2026
Find the best software for anything and everything you want to accomplish, as decided by software buyers on the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. Based on honest reviews and ratings from our G2 users this year, this list features the top software products found on G2.
Out of 3,561 total products in this category, and 281 that were eligible for the 2026 Best Software Awards, here are the 50 best software products. When looking at this year’s winners, 22 remained on the list from last year, while 28 are new entrants — representing a 56% change on this list since the 2025 Best Software Awards.
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Salesforce Service Cloud
Help Desk
Deliver excellent customer service with a 360-degree view of your customers, an enterprise grade knowledge base, agent productivity tools, service contracts & entitlements, and analytics for complete visibility all on the Salesforce Platform.
Deliver excellent customer service with a 360-degree view of your customers, an enterprise grade knowledge base, agent productivity tools, service contracts & entitlements, and analytics for complete visibility all on the Salesforce Platform.
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G2 Awards
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Enterprise Products 2026
Best Mid-Market Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
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Zoho Desk
Help Desk
Zoho Desk pulls in all your customer interactions from across multiple channels into a single, clean interface. You can then seamlessly continue these conversations and help customers easily.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Small Business Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
3
Zendesk for Customer Service
Help Desk
Zendesk for Customer Service is an AI-powered service solution that’s easy to set up, use, and scale. It offers out-of-the-box functionality that’s simple to modify, helping businesses move faster. Leveraging AI built on billions of CX interactions, Zendesk enhances the entire service experience—fro
Zendesk for Customer Service is an AI-powered service solution that’s easy to set up, use, and scale. It offers out-of-the-box functionality that’s simple to modify, helping businesses move faster. Leveraging AI built on billions of CX interactions, Zendesk enhances the entire service experience—fro
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Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
Best Fastest Growing Products 2026
4
Birdeye
Online Reputation Management
Birdeye is the #1 agentic marketing platform for multi-location brands, trusted by over 200,000 businesses to deliver measurable growth with AI. With Birdeye, brands harness the power of intelligent agents to run marketing, automate engagement, and drive business outcomes at scale. Built specificall
Birdeye is the #1 agentic marketing platform for multi-location brands, trusted by over 200,000 businesses to deliver measurable growth with AI. With Birdeye, brands harness the power of intelligent agents to run marketing, automate engagement, and drive business outcomes at scale. Built specificall
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Healthcare Software Products 2026
Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
5
Salesforce Field Service
Field Service Management
Salesforce Field Service helps to improve mobile service operations and deliver faster, smarter, more personalized service from the phone to the field on one platform.
Salesforce Field Service helps to improve mobile service operations and deliver faster, smarter, more personalized service from the phone to the field on one platform.
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G2 Awards
Best Small Business Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Mid-Market Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
6
HubSpot Service Hub
Help Desk
Deliver personalized support at scale with Breeze customer agent and an AI-powered knowledge base that work together to identify content gaps and enhance self-service. Boost CSAT with proactive tools like health scores and usage analytics that drive adoption. HubSpot Smart CRM powers everything, giv
Deliver personalized support at scale with Breeze customer agent and an AI-powered knowledge base that work together to identify content gaps and enhance self-service. Boost CSAT with proactive tools like health scores and usage analytics that drive adoption. HubSpot Smart CRM powers everything, giv
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Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Collaboration & Productivity Software Products 2026
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
7
Aircall
Contact Center
Aircall is the phone system for modern business that can be used on any device. Since Aircall has no hardware requirement, customers can get set up and dialing in as few as 3 minutes. Packed with powerful integrations and a growing app ecosystem of 50+ CRM, Helpdesk, eCommerce, and other business so
Aircall is the phone system for modern business that can be used on any device. Since Aircall has no hardware requirement, customers can get set up and dialing in as few as 3 minutes. Packed with powerful integrations and a growing app ecosystem of 50+ CRM, Helpdesk, eCommerce, and other business so
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Sales Software Products 2026
8
RingEX
VoIP Providers
9
Absorb LMS
Corporate Learning Management Systems
Absorb LMS is an AI-powered learning management system that streamlines training and scales learning across employees, partners, customers, and more. Its intuitive interface and automation simplify setup and daily tasks, while AI personalizes the learner experience.
