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Address verification tools · November 2026 Edition

PostGrid Address Verification vs Lob

One of fourteen models named PostGrid Address Verification first on the direct prompt; zero named Lob. PostGrid Address Verification was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Lob by ten and PostGrid Address Verification carries 50 labels and Lob 23, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Named in one category this edition.

Lob

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 7; printed, not drawn.
Labels5023A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PostGrid Address Verification reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Smarty was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Smarty vs PostGrid Address Verification · Smarty vs Lob · PostGrid Address Verification vs Loqate

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 address verification tools page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PostGrid Address VerificationFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLob
Direct10
Paraphrase00
Comparative20
Budget-constrained41
Scale-constrained00
Negative10
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, PostGrid Address Verification and Lob were named in the same answer forty-nine times, of the 138 answers naming PostGrid Address Verification and the 330 naming Lob. In those answers Lob took the first choice zero times and PostGrid Address Verification eight.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where PostGrid Address Verification and Lob stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
PostGrid Address Verification Lob first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PostGrid Address Verification on the left and Lob on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where PostGrid Address Verification and Lob stood in it.

PostGrid Address Verification first, Lob not the choice

1 of 14 modelsLob was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5PostGrid Address Verification alternatives: ComplyCube, Experian Address Validation, Melissa Global Address Verification, Smarty

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSmarty alternatives: Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmarty alternatives: Lob, Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification
Perplexity SonarSmarty alternatives: Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification
Grok 4.20Smarty alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Address Verification
DeepSeek V4 FlashSmarty alternatives: Lob, Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification
Llama 4 MaverickSmarty alternatives: Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification, Radar
Qwen 3.7 FlashSmarty alternatives: Experian Address Validation, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification
Kimi K2Smarty alternatives: Loqate, PostGrid Address Verification
GLM 4.7 FlashXSmarty alternatives: Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification, Shufti Pro
MiniMax M2.5Smarty alternatives: Lob, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification
Muse Glimmer 30BSmarty alternatives: Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification, PostGrid Address Verification

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Mistral SmallSmarty alternatives: Melissa Global Address Verification
GPT-6 LunaSmarty alternatives: Loqate, Melissa Global Address Verification

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
PostGrid Address Verification leads by fourteen points.
PostGrid Address Verification14%#2 of 6
Lob0%#4 of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PostGrid Address Verification leads by eight points.
PostGrid Address Verification10%#2 of 7
Lob2%#4 of 7
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
PostGrid Address Verification leads by eighteen points.
PostGrid Address Verification18%#3 of 7
Lob0%#7 of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PostGrid Address Verification

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“PostGrid offers comprehensive address verification services with the following characteristics: Global coverage across 250+ countries and territories” MiniMax M2.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Rating: 5.0/5 (28 reviews)... Best For: Enterprise-scale address verification with developer support and native integrations.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“PostGrid Address Verification is best for cost-efficient, API-first address validation for mid-market teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Lob

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared

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.