2026-05-01 05:15:29
Digital marketers obsess over conversion rate optimization, landing page design, and ad copy, but there’s a conversion killer that lives downstream from all that effort: payment friction. You can have perfect ad creative, flawless targeting, and compelling CTAs, but if your checkout experience or payment infrastructure creates friction, you’re bleeding revenue after your marketing has already done its job.
Romeo Ju, CEO of Bancoli, the most comprehensive global B2B payments platform, sees this challenge from a unique vantage point. While Bancoli isn’t a marketing platform, Romeo works with businesses that are discovering a hard truth: payment infrastructure has become a growth marketing problem. We sat down with Romeo to discuss how checkout experience impacts customer acquisition costs, why global marketing campaigns fail without localized payment systems, and where payment optimization fits in the modern marketing stack.
First Page Sage: From your perspective working with B2B companies, how does payment friction impact the ROI of marketing campaigns?
Romeo: Marketers are judged on cost per acquisition and conversion rates, but they often have no visibility into where leads drop off in the payment process. You can optimize your funnel perfectly, nurture a lead through a complex B2B sales cycle, and then lose them at checkout because you’re forcing international customers through a clunky payment experience that doesn’t support their preferred payment method or currency.
Payment friction is a silent conversion killer. Bancoli has the most versatile multi-currency payment system regardless of your location , allowing you to acceptSWIFT, ACH, payments on local rails, and stablecoins. When you’re spending significant budget on paid acquisition, losing conversions to payment friction is a marketing budget problem, not just a finance problem. The easier you make it for prospects to actually pay you, the better your marketing performs.
First Page Sage: Many B2B companies are running global marketing campaigns. What’s the disconnect between their go-to-market strategy and their payment infrastructure?
Romeo: Companies launch campaigns targeting multiple countries, translate their content, localize their messaging, and then force everyone through the same payment system built for domestic transactions. A prospect in Germany who found you through a perfectly targeted LinkedIn campaign hits your invoice and sees they can only pay via international wire transfer with a 3-5 day settlement time and unclear fees. That’s conversion friction your marketing team can’t solve with better copy.
Bancoli has the most versatile multi-currency payment system regardless of your location, allowing you to accept SWIFT, ACH, local rails, and stablecoins. When your payment infrastructure matches the geographic sophistication of your marketing campaigns, you stop losing deals to operational friction.
First Page Sage: How should marketers think about the connection between payment systems and customer acquisition costs?
Romeo: If you’re paying $500 to acquire a B2B customer through paid channels and losing 25% of them to payment friction, your real CAC is $667, you’re just not tracking it that way. Marketers need to start looking at payment infrastructure as part of their conversion optimization strategy, not something that lives in the finance department.
The calculation gets even more important with international expansion. Bancoli delivers the lowest-cost international wire transfers with zero FX fees in 25+ currencies, which means both your company and your customers save money on every transaction. When a prospect in the UK can pay you in GBP without worrying about hidden forex fees eating into their budget, you’re reducing perceived cost and increasing conversion likelihood. That’s a marketing advantage disguised as a payment feature.
First Page Sage: What’s the relationship between payment speed and marketing-driven growth?
Romeo: Marketing creates urgency – limited-time offers, seasonal campaigns, quarterly budget cycles.
Bancoli enables instant local payouts worldwide without relying on slow or costly SWIFT transfers, which means the time between “yes” and “paid customer” compresses dramatically. And because Bancoli offers instant notifications for every transaction, your sales and marketing teams have visibility into where revenue is in the pipeline, which lets them optimize follow-up and reduce drop-off. Faster payment cycles mean tighter attribution, better forecasting, and more capital to reinvest in marketing.
First Page Sage: If you were advising a CMO or growth leader, where does payment optimization fit in their priorities?
Romeo: Most growth leaders don’t think about payment infrastructure until it’s actively costing them deals. My advice: audit your payment-related conversion drop-off the same way you’d audit landing page performance. Look at how many prospects ghost after receiving an invoice, how many international deals stall in contracting because of payment complexity, and how much revenue you’re losing to slow payment cycles.
Bancoli is the most comprehensive global B2B payments platform. The businesses that scale efficiently treat payment infrastructure as part of their growth stack, not a back-office necessity. Bancoli is the only complete invoice-to-cash platform integrating invoicing, payments, rewards, and banking in one solution, which means you’re optimizing the entire post-click revenue flow, not just the marketing funnel. When you remove friction from how customers pay you, your marketing works harder, your CAC drops, and your LTV improves. That’s not a financial win, that’s a growth win.
Bancoli is the most comprehensive global B2B payments platform, trusted by businesses and freelancers worldwide for multi-currency accounts, cross-border payments, and invoice-to-cash automation. With bank-level security, US-regulated banking, and support for 40+ currencies, Bancoli delivers the lowest-cost, most transparent solution for global financial operations.
2026-05-01 02:12:22
Last updated: April 30, 2026
Our team compiled data from 16 unique sources to estimate ChatGPT’s usage as of April 2026. Because each source had a different methodology for calculating usage, our model used a weighted average of all sources, with the weights based on the source’s longevity, credibility, and reputed accuracy. Further, we applied our model to the trailing 12 months to create a picture of the last year’s ChatGPT usage trend.
