# Extole alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 421 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Extole holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/extole/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Referral Rock: 63
- Smile.io: 49
- PartnerStack: 32
- Referral Factory: 27
- ReferralCandy: 25
- Influitive AdvocateHub: 15

## Loyalty, advocacy and referrals

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Extole.

- Smile.io: first choice in 31 of those 84
- Referral Rock: first choice in 22 of those 84
- Referral Factory: first choice in 5 of those 84
- ReferralCandy: first choice in 3 of those 84
- GrowSurf: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Joy: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Appstle Loyalty & Rewards: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Extole (Extole is #7 of 13 at 0%).

- Referral Rock: first choice in 12 of those 76
- Smile.io: first choice in 12 of those 76
- Referral Factory: first choice in 10 of those 76
- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 6 of those 76
- Enable3: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Joy: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Joy Loyalty: first choice in 2 of those 76

**Enterprise**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Extole (Extole is #4 of 18 at 6%).

- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 9 of those 53
- Salesforce Loyalty Management: first choice in 4 of those 53
- Referral Rock: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Referral Factory: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Ambassador: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Annex Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Base.ai: first choice in 1 of those 53
- Buyapowa: first choice in 1 of those 53

## Referral and partner programs

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Extole.

- Referral Rock: first choice in 17 of those 84
- ReferralCandy: first choice in 16 of those 84
- PartnerStack: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Rewardful: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Cello: first choice in 4 of those 84
- FirstPromoter: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Viral Loops: first choice in 4 of those 84
- GrowSurf: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Extole (Extole is #12 of 13 at 0%).

- PartnerStack: first choice in 18 of those 77
- Referral Factory: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Referral Rock: first choice in 6 of those 77
- ReferralCandy: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Smile.io: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Viral Loops: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Friendbuy: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Ambassador: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Extole (Extole is #5 of 14 at 11%).

- PartnerStack: first choice in 7 of those 47
- impact.com: first choice in 7 of those 47
- Impartner PRM: first choice in 5 of those 47
- Ambassador: first choice in 4 of those 47
- Referral Factory: first choice in 4 of those 47
- Referral Rock: first choice in 3 of those 47
- impact.com Advocate: first choice in 2 of those 47
- SaaSquatch: first choice in 1 of those 47

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