# Joy Loyalty: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/joy-loyalty

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Loyalty, advocacy and referrals](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/loyalty-advocacy-and-referrals/index.md) | 4% | 7 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best overall for a tight budget: Joy Loyalty — free for up to 250 orders/month and includes points, referrals, and the loyalty widget." (GPT-5.4 mini, Loyalty)
- "Joy Loyalty is recommended if budget is the primary constraint" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Loyalty)
- "*Best Low-Cost Scalable Alternative*" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Loyalty)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Joy Loyalty, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- yotpo.com: 3
- bonusqr.com: 2
- flowium.com: 2
- g2.com: 2
- help.smile.io: 2
- joy.so: 2
- loop.fans: 2
- openloyalty.io: 2
- smile.io: 2
- thecmo.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://flowium.com/blog/understanding-the-smile-io-pricing-plans: 2
- https://help.smile.io/en/articles/12326868-understand-smile-s-free-plan: 2
- https://smile.io/learn/smile-vs-joy-loyalty: 2
- https://thecmo.com/tools/best-loyalty-program-software-for-small-business: 2
- https://10web.io/blog/loyalty-program-for-brand-advocates: 1
- https://99minds.io/blog/loyalty-program-apps: 1
- https://affise.com/blog/referral-software: 1
- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-customer-loyalty-software: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.