Zero of twelve models named PartnerStack first on the direct prompt; zero named Impartner. PartnerStack was named by nine of the twelve models and Impartner by ten and PartnerStack carries 11 labels and Impartner 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
Named in three categories 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 channel partner and local marketing page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, PartnerStack and Impartner were named in the same answer eighty-two times, of the 384 answers naming PartnerStack and the 198 naming Impartner. In those answers Impartner took the first choice seventeen times and PartnerStack six.
| 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. One of one in this category shown.
“PartnerStack if you're a B2B software company and want a partner ecosystem platform that's strong on scaling recruitment, management, and payouts” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Beware the enterprise trap — platforms like Impartner ($25K+/year) ... completely unsuitable for a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Heavy enterprise suites (Impartner, Salesforce PRM) unless you have dedicated channel ops resources” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · hard negative
“Considered "Enterprise-grade" which means it "should be avoided on a limited budget"” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Forrester's evaluations consistently place Zift (Unifyr), ZINFI, and Impartner at the top” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Impartner is widely considered the market leader for large, complex organizations.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative 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.