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Print · November 2026 Edition

Click2Mail vs Lob

Zero of fourteen models named Click2Mail first on the direct prompt; one named Lob. Click2Mail was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Lob by fourteen and Click2Mail carries 26 labels and Lob 57, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Click2Mail

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Lob

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share12%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate23%14%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2657A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Click2Mail reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Postalytics was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Postalytics vs Click2Mail · Postalytics vs Lob · PostGrid Print & Mail vs Click2Mail

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 print page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Click2MailFirst choices, of fourteen modelsLob
Direct01
Paraphrase01
Comparative051 against Click2Mail
Budget-constrained611 against Lob
Scale-constrained00
Negative015 against Click2Mail · 7 against Lob
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.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Click2Mail and Lob were named in the same answer seventy-four times, of the 106 answers naming Click2Mail and the 330 naming Lob. In those answers Lob took the first choice twelve times and Click2Mail nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Click2Mail and Lob stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Click2Mail Lob first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Click2Mail on the left and Lob on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Click2Mail and Lob stood in it.

Lob first, Click2Mail not the choice

1 of 14 modelsClick2Mail was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallLob, PostGrid Print & Mail alternatives: Postalytics, Postie

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Postalytics alternatives: Lob, PFL, PostGrid Print & Mail
Gemini 3.5 FlashSendoso alternatives: Lob, Postal, Reachdesk
Perplexity SonarPostalytics alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail, Sendoso
Grok 4.20PFL, Postalytics alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail
DeepSeek V4 FlashPostalytics alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail, Sendoso
Qwen 3.7 FlashPostGrid Print & Mail alternatives: Lob, Postalytics, Sendoso
Kimi K2Reachdesk alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail, Postalytics
GLM 4.7 FlashXPostalytics alternatives: DirectMail.io, Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail
MiniMax M2.5Postalytics alternatives: Lob, PFL, Sendoso
GPT-6 LunaPostalytics alternatives: Lob, Sendoso
Muse Glimmer 30BPostalytics, Sendoso alternatives: Lob, PostGrid Print & Mail

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSendoso alternatives: PFL Direct Mail Platform, PostGrid Print & Mail, Postalytics
Llama 4 MaverickPostalytics

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
Click2Mail leads by six points.
Click2Mail11%#3 of 6
Lob4%#4 of 6
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Click2Mail leads by six points.
Click2Mail12%#3 of 11
Lob6%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Lob leads at enterprise.
Lob46%#1 of 10
Click2Mail2%#8 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Click2Mail

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

“Avoid: Click2Mail (Poor Trustpilot rating, inconsistent support, unclear delivery status).” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid if you need seamless CRM triggers or fast turnaround.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“makes this a platform to approach with significant caution” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“The best direct mail automation platform for a company with a limited budget is Click2Mail, which is available at $0/mo.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, Click2Mail stands out as the best direct mail automation platform.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
“For a company with a limited budget, Click2Mail is the best default choice.” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Lob

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

“Lob - is not recommended for teams that are not technical, need global reach, or are budget-sensitive.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“It is best avoided if you are not technical, need global reach, or are budget-sensitive.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Lob — scrutinize total cost and ease of use. G2 reviewers report that costs can become steep at higher volumes, billing can be confusing” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Ranked first by Lister for "teams managing complex direct mail at scale, and uses intelligent routing to speed up delivery and reduce costs."” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Tops many lists for API-driven scale, intelligent routing (faster/cheaper delivery), nationwide print network, and address verification.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“If you have a developer team and need programmatic/transactional mail: Choose Lob or PostGrid for their API maturity and scale.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
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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.