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Affiliate and partner management · November 2026 Edition

UpPromote vs Refersion

Zero of fourteen models named UpPromote first on the direct prompt; zero named Refersion. UpPromote was named by nine of the fourteen models and Refersion by eleven and UpPromote carries 11 labels and Refersion 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.

UpPromote

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Refersion

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1117A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, UpPromote 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 UpPromote · PartnerStack vs Refersion · 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.
UpPromoteFirst choices, of fourteen modelsRefersion
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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, UpPromote and Refersion were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 58 answers naming UpPromote and the 66 naming Refersion. In those answers Refersion took the first choice six times and UpPromote three.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
UpPromote3%#6 of 13
Refersion3%#7 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
UpPromote leads by four points.
UpPromote6%#3 of 16
Refersion2%#6 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
UpPromote0%#– of 10
Refersion0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about UpPromote

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

“Offers a free plan supporting 200 referral orders per month... It's one of the most popular affiliate tools on Shopify for small and midsize e-commerce stores” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best low-budget starting point: UpPromote—if your store runs on Shopify.” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend UpPromote or Rewardful” Kimi K2 · budget 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.