Nine of fourteen models named Exclaimer first on the direct prompt; two named CodeTwo Email Signatures 365. Both were named by all fourteen models and Exclaimer carries 64 labels and CodeTwo Email Signatures 365 54, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category 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 email signature management page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Exclaimer and CodeTwo Email Signatures 365 were named in the same answer 138 times, of the 189 answers naming Exclaimer and the 155 naming CodeTwo Email Signatures 365. In those answers CodeTwo Email Signatures 365 took the first choice thirteen times and Exclaimer sixty-two.
| 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. Six of eight in this category shown.
“One Exclaimer review specifically mentions discomfort with having emails routed through a "random server"... "can cause mail routing issues with Barracuda"” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“significantly more affordable than enterprise solutions like Exclaimer or Rocketseed, which typically require custom pricing and higher minimum spends” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · soft negative
“Competitors like Exclaimer (~$0.90-$1.50/user/mo but often higher for small biz)... either lack a solid free tier or require minimums/commitments.” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
“Choose Exclaimer if you are a large enterprise, heavily invested in Microsoft 365, and need the most comprehensive security certifications” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Exclaimer if you need enterprise-grade control, strong compliance credentials, and reliable organization-wide enforcement.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
“Widely recognized enterprise leader with the broadest certification set; reliable and battle-tested across massive Microsoft 365 estates” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“CodeTwo Email Signatures 365 - Outlook Integration Issues: Signatures sometimes not displaying immediately or old signatures persisting unexpectedly” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Lacks SCIM ... These gaps make it unsuitable for regulated industries” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Tools like CodeTwo and Exclaimer sometimes face complaints about Outlook rendering inconsistencies, slow syncing, or steep learning curves” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“If your company is Microsoft 365‑only and IT prefers to manage governance centrally, CodeTwo Email Signatures 365 is the best choice.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If your B2B organization runs entirely on Microsoft 365 and Outlook, CodeTwo is widely considered the gold standard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“centralized, server-side platforms like Exclaimer, CodeTwo, and Letsignit as the safer class of tools” Perplexity Sonar · negative 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.