# Influencer platforms: what AI models recommend, September 2026

Gane Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "influencer marketing platform" and as "creator and influencer management tool", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/influencer-platforms/2026-09

This is the permanent record of the September 2026 Edition, published September 15, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/influencer-platforms/index.md

**Standing:** Favikon leads with 27% of first choices; verdict contested. 49 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Favikon](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/favikon/index.md) | 27% | 0% | 23 |
| 2 | [Afluencer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/afluencer/index.md) | 12% | 16% | 19 |
| 3 | [GRIN](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/grin/index.md) | 10% | 39% | 38 |
| 5 | [CreatorIQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/creatoriq/index.md) | 8% | 41% | 37 |
| 6 | [Aspire](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/aspire/index.md) | 6% | 29% | 31 |
| 7 | [Modash](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/modash/index.md) | 4% | 8% | 36 |
| 8 | [Influencity](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/influencity/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 14 |
| 9 | [Traackr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/traackr/index.md) | 2% | 23% | 22 |
| 10 | [impact.com](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/impact-com/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 12 |
| 11 | [Upfluence](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upfluence/index.md) | 2% | 31% | 32 |
| 12 | [Collabstr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/collabstr/index.md) | 2% | 18% | 11 |
| 19 | [HypeAuditor](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/hypeauditor/index.md) | 0% | 12% | 24 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 77 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Favikon; alternatives Kolsquare, Modash, Skrapp, Traackr
- GPT-5.4 mini: CreatorIQ; alternatives Aspire, Upfluence, impact.com
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Favikon; alternatives Limelight, Onalytica, SparkToro
- Perplexity Sonar: Favikon, Modash; alternatives CreatorIQ, Influencity, Traackr
- Grok 4.20: Favikon; alternatives Influencity, Modash, Upfluence
- Mistral Small: Favikon; alternatives Influencity
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Favikon; alternatives GoByline, Kolsquare, Modash, Onalytica
- Llama 4 Maverick: Modash; alternatives Favikon, Skrapp
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Favikon; alternatives GRIN, Modash
- Kimi K2: impact.com; alternatives Aspire, Modash, Traackr
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Favikon, LinkedIn Creator Marketplace; alternatives Meltwater, Traackr
- MiniMax M2.5: Influencity; alternatives Limelight

## Sources the answers cite

22 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- guideflow.com: 8 answers, 8 citations
- influee.co: 8 answers, 8 citations
- influencermarketinghub.com: 7 answers, 15 citations
- archive.com: 7 answers, 12 citations
- afluencer.com: 6 answers, 9 citations
- favikon.com: 6 answers, 9 citations
- learn.g2.com: 6 answers, 6 citations
- skrapp.io: 6 answers, 6 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms (7 answers)
- https://influee.co/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms (7 answers)
- https://skrapp.io/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms (6 answers)
- https://archive.com/blog/best-influencer-marketing-platforms-b2b (5 answers)
- https://medium.com/@ivanpalii/8-best-influencer-marketing-platforms-39235e05b520 (4 answers)
- https://favikon.com/blog/best-influencer-marketing-platforms (4 answers)
- https://influencermarketinghub.com/top-influencer-marketing-platforms (4 answers)
- https://sproutsocial.com/insights/influencer-marketing-platforms (4 answers)
- https://influencerstrategists.com/influencer-marketing-platforms (3 answers)
- https://blog.hootsuite.com/influencer-marketing-tools (3 answers)

## Warned against

- GRIN: 15 of 38 labels negative. "Do not sign an expensive annual contract with a legacy B2C influencer platform (like GRIN or CreatorIQ)." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt)
- CreatorIQ: 15 of 37 labels negative. "What to avoid: Most mainstream tools like CreatorIQ, GRIN, and Upfluence are primarily designed for B2C/e-commerce" (MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt)
- Upfluence: 10 of 32 labels negative. "What to avoid: ... Upfluence ... too expensive or not optimized for B2B LinkedIn-focused campaigns" (MiniMax M2.5, paraphrase prompt)
- Aspire: 9 of 31 labels negative. "Platforms to AVOID on a Limited Budget - Aspire, Upfluence, CreatorIQ \u2014 typically $2,000+ per month" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, September 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.