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Affiliate and partner management · November 2026 Edition

PartnerStack vs Refersion

Fourteen of fourteen models named PartnerStack first on the direct prompt; zero named Refersion. PartnerStack was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Refersion by eleven and PartnerStack carries 52 labels and Refersion 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PartnerStack

endorsed leader

Named in five categories this edition.

Refersion

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share56%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels5217A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PartnerStack reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.impact.com was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. PartnerStack vs impact.com · PartnerStack vs UpPromote · PartnerStack vs Rewardful

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.
PartnerStackFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRefersion
Direct140
Paraphrase140
Comparative01
Budget-constrained012 against PartnerStack
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against PartnerStack
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 PartnerStack and Refersion 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
PartnerStack Refersion first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PartnerStack on the left and Refersion on the right.

The direct prompt

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

PartnerStack first, Refersion not the choice

14 of 14 modelsRefersion was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
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
Perplexity SonarPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, Reditus
Grok 4.20PartnerStack alternatives: Awin, CJ Affiliate, Rewardful, impact.com
Mistral SmallPartnerStack
DeepSeek V4 FlashPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, Scaleo, impact.com
Llama 4 MaverickPartnerStack alternatives: Awin, impact.com
Qwen 3.7 FlashPartnerStack, impact.com alternatives: Post Affiliate Pro
Kimi K2PartnerStack alternatives: Reditus, Trackdesk, impact.com
GLM 4.7 FlashXPartnerStack, impact.com alternatives: Ambassador
MiniMax M2.5PartnerStack alternatives: impact.com
GPT-6 LunaPartnerStack alternatives: Everflow, impact.com
Muse Glimmer 30BPartnerStack alternatives: Ambassador, Reditus, Trackdesk, impact.com

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
PartnerStack leads by eleven points.
PartnerStack15%#2 of 13
Refersion3%#7 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PartnerStack leads by fifty-four points.
PartnerStack56%#1 of 16
Refersion2%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
PartnerStack leads by thirty-eight points.
PartnerStack38%#1 of 10
Refersion0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PartnerStack

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

“Avoid enterprise platforms such as PartnerStack, which starts near $1,000/month” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools: Skip Impact, PartnerStack, or Everflow unless scaling” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Start with PartnerStack if you're in B2B SaaS/Services, or Impact.com if you want a comprehensive partnership management platform.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Refersion

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

“The Best Overall for Startups: Refersion ... widely considered the most affordable and scalable option” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“start with software like Rewardful (SaaS) or Refersion (e-commerce) if under $10M revenue” Grok 4.20 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Consider a white-label tool like Refersion or Tapfiliate to avoid sharing revenue with a network” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared

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.