Zero of twelve models named GRIN first on the direct prompt; zero named Traackr. GRIN was named by eleven of the twelve models and Traackr by ten and GRIN carries 38 labels and Traackr 22, 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 twelve 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 September 2026 Edition, GRIN and Traackr were named in the same answer fifty-one times, of the 108 answers naming GRIN and the 84 naming Traackr. In those answers Traackr took the first choice eight times and GRIN four.
| 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 |
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.
“Do not sign an expensive annual contract with a legacy B2C influencer platform (like GRIN or CreatorIQ).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“What to skip: GRIN, Aspire, CreatorIQ, and Upfluence are excellent but built for B2C/e-commerce” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“GRIN | Built for DTC/ecommerce (Shopify-centric)... don't map well to B2B sales cycles” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“GRIN/Aspire focus on end-to-end workflows like gifting and payments (ideal for scaling DTC)... Choose based on your scale (e.g., GRIN for 50+ creators)” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“The top influencer marketing platforms include GRIN, Upfluence, and CreatorIQ for comprehensive, AI-driven campaign management.” Llama 4 Maverick · comparative prompt · first choice
“the recommended creator and influencer management tool for a mid-sized B2B company is GRIN” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase 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.
“often significantly more expensive and complex to implement than Favikon” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Very expensive, enterprise-focused, overkill for mid-sized” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“for a mid-market firm, they are often "overkill."” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“CreatorIQ or Traackr: These are the industry standards for large-scale enterprise marketing.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Custom attribution models connecting influencer activity to pipeline, but pricing is enterprise-only” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Enterprise-leaning brands focused purely on relationship management and benchmarking” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
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.