7 categories · RankedAttentive
Attentive is an SMS and email marketing platform for brands that sell products direct-to-consumer online · attentive.com ↗
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Gane, the publisher, sells software in Marketing automation, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
SimpleTexting is first at 21%.
Customer.io is first at 19%. 1 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Braze is first at 19%.
Why models recommend it
“Attentive and Twilio are the top recommendations due to their scalability, advanced features, and strong integration options.”Mistral Small · Direct question · first choice
“The market leader dedicated solely to SMS. It is widely considered the gold standard for mid-to-large-scale DTC brands.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Recommended: Industry standards with strong compliance tools built-in.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“Enterprise-grade SMS powerhouse with advanced AI personalization and compliance engines. Cited as Best for High-Scale SMS Performance.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“This platform has received significant negative feedback... making it one of the most cautioned-about platforms in the SMS marketing space.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“Attentive may lack reliability for scalable SMS messaging deliverability since it's not directly connected to wireless carriers”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Negative question · warning
“Verdict: Avoid if contract flexibility or low costs matter; negotiate aggressively or consider alternatives.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Multiple reports of aggressive sales practices, billing disputes, and unwanted calls to personal numbers.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Attentive, over the 209 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 34 | View → | |
| 114 | 12 | View → | |
| 75 | 10 | View → | |
| 71 | 23 | View → | |
| 63 | 3 | View → | |
| 59 | 8 | View → | |
| 58 | 9 | View → | |
| 57 | 4 | View → | |
| 50 | 5 | View → | |
| 47 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Attentive →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Attentive's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- brands who sell products direct-to-consumer online
- Price stated
- Choose from flexible pricing based on: The number of messages you send; The size of your subscriber list
- Free plan or trial
- free trials
- Integrations
- 100 · 150 (its own pages disagree)
- Customers named
- FRYE, Steve Madden, Cozy Earth, The Vitamin Shoppe, Olly, Kendra Scott, AllSaints, Hello Adorn
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 182 of the 209 answers that named Attentive and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
415 of the 482 domain citations in answers naming Attentive came from a third party's page. Thirty-three were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 455 | undated | Identity, Email marketing | ||
| Case study | 108 | undated | CRM | ||
| Podcast or video | 85 | undated | |||
| News or press | 53 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 17 | 1 | 2026-08-24 | CDP | |
| Comparison | 10 | 0 | 2024-09-23 | ||
| Template or tool | 7 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 5 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 5 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-08-243611212 back to school attentive academy challenge glossary or explainer
- 2026-06-253479582 attentive advanced agency certification glossary or explainer
- 2026-06-253479590 module two orchestrating multi product engagement glossary or explainer
- 2026-06-253479619 module one the attentive transition email sms glossary or explainer
- 2026-06-253480630 module three performance optimization and ai driven growth glossary or explainer
- 2026-02-043144396 rural king sandbox user guide glossary or explainer
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page attentive.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.