully remote team?
  • Recommend a email marketing platform with the best integrations.
  • Which email marketing platform should an agency use to manage multiple clients?
  • What is the best enterprise-grade email marketing platform?
  • Which email marketing platform do you recommend for a solo founder?
  • Which email marketing platform offers the best value for money?
  • If you had to pick just one email marketing platform today, which would it be?
  • Which email marketing platform is best for a company that cares about data privacy?
  • Which email marketing platform is easiest to migrate to from a spreadsheet?

FAQ

Which email marketing does AI recommend most?
As of 2026-W24, AI models named Mailchimp in 88% of 24 sampled answers — the most of any brand in this category.
How is this measured?
We ask each model a fixed set of buyer-intent questions about email marketing, sampled multiple times, and count how often each brand is named. Full method is on the methodology page.
How often does it update?
Weekly. Mention rates shift as models are updated and as the web they cite changes.

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