Zero of fourteen models named Awario first on the direct prompt; zero named Google Alerts. Awario was named by ten of the fourteen models and Google Alerts by twelve and Awario carries 12 labels and Google Alerts 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.
founded 2016. Named in three categories this edition.
By Google, Mountain View, California, United States, founded 1998. Named in seven categories this edition.
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 PR and media monitoring page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Awario and Google Alerts were named in the same answer fifty-five times, of the 72 answers naming Awario and the 148 naming Google Alerts. In those answers Google Alerts took the first choice two times and Awario twelve.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Awario is likely the best starting point for basic PR and media monitoring” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Budget Pick: Awario” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Starts at $29/month (billed annually). Good for social media and web monitoring with sentiment analysis.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · alternative
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“While free, this has serious limitations... only captures 30% of what professional services track.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Google Alerts is widely considered one of the riskiest tools for professional PR monitoring.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“It is clunky, doesn't track social media effectively... lacks sentiment analysis” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“start with Google Alerts (free) for basic needs” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
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.