Absorb LMS is an AI-powered learning management system that streamlines training and scales learning across employees, partners, customers, and more. Its intuitive interface and automation simplify setup and daily tasks, while AI personalizes the learner experience.
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Best Canadian Sellers 2026
Best Governance, Risk & Compliance Software Products 2026
Best Education Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Healthcare Software Products 2026
Best HR Software Products 2026
10
Sprout Social
Social Media Suites
Sprout Social is an intuitive platform that delivers smarter, faster business impact from social media.. Empower your teams to better connect with audiences, streamline publishing workflows, collaborate in real-time, and power strategic business decisions with the social insights that matter most—at
Sprout Social is an intuitive platform that delivers smarter, faster business impact from social media.. Empower your teams to better connect with audiences, streamline publishing workflows, collaborate in real-time, and power strategic business decisions with the social insights that matter most—at
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G2 Awards
Best Marketing & Digital Advertising Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
11
Fin by Intercom
AI Customer Support Agents
Fin’s AI Agent System gives you complete control with four core capabilities, analyze, train, test, and deploy, all in one easy-to-use workspace. It’s designed to fine-tune quality and drive continuous performance improvement. No code required. Train: Teach Fin with your knowledge, data, policies, a
Fin’s AI Agent System gives you complete control with four core capabilities, analyze, train, test, and deploy, all in one easy-to-use workspace. It’s designed to fine-tune quality and drive continuous performance improvement. No code required. Train: Teach Fin with your knowledge, data, policies, a
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
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Gainsight Customer Success
Customer Success
13
Freshdesk
Help Desk
Freshdesk is a cloud-based helpdesk software that streamlines customer conversations across multiple channels including email & phone. It enables faster collaboration with your support team for quick responses to your customer. With 150+ integrations, we make it simple for businesses to provide supe
Freshdesk is a cloud-based helpdesk software that streamlines customer conversations across multiple channels including email & phone. It enables faster collaboration with your support team for quick responses to your customer. With 150+ integrations, we make it simple for businesses to provide supe
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best India Sellers 2026
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best APAC Products 2026
14
Nextiva
VoIP Providers
The Nextiva technology platform is a state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure that allows a company's employees to conduct their business from anywhere.
The Nextiva technology platform is a state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure that allows a company's employees to conduct their business from anywhere.
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G2 Awards
Best Collaboration & Productivity Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
15
Jobber
Field Service Management
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ChurnZero
Customer Success
17
Podium
AI Agents For Business Operations
Podium empowers local businesses to do more business in less time with the simplicity of text messaging. Our platform allows you to get more reviews, gather more leads, get paid via text, send text marketing campaigns, centralize communications, and more.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
18
Five9 Intelligent Cloud Contact Center Platform
Contact Center
Five9 is the leading global provider of on-demand call center software for telesales, telemarketing, customer service, help desks and order processing.
Five9 is the leading global provider of on-demand call center software for telesales, telemarketing, customer service, help desks and order processing.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
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CloudTalk
Contact Center
CloudTalk is a remote-ready cloud call center software for sales and customer support teams. Aside from providing top of the range call quality and a modern solution, our unique selling point is the ability to easily integrate with leading CRMs and helpdesks, giving customer service agents and sales
CloudTalk is a remote-ready cloud call center software for sales and customer support teams. Aside from providing top of the range call quality and a modern solution, our unique selling point is the ability to easily integrate with leading CRMs and helpdesks, giving customer service agents and sales
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Sales Software Products 2026
20
QuestionPro
Survey
QuestionPro is a leading provider of online survey software that allows our users to generate the insights they need to make better business decisions. Our software includes not only tools for creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys, but also provides a platform for polling, tablet-based mob
QuestionPro is a leading provider of online survey software that allows our users to generate the insights they need to make better business decisions. Our software includes not only tools for creation, distribution, and analysis of surveys, but also provides a platform for polling, tablet-based mob
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Best India Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Collaboration & Productivity Software Products 2026
Best APAC Products 2026
21

Ringover
Contact Center

Ringover is the flexible cloud-based phone solution for businesses who want to improve the mobility and collaboration of their employees. Free unlimited calls. Fixed and mobile numbers from 65+ destinations. Seamless CRM integration. Advanced call centre features. Start your free trial today.