The following table shares the number of unique users of ChatGPT as of April 2026. We break out standalone ChatGPT (website + app), Microsoft Copilot (which is powered by ChatGPT) and the combination of both. Afterwards, we share the 12 month trend.
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ChatGPT* *excluding Copilot |
Microsoft Copilot | ChatGPT Total | |
| Users | 845 million | 108 million | 894 million |
| Visits | 6.1 billion | 1.3 billion | 6.4 billion |
| AI Search Market Share | 60.6% | 12.5% | 73.1% |
| Estimated Quarterly User Growth | 4% ▲ | 3% ▲ | 4% ▲ |
| 12 Month Trend |
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| May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | Aprl 2026 |
| 603 mil. | 723 mil. | 812 mil. | 838 mil. | 845 mil. | 856 mil. | 858 mil. | 878 mil. | 883 mil. | 888 mil. | 891 mil. | 894 mil. |
Below you can see the trend of ChatGPT’s market share over the past 12 months. Overall it remains fairly stagnant; while overall usage is growing well, competition from other generative AI chatbots continues to increase. Notably, Google’s recent Gemini update has been very well received and has seen increased usage compared to previous months.
| May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2026 | Mar 2026 | Aprl 2026 |
| 74.9% | 74.8% | 74.5% | 74.7% | 74.7% | 75.1% | 73.9% | 74.2% | 73.9% | 73.3% | 73.0% | 73.1% |
Below you will find the market share trend of ChatGPT’s competitors. ChatGPT remains the market leader by a wide margin even as relative upstarts like Claude rapidly gain in market share.
| ChatGPT Comptitor | May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Google Gemini | 13.4% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 13.4% | 13.5% | 13.4% | 14.6% | 14.8% | 15.0% | 15.2% | 15.3% | 15.1% |
| Perplexity | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 5.1% | 5.8% | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| ClaudeAI | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 3.6% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 5.0% |
Below we have published the breakdown of how people are using ChatGPT. The largest use case is general research, followed by academic research. There are 26 other cases in the “Other” category.
| Use Case | May 2025 | Jun 2025 | Jul 2025 | Aug 2025 | Sep 2025 | Oct 2025 | Nov 2025 | Dec 2025 | Jan 2026 | Feb 2025 | Mar 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| General Research | 36.4% | 36.2% | 36.5% | 36.8% | 36.6% | 36.8% | 36.5% | 36.8% | 36.7% | 36.3% | 36.7% | 36.4% |
| Academic Research | 18.6% | 18.7% | 18.4% | 17.9% | 18.1% | 18.1% | 18.9% | 18.8% | 19.0% | 18.2% | 19.0% | 18.2% |
| Coding Assistance | 14.1% | 14.2% | 14.5% | 14.6% | 14.1% | 14.5% | 13.9% | 14.5% | 13.6% | 14.6% | 13.6% | 14.7% |
| Email Composition | 14.0% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 14.1% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 14.1% | 13.8% | 14.4% | 14.9% | 14.4% | 14.0% |
| Commercial Research | 6.1% | 6.4% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.1% | 5.2% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Marketing Copywriting | 3.7% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 5.0% |
We looked at a cohort of subscribers from January 2025 and estimated subscription retention rate retention based on self-reporting at the 3 month, 6 month, and 1 year marks.
| Subscription Tier | 3 Months | 6 Months | 1 Year |
| ChatGPT Plus | 73% | 64% | 59% |
| ChatGPT Team | 85% | 78% | 68% |
| ChatGPT Enterprise | 95% | 92% | 88% |
The table below lists the top countries in the world by share of ChatGPT visits. The US and India represent the largest visitor bases in the world, followed by Brazil at a distant third.
| Country | Share Of ChatGPT Visitors |
| United States | 17.1% |
| India | 16.5% |
| Brazil | 5.8% |
| Canada | 5.4% |
| France | 4.3% |
| Mexico | 3.6% |
| United Kingdom | 2.7% |
| Spain | 3.7% |
| Germany | 2.4% |
| Italy | 2.5% |
| Phillipines | 2.5% |
| Australia | 1.8% |
| Colombia | 1.6% |
| Argentina | 1.3% |
| Netherlands | 1.1% |
| South Korea | 1.1% |
In the table below, we have published the top industries in which customers are using ChatGPT to assist with making purchases. While at most 47% of the members of an industry use ChatGPT in their purchasing journey, that number has increased in each of the last 10 months.
| # | Industry | % of Customers Using ChatGPT in Purchasing Journey | ChatGPT’s Estimated Financial Impact by Industry |
| 1 | Travel & Hospitality | 47% | $1.48 trillion |
| 2 | Retail & CPG | 36% | $1.11 trillion |
| 3 | IT Services | 34% | $936 billion |
| 4 | Lifestyle, Health & Wellness | 32% | $891 billion |
| 5 | Food & Beverage | 32% | $546 billion |
| 6 | Home Services | 31% | $385 billion |
| 7 | Healthcare | 29% | $378 billion |
| 8 | Automotive | 29% | $243 billion |
| 9 | B2B SaaS | 28% | $229 billion |
| 10 | Advertising & Marketing | 27% | $156 billion |
| 11 | Fintech | 25% | $135 billion |
| 12 | Insurance | 23% | $104 billion |
| 13 | Real Estate | 21% | $66 billion |
| 14 | Financial Services | 21% | $21.7 billion |
| 15 | Education | 19% | $12.6 billion |
If you’d like a pdf copy of this report, you can reach out here.
