Five of fourteen models named Intercom first on the direct prompt; zero named CometChat. Intercom was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and CometChat by nine and Intercom carries 47 labels and CometChat 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
United States, founded 2011. Named in twelve categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the in-app messaging and customer communications page.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“What I'd Avoid for Mid-Market B2B: - Intercom: Pricing tied to MAUs/contacts scales unpredictably” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Intercom is notorious for pricing startups out with seat-based and volume-based AI pricing” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Intercom (The Gold Standard for In-App Chat) ... It remains the absolute best conversational tool for B2B SaaS, despite its premium price tag.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“CometChat, for instance, has a steep jump from its free tier (limited to 100 users) to a minimum paid tier of around $299/month” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“For user-to-user chat integration (MVP): Go with CometChat.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“→ Sendbird, Stream, or CometChat” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Their "Builder" plan is free forever for development/testing and includes up to 100 users with full features.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.