Affiliate and partner management · November 2026 Edition
impact.com vs Amazon Associates
Two of fourteen models named impact.com first on the direct prompt; zero named Amazon Associates. Both were named by all fourteen models and impact.com carries 55 labels and Amazon Associates 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eight categories this edition.
By Amazon, Seattle, United States, founded 1994. Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate13%10%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels5521A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, impact.com reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.PartnerStack was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. PartnerStack vs impact.com · PartnerStack vs Amazon Associates · impact.com vs UpPromote
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 affiliate and partner management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
impact.comFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon Associates
Direct201 against impact.com
Paraphrase00
Comparative001 against Amazon Associates
Budget-constrained015 against impact.com
Scale-constrained10
Negative111 against impact.com · 1 against Amazon Associates
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where impact.com and Amazon Associates stood in it.
| 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 | | |
impact.com Amazon Associates first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, impact.com on the left and Amazon Associates on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where impact.com and Amazon Associates stood in it.
impact.com first, Amazon Associates not the choice
2 of 14 modelsAmazon Associates was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Qwen 3.7 FlashPartnerStack, impact.com alternatives: Post Affiliate Pro
GLM 4.7 FlashXPartnerStack, impact.com alternatives: Ambassador
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5PartnerStack alternatives: Reditus, Tapfiliate, impact.com
GPT-5.4 miniPartnerStack alternatives: Trackdesk, impact.com
Gemini 3.5 FlashPartnerStack alternatives: Channeltivity, Everflow, Introw, impact.com
Grok 4.20PartnerStack alternatives: Awin, CJ Affiliate, Rewardful, impact.com
DeepSeek V4 FlashPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, Scaleo, impact.com
Llama 4 MaverickPartnerStack alternatives: Awin, impact.com
Kimi K2PartnerStack alternatives: Reditus, Trackdesk, impact.com
MiniMax M2.5PartnerStack alternatives: impact.com
GPT-6 LunaPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, impact.com
Muse Glimmer 30BPartnerStack alternatives: Ambassador, Reditus, Trackdesk, impact.com
Neither was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Perplexity SonarPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, Reditus
Mistral SmallPartnerStack
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
impact.com0%#12 of 13Amazon Associates0%#– of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
impact.com leads by four points.
impact.com6%#2 of 16Amazon Associates2%#8 of 16Enterprise
impact.com leads by thirty-four points.
impact.com34%#2 of 10Amazon Associates0%#– of 10What the models said about impact.com
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“Low Trustpilot scores (around 1.2/5 from hundreds of reviews). Common issues include buggy/slow UI, lost commissions” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · hard negative
“avoid large affiliate networks (like CJ Affiliate, Rakuten, or Impact) right now” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Global enterprise, multi-program type (affiliate + influencer + B2B partner), strongest tracking/reporting infrastructure” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“the landscape is dominated by two platforms: PartnerStack and impact.com” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Amazon Associates
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Brutal Terms of Service. Amazon bans accounts frequently and abruptly... Do not rely on Amazon as your sole income source.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cons: Low commissions, strict rules, 24-hour cookie window in some cases.” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Stick with established networks like Amazon Associates, ShareASale, CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction)” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest starting with Amazon Associates for simplicity” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“The Amazon Associates program remains one of the most popular choices among the best affiliate marketing programs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
PartnerStack vs impact.comPartnerStack vs Amazon Associatesimpact.com vs UpPromoteimpact.com vs Rewardfulimpact.com vs Post Affiliate Proimpact.com vs Refersionimpact.com vs TapfiliateUpPromote vs Amazon AssociatesRewardful vs Amazon AssociatesPost Affiliate Pro vs Amazon AssociatesRefersion vs Amazon AssociatesTapfiliate vs Amazon AssociatesAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full affiliate standing
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.