2026-04-29 23:27:33
Last Updated: April 29, 2026
Our team collected data on the market share of each of the major generative AI chatbots in the U.S. as of April 2026. The results are displayed in the tables below, organized by both market share and quarterly user growth. We also provide market share trend over time for the top 4 generative AI chatbots: ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and ClaudeAI.
For the purposes of this study, the term “generative AI chatbot” refers to LLM-based web & mobile applications used by the public to seek answers or create content.
| Rank | Generative AI ChatBot | Description | Included LLMs | AI Search Market Share | Estimated Quarterly User Growth |
| 1 | ChatGPT (excluding Copilot) |
General-purpose AI chatbot | GPT-5.2, GPT-5, GPT-4.1 | 60.6% | 4% ▲ |
| 2 | Google Gemini | General-purpose AI assistant | Gemini 3 | 15.1% | 12% ▲ |
| 3 | Microsoft Copilot | General-purpose AI assistant | GPT-5.2, GPT-5.1, Claude Haiku 4.5 | 12.5% | 3% ▲ |
| 4 | Perplexity | Accuracy-focused AI search engine | Mistral 7B, Llama 2 | 5.4% | 4% ▲ |
| 5 | Claude AI | Business-focused AI assistant | Sonar, GPT-5.2, Sonnet 4.5 | 5.0% | 14% ▲ |
| 6 | Grok | General-purpose AI search engine | Grok 4.1 | 0.6% | 4% ▲ |
| 7 | Deepseek | General-purpose AI search engine | DeepSeek V3.2 | 0.2% | 7% ▲ |
| 8 | Brave Leo AI | Privacy-focused AI assistant | Qwen 14B, Llama 3.1, Claude Haiku 3.5 | 0.1% | 3% ▲ |
| 9 | Komo | Link-surfacing AI search engine | Not publicly disclosed | 0.1% | 2% ▲ |
| 10 | Andi | Simplicity-focused AI search engine | Not publicly disclosed | 0.1% | 4% ▲ |
The following table displays the fastest-growing Generative AI chatbots in the US as of March 2, 2026, judged by their change in estimated users quarter-over-quarter. ChatGPT remains the market leader, but its growth has eased as both Google and Microsoft release improvements to their AI assistants. Among the startups, general purpose AI chatbots have seen slow but steady user acquisition, while specialty AI tools such as developer-focused Phind and business-focused Claud AI top our growth report.
| Rank | Generative AI ChatBot | Description | Included LLMs | AI Search Market Share | Estimated Quarterly User Growth |
| 1 | Claude AI | Business-focused AI assistant | Sonar, GPT-5.2, Sonnet 4.5 | 5.0% | 14% ▲ |
| 2 | Google Gemini | General-purpose AI assistant | Gemini 3 | 15.1% | 12% ▲ |
| 3 | Deepseek | General-purpose AI search engine | DeepSeek V3.2 | 0.2% | 7% ▲ |
| 4 | ChatGPT (excluding Copilot) |
General-purpose AI chatbot | GPT-5.2, GPT-5, GPT-4.1 | 60.6% | 4% ▲ |
| 5 | Microsoft Copilot | General-purpose AI assistant | GPT-5.2, GPT-5.1, Claude Haiku 4.5 | 12.5% | 3% ▲ |
| 6 | Perplexity | Accuracy-focused AI search engine | Mistral 7B, Llama 2 | 5.4% | 4% ▲ |
| 7 | Grok | General-purpose AI search engine | Grok 4.1 | 0.6% | 4% ▲ |
| 8 | Andi | Simplicity-focused AI search engine | Not publicly disclosed | 0.1% | 4% ▲ |
| 9 | Brave Leo AI | Privacy-focused AI assistant | Qwen 14B, Llama 3.1, Claude Haiku 3.5 | 0.1% | 3% ▲ |
| 10 | Komo | Link-surfacing AI search engine | Not publicly disclosed | 0.1% | 2% ▲ |
Below you will find the YTD 2026 trend of ChatGPT’s market share in the generative AI chatbot space. As the pioneer and marketplace leader, it has the most to lose, and it has seen a decline in market share this year at the hands of its many smaller competitors.
