# Influencer platforms: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "influencer marketing platform" and as "creator and influencer management tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/influencer-platforms/2026-11

**Standing:** Favikon leads with 29% of first choices; verdict contested. 56 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) | 29% | 4% | 23 |
| 2 | [Shopify Collabs](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/shopify-collabs/index.md) | 12% | 0% | 18 |
| 3 | [Upfluence](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/upfluence/index.md) | 7% | 14% | 44 |
| 4 | [Ainfluencer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/ainfluencer/index.md) | 7% | 55% | 11 |
| 5 | [Afluencer](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/afluencer/index.md) | 5% | 0% | 14 |
| 7 | [GRIN](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/grin/index.md) | 4% | 14% | 37 |
| 8 | [Modash](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/modash/index.md) | 4% | 4% | 25 |
| 9 | [Traackr](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/traackr/index.md) | 4% | 26% | 38 |
| 10 | [CreatorIQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/creatoriq/index.md) | 4% | 21% | 29 |
| 14 | [Aspire](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/aspire/index.md) | 2% | 19% | 32 |
| 15 | [Heepsy](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/heepsy/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 14 |
| 19 | [impact.com](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/impact-com/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 15 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 97 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 Archive, GRIN, Limelight
- GPT-5.4 mini: Sprout Social Influencer Marketing; alternatives HypeAuditor, impact.com
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Favikon; alternatives Onalytica, Passionfroot, SparkToro, Sprout Social
- Perplexity Sonar: Favikon; alternatives impact.com
- Grok 4.20: Favikon; alternatives Brandwatch Influence, KALO IQ, Modash, Sprout Social Influencer Marketing
- Mistral Small: KALO IQ, Upfluence; alternatives IQFluence
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Favikon; alternatives KALO IQ, Modash
- Llama 4 Maverick: KALO IQ; alternatives Favikon, Traackr, Upfluence
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Favikon; alternatives Influencity, Modash, Traackr
- Kimi K2: Favikon, Later Influence; alternatives KALO IQ, Upfluence
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Favikon; alternatives Traackr, Upfluence
- MiniMax M2.5: Favikon; alternatives KALO IQ, Upfluence
- GPT-6 Luna: Favikon; alternatives LinkedIn Creator Marketplace, Thinkers360
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Favikon, KALO IQ; alternatives Aspire, GoByline, Upfluence

## Sources the answers cite

78 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- shopify.com: 25 answers, 36 citations
- g2.com: 24 answers, 38 citations
- learn.g2.com: 19 answers, 19 citations
- reddit.com: 17 answers, 24 citations
- influencermarketinghub.com: 15 answers, 17 citations
- favikon.com: 14 answers, 22 citations
- kaloiq.com: 13 answers, 16 citations
- gane.ai/index: 13 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://shopify.com/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms-to-find-creators (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/influencer-marketing-platforms (14 answers)
- https://learn.g2.com/best-influencer-marketing-software (13 answers)
- https://kaloiq.com/best-influencer-marketing-platforms-for-b2b (11 answers)
- https://skrapp.io/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms (11 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/influencer-platforms (10 answers)
- https://toprankmarketing.com/blog/b2b-influencer-marketing-software (10 answers)
- https://favikon.com/blog/best-influencer-marketing-platforms (9 answers)
- https://bringseo.com/top-b2b-influencer-platforms-in-2026 (8 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/influencer-marketing-platforms (8 answers)

## Warned against

- Traackr: 10 of 38 labels negative. "with Traackr and Ainfluencer being mentioned as platforms to avoid" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Ainfluencer: 6 of 11 labels negative. "Platforms with Significant Negative Feedback ... 1. Ainfluencer - Commission Concerns: Users report a 20% commission rate" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Upfluence: 6 of 44 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Mid-Market B2B ... more B2C-oriented; up to 5-6x the cost" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt)
- CreatorIQ: 6 of 29 labels negative. "What to Avoid for Mid-Market B2B - CreatorIQ (~$25K+/year) — priced for enterprise" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Favikon at 29%.

- Afluencer: 18% to 5%, −13. Cleared the floor by 2 points · rank 2 → 5 of 97.
- GRIN: 11% to 4%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 3 → 7 of 97.
- Influencity: 7% to 0%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 5 → 21 of 97.
- Favikon: 23% to 29%, +6. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 1 of 97, unchanged.
- Shopify Collabs: 9% to 12%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 2 of 97.
- Ainfluencer: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 10 → 4 of 97.
- Upfluence: 5% to 7%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 3 of 97.
- Heepsy: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 16 → 15 of 97.
- impact.com: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 12 → 19 of 97.
- Traackr: 5% to 4%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 9 of 97.
- CreatorIQ: 5% to 4%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 6 → 10 of 97.
- Modash: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 8 of 97.

## Record

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