6 categories · RankedPodium
Podium is an AI lead generation and lead management platform for local businesses · podium.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“If you run a local service business (HVAC, dental, local shop): Choose Podium or Birdeye.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · first choice
“Legitimate reputation management software (like Brand24, BirdEye, or Podium)”Kimi K2 · Negative question · first choice
“Legitimate, well-reviewed tools in the space include Birdeye, Podium, ReviewTrackers, GatherUp, Chatmeter, Widewail, Broadly, and Hootsuite.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · alternative
“Enterprise-oriented with advanced analytics, competitor insights, and strong integrations. Higher cost but robust for 500+ employee firms.”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Why to avoid: - Multiple 1-star reviews citing terrible customer service”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Negative question · warning
“Other Options to Avoid on a Tight Budget - Birdeye and Podium”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“enterprise platforms like Podium, Birdeye, or Reputation.com dominate advertising, they typically cost $250 to $500+ per month with locked-in annual contracts”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“it's often positioned more toward SMB and mid-sized businesses with a communications-first workflow”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Podium, over the 146 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 35 | View → | |
| 62 | 11 | View → | |
| 44 | 0 | View → | |
| 41 | 3 | View → | |
| 38 | 11 | View → | |
| 37 | 2 | View → | |
| 31 | 6 | View → | |
| 25 | 0 | View → | |
| 22 | 2 | View → | |
| 21 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of Podium →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Podium's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- local businesses
- Customers named
- Madera Toyota, Central Maine Motors, Fette Ford, Arctic Air, Warner Super Service, Top Mechanical Service Inc., Air Design, Results Medical Aesthetics
- Headquarters
- Lehi, United States
- Founded
- 2013
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 132 of the 146 answers that named Podium and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
381 of the 381 domain citations in answers naming Podium came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 1,341 | 20 | 2026-09-29 | CRM, SEO | |
| Webinar or virtual event | 285 | 21 | 2026-09-29 | SEO | |
| Report or ebook | 285 | 4 | 2026-09-29 | SEO | |
| Case study | 223 | 69 | 2026-09-29 | CRM | |
| Glossary or explainer | 51 | undated | SEO, CRM | ||
| Comparison | 32 | 1 | 2026-09-28 | SEO | |
| Podcast or video | 19 | 3 | 2026-09-29 | ||
| Conference or event | 8 | 7 | 2026-10-26 | ||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-29Mss conference or event
- 2026-09-29Customer story case study
- 2026-09-29Case study case study
- 2026-09-29Webinar webinar or virtual event
- 2026-09-29From patientnow to podium how bright beauty medspa found one system that does it all case study
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page podium.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Of its titles that name a category, most name SEO (39); 0 name its categories the models place it in. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.