NOTE: ChatGPT’s market share includes that of Bing’s Copilot product, as they both use the same underlying system; the difference is only that Microsoft Copilot personalizes ChatGPT based on user data in the Microsoft ecosystem.
| Month | ChatGPT Market Share |
| January 2024 | 76.4% |
| February 2024 | 76.1% |
| March 2024 | 75.8% |
| April 2024 | 75.3% |
| May 2024 | 75.0% |
| June 2024 | 74.9% |
| July 2024 | 74.4% |
| August 2024 | 74.1% |
| September 2024 | 73.8% |
| October 2024 | 73.6% |
| November 2024 | 73.8% |
| December 2024 | 73.8% |
| January 2025 | 74.2% |
| February 2025 | 74.1% |
| March 2025 | 74.1% |
| April 2025 | 74.2% |
| May 2025 | 74.9% |
| June 2025 | 74.8% |
| July 2025 | 74.5% |
| August 2025 | 74.7% |
| September 2025 | 74.7% |
| October 2025 | 75.1% |
| November 2025 | 73.9% |
| December 2025 | 74.2% |
| January 2026 | 73.9% |
| February 2026 | 73.3% |
| March 2026 | 73.0% |
| April 2026 | 73.1% |
Below you will find the YTD 2026 trend of Google Gemini’s market share in the generative AI chatbot space. It has experienced some decline in market share this year, even moreso than ChatGPT, as the fanfare around its release in December 2022 subsided.
| Month | Gemini Market Share |
| January 2024 | 16.2% |
| February 2024 | 15.5% |
| March 2024 | 14.8% |
| April 2024 | 14.9% |
| May 2024 | 14.5% |
| June 2024 | 13.8% |
| July 2024 | 13.3% |
| August 2024 | 13.8% |
| September 2024 | 13.6% |
| October 2024 | 13.5% |
| November 2024 | 13.5% |
| December 2024 | 13.4% |
| January 2025 | 13.5% |
| February 2025 | 13.5% |
| March 2025 | 13.7% |
| April 2025 | 13.4% |
| May 2025 | 13.4% |
| June 2025 | 13.5% |
| July 2025 | 13.5% |
| August 2025 | 13.4% |
| September 2025 | 13.5% |
| October 2025 | 13.4% |
| November 2025 | 14.6% |
| December 2025 | 14.8% |
| January 2026 | 15.0% |
| February 2026 | 15.2% |
| March 2026 | 15.3% |
| April 2026 | 15.1% |
Below you will find the YTD 2026 trend of Perplexity’s market share in the generative AI chatbot space. While its growth may not look significant, it has taken some market share from ChatGPT and Gemini this year.
| Month | Perplexity Market Share |
| January 2024 | 2.7% |
| February 2024 | 2.7% |
| March 2024 | 3.0% |
| April 2024 | 2.9% |
| May 2024 | 3.0% |
| June 2024 | 3.0% |
| July 2024 | 3.8% |
| August 2024 | 5.3% |
| September 2024 | 5.5% |
| October 2024 | 5.6% |
| November 2024 | 5.8% |
| December 2024 | 6.0% |
| January 2025 | 6.0% |
| February 2025 | 6.2% |
| March 2025 | 6.1% |
| April 2025 | 6.3% |
| May 2025 | 6.2% |
| June 2025 | 6.2% |
| July 2025 | 6.5% |
| August 2025 | 6.5% |
| September 2025 | 6.6% |
| October 2025 | 6.4% |
| November 2025 | 5.5% |
| December 2025 | 5.1% |
| January 2026 | 5.8% |
| February 2026 | 5.8% |
| March 2026 | 5.5% |
| April 2026 | 5.1% |
Below you will find the YTD 2026 trend of ClaudeAI’s market share in the generative AI chatbot space. Like Perplexity, it has contributed to the splintering of the generative AI market and loss of market share from ChatGPT and Gemini.
| Month | ClaudeAI Market Share |
| January 2024 | 2.1% |
| February 2024 | 2.2% |
| March 2024 | 2.4% |
| April 2024 | 2.5% |
| May 2024 | 2.6% |
| June 2024 | 2.5% |
| July 2024 | 2.5% |
| August 2024 | 2.6% |
| September 2024 | 2.8% |
| October 2024 | 2.8% |
| November 2024 | 2.9% |
| December 2024 | 3.1% |
| January 2025 | 3.1% |
| February 2025 | 3.2% |
| March 2025 | 3.3% |
| April 2025 | 3.3% |
| May 2025 | 3.2% |
| June 2025 | 3.2% |
| July 2025 | 3.5% |
| August 2025 | 3.4% |
| September 2025 | 3.6% |
| October 2025 | 3.8% |
| November 2025 | 4.7% |
| December 2025 | 4.7% |
| January 2026 | 4.1% |
| February 2026 | 4.5% |
| March 2026 | 4.9% |
| April 2026 | 5.0% |
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2026-04-29 01:55:41
Last updated: April 28, 2026
Our team recently analyzed 80+ B2B lead generation companies, ranking them on 7 weighted factors:
The below table shares the results of our analysis.
