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Rankshift for B2B SaaS

AI Visibility for SaaS Companies

Buyers ask ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and other AI models which software to shortlist. Rankshift runs those questions on a schedule and shows where your product is named, where a competitor is named instead, and which review sites and pages the answer is built on.

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Use caseHubSpot in this answer

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Prompt: What is the best CRM for a small business?

ChatGPT

For most small businesses, HubSpot is a common first pick, because its free plan covers contacts, deals and email tracking. Zoho has low-cost paid plans with a broad feature set, and Pipedrive suits teams that mainly need a sales pipeline.

Sources hubspot.comg2.compcmag.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for nonprofits?

ChatGPT

Salesforce is named most often for nonprofits, with an edition built for fundraising and donor management. Zoho is the lower-cost option, and monday.com is mentioned for tracking donors and volunteers on flexible boards.

Sources capterra.comg2.comsalesforce.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for startups?

ChatGPT

Pipedrive is a frequent pick for startups that want a simple pipeline from day one. HubSpot is recommended for its free plan and the room to grow into marketing tools, and Zoho keeps costs low as the team grows.

Sources reddit.comg2.compipedrive.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for a B2B sales team?

ChatGPT

Salesforce and Pipedrive are named most often for B2B sales teams, for forecasting and pipeline management. HubSpot is also worth a look when sales and marketing need to work from the same contact data.

Sources g2.comtrustradius.comhubspot.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for agencies?

ChatGPT

Pipedrive is often recommended for agencies that want a simple, visual sales pipeline. HubSpot fits agencies that also run marketing for their clients, and monday.com combines client work and sales in one place.

Sources reddit.comcapterra.comzapier.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for a large enterprise?

ChatGPT

Salesforce is the standard choice for large sales organizations that need deep customization. Dynamics 365 fits companies that already run on Microsoft, and Zoho is the lower-cost option for global teams.

Sources gartner.comg2.comsalesforce.com

Prompt: What is the best CRM for marketing teams?

ChatGPT

HubSpot is the most common recommendation for marketing teams, because email, forms and reporting run on the same contact database. Salesforce is an option for teams that already use it for sales, and Zoho covers the basics at a lower price.

Sources hubspot.comzapier.comg2.com
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What changed

Software buyers now ask AI for a shortlist

An AI answer does not show ten links. It names a handful of tools and says why. Which ones those are differs per AI model and per use case, and it can change from one day to the next. The answer is built from review sites, comparison articles and vendor pages, and only some of those are yours.

  • 51%

    of B2B software buyers start their research in an AI chatbot more often than in Google, up from 29% in 2025 (survey, March 2026).

  • 71%

    rely on AI chatbots at some point in their software research.

  • 85%

    think more highly of a vendor when an AI answer includes it.

Use cases

Three things B2B SaaS teams track in AI answers

Shortlists

See which tools AI shortlists per use case

Buyers ask AI for a shortlist before they visit a single vendor site: "What is the best CRM for a small business?" In Rankshift you can easily see your visibility per use case: how often your product is on the shortlist and who is named instead.

  • Visibility and share of voice per use case
  • Your position among the tools in the answer
  • The same prompts counted for every competitor you add
Brand perception

See what AI says about your product

When a buyer asks about you by name, AI describes your product, your pricing and your weak spots. Brand Perception shows the themes it attaches to your brand, such as the free plan, ease of use or pricing at scale, and whether they come back as strengths or as weaknesses.

  • Themes taken from the answers, nothing to configure
  • Sentiment per AI model
  • The sources behind each description
Review sites and sources

Find the review sites and pages behind the shortlist

AI builds a software recommendation from what it finds: review sites, comparison articles, forum threads and vendor pages. Rankshift lists the domains and URLs cited on your prompts, how often your own site is among them, and where a competitor is listed and you are not.

