Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Email Marketing
Mailchimp, HubSpot Marketing Hub, and Klaviyo hold 68% shortlist rates; 266 brands compete; evaluation scores cluster tightly at 63–70.
176 discovery queries · 394 head-to-heads · refreshed Oct 15, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 176 buyer-style "Email Marketing" queries
Mailchimp, HubSpot Marketing Hub, and Klaviyo dominate with 68% shortlist rates across 176 prompts, appearing in 119–120 queries each. Activecampaign (64% shortlist rate) and Brevo (47%) round out the top tier. Salesforce lands at 53% despite enterprise scope, while Braze and ClickDimensions trail at 42% and 39%.
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By topic
Top 5 most-cited brands per intent cluster. Brands with zero citations in a topic are not shown.
Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How often AI cites each brand across uniform category evaluation prompts · median 5/100
Activecampaign, HubSpot, and Mailchimp tie at 70 average evaluation score across 39 head-to-head queries. Klaviyo scores 68, Brevo and Salesforce Marketing Cloud both land at 63, and Braze sits at 54. The narrow 16-point spread (54–70) signals feature parity across the top eight brands.
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Each brand's score is the share of category evaluation prompts where AI cited them across all four engines — the same prompt pool for every brand. Brands above the median citation rate have stronger presence in evaluation-stage queries.
Trends
Over the last 12 months
Average scores spiked to 68 in July 2026 (7 samples) then collapsed to 12–15 in September–October (14–18 samples each). Dotdigital rose 22 points month-over-month; Spotler fell 6. The eight-month dataset shows high volatility and small sample sizes, limiting trend confidence.
Brands to know
In this category
HubSpot Marketing Hub
Scores 78 and appears in 68% of shortlists with 334 mentions. Dual positioning as CRM and marketing automation drives broad AI model consensus.
Read brand profile →Mailchimp
Matches HubSpot's 68% shortlist rate with 382 total mentions and a 71 score. Freemium tier and Intuit backing anchor SMB and startup queries.
Read brand profile →Klaviyo
Scores 66 with 365 mentions across 68% of prompts. E-commerce specialization—Shopify integrations, behavioral triggers—differentiates from horizontal platforms.
Read brand profile →Activecampaign
Ties for 70 evaluation score and holds 64% shortlist rate. CRM-email bundle and pricing between Mailchimp and HubSpot position it in mid-market automation.
Read brand profile →Salesforce
Scores 78 but drops to 53% shortlist rate with 208 mentions. Marketing Cloud's enterprise complexity and price floor limit SMB-focused prompt inclusion.
Read brand profile →Citation sources
Where AI pulls citations from
565 citations captured across Email Marketing prompt runs.
Vendor pages
190Product, help, and marketing pages from tracked vendors
Independent sources
154Reviews, encyclopedias, forums, press — not vendor-owned
Buyer questions
What AI cites for top Email Marketing questions
Most-cited prompts across the buyer journey. Click any prompt to see the actual URLs AI engines link to.
Discovery
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