Ringover is the flexible cloud-based phone solution for businesses who want to improve the mobility and collaboration of their employees. Free unlimited calls. Fixed and mobile numbers from 65+ destinations. Seamless CRM integration. Advanced call centre features. Start your free trial today.
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Best French Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
22
evaluagent
Contact Center Quality Assurance
The multi-channel Quality Monitoring Platform that puts an end to spreadsheets, engages agents and helps deliver a compliant customer experience.
The multi-channel Quality Monitoring Platform that puts an end to spreadsheets, engages agents and helps deliver a compliant customer experience.
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Best UK Sellers 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
23
Resonate CX
Experience Management
Resonate CX helps to meet the customer's needs by operationalizing their voice. It provides tools which help to manage VoC, CX, NPS and employee experience programs.
Resonate CX helps to meet the customer's needs by operationalizing their voice. It provides tools which help to manage VoC, CX, NPS and employee experience programs.
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G2 Awards
Best Australia & New Zealand Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best APAC Products 2026
24
Planhat
Customer Success
Connect customer data, get actionable insights and drive customer actions. Planhat is a beautiful and intuitive Customer Success Software for SaaS.
Connect customer data, get actionable insights and drive customer actions. Planhat is a beautiful and intuitive Customer Success Software for SaaS.
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
25
SurveyMonkey
Survey
SurveyMonkey is a leading survey and feedback management solution, trusted by millions of users across more than 300,000 organizations around the world. SurveyMonkey and its AI-powered tools empower organizations of all sizes to deliver world-class experiences for their employees, customers, and sta
SurveyMonkey is a leading survey and feedback management solution, trusted by millions of users across more than 300,000 organizations around the world. SurveyMonkey and its AI-powered tools empower organizations of all sizes to deliver world-class experiences for their employees, customers, and sta
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Collaboration & Productivity Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
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Smartsupp
Live Chat
27
Helpjuice
Customer Self-Service
Helpjuice’s easy-to-use and most powerful knowledge base software is designed from the ground up to help you scale your customer support, and, collaborate better with your team.
Helpjuice’s easy-to-use and most powerful knowledge base software is designed from the ground up to help you scale your customer support, and, collaborate better with your team.
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
28
WhatsApp Business Platform
Live Chat
The WhatsApp Business API is a messaging platform designed for businesses to communicate with their customers on the popular messaging app, WhatsApp. It allows businesses to create a verified WhatsApp Business Account and interact with customers through messaging, notifications, and automation tools
The WhatsApp Business API is a messaging platform designed for businesses to communicate with their customers on the popular messaging app, WhatsApp. It allows businesses to create a verified WhatsApp Business Account and interact with customers through messaging, notifications, and automation tools
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
29
DialMyCalls
Proactive Notification
DialMyCalls lets you send text messages (SMS), phone calls & emails to a group of people in seconds. It’s the easy to way send anything from emergency alerts to general notification messages.
DialMyCalls lets you send text messages (SMS), phone calls & emails to a group of people in seconds. It’s the easy to way send anything from emergency alerts to general notification messages.
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G2 Awards
Best Office Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
30
my.SQM Auto QA
Contact Center Quality Assurance
SQM Group's customer experience management (CEM) software is specifically built for call center agents and designed to measure, track, benchmark, and improve FCR, Csat, NPS, quality assurance, customer service and employee engagement.
SQM Group's customer experience management (CEM) software is specifically built for call center agents and designed to measure, track, benchmark, and improve FCR, Csat, NPS, quality assurance, customer service and employee engagement.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
31
Kustomer
Help Desk
Kustomer is a CRM designed for customer experience that focuses on customers, not tickets, enabling companies to know everything about every customer.
