Viral Loops vs FirstPromoter
Zero of fourteen models named Viral Loops first on the direct prompt; zero named FirstPromoter. Viral Loops was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and FirstPromoter by eight and Viral Loops carries 26 labels and FirstPromoter 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
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 referral and partner programs page.
By framing
Viral LoopsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFirstPromoter
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Viral Loops and FirstPromoter were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 90 answers naming Viral Loops and the 102 naming FirstPromoter. In those answers FirstPromoter took the first choice two times and Viral Loops two.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | |
Viral Loops FirstPromoter first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Viral Loops on the left and FirstPromoter on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Viral Loops3%#7 of 9FirstPromoter3%#6 of 9Viral Loops8%#5 of 13FirstPromoter2%#7 of 13Viral Loops0%#– of 14FirstPromoter0%#– of 14What the models said about Viral Loops
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Multiple reports of billing issues and deceptive practices in user reviews.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Multiple reports of billing issues and deceptive pricing practices.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“including ReferralCandy or Viral Loops: scrutinize them if deals involve sales teams, organizations, long consideration periods” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“The best referral program software for a company with a limited budget is Viral Loops, which is designed for startups on a budget and has a starting price of $49/mo.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Viral Loops and InviteBox offer the lowest entry prices for testing a referral program” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best choice is usually Viral Loops if you want the lowest entry price” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about FirstPromoter
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Bootstrapped SaaS: Choose FirstPromoter ($49/mo) or Rewardful ($49/mo).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for Subscription / SaaS Companies: FirstPromoter ... offers a more affordable infrastructure for this sector” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
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.