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Sales dialers and calling · September 2026 Edition

Aloware vs Nooks

Six of twelve models named Aloware first on the direct prompt; two named Nooks. Aloware was named by ten of the twelve models and Nooks by twelve and Aloware carries 27 labels and Nooks 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Aloware

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Nooks

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

First-choice share18%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2731A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Aloware reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Orum was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Aloware vs CloudTalk · Aloware vs JustCall · Aloware vs Allo

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 sales dialers and calling page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AlowareFirst choices, of twelve modelsNooks
Direct62
Paraphrase01
Comparative62
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained00
Negative103 against Nooks
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, Aloware and Nooks were named in the same answer thirty-two times, of the 66 answers naming Aloware and the 82 naming Nooks. In those answers Nooks took the first choice seven times and Aloware thirteen.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Aloware and Nooks 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
Aloware Nooks first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Aloware on the left and Nooks on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Aloware first, Nooks an alternative

6 of 12 modelsNooks was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarAloware alternatives: CloudTalk, JustCall, Kixie, Nooks, Orum
Grok 4.1 FastAloware, Kixie alternatives: CloudTalk, JustCall, Nooks, Orum
Mistral SmallAloware alternatives: CloudTalk, Nooks, Orum, Skipcall
Llama 4 MaverickAloware alternatives: Orum
Kimi K2Aloware alternatives: Aircall, Dialpad, Salesfinity
MiniMax M2.5Aloware alternatives: JustCall, Kixie, Orum

Nooks first, Aloware an alternative

2 of 12 modelsAloware was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashNooks, Orum alternatives: Aloware, Kixie, PhoneBurner
DeepSeek V4 FlashNooks, Orum alternatives: Aloware, JustCall, Kixie, PhoneBurner

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Aloware Power Dialer, CloudTalk alternatives: Nooks, Orum, PhoneBurner, SmartDialer
GPT-5.4 miniSalesloft alternatives: Klenty, Nooks, Orum, Regie.ai

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Qwen 3.7 FlashDialer.ai alternatives: Aircall, Kixie, Outreach, Salesloft, Seismic
GLM 4.7 FlashXJustCall alternatives: CloudTalk, Dialpad

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
Aloware leads by four points.
Aloware4%#6 of 9
Nooks0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Aloware leads by eleven points.
Aloware18%#1 of 12
Nooks7%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Aloware leads by nine points.
Aloware11%#4 of 17
Nooks2%#9 of 17
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Aloware

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

“Aloware stands out as the only platform combining enterprise AI, unlimited calling, deep CRM sync, and spam protection without enterprise pricing—making it the top choice” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Aloware offers the best combination of scalability, unlimited calling, deep CRM integration, and compliance features, making it the safest choice for 2025.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“The best sales dialer for a mid-market B2B company is Aloware, as it ranked #1 in a 90-day testing across all 6 criteria” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Nooks

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

“Nooks & Orum (Parallel Dialers) Biggest concerns: The structural "dead air" problem, spam flagging, and rapidly declining connect rates.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Orum / Nooks (When used on unverified lists)... you must be cautious about their *pricing structure* and *data usage*.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“criticized for high abandoned call rates (>3% FTC limit), risking TCPA fines” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Funded, high-volume SDR org → Orum (volume) or Nooks (coaching + virtual salesfloor).” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Nooks is Orum's primary rival... Best For: Fast-growing mid-market companies” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Nooks (G2: 4.8/5, leader in auto-dialer) – Best for 10+ rep SDR teams” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
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.