  • Cited domains and URLs, ranked by frequency
  • Your own citation rate next to competitors
  • Review sites, comparison articles and threads where you are missing
Features

Made for several products, markets and teams

Flexible setup

You decide what runs, in which models and how often

Every use case, comparison and integration question adds up to a large volume of prompts. Rankshift gives you unmatched flexibility at that scale: choose the AI models you track and set the frequency per prompt, daily for your core category, weekly for the long tail. Credits follow what you run.

  • Frequency set per prompt, from daily to weekly
  • All nine AI models, or only the ones you choose
  • Adjust the plan whenever your priorities change
Multi-product

Every product, market and language in one account

Software companies rarely sell one product in one market. Every plan includes unlimited projects and seats, so each product, market and language gets its own project with its own competitors and prompts, and marketing, product and leadership work in the same account.

  • Unlimited projects and seats on every plan
  • Unlimited countries and languages
  • Separate competitors, prompts and reports per project
Checklist

What is covered, and on which plan

The points a B2B SaaS team usually has to tick off before choosing a platform.

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  • Nine AI models

    ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini and five more, on the same prompts.

  • Agent Analytics

    See which AI crawlers request your docs and product pages. Included from the Starter plan.

  • Competitor benchmark

    Visibility, position and share of voice for every competitor you add.

  • Action Center

    Findings turned into tasks for your team, ranked by expected impact.

  • Reporting and data

    Looker Studio, Power BI or BigQuery, a REST API and an MCP server, from the Professional plan.

  • Enterprise options

    Single sign-on, an SLA and a dedicated account manager on the Enterprise plan.

Live project

Open a live benchmark, no login needed

We track which B2B SaaS agencies AI recommends in six AI models and publish the project. You can look at the visibility, position, share of voice, citation rate and sentiment of every agency in it before you start a trial.

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What are the best B2B SaaS agencies?
Public project in six AI models
Live data
Visibility per agencyHow often each agency is named in the answers.
PositionWhere each agency sits among the agencies named in an answer.
Share of voiceEach agency's share of all agency mentions in the answers.
Citation rateHow often each agency's own site is cited as a source.
SentimentThe tone of the answers about each agency.
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FAQ

Questions from B2B SaaS teams

Can Rankshift track AI visibility per use case or segment?

Yes, through the prompts. Write the questions the way buyers ask them, for example "best CRM for a small business", and group them per use case. You then see visibility, share of voice and sources for each group.

Can we track comparison and alternatives questions?

Yes. Add prompts such as "HubSpot vs Salesforce" or "alternatives to HubSpot" next to your category prompts. You see whether you are named, in which position, and which sources the answer uses.

Can we track several products, countries and languages?

Yes. Every plan includes unlimited projects and seats, so each product, country or language can have its own project with its own competitors and prompts. There is no limit on countries or languages.

Which AI models matter for B2B software?

Buyers use several. Rankshift tracks nine, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot and the two AI features in Google Search, AI Overviews and AI Mode. The tools they name can differ per model, so the same prompts run in each one you select. See all nine AI models.

Can we see what AI says about our product, not only whether we are named?

Yes. Brand Perception looks at questions that name you, such as "What do people say about HubSpot?", and reports the strengths and weaknesses AI repeats, the tone per AI model and the sources behind it. More about Brand Perception.

How does pricing work with a large set of prompts?

Rankshift works with credits. What you use depends on the number of prompts, the AI models you select and how often each prompt runs. You set the frequency per prompt. A weekly run on comparison questions uses far fewer credits than a daily one. See pricing.

Can we use the data in our own reporting?

Yes. Rankshift connects to Looker Studio, Power BI, BigQuery and other BI tools, and has a REST API and an MCP server for AI assistants. These start at the Professional plan. See integrations.

How do we improve our visibility once we see the gaps?

Start with the sources. See which review sites, comparison articles and threads AI cites on your prompts, and where competitors are listed and you are not. The Action Center turns those findings into tasks, such as a comparison article to get listed in or a page to update, ranked by expected impact.