# ReferralCandy alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 410 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where ReferralCandy 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/referralcandy/alternatives

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

- Referral Rock: 65
- PartnerStack: 33
- Referral Factory: 30
- Extole: 26
- Influitive AdvocateHub: 24
- Smile.io: 13

## Referral and partner programs

**Small business**: 57 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #4 of 9 at 5%).

- Referral Rock: first choice in 15 of those 57
- PartnerStack: first choice in 7 of those 57
- Cello: first choice in 4 of those 57
- Kiflo PRM: first choice in 3 of those 57
- Rewardful: first choice in 3 of those 57
- FirstPromoter: first choice in 2 of those 57
- GrowSurf: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Referral Factory: first choice in 2 of those 57

**Mid-market**: 61 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #6 of 13 at 6%).

- PartnerStack: first choice in 18 of those 61
- Referral Factory: first choice in 6 of those 61
- Referral Rock: first choice in 6 of those 61
- Smile.io: first choice in 2 of those 61
- Ambassador: first choice in 1 of those 61
- FirstPromoter: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Kiflo PRM: first choice in 1 of those 61
- Rewardful: first choice in 1 of those 61

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- Extole: first choice in 19 of those 83
- Ambassador: first choice in 10 of those 83
- PartnerStack: first choice in 8 of those 83
- impact.com: first choice in 8 of those 83
- Referral Factory: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Impartner PRM: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Referral Rock: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Friendbuy: first choice in 4 of those 83

## Loyalty, advocacy and referrals

**Small business**: 56 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #5 of 13 at 2%).

- Referral Rock: first choice in 22 of those 56
- Smile.io: first choice in 6 of those 56
- Referral Factory: first choice in 5 of those 56
- GrowSurf: first choice in 2 of those 56
- Cello: first choice in 1 of those 56
- EveryoneSocial: first choice in 1 of those 56
- FirstPromoter: first choice in 1 of those 56
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 1 of those 56

**Mid-market**: 69 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #9 of 13 at 0%).

- Referral Rock: first choice in 12 of those 69
- Referral Factory: first choice in 10 of those 69
- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 6 of those 69
- Smile.io: first choice in 5 of those 69
- Enable3: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Yotpo Loyalty & Referrals: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Ambassador: first choice in 1 of those 69
- Base.ai: first choice in 1 of those 69

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name ReferralCandy (ReferralCandy is #18 of 18 at 0%).

- Influitive AdvocateHub: first choice in 18 of those 84
- Extole: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Referral Rock: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Salesforce Loyalty Management: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Annex Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 84
- CustomerGauge: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Open Loyalty: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Talon.One: first choice in 3 of those 84

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