Zero of fourteen models named Afluencer first on the direct prompt; one named Upfluence. Afluencer was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Upfluence by fourteen and Afluencer carries 15 labels and Upfluence 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two 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 influencer platforms page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Afluencer and Upfluence were named in the same answer thirteen times, of the 56 answers naming Afluencer and the 88 naming Upfluence. In those answers Upfluence took the first choice zero times and Afluencer three.
| 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. Three of four in this category shown.
“Afluencer is widely recommended as one of the best influencer marketing platforms. It offers a free forever plan for brands” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“Afluencer is widely considered the best influencer marketing platform because it offers a functional "free forever" plan” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If you're a new brand or want a marketplace with a free plan: Go with Afluencer for an all-in-one, low-cost entry.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Be very cautious: Upfluence (poor ROI, data quality issues)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“a 12-month annual contract "nearly impossible to escape"” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“such as Grin and Upfluence—are designed for enterprise-level companies... cautionary tales ... about their billing practices” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The creator and influencer management tool that I would recommend to a mid-sized B2B company is Upfluence.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Start with Modash or Upfluence for self-service discovery and campaign management” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“prioritize GRIN, Upfluence, CreatorIQ for your size” Grok 4.1 Fast · scale 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.