Ten of fourteen models named Google Tag Manager first on the direct prompt; one named Segment. Google Tag Manager was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Segment by ten and Google Tag Manager carries 85 labels and Segment 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in two categories this edition.
By Twilio, San Francisco, United States, founded 2008. Named in ten categories 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 tag management page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Google Tag Manager and Segment were named in the same answer sixty-four times, of the 228 answers naming Google Tag Manager and the 475 naming Segment. In those answers Segment took the first choice one time and Google Tag Manager forty-nine.
| 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. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid paid enterprise suites like GTM 360 unless you have a clear need for enterprise governance features” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · hard negative
“basic free tools like Google Tag Manager (GTM), which may suffice for smaller setups but often lacks robust permissions and support for larger teams” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale prompt · soft negative
“Free version lacks enterprise RBAC, SLAs (GTM AI Index: 32% negative).<br>- Unreliable preview/debugger; slowdowns; security via custom HTML” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Google Tag Manager is the most common general-purpose choice because it is free, simple to implement, and integrates well with Google products.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“The best tag management system for a company with a limited budget is Google Tag Manager. It is free and has a broad template ecosystem” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“the most widely recommended solution for mid-market businesses due to its ease of use, robust features, and cost-effectiveness” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
No label in this category carried a quote.
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.