# Popl: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 37 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/popl

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Event lead capture apps](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/event-lead-capture/index.md) | 2% | 11 | 31% | 36 |
| [Retail, proximity and IoT marketing](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/retail-proximity-and-iot-marketing/index.md) | 0% | 94 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "B2Brain and Popl are currently the top two recommendations for different use cases." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Event lead capture)
- "Choose Popl or Blinq for a flexible, exhibitor-owned tool that works across shows." (Perplexity Sonar, Event lead capture)
- "Fast contact exchange + digital business card | Popl" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Event lead capture)
- "Blinq or Popl, which are often highlighted for event-based lead capture, though pricing is typically less transparent" (GPT-5.4 mini, Event lead capture)

## And against it

- "Popl if you need reliable, predictable performance at a low cost (pricing and crashing complaints are widespread)." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Event lead capture)
- "Users frequently complain about high costs and app freezing/crashing during setup." (Mistral Small, Event lead capture)
- "Popl reads the printed information on the badge and enriches it using trusted data sources... enrich with verified business email and phone when available" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Event lead capture)
- "Review summaries describe reported reliability and UX issues, so test scanning and CRM write-back extensively before deployment." (Perplexity Sonar, Event lead capture)

## By model

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

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Popl, from 121 of the 122 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- b2brain.com: 81
- g2.com: 75
- uniqode.com: 48
- getapp.com: 47
- eventify.io: 45
- blinq.me: 42
- learn.g2.com: 37
- popl.co: 33 (its own site)
- whova.com: 31
- apps.apple.com: 28

### Pages cited

- https://uniqode.com/blog/events/best-event-lead-capture-software: 48
- https://getapp.com/marketing-software/event-marketing/f/lead-capture: 43
- https://eventify.io/blog/trade-show-lead-capture-app: 38
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/lead-capture-app: 32
- https://g2.com/categories/event-lead-capture/small-business: 31
- https://whova.com/blog/best-event-lead-capture-apps: 31
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-event-lead-capture-software-2026: 28
- https://b2brain.com/blogs/best-app-for-events: 27

## 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.