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Index Vendors › Channelscaler · September 2026 Edition
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Channelscaler

145Judge labels
12First choices
36Negative labels
12 of 12Models named it
2Categories
September 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-09-16.3, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
12% in Channel marketing for mid-market buyers
Rank 2 of 108 in the mid-market standingaccepted challenger
3 of 12 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 21% of its 29 labels there were negative.
By buyer segmentStrongest at mid-market.
In channel marketing · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Channelscaler for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
CategoryFunctionShareRankNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Channel partner and local marketingPartner and channel12%2 of 10821%29accepted challenger
Partner relationship managementPartner and channel2%8 of 5016%38accepted challenger

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Channelscaler yet. The next is due October 1, 2026. From the next edition this section shows, per buyer segment, whether its share moved by more than the measured noise floor.

By model

How each model treated Channelscaler across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.
ModelFirst choiceAlternativeMentionNegativeLabels
Claude Haiku 4.503104
GPT-5.4 mini02215
Gemini 3.5 Flash12126
Perplexity Sonar02002
Grok 4.1 Fast12205
Mistral Small05016
DeepSeek V4 Flash053311
Llama 4 Maverick10304
Qwen 3.7 Flash23117
Kimi K224039
GLM 4.7 FlashX02316
MiniMax M2.501102

By framing

Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct27 labels4
Paraphrase19 labels2
Comparative36 labelsNone
Budget-constrained16 labels4
Scale-constrained19 labels2
Negative28 labels1not counted in share
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative145 labels in all, every segment counted; 12 of the 13 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“Best For: High partner adoption and rapid deployment... Implementation takes weeks rather than months, and pricing is highly competitive for mid-market budgets” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Channel marketing · direct prompt · first choice
“Allbound (now ChannelScaler) | Quick wins, co-selling + marketing | 4.5-4.6/5 | $20K-$40K/year | Intuitive UX, unlimited users, co-branding, incentives/MDF” Grok 4.1 Fast · Channel marketing · direct prompt · first choice
“Channeltivity or Allbound are frequently recommended due to their balance of features, usability, and price.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · PRM · direct prompt · first choice
“Channelscaler (previously Allbound) - a good option for mid-market teams that want structured enablement.” Llama 4 Maverick · Channel marketing · paraphrase prompt · first choice

And against it

Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.

“deeper configuration changes and complex logic mapping often require backend developer work” Gemini 3.5 Flash · PRM · negative prompt · hard negative
“Channelscaler ($50K+/year) are excellent but completely unsuitable for a limited budget” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Channel marketing · budget prompt · hard negative
“## Platforms to AVOID ### 1. Channelscaler Major Red Flags:” GLM 4.7 FlashX · PRM · negative prompt · hard negative
“Allbound / ZINFI — Solid but often priced at enterprise levels” Kimi K2 · PRM · paraphrase prompt · hard negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Channelscaler, over the 142 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Channelscaler was named but was not.
ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
Impartner88 of 14216Not in the top three
Salesforce PRM69 of 1424Not in the top three
ZINFI65 of 1426Not in the top three
PartnerStack63 of 1426Not in the top three
Channeltivity61 of 1429Not in the top three
Kiflo46 of 14210Not in the top three
Mindmatrix34 of 1420Not in the top three
Impartner PRM33 of 14211Not in the top three
A head-to-head page exists where both products are in a category's top three. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.

What carried it into the answer

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Channelscaler. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 22 of the 142 answers that named Channelscaler and are not a share of its labels.

Domains cited

monday.com10
g2.com9
zinfi.com8
gartner.com7
partnerportal.io7
guideflow.com6
journeybee.io6
sourceforge.net6
channelinsider.com5
improvado.io5

Sixty-nine of the sixty-nine domain citations in answers naming Channelscaler came from somebody else's page.

Pages cited

Pages are listed as the models cited them.

Names read as Channelscaler

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Channelscaler; a claim can dispute any of them.
Allbound 35Allbound (now Channelscaler) 5Channelscaler (formerly Allbound) 3Allbound (now ChannelScaler) 2Allbound (Recently Rebranded as ChannelScaler) 1Allbound / ChannelScaler 1Allbound/ChannelScaler 1Allbound/Channelscaler 1ChannelScaler (formerly Allbound) 1Channelscaler (Allbound + Channel Mechanics) 1Channelscaler (Formerly Allbound) 1Channelscaler (previously Allbound) 1Channelscaler/Allbound 1

The company

Channelscaler.
Website
channelscaler.com
Headquarters
San Mateo, United States
Founded
2010

From Wikidata, fetched September 14, 2026. These describe the company, not the product's standing, and a claimed page can dispute any of them. · Wikidata · LinkedIn

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Claiming is free and changes nothing in the data. A claimed page shows a verified contact who is told when each edition publishes and when Channelscaler's standing changes by more than the noise floor; the right to propose corrections to the vendor table, meaning names the judge wrote that should or should not read as Channelscaler, applied by version and listed in the change log; and a one-line description supplied by the vendor and marked as such.

It does not get any change to labels, shares or verdicts, any preview, or any say over which quotes appear. A verification link goes to your work email; an address at channelscaler.com is approved on the spot, any other address is reviewed by hand.

Your name and company appear on the claimed page, or the company alone if you ask below. A title and a LinkedIn address appear there too if you give them, and are left off if you do not. Your email address is never published.

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