# Prolific: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 2 categories by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/prolific

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Customer feedback and surveys](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/customer-feedback-and-surveys/index.md) | 0% | 29 | 0% | 2 |
| [Audience and consumer insights platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/audience-and-consumer-insights/index.md) | 0% | 180 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "research suggests looking at Prolific or CloudResearch" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Feedback)

## And against it

- "can produce shallow or biased results when respondents are frequent survey-takers" (Perplexity Sonar, Audience insights)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Prolific, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- g2.com: 3
- reddit.com: 3
- britopian.com: 2
- gane.ai/index: 2
- surveysensum.com: 2
- airfocus.com: 1
- arxiv.org: 1
- bbb.org: 1
- behaviolabs.com: 1
- bejoyous.ai: 1

### Pages cited

- https://britopian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Top-10-Audience-Intelligence-Platforms.pdf: 2
- https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/audience-and-consumer-insights/smb: 2
- https://airfocus.com/blog/best-customer-feedback-management-software: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2607.00403v1: 1
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.00403v1: 1
- https://bbb.org/us/ca/glendale/profile/market-survey/survey-junkie-1216-702574/complaints: 1
- https://bbb.org/us/ca/glendale/profile/market-survey/survey-junkie-1216-702574/customer-reviews: 1
- https://behaviolabs.com/nl/blog/what-is-the-best-market-research-software-for-consumer-insights-in-2026: 1

## In its own words

What Prolific's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Easily collect high-quality data from real people (https://prolific.com/)
- For: AI developers, researchers, and organizations (https://prolific.com/)
- Price stated: Platform: You pay a participant reward that you set, plus a platform fee. Managed services: Pricing is customized based on your project scope and requirements. (https://www.prolific.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Sign up for free (https://prolific.com/)
- Customers named: Ai2, The Collective Intelligence Project, Maze, Gorilla

## What it publishes

Every page prolific.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1367 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 332 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 9 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 25 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-29
- Recent: 2026-04-29 news or press: Pressure Reveals Character: Behavioural Alignment Evaluation at Depth https://labs.prolific.com/posts/pressure-reveals-character

## 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.