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Audience and consumer insights platforms · October 2026 Edition

GWI vs Qualtrics

One of fourteen models named GWI first on the direct prompt; zero named Qualtrics. GWI was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Qualtrics by eleven and GWI carries 39 labels and Qualtrics 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GWI

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Qualtrics

criticized challenger

Provo, United States, founded 2002. Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share13%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%38%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3913A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GWI reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.6sense was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. SparkToro vs GWI · SparkToro vs Qualtrics · GWI vs ZoomInfo

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 audience and consumer insights platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GWIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsQualtrics
Direct10
Paraphrase513 against Qualtrics
Comparative40
Budget-constrained102 against GWI
Scale-constrained00
Negative103 against GWI · 2 against Qualtrics
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, GWI and Qualtrics were named in the same answer thirty-seven times, of the 123 answers naming GWI and the 104 naming Qualtrics. In those answers Qualtrics took the first choice six times and GWI nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GWI and Qualtrics stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
GWI Qualtrics first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GWI on the left and Qualtrics on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where GWI and Qualtrics stood in it.

GWI first, Qualtrics not the choice

1 of 14 modelsQualtrics was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Llama 4 MaverickGWI alternatives: Adobe Real-Time CDP, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Mediatoolkit, Omna

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarZoomInfo alternatives: AdRoll ABM, GWI
Grok 4.1 FastZoomInfo alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase, GWI, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence
DeepSeek V4 Flash6sense alternatives: Audiense, Demandbase, GWI, SparkToro, ZoomInfo

Neither was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5HubSpot Marketing Hub, LinkedIn Analytics alternatives: 6sense, AdRoll ABM, Bombora
GPT-5.4 mini6sense alternatives: DemandScience, ZoomInfo
Gemini 3.5 FlashGWI Work, SparkToro alternatives: 6sense, Apollo.io, Audiense, Cognism, Koala, Wynter
Mistral SmallZoomInfo alternatives: Bombora, Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub
Qwen 3.7 FlashZoomInfo alternatives: 6sense, Brandwatch Consumer Intelligence, FactorAI, Meltwater, SparkToro
Kimi K2Apollo.io alternatives: 6sense, HubSpot, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence, LinkedIn Sales Navigator
GLM 4.7 FlashXZoomInfo alternatives: 6sense, Apollo.io, LinkedIn Sales Navigator
MiniMax M2.5Global Web Index alternatives: Demandbase, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Talkwalker, ZoomInfo
GPT-6 LunaSparkToro alternatives: 6sense, LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Muse Glimmer 30BHubSpot Marketing Hub alternatives: Bombora, Dealfront, Factors.ai, HubSpot Breeze Intelligence

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
GWI leads by ten points.
GWI10%#3 of 17
Qualtrics0%#17 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
GWI leads by eleven points.
GWI13%#2 of 11
Qualtrics2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
GWI leads by four points.
GWI22%#1 of 14
Qualtrics19%#2 of 14
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GWI

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“frequent complaints about data inaccuracy, biased results, poor filtering/search, and limited regional coverage” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · hard negative
“enterprise-level audience intelligence tools (like GWI, Meltwater, or Brandwatch) are often out of reach, as they can cost tens of thousands of dollars annually” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Users highlight the inaccuracy of GWI's data, which often requires custom studies and leads to biased results.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“GWI is the best pick for teams that need shared, repeatable audience definitions across planning, measurement and cross-channel reporting.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“the most practical mid-market fit right now is a syndicated panel + fast custom polling combo, with GWI as the core profiling layer.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose GWI or YouGov if you need deep audience profiling, psychographics, and attitudinal data” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Qualtrics

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.

“Avoid: Enterprise tools like Qualtrics unless you have dedicated research staff—they're often overkill and overpriced” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Rather than recommending a single, bloated enterprise platform like Qualtrics (which can easily eat up $50k+ of your budget)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Move to Qualtrics only if you have the resources to run continuous, statistically rigorous experience research internally.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend Qualtrics as the strongest all-around consumer insights and audience research platform.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose Qualtrics if you need structured, enterprise-grade feedback collection and CX management.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.