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Index › GTM › Marketing › Proximity · September 2026 Edition

Retail, proximity and IoT marketing

Asked as “proximity marketing platform”, and as “location-based and in-store marketing tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
19%
Contested · Foursquare Proximity 9%
19Radar09Foursquare Proximity09GroundTruth64others

19% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Radar19%6%31accepted challenger
02Foursquare Proximity9%4%27accepted challenger
03GroundTruth9%0%15accepted challenger
04PlotProjects6%0%20accepted challenger
05Kontakt.io2%7%27accepted challenger
06Estimote2%5%21accepted challenger
07InMarket2%10%10accepted challenger
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08Bluedot0%8%13accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
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01Radar19%
02Foursquare Proximity9%
03GroundTruth9%
04PlotProjects6%
05Kontakt.io2%
06Estimote2%
07InMarket2%
08Bluedot0%

What they warned about

One of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Simpli.fi
43%
3 of 7 labels negative · 3 of 12 models
“Most major geofencing ad networks (like Simpli.fi) require minimum monthly spends of $10,000+” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Gravy Analytics / Venntel
100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“(2025: prohibited from sensitive location sales, e.g., near health facilities or worship sites)” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
InMarket Media
100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“FTC injunctive orders (January 2024) - prohibited from selling precise location data” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Kochava / Collective Data Solutions
100%
2 of 2 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Banned from selling sensitive location data without affirmative express consent (FTC settlement, May 2026)” Kimi K2, negative prompt

What they cite

Four of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited.

Sites the answers cite

22 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 4 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 328 links across 171 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 8 models searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.

10 answers · 14 citations · 4 models
8 answers · 10 citations · 3 models
vendor site · Gartner6 answers · 8 citations · 3 models
vendor site · CleverTap5 answers · 7 citations · 2 models
5 answers · 7 citations · 1 model
5 answers · 5 citations · 3 models
5 answers · 5 citations · 3 models
vendor site · Reddit4 answers · 6 citations · 2 models
4 answers · 6 citations · 1 model
4 answers · 5 citations · 3 models
4 answers · 4 citations · 2 models
4 answers · 4 citations · 2 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best proximity marketing platform”, “proximity marketing platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 days
Radar radar.com19%115673,00059,52611,37129
Foursquare Proximity foursquare.com9%9501,147,419
GroundTruth groundtruth.com9%545,400569,9096
PlotProjects6%400
Uniqode uniqode.com6%243,6001379,22331
CleverTap clevertap.com6%2141,0002420,153$12,75020
AdRoll ABM adroll.com4%204110052,27318
Propulso propulso.io4%40004
Propensity propensity.com4%940,5001,0154,134$1,09324
Kontakt.io kontakt.io2%32720179,70616

