98% of first choices, clear leader.
Google Tag Manager is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice four times of 4; the other eleven models thirty-seven times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
“Enterprise-level tag management systems like Tealium can be expensive for small businesses, have time-consuming setup and implementation processes” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
“it is expensive for small businesses, the setup and implementation process can be time-consuming, and it's less intuitive for non-technical users.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
“flagged as too expensive, overkill for basic tag management, and a poor fit for small businesses or startups without developer support” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
“One downside is that it is not free, which may make it less suitable for small businesses with limited budgets.” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
18 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 218 links across 84 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 8 models searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google parent site Google Tag Manager 98% | 98% | 198 | 90,500 | 863 | ||
| Tagmate | 2% | |||||
| Piwik PRO Tag Manager piwik.pro | 0% | 74 | 10 | 0 | 95,862 | 8 |
| Matomo Tag Manager matomo.org | 0% | 70 | 50 | 4 | 35,015 | 9 |
| Pixelflow pixelflow.so | 0% | 7 | 720 | 0 | 155 | |
| Cloudflare Zaraz cloudflare.com | 0% | 11 | 4,995,413 | 111 | ||
| Stape stape.io | 0% | 7 | ||||
| OneTrust onetrust.com | 0% | 160 | 14,800 | 624 | 54,294 | 58 |
| RudderStack rudderstack.com | 0% | 166 | 1,900 | 42 | 46,132 | 50 |
| restricted Google tag / Google-only container | 0% |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 14 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (reddit.com, usercentrics.com). The first result for “best tag management system” is omr.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-14 23:17 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 01:22 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-14 23:20 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 00:03 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 03:07 | yes | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-14 23:56 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-15 03:18 | yes | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-14 23:02 | yes | 0 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 01:49 | yes | 0 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 02:47 | yes | 0 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 02:17 | yes | 0 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-14 23:30 | yes | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 04:59 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 01:28 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 01:20 | yes | 7 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 04:49 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 02:58 | yes | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 02:45 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-15 02:30 | yes | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 00:59 | yes | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 00:20 | yes | 0 | 46 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-14 23:35 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 03:35 | yes | 0 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-14 23:49 | yes | 0 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 02:20 | yes | 8 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 03:30 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-14 23:48 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-14 23:53 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 04:16 | yes | 0 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 03:06 | yes | 0 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-14 23:11 | yes | 0 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 04:40 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 02:38 | yes | 0 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 04:24 | yes | 0 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 00:22 | yes | 0 | 113 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 03:19 | yes | 0 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 04:09 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-15 01:48 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 00:36 | yes | 6 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 03:23 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 03:38 | yes | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-14 23:28 | yes | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-15 01:25 | yes | 0 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-14 23:59 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 03:16 | yes | 0 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 03:12 | yes | 0 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 03:18 | yes | 0 | 57 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 01:30 | yes | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 04:11 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-14 23:38 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-14 23:12 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 02:05 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 00:46 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 00:07 | yes | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-14 23:10 | yes | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 04:25 | yes | 0 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 02:04 | yes | 0 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 03:19 | yes | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-14 22:56 | yes | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-15 04:06 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-15 01:21 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-14 23:23 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-15 04:36 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-15 00:56 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-15 03:09 | yes | 0 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-15 00:40 | yes | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-15 01:22 | yes | 0 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-15 01:52 | yes | 0 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-15 00:19 | yes | 0 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-15 04:13 | yes | 0 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-15 04:56 | yes | 0 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-14 23:32 | yes | 0 | 15 s |
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