| Rank | Company | Year Founded | Founder Led | Leadership Experience Score | Average Review Score | GEO Service | Median Employee Tenure | Media References | Notable Clients | Specialty |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 2009 | Yes | 5.0 | 4.9 | Yes | 4.3 years | ~770 | Salesforce, Verisign, Equinix | Long-Term Organic Lead Generation |
| 2 | CIENCE | 2015 | Yes | 4.7 | 4.8 | No | 3.6 years | ~720 | Okta, Shutterstock | Outsourced SDR Teams |
| 3 | Belkins | 2017 | Yes | 4.9 | 4.7 | No | 2.2 years | ~460 | ValueLabs, Shelby Williams | International Lead Generation |
| 4 | Uplead | 2017 | Yes | 4.6 | 4.6 | No | 2.3 years | ~590 | SimScale GmbH, Crealytics | B2B Leads Database & Prospecting Tool |
| 5 | Launch Leads | 2009 | Yes | 4.3 | 4.4 | No | 7.3 years | ~50 | Mercato, Mindshare | Email Lead Generation |
| 6 | Callbox | 2004 | Yes | 4.0 | 4.2 | No | 2.4 years | ~150 | Acer, Toshiba, LexisNexis | Outsourced Call Center |
| 7 | Ziff Davis Performance Marketing | 2006 | No | 4.2 | 4.1 | No | 3.3 years | ~40 | N/A | Tech-Focused ABM |
| 8 | The ABM Agency | 2007 | Yes | 4.0 | 4.5 | No | 1.7 years | ~20 | Baker Hughes, Akeneo, CareMetx | ABM and Demand Generation |
Rather than selling unvetted lead lists, First Page Sage builds long-term, organic lead generation systems for their B2B clients using a combination of thought leadership content and SEO strategy. Their campaigns prioritize ROI through investing in low cost per lead channels. First Page Sage has extensive experience in a variety of B2B industries, ranging from Manufacturing to Agtech to Finance.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage is “head and shoulders above other SEO firms in delivering low CAC leads,” constantly striving for excellence in its “blend of thought leadership and SEO”; however, clients who want a quick marketing solution “will need some patience” as their strategy focuses on the medium to long term. |
CIENCE is a Denver-based lead generation company that specializes in providing SDR teams for their clients. These teams focus their attention on prospect qualification, ensuring that the leads they provide are actually relevant to their clients’ products. Because of this, CIENCE partners well with companies that have limited sales staffing, but can afford the cost of hiring an outside SDR team.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| CIENCE keeps “open lines of communication” and “are highly efficient”, with “consistently impressive cold emailing open rates”. Their “high turnover rate” can lead to “spotty” customer service, however. |
International lead generation requires intimate knowledge of the business culture of multiple countries. Belkins is an expert in this difficult but valuable field, and has conducted successful lead generation campaigns for global brands across North and South America, Europe, and Australia.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Belkin consistently “delivers above expectations” with an approach that leads to their clients being “trusted by highly relevant customers”. They offer a “high level of engagement” but their “pricing is quite expensive.” |
For companies that have strong sales departments, Uplead offers a deep collection of potential leads as well as a SaaS platform to help salespeople narrowly target desired demographics. Their software allows their customers to find leads using a comprehensive array of search criteria, filtering them by industry, job title, location, company size, and a host of other factors. Uplead’s services are a good fit for companies with sales teams that are comfortable finding their own leads in an extensive database.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Uplead provides “very good results” for their clients, with data that is “both accurate and up-to-date.” Their platform is “intuitive”, with “great pricing” that makes their product “very affordable.” |
Launch Leads specializes in creating segmented contact lists to help their clients’ email marketing efforts. They also offer advertising, cold-calling, and social media services, as well as content generation for overburdened marketing and sales teams. Their clients are most often SaaS businesses, but they have a wide range of industry experience.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Launch Leads is a “passionate” lead generation partner with “amazing follow through”. They engage deeply with their clients’ products to the point where they could “be considered experts”, but can be “a little slow” to work out scheduling for their clients. |
Callbox focuses almost entirely on phone-based lead generation services, making them a good fit for more traditionally-oriented industries. They also offer limited phone-based ABM and lead nurturing to help convert leads into MQLs and SQLs for your sales team, but these services are often more expensive than a content-based nurturing campaign.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Callbox is “an amazing resource” with “top-notch” customer service and “efficient” processes. They offer “plentiful and useful feedback”, acting as “truly an extension of” their clients’ sales teams. |
Ziff Davis Performance Marketing focuses entirely on technology companies, leveraging ABM to target high value leads for their clients. They maintain a proprietary database that their teams use to strategically profile potential customers in order to prioritize the highest ROI prospects. Because of their ABM focus and cost, they are best suited for larger businesses that focus on providing services for enterprise clients.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Ziff Davis is “good for prospecting”, and offers SDR teams that “amplify sales efforts” for their clients. Their “extensive onboarding” allows their teams to generate “quality” leads, but this same onboarding process leads to a “long ramp up period”. |
The ABM Agency takes an ABM-centric approach to lead generation but with a focus on targeting buyers across multiple channels, including email, PPC, social media, and retargeted display ads. As an ABM-focused agency, they are best suited as a partner for companies in industries with a few very high-value clients.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| The ABM agency has been successful in helping clients “grow and solidify” themselves as “authorities in their industry”. They have demonstrated the ability to not only generate leads, but also “execute campaigns that result in better ROI”. |
Our team has researched the top B2B lead generation companies for each of the following industries:
The full reports may be found in the links above, and the top 5 agencies for each industry, as well as their industry reputation score, are listed below:
B2B SaaS Lead Generation | ||
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 4.9 |
| 2 | N3 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Ziff Davis | 4.7 |
| 4 | Belkins | 4.7 |
| 5 | Uplead | 4.6 |
Real Estate Lead Generation | ||
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score |
| 1 | Belkins | 4.8 |
| 2 | First Page Sage | 4.8 |
| 3 | Uplead | 4.5 |
| 4 | N3 | 4.3 |
| 5 | CIENCE | 4.2 |
Manufacturing Lead Generation | ||
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 5.0 |
| 2 | Belkins | 5.0 |
| 3 | Launch Leads | 4.8 |
| 4 | Callbox | 4.6 |
| 5 | Ziff Davis | 4.6 |
Fintech & Financial Lead Generation | ||
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score |
| 1 | Ziff Davis | 4.8 |
| 2 | First Page Sage | 4.8 |
| 3 | CIENCE | 4.5 |
| 4 | Belkins | 4.4 |
| 5 | Launch Leads | 4.3 |
2026-04-29 01:55:31
Last updated: April 28, 2026
Our team has compiled a listing of the top B2B content marketing agencies of 2026, and ranked them based on the following 7 factors:
Our findings are presented in the table below.
