Zero of fourteen models named Tidio first on the direct prompt; one named Qualified. Tidio was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Qualified by thirteen and Tidio carries 31 labels and Qualified 33, so the shares are not directly comparable.
founded 2013. Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in five 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 conversational marketing platforms page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Tidio and Qualified were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 241 answers naming Tidio and the 117 naming Qualified. In those answers Qualified took the first choice six times and Tidio eleven.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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. Four of four in this category shown.
“you should be cautious about relying on Tidio if you plan to scale into complex B2B territory” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“If you need one pick for most limited-budget companies needing website conversational marketing today, Tidio is the consensus affordable entry point” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Best low-cost standalone option: Tidio — usually easier to justify when you just need website chat and basic automation.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Tidio is the best overall budget-friendly choice because it is repeatedly described as having an affordable entry point” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Qualified, another major B2B player, was acquired by Salesforce. Its conversational AI capabilities (formerly "Piper") are now integrated directly into Salesforce's Agentforce.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“More expensive (quote-based, starting around $40K-68K/year)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · soft negative
“with Qualified as the default choice if your primary goal is *more meetings and sales-qualified conversations*” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For mid-sized companies specifically, Drift or Qualified are typically the strongest choices” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“if you need pipeline chat and visitor de-anonymization, a Drift/Qualified-type engine fits” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
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.