What AI assistants recommend when buyers ask about referral marketing software — measured weekly across engines, published as open data.
Sample: 35 AI answers · Window: May 21, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026 (4-week rolling)
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ReferralCandy referralcandy.com | 74.3% avg pos 3.8 | — | GROK 100%CHATGPT 71.4%PERPLEXITY 64.3% | Claim |
| 2 | Friendbuy | 42.9% avg pos 4.6 | — | GROK 71.4%CHATGPT 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 3 | Yotpo yotpo.com | 40% avg pos 4 | — | GROK 57.1%CHATGPT 50%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 4 | Referral Rock referralrock.com | 40% avg pos 4.8 | — | GROK 85.7%CHATGPT 21.4%PERPLEXITY 35.7% | Claim |
| 5 | GrowSurf | 28.6% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 57.1%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 35.7% | Claim |
| 6 | Referral Factory referral-factory.com | 22.9% avg pos 2.8 | — | GROK 42.9%PERPLEXITY 35.7% | Claim |
| 7 | FirstPromoter | 20% avg pos 5.6 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 8 | Agentforce Service salesforce.com | 20% avg pos 5.7 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 9 | HubSpot CRM hubspot.com | 20% avg pos 5.8 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 10 | SaaSquatch | 20% avg pos 6 | — | GROK 42.9%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 11 | Shopify Plus shopify.com | 20% avg pos 6.3 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 21.4%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 12 | ReferralHero referralhero.com | 20% avg pos 6.5 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 13 | Viral Loops | 20% avg pos 7.7 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 28.6% | Claim |
| 14 | Talkable | 17.1% avg pos 4 | — | GROK 57.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 15 | Extole | 17.1% avg pos 4.8 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 16 | Cello cello.so | 17.1% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 57.1%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 17 | Rewardful rewardful.com | 17.1% avg pos 6.5 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 18 | Tapfiliate tapfiliate.com | 17.1% avg pos 8.4 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 19 | PartnerStack | 17.1% avg pos 9 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 14.3%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 20 | InviteReferrals invitereferrals.com | 17.1% avg pos 10.5 | — | CHATGPT 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 21 | WooCommerce | 11.4% avg pos 1.5 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 22 | Rivo | 11.4% avg pos 3.5 | — | GROK 42.9%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 23 | Mention Me | 11.4% avg pos 4.5 | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 24 | Mailchimp | 11.4% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 21.4% | Claim |
| 25 | Zapier zapier.com | 11.4% avg pos 7.3 | — | GROK 42.9%CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 26 | Genius Referrals geniusreferrals.com | 11.4% avg pos 8 | — | GROK 14.3%PERPLEXITY 21.4% | Claim |
| 27 | Mailchimp's Subject Line Helper mailchimp.com | 11.4% avg pos 14 | — | CHATGPT 28.6% | Claim |
| 28 | BigCommerce B2B Edition bigcommerce.com | 8.6% avg pos 1.5 | — | GROK 28.6%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 29 | Tremendous tremendous.com | 8.6% avg pos 8 | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 7.1%PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 30 | Post Affiliate Pro | 8.6% avg pos 8.5 | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 31 | Stripe Billing stripe.com | 8.6% avg pos 9.3 | — | GROK 28.6%CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 32 | Google Docs google.com | 8.6% avg pos 10 | — | CHATGPT 21.4% | Claim |
| 33 | LoyaltyLion | 8.6% avg pos 10 | — | GROK 42.9% | Claim |
| 34 | Ambassador getambassador.com | 8.6% avg pos 12 | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 35 | Smile.io | 5.7% avg pos 1 | — | GROK 28.6% | Claim |
| 36 | Impact.com impact.com | 5.7% avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 37 | Klaviyo klaviyo.com | 5.7% avg pos 3.5 | — | GROK 28.6% | Claim |
| 38 | Partnero partnero.com | 5.7% avg pos 4 | — | PERPLEXITY 14.3% | Claim |
| 39 | BuzzSumo buzzsumo.com | 5.7% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 40 | Hootsuite | 5.7% avg pos 6.5 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 41 | SendGrid sendgrid.com | 5.7% avg pos 6.5 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 42 | Refersion | 5.7% avg pos 7.5 | — | GROK 14.3%CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 43 | Impact | 5.7% avg pos 10.5 | — | GROK 28.6% | Claim |
| 44 | Typeform typeform.com | 5.7% avg pos 15 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 45 | Rakuten rakuten.com | 5.7% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 46 | WordPress wordpress.com | 5.7% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 47 | Groupon groupon.com | 5.7% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 48 | ReferralStack referralstack.ai | 5.7% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 49 | Reflio reflio.app | 5.7% | — | CHATGPT 14.3% | Claim |
| 50 | PayPal Invoicing paypal.com | 2.9% avg pos 2 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 51 | Advocate | 2.9% avg pos 3 | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 52 | Appstle | 2.9% avg pos 4 | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 53 | Postly | 2.9% avg pos 4 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 54 | Airtable airtable.com | 2.9% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 55 | Attentive attentive.com | 2.9% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 56 | Segment segment.com | 2.9% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 57 | Superfiliate | 2.9% avg pos 5 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 58 | BLOOP | 2.9% avg pos 6 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 59 | Belly belly.com | 2.9% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 60 | Bitly bitly.com | 2.9% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 61 | Loyaly | 2.9% avg pos 6 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 62 | Stamp Me | 2.9% avg pos 6 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 63 | BON Loyalty | 2.9% avg pos 8 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 64 | Constant Contact constantcontact.com | 2.9% avg pos 8 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 65 | Nector | 2.9% avg pos 8 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 66 | Sendlane sendlane.com | 2.9% avg pos 8 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 67 | Lootly lootly.com | 2.9% avg pos 10 | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 68 | Loyalty Lion loyaltylion.com | 2.9% avg pos 10 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 69 | Smile smile.io | 2.9% avg pos 10 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 70 | Mixpanel mixpanel.com | 2.9% avg pos 11 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 71 | Gleam gleam.io | 2.9% avg pos 12 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 72 | Loyalzoo loyalzoo.com | 2.9% avg pos 12 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 73 | TapMango tapmango.com | 2.9% avg pos 12 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 74 | SurveyMonkey | 2.9% avg pos 14 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 75 | Ibotta ibotta.com | 2.9% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 76 | Wix | 2.9% avg pos 16 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 77 | Gumroad gumroad.com | 2.9% avg pos 17 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 78 | ActiveCampaign activecampaign.com | 2.9% avg pos 20 | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 79 | Affise affise.com | 2.9% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 80 | Annex Cloud | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 81 | Antavo | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 82 | Braintree braintreepayments.com | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 83 | CJ Affiliate cj.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 84 | Chargebee | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 85 | Close close.com | 2.9% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 86 | Flock flock.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 87 | Growave | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 88 | Incenta incenta.dev | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 89 | OfferGuard offerguard.app | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 90 | Open Loyalty openloyalty.io | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 91 | Paddle Retain paddle.com | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 92 | PostAffiliatePro | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 93 | QuickBooks Time quickbooks.intuit.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 94 | Recurly recurly.com | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 95 | Rediim rediim.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 96 | Referral Hero | 2.9% | — | PERPLEXITY 7.1% | Claim |
| 97 | Referrio - Connect Talent referrio.io | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 98 | Salesforce Loyalty | 2.9% | — | GROK 14.3% | Claim |
| 99 | ShareASale shareasale.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
| 100 | SurveyMonkey Genius surveymonkey.com | 2.9% | — | CHATGPT 7.1% | Claim |
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