Goodcall vs Thoughtly
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-21
Goodcall and Thoughtly tie overall with a score of 6 out of 100 each, and both get named in 6 of 60 answers, but they show up in different places. Goodcall leans on small-business and receptionist questions, swept 3 of 3 answers for "best AI phone agent for a small business" and 2 of 3 for "best AI receptionist." Thoughtly leans toward outbound sales, named in 2 of 3 answers there. Head-to-head, Thoughtly was named more often on 4 questions versus Goodcall's 2, with 14 ties. By assistant, ChatGPT favours Goodcall (9 vs 0), while Perplexity favours Thoughtly (15 vs 3).
Head to head
| metric | Goodcall | Thoughtly |
|---|---|---|
| score | 6 | 6 |
| questions won | 3 | 5 |
By assistant
Goodcall
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 9 | 10% of answers | #1.5 |
| Claude | 7 | 15% of answers | #8.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 3 | 5% of answers | #7.0 |
Thoughtly
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 3 | 5% of answers | #7.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 15 | 25% of answers | #5.4 |
Where they differ
Only Goodcall gets named for
- What's the best AI phone agent for a small business?
- What's the best AI receptionist for answering calls?
Only Thoughtly gets named for
- What's the best AI agent for outbound sales calls?
- What's the best voice AI that connects to my CRM?
- What's the best no-code tool to build a voice AI agent?
- What are the best AI voice agent platforms?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI voice agents leaderboard