Google's top ten for the two searches hold 12 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (gartner.com, mobilozophy.com, thecmo.com). The first result for “best proximity marketing platform” is thecmo.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best proximity marketing platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which location-based and in-store marketing tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top proximity marketing platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best proximity marketing platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a proximity marketing platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which proximity marketing platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Gimbal, GroundTruth, Simpli.fiAdRoll ABMChanged
One alternativeSourcewiz
no first choiceGroundTruthno first choicenothing named
GPT-5.4 miniFoursquare Proximity
Two alternatives6sense, Demandbase
Foursquare AudienceChanged
Two alternativesBullseye Store Locator, Storemapper
Gimbal
Two alternativesIndoorAtlas, Uniqode
HyperTrackagainst: Kontakt.iono first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashUniqode
Two alternativesPurple, Radar
RadarChanged
Four alternativesBullseye Locations, Gimbal, GroundTruth, Kontakt.io
Radar
Five alternativesCleverTap, Estimote, Kontakt.io, Optimove, Uniqode
Beambox, Purple
Five alternativesFlowcode, GroundTruth, QR Tiger, Radar, Uniqode
against: Simpli.fi
Braze, CleverTap, Xtremepush
Two alternativesCoupontools, Woosmap
against: Asirvia, Beacons.ai, Royaltie Gem
Perplexity SonarPropensity
Two alternativesEstimote, InMarket
against: PromoInCloud
MoEngageChanged
Four alternativesCIENCE, Dashmote, Geolid, SingleInterface
no first choicePropulso
Two alternativesNearBee, YOOSE
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.20CleverTap
Two alternativesPlotProjects, Simpli.fi
RadarChanged
Five alternativesBluedot, Kontakt.io, Perenso, Uniqode, WizCommerce
against: Simpli.fi
no first choice
Seven alternativesFoursquare Proximity, GroundTruth, Kontakt.io, PlotProjects, Radar, Simpli.fi, YOOSE
PlotProjects
Three alternativesEstimote, Foursquare Proximity, NearBee
against: AdLib, Kontakt.io, Radar
Foursquare Proximity
Six alternativesBluedot, Estimote, InMarket, Kontakt.io, PlotProjects, Radar
against: Gravy Analytics / Venntel, InMarket
Mistral SmallFoursquare Proximity, Radar
Five alternativesCleverTap, Insider, Kontakt.io, Kumulos, PlotProjects
no first choiceChangedFoursquare Proximity
Seven alternativesBluedot, Estimote, Gimbal, Kontakt.io, PlotProjects, Purple, Radar
ProxiCall
Four alternativesBrightLocal, Foursquare Proximity, Google Business Profile, Kontakt.io
no first choiceagainst: Gimbal, Inc., RetailNext / Euclid Analytics, Walkbase
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundTruth, StackAdapt
Three alternativesHey Sid, InZynk, Radar
against: Estimote, Simpli.fi, The Trade Desk
AdRoll ABMChanged
Four alternativesHubSpot Marketing Hub, MediaFlow / Pygmalios, Rockbot, Terminus
against: Foursquare Proximity
Bluedot
Eight alternativesAirship, Braze, CleverTap, Estimote, Foursquare Proximity, Kontakt.io, PlotProjects, Radar
Uniqode
Two alternativesEstimote, QRForever
against: CleverTap
no first choiceagainst: Beacon Platform Inc., Beacons.ai, Gravy Analytics / Venntel, InMarket Media, Kochava / Collective Data Solutions, Mobilewalla, X-Mode Social / Outlogic
Llama 4 MaverickInMarket
Two alternativesApollo.io, Foursquare Proximity
Foursquare ProximityChangedKontakt.ioRadar
Four alternativesFoursquare Proximity, Google Ads, Meta Ads, Synup
no first choiceagainst: Friender, Yubo
Qwen 3.7 FlashRadar
Two alternativesFoursquare Proximity, Kontakt.io
PropensityChanged
Two alternativesLastMile Retail, Vusion
InMarket
Five alternativesBlueBite, Estimote, Foursquare Proximity, Kontakt.io, Radar
Propulso
Two alternativesSocial Media Advertising, YOOSE
no first choiceagainst: Bluedot
Kimi K2Radar
Three alternativesAdRoll ABM, Phunware, PlotProjects
against: 6sense, Demandbase
RadarHeld
Four alternativesBlinq, BoothIQ, Hey Sid, InZynk
against: 6sense, Demandbase, The Trade Desk
Foursquare Proximity
Three alternativesEstimote, Kontakt.io, Radar
PlotProjects, Uniqode
Two alternativesNearBee, Pulse
against: Radar
no first choiceagainst: Gravy Analytics, InMarket Media, Kochava / Collective Data Solutions, Mobilewalla
GLM 4.7 FlashXRadar
One alternativeInMarket
AdentroChanged
Three alternativesFoursquare Proximity, HPE Aruba Networking, Interact Retail
Kontakt.io
Six alternativesAirship, Blis, Foursquare Proximity, GroundTruth, PlotProjects, Radar
PlotProjects
Six alternativesFoursquare Proximity, IjasApp, OK Located, PromoInCloud, Radar, Wrebby
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5RadarCleverTapChanged
Three alternativesAirship, GroundTruth, Radar
Foursquare Proximity, Kontakt.io
Four alternativesBluedot, PlotProjects, Purple, Radar
Estimote, GroundTruth
Three alternativesFoursquare Proximity, Kontakt.io, Surefire Local
Kontakt.io
Three alternativesBlueshift, Foursquare Proximity, PlotProjects
nothing named
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-15 03:06yes2613 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-15 04:22yes26 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-15 04:17yes1725 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-15 00:51yes206 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-15 02:11yes08 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-15 01:57yes010 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-15 02:08yes024 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-15 00:10yes01 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-15 03:05yes047 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-15 04:50yes036 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 00:22yes019 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-14 23:44yes016 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-14 23:16yes2315 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-15 04:52yes25 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-15 04:56yes1228 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-14 23:02yes186 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-15 02:17yes010 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-15 01:52no02 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-15 01:18yes0161 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-15 04:26yes02 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-15 04:22yes066 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-15 04:48yes049 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 05:10yes017 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-15 03:50yes055 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-15 04:16yes107 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-15 03:04yes411 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-15 03:32yes2828 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-15 02:31yes207 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-14 23:08yes010 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-15 04:35yes011 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-15 03:06yes019 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-15 02:56yes02 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-15 00:01yes024 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-15 03:07yes043 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 01:04yes0239 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-15 02:23yes015 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-15 04:50yes87 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-14 23:27yes34 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-14 23:42yes2126 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-15 02:16yes205 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-15 01:34yes010 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-14 23:36yes07 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-14 23:04yes023 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-15 02:22yes01 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-15 02:29yes077 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-15 04:16yes036 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 02:10yes0192 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-15 01:35yes019 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-15 00:47no05 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-14 23:43no09 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-15 02:40yes1126 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-15 01:24yes1810 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-15 00:49yes09 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-15 04:25yes08 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-15 02:32yes046 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-14 22:56yes02 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-15 04:33yes029 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-15 04:52yes035 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 00:25yes0103 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-14 22:58yes015 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-14 23:19yes1910 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-14 23:08yes36 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-14 23:56yes2327 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-15 03:15yes206 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-14 23:04yes08 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-15 00:21yes013 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-14 23:07yes061 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-15 01:28yes02 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-14 23:47yes045 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-14 23:20yes056 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-15 02:35yes019 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-14 23:21yes022 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Foursquare read as Foursquare Proximity
Radar.io read as Radar
Unresolved, counted raw
AirDroid Business
Aruba Networks (HPE)
Beacon Platform Inc.
Blippar
Bullseye Store Locator
Coupontools
Dashmote
Flowcode
Foursquare Audience
Geolid
Gimbal, Inc.
HPE Aruba Networking
HyperTrack
Interact Retail
LastMile Retail
MediaFlow / Pygmalios
Niantic
OK Located
Phunware
PlaceIQ
ProxiCall
Pulse
QR Tiger
RetailNext / Euclid Analytics
Royaltie Gem (rebranded as Nowsite)
Social Media Advertising (Meta/Facebook)
Sourcewiz
SphereScout
Store360
Storemapper
Vusion
Walkbase (now part of Scandit)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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