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Competitive intelligence tools · November 2026 Edition

Crayon vs Owler

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Five of fourteen models named Crayon first on the direct prompt; zero named Owler. Crayon was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Owler by ten and Crayon carries 63 labels and Owler 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Crayon

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Owler

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share23%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate22%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6318A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Crayon reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Klue was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Kompyte vs Crayon · Kompyte vs Owler · Klue vs Crayon

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 competitive intelligence 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.
CrayonFirst choices, of fourteen modelsOwler
Direct501 against Crayon
Paraphrase402 against Crayon
Comparative80
Budget-constrained014 against Crayon
Scale-constrained30
Negative007 against Crayon
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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Crayon and Owler stood in it.
ModelDirectOWParaphraseOWComparativeOWBudget-constrainedOWScale-constrainedOWNegativeOW
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 FlashOW
Perplexity SonarOW
Grok 4.20OW
Mistral SmallOW
DeepSeek V4 FlashOW
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 FlashOW
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashXOWOW
MiniMax M2.5OWOWOW
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BOW
CrayonOW Owler first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Crayon on the left and Owler on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Crayon and Owler stood in it.

Crayon first, Owler an alternative

5 of 14 modelsOwler was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Crayon alternatives: Klue, Semrush, Similarweb
Mistral SmallCrayon, Klue alternatives: IndustryLens, Kompyte, Semrush, SyncGTM
Qwen 3.7 FlashCrayon, Klue alternatives: Kompyte, Owler, Similarweb, SyncGTM
Kimi K2Crayon, Klue alternatives: Feedly, Kompyte, Semrush, Visualping
Muse Glimmer 30BCrayon, Kompyte alternatives: Klue

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniKlue alternatives: Crayon, Kompyte
Gemini 3.5 FlashKlue alternatives: Contify, Crayon, Kompyte
Perplexity SonarKompyte alternatives: Crayon, Klue
DeepSeek V4 FlashKompyte alternatives: Crayon, Klue
Llama 4 MaverickKompyte alternatives: Crayon, IndustryLens, Klue, Semrush, SyncGTM
GLM 4.7 FlashXKompyte alternatives: AlphaSense, Crayon, Klue, Owler, Semrush, Similarweb
MiniMax M2.5Klue alternatives: Crayon, Owler, Semrush, SpyFu
GPT-6 LunaKlue alternatives: Crayon

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Kompyte alternatives: KeepTabz, Klue

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
Crayon leads by three points.
Crayon3%#7 of 15
Owler0%#10 of 15
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Crayon leads by twenty-one points.
Crayon23%#3 of 12
Owler2%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Crayon leads by fifty-four points.
Crayon54%#1 of 7
Owler0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Crayon

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

“Avoid enterprise tools like Klue, Crayon, Contify, and Similarweb (full versions)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Crayon: A competitor intelligence platform ... best suited for product marketing and competitive intelligence teams at mid-size and enterprise B2B companies.” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Best Overall: Crayon ... Consistently rated as the best all-around CI platform for mid-market and enterprise teams” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“The Best All-Rounder: Crayon ... widely considered the gold standard for mid-market and large enterprises” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Owler

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

“Owler is the best default choice for a company with a limited competitive-intelligence budget.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“High-level company profiles, revenue estimates, funding updates... Cost: Free (tracks up to 5 companies).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
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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.