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Retail, proximity and IoT marketing · September 2026 Edition

PlotProjects vs Estimote

Zero of twelve models named PlotProjects first on the direct prompt; zero named Estimote. PlotProjects was named by nine of the twelve models and Estimote by ten and PlotProjects carries 20 labels and Estimote 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PlotProjects

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Estimote

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels2021A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PlotProjects reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Radar was named alongside these two in seven of the twelve direct answers. Radar vs PlotProjects · Radar vs Estimote · GroundTruth vs PlotProjects

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 retail, proximity and iot marketing page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PlotProjectsFirst choices, of twelve modelsEstimote
Direct001 against Estimote
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, PlotProjects and Estimote were named in the same answer twenty-three times, of the 39 answers naming PlotProjects and the 48 naming Estimote. In those answers Estimote took the first choice zero times and PlotProjects four.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where PlotProjects and Estimote stood in it.
ModelDirectPLParaphrasePLComparativePLBudget-constrainedPLScale-constrainedPLNegativePL
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 FastPLPLPLPL
Mistral SmallPLPL
DeepSeek V4 FlashPLPL
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2PLPL
GLM 4.7 FlashXPLPL
MiniMax M2.5PLPL
PL PlotProjects EstimotePL first choicePL named as an alternativePL argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PlotProjects on the left and Estimote on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where PlotProjects and Estimote stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarPropensity alternatives: Estimote, InMarket
Grok 4.1 FastCleverTap alternatives: PlotProjects, Simpli.fi
Mistral SmallFoursquare, Radar alternatives: CleverTap, Insider, Kontakt.io, Kumulos, PlotProjects
Kimi K2Radar alternatives: AdRoll ABM, Phunware, PlotProjects

Neither was named

8 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Gimbal, GroundTruth, Simpli.fi
GPT-5.4 miniFoursquare Proximity alternatives: 6sense, Demandbase
Gemini 3.5 FlashUniqode alternatives: Purple, Radar
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundTruth, StackAdapt alternatives: Hey Sid, InZynk, Radar
Llama 4 MaverickInMarket alternatives: Apollo.io, Foursquare
Qwen 3.7 FlashRadar alternatives: Foursquare, Kontakt.io
GLM 4.7 FlashXRadar alternatives: InMarket
MiniMax M2.5Radar

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
PlotProjects leads by five points.
PlotProjects10%#2 of 7
Estimote5%#4 of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PlotProjects leads by four points.
PlotProjects6%#4 of 8
Estimote2%#6 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
PlotProjects0%#– of 9
Estimote0%#9 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PlotProjects

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

“Start with PlotProjects (free tier) if you need full beacon and geofencing capabilities” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best proximity marketing platform is likely PlotProjects' free Developer plan” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“PlotProjects — Best Overall for Budget-Conscious Teams” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Estimote

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

“skip beacon hardware — it requires physical installation and app opt-in” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“start with GroundTruth (if you want managed campaigns) or Estimote (if you want to deploy your own beacons)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Estimote / beacon platforms: best if you need beacon-triggered engagement across locations.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
“One of the original pioneers of beacon technology, Estimote manufactures high-end BLE beacons” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.