| Rank | Company | Established | Founder Led | Leadership Experience Score | Average Review Score | Median Employee Tenure | Media References | Notable Clients | Approach to Content Marketing |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 2009 | Yes | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 years | ~600 | Salesforce, LinkedIn, Cadence Design Systems | Combining thought leadership content & SEO for high-ROI lead generation |
| 2 | AMP Agency | 1995 | No | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 years | ~200 | Amazon, Southwest Airlines, LinkedIn | Video-focused content marketing |
| 3 | REQ | 2008 | No | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 years | ~220 | Mastercard, Johnson & Johnson, Waymo | Content marketing for brand awareness & demand generation |
| 4 | Viral Nation | 2014 | Yes | 4.3 | 4.5 | 1.5 years | ~250 | Coca Cola, Disney, Anheuser Busch | Combining influencer marketing with content marketing |
| 5 | Sociallyin | 2011 | Yes | 4.2 | 4.5 | 2.8 years | ~50 | TGI Fridays, Edible Arrangements, Dicks Sporting Goods | Social media content marketing |
| 6 | Contently | 2010 | No | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.9 years | ~4,000 | Dell Technologies, Marriot, RBC | Content marketing distribution and analytics |
| 7 | Metric Theory | 2012 | Yes | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.2 years | ~120 | Zenefits, GoFundMe, Carvana | Content-based paid social media marketing |
| 8 | Power Digital Marketing | 2012 | Yes | 3.3 | 3.9 | 1.3 years | ~370 | AirBNB, MyFitnessPal, DropBox | Data analytics for content marketing |
First Page Sage specializes in creating ghostwritten thought leadership for their clients, emphasizing content quality in order to earn high rankings on Google and influencing AI search recommendations through generative engine optimization. They have an in-depth discovery process in which they learn their clients’ exact brand tone and desired messaging, allowing them to create content that feels like it was written by an in-house team. They excel at working with companies that operate in complex industries such as medical devices, fintech, and B2B SaaS.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage’s content is “head and shoulders” above other content marketing agencies because of their “fixation“ on creating “content worthy of a #1 ranking” and heavy focus on ROI; however, clients that are in a hurry “will have to be patient” as First Page Sage’s attention to detail takes time. |
AMP Agency offers a wide range of digital marketing services, with their content marketing prioritizing video. They specialize in building video-first online campaigns for consumer brands, combining their video content production expertise with PR and experience design.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| AMP is “collaborative and brings new ideas to the table.” Their in-house talent allows the agency “to change plans at a moment’s notice” which whether it be “timing, tactic, or budget”. |
REQ thrives when creating and growing brand awareness. They use content marketing to attract organic and paid traffic by leveraging a well-managed online reputation, which includes public relations and targeted social media and SEO.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| REQ teams are “very organized and responsive.” REQ has a reputation of being “good at picking up the ball and running with it”; however, they “could improve the speed of creative ideas.” |
Viral Nation combines influencer marketing with a robust content program. They work with high profile experts to promote brand awareness for their clients, helping them to connect with wider audiences on social media platforms.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Delivering project “success that exceeded our expectations” is a common theme from clients who consider the company as problem solvers that listen to client concerns and then devise “the plan and the best way to achieve my goals.” |
Sociallyin strives to use social media and personalized content to connect with their clients’ target audiences. Their strategies are backed up by a strong foundation of statistics and data analysis. In addition to their social media and content marketing services, they also offer community management, social selling, and influencer marketing for their clients.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Sociallyin is known for being “flexible and open” to their client’s ideas and “isn’t just one-sided and understands other dynamics“. They have also impressed clients with their commitment to working toward defined goals “no matter how much time it takes to do it.” |
Contently offers a software platform that generates story ideas and content type recommendations for clients, helping short-staffed teams increase content production efficiency. Additionally, Contently also offers a platform that can connect companies with freelance writers.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Companies use Contently “to contract creative writers and designers to generate content” for in-house teams, which saves marketing departments “significant time and effort” and the agency “delivers good value for the price.” |
Metric Theory works best with B2B companies that want to see rapid returns on their marketing spend, and are comfortable paying for it. They make heavy use of paid marketing channels such as PPC and paid social to drive short-term growth, leading to faster results than other content marketing companies but lower ROI.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Metric Theory is “very accessible” and responsive, moving “quickly if clients have questions or concerns“. |
