Top 20 sales dialer software by AI search visibility (2026)
Dialer platforms used by SDR and sales teams to place more calls, automate workflows, improve connect rates, and coach outbound performance. Ranked by a composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
Refreshed Jun 08, 2026At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
CloudTalk leads the sales dialer software category with a visibility score of 37.5% and a perfect citation rate of 100%, creating a substantial gap over the second-ranked Nooks at 25% visibility and 50% citation. The composite score gap is equally stark: CloudTalk's 56.2 versus Nooks' 32.5, meaning no other brand comes close to CloudTalk's combined named and cited presence. This degree of separation at the top is significant because it suggests AI is not treating this category as competitively balanced — one brand is disproportionately anchoring the AI response landscape.
A notable divergence between visibility and citation emerges mid-table. Outreach holds a 25% visibility score — matching Nooks for second place on that metric — yet carries a 0% citation rate, meaning AI surfaces it in responses but never links back to its domain. By contrast, JustCall achieves a 25% citation rate despite 0% visibility, indicating it is referenced as a source without being named in AI-generated answers. This named-but-not-trusted versus trusted-but-not-named split is a structural pattern across ranks 5 through 10 in this category.
Google AI Mode is the dominant engine across all 20 brands in this audit, with every top-10 brand listing it as their top engine — no brand shows an outlier engine. Among cited sources, cloudtalk.io and nooks.ai appear alongside non-brand properties including youtube.com, reddit.com, trellus.ai, nextiva.com, aloware.com, and klenty.com. The presence of reddit.com and youtube.com in the top cited sources indicates AI is anchoring on community and video content, not exclusively vendor or review-site material, when constructing sales dialer responses.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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CloudTalk 0% → 38% · rank #0 → #1+38pp
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Nooks 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #2+25pp
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Outreach 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #5+25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
cloudtalk.io
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38% | 100% | Google AI Mode |
CloudTalk's 37.5% visibility and 100% citation rate place it 23.5 percentage points above Nooks on visibility and 50 points above on citations, making it the sole dominant brand in this category. |
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| 2 |
nooks.ai
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25% | 50% | Google AI Mode |
Nooks sits 12.5 percentage points ahead of third-place Aircall on visibility and 12.5 points ahead on citation, but its 50% citation rate reveals it is trusted roughly half as often as it appears. |
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| 3 |
aircall.io
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12% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Aircall ties Dialpad exactly at 12.5% visibility and 37.5% citation, both figures below the category's 15.6% average citation, leaving it indistinguishable from its closest competitor in AI responses. |
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| 4 |
dialpad.com
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12% | 38% | Google AI Mode |
Dialpad matches Aircall identically across every scored metric — 12.5% visibility, 37.5% citation, composite 20.0 — suggesting neither brand has differentiated its AI footprint from the other. |
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| 5 |
outreach.io
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Outreach's 25% visibility with a 0% citation rate is the sharpest visibility-citation divergence in the top 10, indicating AI mentions it frequently but never treats its domain as a citable source. |
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| 6 |
kixie.com
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12% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
phoneburner.com
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
justcall.io
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0% | 25% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
ringcentral.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
revenue.io
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
five9.com
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0% | 12% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
orum.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
salesloft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
apollo.io
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
close.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
vanillasoft.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
koncert.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
connectandsell.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
ringover.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
mojodialer.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on sales dialer software, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about sales dialer software AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in sales dialer software?
CloudTalk leads with 37.5% visibility and a 100% citation rate, giving it a composite score of 56.2 — nearly 24 points ahead of second-place Nooks at 32.5.
What is the average AI visibility for brands in the sales dialer software category?
The category average visibility is 6.9% and the average citation rate is 15.6%, meaning most of the 20 tracked brands have minimal presence in Google AI Mode responses.
Which brands appear in AI answers but are never cited as sources?
Outreach and PhoneBurner both carry 0% citation rates despite visibility scores of 25% and 12.5% respectively, meaning AI surfaces them in answers without linking to their domains.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most when answering sales dialer software queries?
The top cited sources include cloudtalk.io, youtube.com, trellus.ai, nextiva.com, aloware.com, nooks.ai, reddit.com, and klenty.com, indicating AI draws from a mix of vendor sites, community platforms, and third-party content.
Are any brands cited by AI without being named in its visible answers?
Yes — JustCall has a 25% citation rate but 0% visibility, meaning its domain is referenced as a source in AI responses without the brand itself being prominently named.
Which engine dominates AI visibility in the sales dialer software category?
Google AI Mode is the top engine for every brand in the top 10 without exception, with no brand showing stronger performance on any alternative engine.