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Every sales enablement tool now claims AI features. Every vendor’s website has an AI section with glowing promises about “intelligent content recommendations” and “AI powered insights.” Half of it is real. Half of it is the 2024 version of “we have machine learning”, which was the 2019 version of “we have big data.” Here’s my honest take on what’s actually delivering value, what requires way more investment than vendors admit, and how to evaluate AI features without getting sold a demo that doesn’t match production reality.

I review a lot of sales content. For our customers, for prospects evaluating Content Camel, for competitive research. And over the last year, something shifted: I started being able to tell which assets were AI generated within the first paragraph. Not because I’m some detection genius. Because they all sound the same. Open any LinkedIn feed and count how many posts start with “In today’s rapidly evolving landscape…” or “Here are 7 ways to…” or “The key to success is…” That’s not content strategy.

Let me save you some time. If you’re Googling “best sales content management tools” you’re probably in one of these situations: Your Google Drive / SharePoint / Box has turned into a content graveyard; folders nested in folders, outdated decks mixed with current ones, and your reps have given up trying to find anything You’re evaluating dedicated tools for the first time because your team just hit the size where “ask Marketing on Slack” stopped scaling You’re on an enterprise platform that’s overbuilt and overpriced for your team, and the recent PE consolidation has you rethinking All valid.

You searched for “Highspot alternative” – so I’m guessing one of these is true: You evaluated Highspot, saw the pricing, and realized it’s built for a different size company than yours You’re on Highspot and the merger with Seismic has you rethinking your options You’re building your sales enablement stack for the first time and want to understand the landscape All three are valid. And all three lead to the same core question: What do you actually need from a sales content management tool, and how much should you pay for it?

Here’s a scenario I hear about all the time: Your marketing team spent three months evaluating sales enablement platforms. You picked Seismic because it checked every box on the RFP. Then implementation started. And kept going. Four months in, you’re still configuring content workflows. Your reps haven’t touched it. Your CMO is asking why the tool that was supposed to help sales find content is itself impossible to find value in.

On February 12, 2026, Highspot and Seismic – the two biggest names in enterprise sales enablement – announced they’re merging. The combined company will operate under the Seismic brand, controlled by private equity firm Permira. If you’re a customer of either platform, or you were evaluating one of them, you probably have questions. I have opinions. And if you’re running a small or mid-size team that was already feeling the squeeze from enterprise enablement pricing, this merger changes the calculus significantly.

In a world overflowing with options, it’s easy to get caught up in the race to add more features, more bells and whistles. But let’s pause for a moment and ask ourselves: What truly matters to our customers? Shifting the Spotlight to the Customer We often focus on what we think is impressive about our product – the cutting-edge technology (AI cough cough), the innovative features, the fancy design (rebrand! cough cough).

The sales landscape is always one of rapid adjustment. As markets, trends, and new tools continue to develop, sales methods evolve right alongside them. And we bet you’re always looking to reinforce your competitive advantage. Well, having a sales playbook is essential to growing and scaling your sales efforts to maintain that advantage. But how do you make a sales playbook? To extract some key sales strategy insights, we did some digging to see what 3 sales management experts highlighted as they developed their winning sales playbooks.