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Brand report · September 2026

Outreach Outreach: AI Visibility Report

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When buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini about sales engagement & outbound, Outreach ranks #3 of 15, a Visibility Score of 64 in Sales Engagement & Outbound .

These rankings are measured from what the three models know from training, not a live web search. The live-web grounded surface is rolling out across the index. Methodology.

How AI sees Outreach

Solid third in its only race, rarely the one chosen.

Where it wins. Outreach lands a 72% mention rate in Sales Engagement and Outbound, meaning AI models consistently surface it when buyers ask about outbound tools. That consistency cements a real presence in the one category it competes in.

Where it loses. A 28% first-pick rate against the category leader means buyers hear the name but often get steered toward Salesloft or Apollo.io instead. Outreach has no visibility outside this single category, so any shift in how AI models frame outbound software could meaningfully move its numbers.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

On message

How Outreach positions itself vs how AI ranks it

Outreach claims Sales Engagement & Outbound and the models back it: #3 of 15 there.

The pitch

"You didn't hire enough sellers. Now you don't have to."

What AI actually says
In Sales Engagement & Outbound #3 of 15, claim holds

Homepage self-messaging · September 2026 ranking · the biggest gaps across the index →

Sales Engagement & Outbound · #3 of 15

64 / 100 flat vs last month
72%
mention rate (72 answers)
2
avg. position
28%
first pick
10%
share of voice
57.9Jul 2026Jul 2026: 57.964.2Aug 2026Aug 2026: 64.263.9Sep 2026Sep 2026: 63.9
ChatGPT
80
Claude
62
Gemini
50

One of the index's bigger model splits: see where the models disagree →

How the models portray Outreach

Being named is not the same as being recommended. Each mention is graded endorsed (a strong pick), listed (a neutral option), or caveated (named with a reservation).

62% 12% 27%
endorsed · 95% band 48–74% listed caveated graded across 52 mentions in Sales Engagement & Outbound answers
Prompt themes Outreach would want to own

Share of each theme's answers that mention Outreach. Hover a row for the exact prompt. Compare shapes on the head-to-head page.

Best overall
9/9 · #1×3
If you could pick one
9/9 · #1×6
Enterprise pick
8/9 · #1×5
Use-case fit
7/9 · #1×2
Top tools in 2026
6/9 · #1×4
Most co-mentioned competitors

Share of Outreach's mentions where the AI models name this brand in the same answer. That is the real competitive set in the AI channel.

Salesloft
100%
Apollo.io
88%
Instantly
48%
HubSpot
46%
Lemlist
33%
Smartlead
27%

Head-to-head: Outreach vs Apollo.io

Scores are measured from real AI answers, refreshed monthly. Methodology.

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