# Influitive alternatives: what AI models name instead, September 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. 378 of the 432 answers in the 2 categories where Influitive holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/influitive/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Higher Logic Vanilla: 37
- Smile.io: 35
- Bettermode: 34
- Circle: 33
- Discourse: 24
- Referral Rock: 14

## Loyalty, advocacy and referrals

**Small business**: 69 of 72 answers did not name Influitive (Influitive is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Smile.io: first choice in 25 of those 69
- Referral Rock: first choice in 12 of those 69
- ReferralCandy: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Referral Factory: first choice in 6 of those 69
- CustomerGauge: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Cello: first choice in 2 of those 69
- BON Loyalty: first choice in 1 of those 69
- FirstPromoter: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 56 of 72 answers did not name Influitive (Influitive is #3 of 18 at 10%).

- Smile.io: first choice in 10 of those 56
- Ambassador: first choice in 2 of those 56
- CustomerGauge: first choice in 2 of those 56
- GrowSurf: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Referral Rock: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Base.ai: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Bubblehouse: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Extole: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Enterprise**: 53 of 72 answers did not name Influitive (Influitive is #1 of 18 at 15%).

- Open Loyalty: first choice in 7 of those 53
- Talon.One: first choice in 6 of those 53
- Annex Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 53
- Extole: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Voucherify: first choice in 3 of those 53
- CustomerGauge: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Talkable: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Ambassador: first choice in 1 of those 53

## Community platforms

**Small business**: 69 of 72 answers did not name Influitive.

- Circle: first choice in 25 of those 69
- Bettermode: first choice in 21 of those 69
- Discourse: first choice in 14 of those 69
- Discord: first choice in 7 of those 69
- Facebook Groups: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Disciple: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Mighty Networks: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 63 of 72 answers did not name Influitive (Influitive is #11 of 14 at 0%).

- Bettermode: first choice in 11 of those 63
- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 11 of those 63
- Circle: first choice in 8 of those 63
- Discourse: first choice in 7 of those 63
- Discord: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Facebook Groups: first choice in 1 of those 63
- GroupApp: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Enterprise**: 68 of 72 answers did not name Influitive.

- Higher Logic Vanilla: first choice in 25 of those 68
- Khoros Communities: first choice in 8 of those 68
- Salesforce Experience Cloud: first choice in 6 of those 68
- Gainsight Customer Communities: first choice in 5 of those 68
- Khoros: first choice in 4 of those 68
- Discourse: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Bettermode: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Elcom: first choice in 2 of those 68

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