# Open Loyalty alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 226 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Open Loyalty 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/open-loyalty/alternatives

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

- Smile.io: 42
- Referral Rock: 37
- Influitive AdvocateHub: 18
- Referral Factory: 16
- Extole: 5
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: 5

## Loyalty, advocacy and referrals

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Open Loyalty.

- Smile.io: first choice in 30 of those 82
- Referral Rock: first choice in 21 of those 82
- Referral Factory: first choice in 4 of those 82
- ReferralCandy: first choice in 3 of those 82
- GrowSurf: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Joy: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Appstle Loyalty & Rewards: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Open Loyalty (Open Loyalty is #11 of 13 at 0%).

- Referral Rock: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Smile.io: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Referral Factory: first choice in 10 of those 80
- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 6 of those 80
- Enable3: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Joy: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Joy Loyalty: first choice in 2 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 64 of 84 answers did not name Open Loyalty (Open Loyalty is #5 of 18 at 6%).

- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 12 of those 64
- Extole: first choice in 5 of those 64
- Referral Rock: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Salesforce Loyalty Management: first choice in 4 of those 64
- Buyapowa: first choice in 2 of those 64
- CustomerGauge: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Referral Factory: first choice in 2 of those 64
- Talon.One: first choice in 2 of those 64

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