Power Digital Marketing utilizes a proprietary data analysis tool to develop and track custom content marketing strategies for their clients. Their platform employs machine learning to continually improve campaign decisions, and work best with clients who have well understood audiences.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| In addition to their custom campaign strategy development process, “they’re very good at implementing strategies.” The company is also good at seeing “the bigger picture” and identifying “improvement opportunities.” |
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Last Updated: April 28, 2026
Our staff recently conducted an analysis of the top B2B SEO agencies in the United States, scoring them across 8 weighted factors:
We then selected the 8 top scoring firms and provided a brief analysis of each, along with their respective specialties and a summary of customer reviews. The results may be found below:
| Company | Year Founded | Founder Led | Leadership Experience Score | Average Review Score | Median Employee Tenure | Media References | Offers GEO? | Notable Clients | Specialty | |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 2009 | Yes | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 years | ~610 | Yes | Salesforce, Logitech, US Bank | Lead generation through SEO & GEO |
| 2 | Duffy Agency | 2009 | Yes | 4.8 | 4.6 | No data | ~100 | No | Cavidi, the UN World Food Programme | International & Multilingual SEO |
| 3 | Marketing Eye | 2004 | Yes | 4.0 | 4.4 | 7.1 years | ~20 | No | Safeway, Denticare, Cirrus Networks | Technical SEO & Web Design |
| 4 | Clay Agency | 2016 | Yes | 4.4 | 4.6 | 2.4 years | ~330 | No | Slack, Coinbase, UPS | Conversion Rate and UX Optimization for SEO |
| 5 | Epsilon | 1969 | No | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 years | ~700 | No | Walgreens, Coach, Volvo | Full-Service Enterprise Marketing |
| 6 | Community Boost | 2012 | Yes | 4.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 years | ~80 | No | The Trevor Project, The Humane Society, Seniors At Home. | SEO for Nonprofits |
| 7 | AMP Agency | 1995 | No | 4.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 years | ~200 | No | Microsoft, Vizio, Asus | Video SEO |
| 8 | Metric Theory | 2012 | Yes | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.1 years | ~110 | No | GoFundMe, Lyft, LexisNexis | SEO & Paid Search |
First Page Sageis the top B2B SEO agency in the US, and their approach prioritizes lead generation over pure traffic. They were also the first agency to offer generative engine optimziation, helping their clients rank on AI platforms such as ChatGPT as well as on Google’s AI overviews. First Page Sage has seen a great deal of success in this emerging marketing discipline due to their CEO Evan Bailyn’s expertise as the founder of GEO.
First Page Sage’s client reviews are excellent across the board, and they have extensive experience in complex B2B industries such as SaaS, medtech, and manufacturing. Notable clients include Salesforce, Logitech, and US Bank. Clients also note that FPS does not require long-term contracts, which allows for more flexible engagement lengths.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| First Page Sage provides “in-depth strategic consulting” and creates “content that brings us customers”. They place a “heavy focus on ROI and reporting”, and customers note that “they are excellent at AI SEO” as well. |
The Duffy Agency specializes in international and multilingual SEO. They specialize in working with aspiring international brands to develop marketing strategies that target markets in multiple countries and languages.
SEO requires developing a working knowledge of the technical jargon and language that signals expertise to buyers, and international SEO is no different. The Duffy Agency works with their clients to translate nuanced industry knowledge into various languages to make content tailored for each target market. Their clients have included Cavidi and the UN World Food Programme.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Duffy Agency targets “ambitious” goals for their services but often succeed “without increasing campaign cost“. While their results must “build over time“, they are “dramatic“. |
Marketing Eye is a creative marketing services firm based out of Atlanta, GA, that focuses on the technical and web design aspects of SEO.
Unlike other marketing agencies that offer total content production, Marketing Eye looks to optimize existing content for keyword relevancy and search intent. This makes them a good fit for companies that already have strong in-house content teams but lack SEO or technical expertise, and their clients have included Safeway, Cirrus Networks, and Denticare.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Marketing Eye’s team are both “competent and professional” despite sometimes needing “additional training.” Nevertheless, their service is “superior“. |
Clay Agency was founded in 2016, and they’re the youngest agency on this list. They place their focus squarely on the difficult process of conversion rate and UX optimization, and increasing conversion rates of organic visitors.
SEO requires conversion optimization to be effective: organic traffic is only as valuable when it converts into actual sales leads. Clay Agency is a good fit for companies that have strong organic traffic numbers but struggle with their conversion rates. Their clients have included Slack, Coinbase, and UPS.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Clay Agency’s design focus is “high-quality“ and they deliver their services at a “great price“. Their teams pay “close attention to detail” for branding focused clients. |
Epsilon is a full-service enterprise marketing company that combines traditional and digital marketing into a single campaign. They specialize in working with enterprise companies, and the strategic demands unique to enterprise SEO.