Kustomer is a CRM designed for customer experience that focuses on customers, not tickets, enabling companies to know everything about every customer.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
32
Reputation
Online Reputation Management
Reputation has changed the way companies improve their customer experience (CX) through customer feedback. Our platform translates vast amounts of public and private feedback data into insights that companies use to learn from and grow – including CX, Operations, and much more. We refer to this proc
Reputation has changed the way companies improve their customer experience (CX) through customer feedback. Our platform translates vast amounts of public and private feedback data into insights that companies use to learn from and grow – including CX, Operations, and much more. We refer to this proc
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
33
Talkdesk
AI Customer Support Agents
Talkdesk® is a global cloud contact center leader for customer-obsessed companies. Talkdesk believes that better customer experiences start with AI. With automation-first customer experience solutions, Talkdesk customers can optimize their most critical customer service processes. Talkdesk's speed o
Talkdesk® is a global cloud contact center leader for customer-obsessed companies. Talkdesk believes that better customer experiences start with AI. With automation-first customer experience solutions, Talkdesk customers can optimize their most critical customer service processes. Talkdesk's speed o
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
34

Hopscotch Product Tours
Customer Education

Hopscotch Product Tours is a no-code platform designed to help SaaS companies create interactive product tours and in-app messages, enhancing user onboarding and engagement. By guiding users through key features and workflows, Hopscotch aims to increase trial-to-paid conversions and reduce churn rat
Hopscotch Product Tours is a no-code platform designed to help SaaS companies create interactive product tours and in-app messages, enhancing user onboarding and engagement. By guiding users through key features and workflows, Hopscotch aims to increase trial-to-paid conversions and reduce churn rat
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
35
Totango
Customer Success
Enterprise Customer Success Platform that proactively drives adoption, retention, expansion, and strengthens reputation through actionable insights, scalable solutions, and meaningful customer engagement.
Enterprise Customer Success Platform that proactively drives adoption, retention, expansion, and strengthens reputation through actionable insights, scalable solutions, and meaningful customer engagement.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
36
Connecteam
Workforce Management
Connecteam is a management mobile solution that allows company to create their own employee smartphone app it improved remote workforce management and effective internal communications to employee satisfaction surveys, performance management, scheduling and training.
Connecteam is a management mobile solution that allows company to create their own employee smartphone app it improved remote workforce management and effective internal communications to employee satisfaction surveys, performance management, scheduling and training.
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G2 Awards
Best Collaboration & Productivity Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best HR Software Products 2026
Best Healthcare Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Content Management Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
Best Software Products 2026
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respond.io
Conversational Support
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Guru
AI Agents For Business Operations
Guru is the AI Source of Truth that connects your company’s knowledge, delivers cited answers everywhere you work, and keeps information accurate automatically.
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Analytics Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
39
TeamViewer
Remote Support
Easy-to-use remote support and access software that lets you securely connect to and monitor desktop-to-desktop, desktop-to-mobile, mobile-to-mobile, or to unattended devices like servers and IoT devices from anywhere.
Easy-to-use remote support and access software that lets you securely connect to and monitor desktop-to-desktop, desktop-to-mobile, mobile-to-mobile, or to unattended devices like servers and IoT devices from anywhere.
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G2 Awards
Best German Sellers 2026
Best IT Infrastructure Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
40
Playvox Quality Management
Contact Center Quality Assurance
Playvox is a modern Quality Assurance software. Improve customer experience and satisfaction by evaluating, coaching, training and motivating your agents to increase their performance. All in one centralized place.
Playvox is a modern Quality Assurance software. Improve customer experience and satisfaction by evaluating, coaching, training and motivating your agents to increase their performance. All in one centralized place.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
41
Calabrio ONE
Contact Center Workforce
Calabrio ONE is an integrated solution to help optimize the workforce in call centers by giving you accurate information in a multi-channel environment, under one system.
Calabrio ONE is an integrated solution to help optimize the workforce in call centers by giving you accurate information in a multi-channel environment, under one system.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
42
Scorebuddy
Contact Center Quality Assurance
Scorebuddy is a cloud-based quality assurance software that evaluates customer interactions across multiple channels, calls, emails, live chat, and social media.
Scorebuddy is a cloud-based quality assurance software that evaluates customer interactions across multiple channels, calls, emails, live chat, and social media.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best EMEA Sellers 2026
43
Close
CRM
Close is an all-in-one sales CRM designed to increase sales productivity for sales teams. With built-in calling, email, SMS, and more, sales teams are able to close more deals and make more sales—all without manual data entry!
