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Loyalty, advocacy and referrals · September 2026 Edition

Referral Rock vs Influitive

Three of twelve models named Referral Rock first on the direct prompt; two named Influitive. Referral Rock was named by nine of the twelve models and Influitive by eleven and both carry 23 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Referral Rock

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Influitive

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share22%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%17%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 18; printed, not drawn.
Labels2323Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Referral Rock reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Smile.io vs Referral Rock · Smile.io vs Influitive

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 loyalty, advocacy and referrals page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Referral RockFirst choices, of twelve modelsInfluitive
Direct32
Paraphrase622 against Influitive
Comparative01
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Influitive
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Referral Rock and Influitive stood in it.

Referral Rock first, Influitive an alternative

3 of 12 modelsInfluitive was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashReferral Rock alternatives: Annex Cloud, Influitive, PartnerStack, SaaSquatch
Kimi K2Referral Rock, Zinrelo alternatives: Kademi, PartnerStack
MiniMax M2.5GrowSurf, Referral Rock alternatives: FirstPromoter, Kademi, Zinrelo

Influitive first, Referral Rock an alternative

2 of 12 modelsReferral Rock was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastInfluitive alternatives: Ambassador, Referral Rock, TrueLoyal
Qwen 3.7 FlashInfluitive alternatives: Ambassador, CustomerGauge

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5CustomerGauge alternatives: GrowSurf, Referral Rock, Salesforce Loyalty Management, Zinrelo
DeepSeek V4 FlashAmbassador alternatives: CustomerGauge, PartnerStack, Referral Rock
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice alternatives: GrowSurf, Referral Rock

Neither was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniAmbassador alternatives: CustomerGauge, Referral Factory, Salesforce Loyalty Management
Perplexity SonarCustomerGauge, Open Loyalty alternatives: Talon.One
Mistral SmallGrowSurf alternatives: PartnerStack, True Loyal
GLM 4.7 FlashXTrue Loyal alternatives: Annex Cloud, Open Loyalty, Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals

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
Referral Rock leads by thirty points.
Referral Rock30%#2 of 11
Influitive0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Referral Rock leads by twelve points.
Referral Rock22%#2 of 18
Influitive10%#3 of 18
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Influitive leads at enterprise.
Influitive15%#1 of 18
Referral Rock2%#10 of 18
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Referral Rock

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

“Top Pick: Referral Rock ... highly regarded for mid-market B2B companies because it is built to handle the complexity of longer B2B sales cycles” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“For most mid-sized B2B companies, I'd recommend starting with Referral Rock for its focused referral capabilities and reasonable pricing” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Influitive

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

“What to Avoid: Influitive (AdvocateHub) ... it is typically not recommended for mid-sized companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“without the complexity or high cost of enterprise solutions like Influitive ... ⭐⭐⭐ (Can feel heavy)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“"Ghost Town" Risk & Heavy Administrative Load ... it is incredibly expensive” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The market-leading gamified advocacy hub. Challenges, points, leaderboards, community. Best-in-class integration (perfect 10/10 in evaluations).” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Influitive is the industry leader—though it's a bigger investment.” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Influitive (Strongest Overall for B2B Advocacy/Loyalty + Referrals)” Grok 4.1 Fast · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.