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Affiliate and partner management · November 2026 Edition

Refersion vs Tapfiliate

Zero of fourteen models named Refersion first on the direct prompt; zero named Tapfiliate. Refersion was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Tapfiliate by eleven and Refersion carries 17 labels and Tapfiliate 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Refersion

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Tapfiliate

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1721A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Refersion 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 Refersion · PartnerStack vs Tapfiliate · impact.com vs Refersion

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.
RefersionFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTapfiliate
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative10
Budget-constrained11
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Tapfiliate
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, Refersion and Tapfiliate were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 66 answers naming Refersion and the 87 naming Tapfiliate. In those answers Tapfiliate took the first choice six times and Refersion five.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Refersion and Tapfiliate 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
Refersion Tapfiliate first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Refersion on the left and Tapfiliate on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 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

Neither was named

13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Tapfiliate leads by five points.
Tapfiliate8%#5 of 13
Refersion3%#7 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Refersion2%#6 of 16
Tapfiliate2%#7 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Tapfiliate leads by six points.
Tapfiliate6%#3 of 10
Refersion0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Tapfiliate

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

“Rewardful and Tapfiliate are affiliate management platforms that fall short for serious affiliate programs” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“For most companies with a limited budget, Tapfiliate is usually the best balance” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Offers a starting price of €74/month and is self-managed, making it a cost-effective choice for small businesses.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative
“Tapfiliate supports affiliate, referral, and influencer programs and is suited for mid-tier pricing.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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.