Index › Vendors › Ion · September 2026 Edition

2 categories · Named, not ranked

Ion

4Judge labels

0First choices

3Negative labels

4 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.

Standing

4 labels, too few to rank

A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share or quadrant is stated. Ion was named 4 times in Landing pages and 1 other category, where Unbounce led with 28%. The labels and the evidence are below, counted exactly.

By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.

Small businessnot named

No model named it for this buyer.

Mid-market57 of 78

under the label threshold

Enterprisenot named

No model named it for this buyer.

In landing pages · 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 Ion 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.

Category	Function	Share	Rank	Negative rate	Labels	Quadrant
Landing pages and interactive content	Marketing	0%	57 of 78	67%	3	under 10 labels · led by Unbounce at 28%
Account-based marketing platforms	Marketing	0%	67 of 76	100%	1	under 10 labels · led by AdRoll ABM at 56%

Movement

This is the first edition on this tier, so no move can be computed for Ion 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 Ion across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Twelve models, six prompts per category.

Model	Alternative	Negative	Labels
Claude Haiku 4.5	0	0	0
GPT-5.4 mini	0	0	0
Gemini 3.5 Flash	0	0	0
Perplexity Sonar	0	0	0
Grok 4.1 Fast	0	1	1
Mistral Small	0	0	0
DeepSeek V4 Flash	0	1	1
Llama 4 Maverick	0	0	0
Qwen 3.7 Flash	0	1	1
Kimi K2	1	0	1
GLM 4.7 FlashX	0	0	0
MiniMax M2.5	0	0	0

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

Direct0 labelsNone

Paraphrase3 labelsNone

Comparative0 labelsNone

Budget-constrained0 labelsNone

Scale-constrained0 labelsNone

Negative1 labelNone

First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative4 labels in all, every segment counted; 0 of the 0 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.

“Enterprise Option: Ion (by Rock Content)” Kimi K2 · Landing pages · paraphrase 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.

“Ceros/Ion: Excellent for design-heavy interactive ... but quote-based ($40k+/yr for mid-market)—overkill/expensive” Grok 4.1 Fast · Landing pages · paraphrase prompt · soft negative

“Platforms to be cautious about: Outreach, SalesLoft, Ion (formerly Pipedrive Sales)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · ABM · negative prompt · soft negative

“it carries a $5,500 setup fee and custom pricing, making it enterprise-leaning” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Landing pages · paraphrase prompt · soft negative

Named alongside

The products named in the same answers as Ion, over the 4 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Ion was named but was not.

ProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head

Unbounce3 of 43Not in the top three

Outgrow3 of 42Not in the top three

Ceros3 of 40Not in the top three

Instapage3 of 40Not in the top three

Leadpages3 of 40Not in the top three

involve.me2 of 41Not in the top three

6pack1 of 41Not in the top three

Terminus1 of 41Not in the top three

6sense1 of 40Not in the top three

Adobe Experience Cloud1 of 40Not 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.

Names read as Ion

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

Ion (Rock Content) 1Ion (by Rock Content) 1Ion (formerly Pipedrive Sales) 1

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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 the vendor's own domain is approved on the spot, any other address is reviewed by hand.

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