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Sales forecasting tools — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for sales forecasting tools, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

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What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▲ INMicrosoft entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
▼ OUTAnaplan left the top 10 (#9 → #13)
▼Anaplan moved #9 → #13
▲Pipedrive moved #8 → #5
▲Weflow moved #10 → #7
▼Aviso moved #5 → #8
▼Forecastio moved #7 → #9
▲Microsoft moved #12 → #10
▼Anaplan -12.5pp (26.8% → 14.3%)
▼Forecastio -10.7pp (28.6% → 17.9%)
▼Aviso -9pp (30.4% → 21.4%)
▼Excel -7.2pp (28.6% → 21.4%)
▼Clari -7.1pp (60.7% → 53.6%)
▲Close +5.3pp (30.4% → 35.7%)
▼HubSpot CRM -1.8pp (48.2% → 46.4%)
▲Gong +1.8pp (41.1% → 42.9%)
▼Pipedrive -1.8pp (26.8% → 25%)
▼Weflow -1.8pp (23.2% → 21.4%)
▼Microsoft -1.7pp (19.6% → 17.9%)

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

▲Close moved #5 → #4
▼Aviso moved #4 → #5
▲Excel moved #7 → #6
▼Forecastio moved #6 → #7
▲Close +1.8pp (28.6% → 30.4%)
▲Excel +1.6pp (27% → 28.6%)
▲Gong +1.4pp (39.7% → 41.1%)
▼Aviso -1.3pp (31.7% → 30.4%)
▼Clari -1.2pp (61.9% → 60.7%)
▲Weflow +1pp (22.2% → 23.2%)

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

▲ INWeflow entered the top 10 (#14 → #10)
▼ OUTAgentforce left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
▲Weflow moved #14 → #10
▲Forecastio moved #8 → #6
▼Agentforce moved #10 → #12
▼Excel moved #6 → #7
▼Pipedrive moved #7 → #8
▼Agentforce -3.9pp (22.9% → 19%)
▼HubSpot CRM -3.8pp (51.4% → 47.6%)
▲Weflow +2.2pp (20% → 22.2%)
▼Gong -1.7pp (41.4% → 39.7%)
▲Forecastio +1.5pp (27.1% → 28.6%)
▼Close -1.4pp (30% → 28.6%)
▲Anaplan +1.3pp (25.7% → 27%)
▼Aviso -1.2pp (32.9% → 31.7%)

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

▲Close moved #7 → #5
▼Forecastio moved #6 → #8
▼Excel moved #5 → #6
▲Pipedrive moved #8 → #7
▲Anaplan moved #10 → #9
▼Agentforce moved #9 → #10
▲Close +3pp (27% → 30%)
▼HubSpot CRM -2.6pp (54% → 51.4%)
▼Agentforce -2.5pp (25.4% → 22.9%)
▼Aviso -2pp (34.9% → 32.9%)
▼Excel -1.5pp (28.6% → 27.1%)
▼Forecastio -1.5pp (28.6% → 27.1%)

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

▼Anaplan moved #6 → #10
▲Excel moved #8 → #5
▲Close moved #10 → #7
▼Agentforce moved #7 → #9
▼Forecastio moved #5 → #6
▲Pipedrive moved #9 → #8
▼Anaplan -7.9pp (33.3% → 25.4%)
▼Aviso -5.6pp (40.5% → 34.9%)
▼Agentforce -5.6pp (31% → 25.4%)
▼Clari -4.8pp (66.7% → 61.9%)
▼Forecastio -4.7pp (33.3% → 28.6%)
▼Excel -2.4pp (31% → 28.6%)
▼Pipedrive -1.6pp (28.6% → 27%)

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

▲ INAgentforce entered the top 10 (#11 → #7)
▼ OUTZoho left the top 10 (#10 → #14)
▲Agentforce moved #11 → #7
▼Zoho moved #10 → #14
▼Pipedrive moved #6 → #9
▲Anaplan moved #7 → #6
▼Close moved #9 → #10
▲Agentforce +7.8pp (23.2% → 31%)
▼Zoho -5.4pp (26.8% → 21.4%)
▲HubSpot CRM +4.8pp (50% → 54.8%)
▼Pipedrive -3.5pp (32.1% → 28.6%)
▲Clari +2.4pp (64.3% → 66.7%)
▼Gong -2.4pp (42.9% → 40.5%)
▲Anaplan +1.2pp (32.1% → 33.3%)

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026

▼Close moved #5 → #9
▲Forecastio moved #7 → #5
▲Excel moved #10 → #8
▲Anaplan moved #8 → #7
▼Zoho moved #9 → #10
▼Close -5.7pp (32.5% → 26.8%)
▲Excel +3.1pp (27.3% → 30.4%)
▲Forecastio +2.7pp (31.2% → 33.9%)
▲Anaplan +2.2pp (29.9% → 32.1%)
▲Aviso +2.1pp (39% → 41.1%)
▲HubSpot CRM +1.9pp (48.1% → 50%)
▼Zoho -1.8pp (28.6% → 26.8%)
▼Gong -1.3pp (44.2% → 42.9%)

Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7

#1Clari53.6%
#2HubSpot CRM46.4%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Close35.7%
#5Pipedrive25%
#6Excel21.4%
#7Weflow21.4%
#8Aviso21.4%
#9Forecastio17.9%
#10Microsoft17.9%