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G2 Awards
Best Sales Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
44
Qualified
Conversational Marketing
Qualified is the Agentic Marketing platform for B2B companies around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, Qualified delivers pipeline generation at scale with Piper the AI SDR for thousands of customers like Crunchbase, Demandbase, Greenhouse, Plaid, and Suse. Led by former Salesforce CMO Krai
Qualified is the Agentic Marketing platform for B2B companies around the world. Headquartered in San Francisco, Qualified delivers pipeline generation at scale with Piper the AI SDR for thousands of customers like Crunchbase, Demandbase, Greenhouse, Plaid, and Suse. Led by former Salesforce CMO Krai
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
45
Genesys Cloud CX
AI Customer Support Agents
The Genesys Cloud CX™ platform is trusted by thousands of small, medium and large enterprises and recognized across the globe as an industry-leading cloud call center software and customer experience (CX) platform. No matter where the customer conversation starts or ends, Genesys Cloud CX transforms
The Genesys Cloud CX™ platform is trusted by thousands of small, medium and large enterprises and recognized across the globe as an industry-leading cloud call center software and customer experience (CX) platform. No matter where the customer conversation starts or ends, Genesys Cloud CX transforms
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
46
Jotform AI Agents
AI Customer Support Agents
Jotform AI Agents are the future of customer service. They are powerful automated customer service tools that provide real-time assistance to users. Use your own AI Agent to streamline support operations, enhance user engagement, and improve response times. Train and customize AI Agents to answer FA
Jotform AI Agents are the future of customer service. They are powerful automated customer service tools that provide real-time assistance to users. Use your own AI Agent to streamline support operations, enhance user engagement, and improve response times. Train and customize AI Agents to answer FA
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best Global Sellers 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
47
Voiso
Contact Center
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Tidio
Live Chat
Tidio is an all-in-one AI customer support platform that includes help desk issue tracking, live chat, chatbot automation (Flows), and an AI customer service agent (Lyro). The platform allows businesses to manage all customer communication from a single dashboard, including email and social media ch
Tidio is an all-in-one AI customer support platform that includes help desk issue tracking, live chat, chatbot automation (Flows), and an AI customer service agent (Lyro). The platform allows businesses to manage all customer communication from a single dashboard, including email and social media ch
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G2 Awards
Best Agentic AI Software Products 2026
Best AI Software Products 2026
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
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UserGuiding
Digital Adoption Platform
UserGuiding is a must-have tool for product teams looking to drive revenue growth with superior self-service experiences—activate more users and reduce support tickets with the best success coaching in industry.
UserGuiding is a must-have tool for product teams looking to drive revenue growth with superior self-service experiences—activate more users and reduce support tickets with the best success coaching in industry.
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G2 Awards
Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
Best Highest Satisfaction Products 2026
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Sprinklr Service
Social Customer Service
Sprinklr Service is a cloud-native unified customer service platform powered by AI that enables seamless customer & agent experience across 30+ digital, social and voice channels, and delivers real-time actionable & scalable insights – eliminating the need for any other point solution.
Sprinklr Service is a cloud-native unified customer service platform powered by AI that enables seamless customer & agent experience across 30+ digital, social and voice channels, and delivers real-time actionable & scalable insights – eliminating the need for any other point solution.
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Best Customer Service Software Products 2026
What are the G2 Best Software Awards?
G2’s annual Best Software Awards rank the world’s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users and publicly available market presence data.
How are the winners determined?
Dozens of lists are generated based on G2’s verified user reviews and publicly available market presence data. To rank products and vendors across different categories, G2 uses normalized Satisfaction and Market Presence scores.
Scores are first calculated within categories for all products that have received at least 10 reviews in the past year. For functional product lists, individual products need at least 10 reviews in the eligibility period in at least one category in the correlated persona area (e.g., Best Sales Software) to be eligible for that list.
Only reviews submitted between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 of the preceding calendar year are considered for eligibility and ranking.
Scores are then aggregated and compared based on the scoring criteria for each of the three Best Software lists: Best Software Companies, Best Software Products, and Best Software by Function
Best Software Companies lists
The top 100 software companies are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores. Specifically, G2 scores Satisfaction within each category and averages those scores across all of a vendor’s products. Market Presence is aggregated and scored relative to all eligible software companies.
