Zero of twelve models named WooCommerce first on the direct prompt; zero named Ecwid. WooCommerce was named by twelve of the twelve models and Ecwid by seven and WooCommerce carries 33 labels and Ecwid 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
United States, founded 2011. Named in four categories this edition.
Named in two 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 ecommerce platforms page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, WooCommerce and Ecwid were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 141 answers naming WooCommerce and the 35 naming Ecwid. In those answers Ecwid took the first choice zero times and WooCommerce five.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Five of six in this category shown.
“Many businesses that started with WooCommerce are now reconsidering their technology stack, with the main reasons including performance issues, maintenance costs, and operational complexity.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Any standalone website (often run via Shopify or WooCommerce) that sells trending products at steep discounts without clear branding” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“"Free" but hosting, maintenance, PCI compliance, and plugins add up ($40k-$150k/year at scale)” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Choose WooCommerce if you have some tech-savviness ... and want the absolute lowest long-term costs and total control” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“WooCommerce is usually best for the tightest budget *if you can handle WordPress hosting and setup*” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“If your budget is under $10/month, Ecwid is your best bet.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“or Ecwid ($5/month) if you need to add ecommerce to an existing site” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
“Lightweight storefront that can be embedded into an existing website” Perplexity Sonar · comparative 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.