Sep 7, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7

#1Clari53.6%
#2HubSpot CRM46.4%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Close35.7%
#5Pipedrive25%
#6Excel21.4%
#7Weflow21.4%
#8Aviso21.4%
#9Forecastio17.9%
#10Microsoft17.9%

Sep 6, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7

#1Clari53.6%
#2HubSpot CRM46.4%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Close35.7%
#5Pipedrive25%
#6Excel21.4%
#7Weflow21.4%
#8Aviso21.4%
#9Forecastio17.9%
#10Microsoft17.9%

Sep 5, 202628 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7

#1Clari53.6%
#2HubSpot CRM46.4%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Close35.7%
#5Pipedrive25%
#6Excel21.4%
#7Weflow21.4%
#8Aviso21.4%
#9Forecastio17.9%
#10Microsoft17.9%

Sep 4, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v4-7

#1Clari60.7%
#2HubSpot CRM48.2%
#3Gong41.1%
#4Close30.4%
#5Aviso30.4%
#6Excel28.6%
#7Forecastio28.6%
#8Pipedrive26.8%
#9Anaplan26.8%
#10Weflow23.2%

Sep 3, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v4-7

#1Clari60.7%
#2HubSpot CRM48.2%
#3Gong41.1%
#4Close30.4%
#5Aviso30.4%
#6Excel28.6%
#7Forecastio28.6%
#8Pipedrive26.8%
#9Anaplan26.8%
#10Weflow23.2%

Sep 2, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v4-7

#1Clari60.7%
#2HubSpot CRM48.2%
#3Gong41.1%
#4Close30.4%
#5Aviso30.4%
#6Excel28.6%
#7Forecastio28.6%
#8Pipedrive26.8%
#9Anaplan26.8%
#10Weflow23.2%

Sep 1, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v4-7

#1Clari60.7%
#2HubSpot CRM48.2%
#3Gong41.1%
#4Close30.4%
#5Aviso30.4%
#6Excel28.6%
#7Forecastio28.6%
#8Pipedrive26.8%
#9Anaplan26.8%
#10Weflow23.2%

Aug 31, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v4-7

#1Clari60.7%
#2HubSpot CRM48.2%
#3Gong41.1%
#4Close30.4%
#5Aviso30.4%
#6Excel28.6%
#7Forecastio28.6%
#8Pipedrive26.8%
#9Anaplan26.8%
#10Weflow23.2%

Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v4-7

#1Clari61.9%
#2HubSpot CRM47.6%
#3Gong39.7%
#4Aviso31.7%
#5Close28.6%
#6Forecastio28.6%
#7Excel27%
#8Pipedrive27%
#9Anaplan27%
#10Weflow22.2%

Aug 29, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v4-7

#1Clari61.4%
#2HubSpot CRM51.4%
#3Gong41.4%
#4Aviso32.9%
#5Close30%
#6Excel27.1%
#7Pipedrive27.1%
#8Forecastio27.1%
#9Anaplan25.7%
#10Agentforce22.9%

Aug 28, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v4-7

#1Clari61.4%
#2HubSpot CRM51.4%
#3Gong41.4%
#4Aviso32.9%
#5Close30%
#6Excel27.1%
#7Pipedrive27.1%
#8Forecastio27.1%
#9Anaplan25.7%
#10Agentforce22.9%

Aug 27, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v4-7

#1Clari61.4%
#2HubSpot CRM51.4%
#3Gong41.4%
#4Aviso32.9%
#5Close30%
#6Excel27.1%
#7Pipedrive27.1%
#8Forecastio27.1%
#9Anaplan25.7%
#10Agentforce22.9%

Aug 26, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7

#1Clari61.9%
#2HubSpot CRM54%
#3Gong41.3%
#4Aviso34.9%
#5Excel28.6%
#6Forecastio28.6%
#7Close27%
#8Pipedrive27%
#9Agentforce25.4%
#10Anaplan25.4%

Aug 25, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4

#1Clari66.7%
#2HubSpot CRM54.8%
#3Gong40.5%
#4Aviso40.5%
#5Forecastio33.3%
#6Anaplan33.3%
#7Agentforce31%
#8Excel31%
#9Pipedrive28.6%
#10Close26.2%

Aug 24, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4

#1Clari64.3%
#2HubSpot CRM50%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Aviso41.1%
#5Forecastio33.9%
#6Pipedrive32.1%
#7Anaplan32.1%
#8Excel30.4%
#9Close26.8%
#10Zoho26.8%

Aug 23, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4

#1Clari64.3%
#2HubSpot CRM50%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Aviso41.1%
#5Forecastio33.9%
#6Pipedrive32.1%
#7Anaplan32.1%
#8Excel30.4%
#9Close26.8%
#10Zoho26.8%

Aug 22, 202656 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4

#1Clari64.3%
#2HubSpot CRM50%
#3Gong42.9%
#4Aviso41.1%
#5Forecastio33.9%
#6Pipedrive32.1%
#7Anaplan32.1%
#8Excel30.4%
#9Close26.8%
#10Zoho26.8%

Aug 21, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 20, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 19, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 18, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 17, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 16, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 15, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Aug 14, 202677 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4

#1Clari64.9%
#2HubSpot CRM48.1%
#3Gong44.2%
#4Aviso39%
#5Close32.5%
#6Pipedrive32.5%
#7Forecastio31.2%
#8Anaplan29.9%
#9Zoho28.6%
#10Excel27.3%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/sales-forecasting-tools/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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