G2 also releases geographic Best Software Companies lists, which highlight the top companies from the corresponding region or country. A company’s headquarters, according to LinkedIn, is the primary source used to determine a software company’s region. Several additional factors are used as needed, including where the majority of its workforce is located, where the company was founded, and where its executive team resides
Best Software Products lists
The top 100 products are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores. Specifically, the score for a product is first calculated for each category, and then those category scores are combined to create an overall score for the product. The overall score is then weighted based on the competitiveness of each category. Competitiveness is determined by how many products are competing in each category and how many reviews those products receive.
G2 also releases the following supplemental Best Software Products reports:
Highest Satisfaction: Ranking is based solely on Satisfaction scores.
Fastest Growing Products: Ranking is based on Momentum scores.
Segment: Rankings are based on reviews submitted by reviewers from the corresponding market segment.
Rookies of the Year: This report includes the top 25 products that were listed on G2 and received their first review during the previous calendar year. To qualify for inclusion, both the product and its corresponding vendor must be newly listed.
Best Software by Function lists
For these lists, which focus on the software’s function or persona use case, individual products need at least 10 reviews in the eligibility period in at least one category in the correlated persona area (e.g., Best Sales Software) to be eligible for that list.
The top 50 products are ranked based on weighted Satisfaction and Market Presence scores, based on reviews within the corresponding top-level G2 categories. The score for a product is first calculated for the subcategory, and then those category scores are combined to create an overall score for the product. The overall score is then weighted based on the competitiveness of each category and the relevance of each product to the given function or persona.
Read more about the methodology used to calculate G2’s Best Software Awards here.
How does a vendor become eligible for the awards?
To be eligible for one of G2’s Best Software Companies or Products lists, a software product or company must have at least 10 reviews in the prior calendar year. Scores reflect only data from reviews submitted during the evaluation period (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2025).
Can software companies and products win multiple awards?
Yes. A software company and/or product has the potential to be named on multiple lists based on its eligibility and rankings.
How are reviews verified and vetted?
Authenticity and trust are paramount to our approach to review collection, moderation, and publishing. It is our aim to ensure every review is the honest opinion of a real user and their own experience with a product or service. Every review submitted to G2 undergoes rigorous moderation. We verify reviewer identities and use more than 43 data points and consistent guidelines to ensure authenticity. In fact, G2 rejects more than one-third of the reviews submitted for not meeting those guidelines and standards. For more information, view G2’s approach to review validity and learn why G2 joined the Coalition for Trusted Reviews.
Are there any methodology and criteria changes for the Best Software 2026 lists?
Some eligibility requirements have changed for Best Software 2026, including:
Product and vendors now need a minimum of 10 reviews from the prior calendar year.
In 2025, just one review from the past year was needed, in addition to appearing on a G2 Grid®. Last year’s change was made to expand eligibility for vendors and products on G2 while simplifying the requirements, making it easier to be considered.
This year’s change is to maintain that simplicity while prioritizing review recency and volume as a key factor for continued and consistent high performance.
However, on the most competitive Best Software lists, winners typically have hundreds or even thousands of reviews.
For the Functional Product Lists, a product’s percentage of categories and reviews earned within that functional list will be used as a factor in scoring. This year, we have adjusted the category weighting in our algorithm.
We did this to ensure the best possible fit for products on persona lists, based on their categories and reviews.
We also added the following new lists in 2026:
New “Best Software By Function” lists:
Best Agentic AI Software
Best ERP Software Products
How can I promote my Best Software Award recognition if I am named a winner?
All winners will receive an email from G2 providing promotional materials and instructions, including templates and guidelines for:
Accessing their Best Software Award badge(s) in my.g2 (for customers only)
Promoting their recognition via news announcements
Celebrating with social media graphics
How will G2 celebrate the winners?
G2 will celebrate award winners through a series of promotions, including news announcements, social media posts, emails, website banners, and more. While some winners will be featured on billboards in New York City, this is limited to select top winners pre-determined by G2.
How are the Best Software Awards different from G2’s Quarterly Reports?
Key differences between G2’s Best Software Awards and Market Reports include:
Best Software consists of annual award lists that can be accessed without a login; whereas, Seasonal Market Reports are quarterly, detailed reports that only can be viewed by logging into my.g2.
There are also differences in eligibility criteria and the depth and breadth of the product and vendor recognition.
Learn more here.