Six of fourteen models named Bombora first on the direct prompt; one named G2 Buyer Intent. Both were named by all fourteen models and Bombora carries 66 labels and G2 Buyer Intent 44, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in six categories this edition.
By G2, Chicago, United States, founded 2012. Named in seven categories this edition.
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 B2B intent data providers page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Bombora and G2 Buyer Intent were named in the same answer 107 times, of the 241 answers naming Bombora and the 177 naming G2 Buyer Intent. In those answers G2 Buyer Intent took the first choice five times and Bombora twenty-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 4.20 | ||||||
| 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 |
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.
“Bombora ($25K+/year) and 6sense ($60K+/year) are enterprise-level and not suitable for limited budgets” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Why Skip for Mid-Sized ... standalone (needs extra enrichment tools); too pricey.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Bombora is the most recognized pure-play intent provider... Choose Bombora if you already have a strong sales/marketing stack and simply need the most trusted third-party intent signals” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“I would generally recommend Bombora if your priority is reliable third-party intent data and broad market coverage” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Practical recommendation for a typical mid-sized B2B company: start with Bombora Company Surge for topic surge intent” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“But check the actual package and price first: G2 says signal access depends on your plan, and its public pricing doesn't clearly show Buyer Intent as included in the low-cost Starter plan.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“G2/TrustRadius/TechTarget-style intent can be useful, but it is often best for product-category research and may be less useful if you need broad, person-level buying intent” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Each appears in comparison charts but shares recurring pain points—stale data, opaque predictive models, steep learning curves” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Bombora layered with G2 Buyer Intent is the pragmatic starting point.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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.