# Loqate: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 39 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/loqate

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Address verification tools](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/gtm-data/address-verification/index.md) | 6% | 3 | 5% | 38 |
| [CRM data quality and deduplication](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/revops/crm-data-quality-and-deduplication/index.md) | 0% | 55 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Loqate is the safest overall choice when the customer base is international" (Perplexity Sonar, Address verification)
- "or Loqate if you need robust international validation capabilities" (MiniMax M2.5, Address verification)
- "I recommend Loqate (by GBG) as your primary choice." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Address verification)
- "E-commerce checkout: Smarty or Loqate." (Perplexity Sonar, Address verification)

## And against it

- "some tools, including Loqate and Smarty, can become expensive depending on volume and usage patterns" (GPT-5.4 mini, Address verification)
- "consider Loqate or Melissa, but they're usually better fits once budget is less constrained" (GPT-5.4 mini, Address verification)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Loqate, from 104 of the 120 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 62
- loqate.com: 61 (its own site)
- melissa.com: 52
- smarty.com: 47
- capterra.com: 40
- getapp.com: 40
- postgrid.com: 36
- softwareadvice.co.uk: 33
- softwareadvice.com: 30
- digi-texx.com: 28

### Pages cited

- https://softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4463/address-verification/software: 33
- https://g2.com/articles/best-address-verification-software: 31
- https://loqate.com/en-us/address-verification: 31
- https://digi-texx.com/techblog/address-validation-software: 28
- https://g2.com/categories/address-verification/enterprise: 27
- https://capterra.com/address-verification-software: 25
- https://capterra.co.uk/directory/33215/address-verification/software: 21
- https://mastercard.com/us/en/news-and-trends/Insights/2024/options-for-global-address-verification-solution-avs.html: 21

## What it publishes

Every page loqate.com exposes, read 2026-10-05: 1799 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 287 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 111 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 33 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 85 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 19 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 7 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 141 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 34 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.