# Sprout Social: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 2 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/sprout-social

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee engagement surveys](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/index.md) | 0% | 72 | 0% | 1 |
| [Workforce scheduling](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/core/workforce-scheduling/index.md) | 0% | 84 | 0% | 1 |

## 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 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 Sprout Social, from 4 of the 4 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- buffer.com: 3
- birdeye.com: 2
- emailtooltester.com: 2
- reddit.com: 2
- airship.com: 1
- appointment.com: 1
- au.trustpilot.com: 1
- bearstarmarketing.com: 1
- bitdefender.com: 1
- blog.ffbf.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://buffer.com/resources/social-media-engagement-tools: 3
- https://birdeye.com/blog/customer-engagement-platform: 2
- https://airship.com/explainer/best-customer-engagement-platforms: 1
- https://appointment.com/blog/scheduling-appointments-online: 1
- https://au.trustpilot.com/review/reply.io: 1
- https://bearstarmarketing.com/small-business-social-media-marketing: 1
- https://bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/instagram-paid-follower-scam: 1
- https://blog.ffbf.com/best-and-worst-social-media-platforms-for-marketing: 1

## In its own words

What Sprout Social's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Social Media Management Tool (https://sproutsocial.com/)
- For: social media professionals, small teams, teams handling a lot of profiles with high engagement, cross-functional teams, and organizations with large-scale social media operations (https://sproutsocial.com/pricing)
- Price stated: Standard, Professional, Advanced (https://sproutsocial.com/)
- Starting price: 79.00 (https://sproutsocial.com/)
- Free plan or trial: Try free for 30 days (https://sproutsocial.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 2 (https://sproutsocial.com/features/employee-advocacy)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, PCI DSS
- Hosting: United States
- Customers named: ScottsMiracle-Gro, Kraft Heinz, Jollibee, Vodafone, Bosch, Wipro, DHL, Glassdoor

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.