One of fourteen models named Adyen for Platforms first on the direct prompt; zero named Rainforest. Adyen for Platforms was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Rainforest by ten and Adyen for Platforms carries 47 labels and Rainforest 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 embedded payments platforms page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Adyen for Platforms and Rainforest were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 140 answers naming Adyen for Platforms and the 37 naming Rainforest. In those answers Rainforest took the first choice one time and Adyen for Platforms five.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.20 | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Providers like Adyen, Worldpay (Payrix), or legacy payment facilitators often require $1,000+ monthly minimum fees... Avoid these until you scale.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“usually better once processing volume is high enough to justify custom pricing and additional integration work” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“prioritize Stripe Connect or Adyen (though Adyen is more enterprise-oriented with potentially higher minimums)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · soft negative
“most SaaS and marketplace teams start with Stripe Connect or Adyen for Platforms for speed and compliance offload” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“the default starting point for platform embedded payments” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Choose Adyen when international acquiring, complex currencies, or omnichannel enterprise payments outweigh implementation speed.” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · alternative
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Rainforest is recommended for fast go-live and is purpose-built for vertical SaaS.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Rainforest is purpose-built payfac-as-a-service for vertical SaaS, with wholesale buy rates and the platform keeping the spread above cost.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · alternative
“Rainforest if you want direct network connections and spread-ownership without the 2-4 month integration timeline.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · alternative
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.