# Joy: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 10 judge labels across 2 categories by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/joy

## 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% | 6 | 0% | 5 |
| [Referral and partner programs](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/partner/referral-and-partner-programs/index.md) | 2% | 10 | 0% | 5 |

## What the models said for it

- "Joy (Best Overall for Budget) ... offers a very generous Free Plan for up to 250 orders per month" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Loyalty)
- "The author notes it as the cheapest entry point of any combined tool." (Muse Glimmer 30B, Referrals)
- "the best overall choice is Joy" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Loyalty)
- "Joy is positioned as Best for flexible loyalty and referrals on Shopify with "Free; paid from $29/mo"" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Loyalty)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Joy, from 25 of the 25 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- joy.so: 24 (its own site)
- softwareadvice.com: 20
- geekflare.com: 15
- capterra.com: 14
- albato.com: 11
- 99minds.io: 10
- shopify.com: 10
- getapp.com: 9
- softwaresuggest.com: 9
- viral-loops.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://joy.so/blog/best-referral-program-software: 24
- https://softwareadvice.com/referral-management/small-business: 16
- https://geekflare.com/guides/best-referral-program-software: 15
- https://albato.com/blog/publications/best-referral-program-software: 10
- https://99minds.io/blog/referral-marketing-software: 9
- https://shopify.com/blog/referral-software: 9
- https://softwareadvice.com/referral-management: 9
- https://softwaresuggest.com/referral-software: 9

## 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.