Because enterprises often have complex vendor vetting and setup processes, they often need a single agency to handle all of their marketing needs. Epsilon is capable of uniting disparate marketing channels under one roof, and their past clients include Walgreens, Coach, and Volvo.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Epsilon’s teams are “attentive” and “responsive” to enterprise clients needs, and customers report that their “very costly” pricing is made up for by strong results. |
The San Diego-based Community Boost offers a full suite of digital marketing services for nonprofits and charitable organizations, with SEO as one of their core services. The inherent trust that visitors confer on websites appearing in organic search results is particularly important for nonprofits, particularly when seeking donations from high net worth individuals and corporate sponsors.
Agencies that specialize in this niche—and are therefore familiar with the tone and SEO strategies most effective for nonprofits to use—are relatively rare. Community Boost is the most notable agency among them, and their past clients include The Trevor Project, The Humane Society, and Seniors At Home.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| While teams are “dedicated to their craft” and Community Boost is an “incredible partner” for nonprofits, their processes still have “small tweaks to iron out” despite their relatively long tenure. |
AMP Agency is a full-service digital marketing agency, with video SEO being a major focus. They help companies optimize video titles and descriptions to drive views and engagement, optimizing for YouTube’s unique algorithm.
AMP is a good fit for companies that attract customers primarily through their video content. Their clients have included Microsoft, Vizio, and Asus.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| AMP Agency creates “collaborative” relationships with their clients, providing teams that are “efficient, straightforward, and persistent“, but sometimes “small things get missed“. |
Metric Theory was founded in 2012 and focuses on combining SEO with paid search and remarketing. By tracking your visitors, they can help you optimize your ad spend by displaying ads only to prospects who have found your website organically.
Despite its high ROI, SEO’s relatively long time frame before results are seen can be off putting for many marketing teams. Paid advertising is a useful way to bridge this gap, lowering the overall average ROI of marketing efforts for increased short term lead generation. Metric Theory is a good fit for companies who need short-term lead generation over long-term ROI, and their clients have included GoFundMe, Lyft, and LexisNexis.
| Summary of Online Reviews |
| Metric Theory conducts “thorough background research” and are “effective at capitalizing on revenue sources“, but teams would “benefit from having more resources“. |
Our team has researched the top SEO agencies for each of the following industries:
The full reports may be found in the links above, and the top 5 agencies for each industry, as well as their industry reputation score, are listed below:
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score | Notable Clients |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 4.9 | Salesforce, Cadence, Credit Sesame, Verisign |
| 2 | REQ | 4.9 | Katabat, Verint, ActiveNav |
| 3 | Clay Agency | 4.7 | Slack, Zenefits, Hint |
| 4 | Epsilon | 4.5 | CDW, Faraday |
| 5 | Marketing Eye | 4.4 | Construx Solutions, Innovent CRM, JESI |
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score | Notable Clients |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 4.8 | Swagelok, Tempo, Zetec |
| 2 | Kula Partners | 4.8 | Emmerson Packaging, Essex Active, Reliable Automatic Sprinkler |
| 3 | Industrial Strength Marketing | 4.6 | ExxonMobil, Sentry, UPS |
| 4 | Windmill Strategy | 4.5 | Fast Test, Summit Engineered Automation, North Star Imaging |
| 5 | Factory Web Source | 4.4 | Porsche, Ferrari, Penske |
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score | Notable Clients |
| 1 | REQ | 5.0 | Corcoran, Apollo Group, We Buy Ugly Houses |
| 2 | First Page Sage | 5.0 | The Empire State Building, Golden Gate Hotel & Casino |
| 3 | Focus Digital | 4.8 | Not disclosed |
| 4 | ReachLocal | 4.7 | CuliQuip, TGM Associates |
| 5 | Jives Media | 4.6 | University Realty, Mastermine Investments, LLC |
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score | Notable Clients |
| 1 | RNO1 | 4.9 | Healto, Fluxa |
| 2 | First Page Sage | 4.9 | Intuity Medical, Dignity Health, City of Hope, Institute on Aging |
| 3 | Focus Digital | 4.7 | GoHealth Urgent Care, The Chinquee Center for Health and Wellness, The Center for Podiatric Care |
| 4 | k2md Health | 4.6 | True Health, Lovelace Health System, UT Health |
| 5 | REQ | 4.4 | Centene, Health Net, PhRMA |
| Rank | Agency | Industry Reputation Score | Notable Clients |
| 1 | First Page Sage | 5.0 | US Bank, Credit Sesame, SoFi, defi Solutions |
| 2 | Yes& Agency | 4.9 | United Bank, Resources Global Professionals |
| 3 | TOP Agency | 4.8 | Discover, Fidelity Investments, Oppenheimer Funds |
| 4 | CSTMR | 4.5 | Lending Tree, SELFi, Credit Karma |
| 5 | Banktastic | 4.5 | United Bank & Trust, US Bank, Flow Capital |