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Referral and partner programs · October 2026 Edition

PartnerStack vs Smile.io

One of fourteen models named PartnerStack first on the direct prompt; zero named Smile.io. PartnerStack was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Smile.io by ten and PartnerStack carries 30 labels and Smile.io 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PartnerStack

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Smile.io

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share22%13%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels3010A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PartnerStack reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Referral Rock was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. PartnerStack vs Referral Rock · PartnerStack vs GrowSurf · PartnerStack vs ReferralCandy

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 referral and partner programs page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PartnerStackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSmile.io
Direct10
Paraphrase110
Comparative00
Budget-constrained07
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where PartnerStack and Smile.io stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
PartnerStack Smile.io first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PartnerStack on the left and Smile.io on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where PartnerStack and Smile.io stood in it.

PartnerStack first, Smile.io not the choice

1 of 14 modelsSmile.io was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashPartnerStack alternatives: Cello.so, Partnero

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Cello alternatives: Friendbuy, PartnerStack, Referral Rock
GPT-5.4 miniReferral Factory alternatives: Ambassador, PartnerStack, Referral Rock, impact.com
Gemini 3.5 FlashReferral Rock alternatives: GrowSurf, PartnerStack, Referral Factory, impact.com Advocate
Grok 4.1 FastAmbassador alternatives: PartnerStack, Referral Rock
DeepSeek V4 FlashCello, Referral Rock alternatives: Ambassador, GrowSurf, PartnerStack
Kimi K2Referral Rock alternatives: FirstPromoter, PartnerStack
MiniMax M2.5Referral Rock alternatives: Ambassador, Friendbuy, PartnerStack
GPT-6 LunaSaaSquatch alternatives: PartnerStack, Referral Rock
Muse Glimmer 30BAmbassador alternatives: Extole, PartnerStack, Partnerize, Referral Rock

Neither was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarReferral Rock alternatives: Ambassador, CustomerGauge, GrowSurf, Referral Factory
Mistral SmallReferral Rock alternatives: SaaSquatch
Llama 4 MaverickFriendbuy alternatives: Partnero, Referral Rock, SaaSquatch
GLM 4.7 FlashXCello alternatives: Ambassador, Extole, Referral Factory, Referral Rock

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
PartnerStack leads by twelve points.
PartnerStack13%#2 of 10
Smile.io2%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PartnerStack leads by nine points.
PartnerStack22%#1 of 15
Smile.io13%#3 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
PartnerStack leads by thirteen points.
PartnerStack13%#4 of 12
Smile.io0%#– of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PartnerStack

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 - a full-lifecycle partner management platform that allows companies to build, track, and scale partner, affiliate, and reseller programs in one place.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Smile.io

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.