Instantly

Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 6 models in the September 2026 Edition. 0 first choices, 2 negative labels. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-09-08.5.

Standing

9 labels, too few to rank

A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share or quadrant is stated. Instantly was named 9 times in Sales engagement, where Salesloft led with 48%. The labels and the evidence are below, counted exactly.

Standing by category

Every category where a model named Instantly. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.

Category	Vertical	First choices	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant
Sales engagement platforms	Sales	0%	12 of 32	22%	9	under 10 labels · led by Salesloft at 48%

By model

How each model treated Instantly across every prompt where it was named. Six models, six prompts per category.

Model	Alternative	Mention	Negative	Labels
Claude Opus 5	1	1	1	3
Claude Opus 4.8	0	0	0	0
GPT-6 Astra	0	0	0	0
GPT-5.6 Sol	2	0	1	3
Gemini 3.1 Pro	1	1	0	2
Perplexity Sonar Pro	0	1	0	1

What the models said for it

Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.

“Choose Instantly if mailbox scaling and email deliverability are more important” GPT-5.6 Sol · Sales engagement · budget prompt · alternative

“Instantly as the cheapest option if you only need cold email” Claude Opus 5 · Sales engagement · budget prompt · alternative

“Instantly.ai or Smartlead (Best for High-Volume Cold Email)” Gemini 3.1 Pro · Sales engagement · budget prompt · alternative

“Best for high-volume cold email: Instantly” GPT-5.6 Sol · Sales engagement · comparative prompt · alternative

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.

“Instantly and Smartlead: avoid “unlimited sending” as a strategy ... That doesn’t make the products inherently bad.” GPT-5.6 Sol · Sales engagement · negative prompt · soft negative

“they are not enterprise platforms, but they dominate high-volume cold email” Claude Opus 5 · Sales engagement · comparative prompt · soft negative

Names read as Instantly

What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Instantly; a claim can dispute any of them.

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