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Strategic sourcing · October 2026 Edition

oboloo vs GEP SMART

Zero of fourteen models named oboloo first on the direct prompt; two named GEP SMART. oboloo was named by eleven of the fourteen models and GEP SMART by nine and oboloo carries 11 labels and GEP SMART 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

oboloo

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

GEP SMART

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share15%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%21%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#7A position in a field of 14; printed, not drawn.
Labels1114A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, oboloo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Precoro was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. oboloo vs Precoro · oboloo vs Tradogram · oboloo vs Procurify

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the strategic sourcing page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
obolooFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGEP SMART
Direct021 against GEP SMART
Paraphrase001 against oboloo
Comparative00
Budget-constrained801 against GEP SMART
Scale-constrained001 against GEP SMART
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where oboloo and GEP SMART stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
oboloo GEP SMART first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, oboloo on the left and GEP SMART on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where oboloo and GEP SMART stood in it.

GEP SMART first, oboloo not the choice

2 of 14 modelsoboloo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarGEP SMART alternatives: Precoro, Procol, SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
GLM 4.7 FlashXCoupa, GEP SMART alternatives: Ivalua, Precoro, ProcureWare, SAP Ariba, Scanmarket, ServiceNow Source-to-Pay Operations, Tradogram

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashProcurify alternatives: Fairmarkit, GEP SMART, Market Dojo, Precoro
GPT-6 LunaWorkday Strategic Sourcing alternatives: Coupa, GEP SMART
Muse Glimmer 30BProcurify alternatives: Basware, GEP SMART, Precoro, Zycus

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Precoro alternatives: Coupa, ProcurePort, SAP Ariba, Zycus
GPT-5.4 miniProcurify alternatives: Archlet, Bid Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashWorkday Strategic Sourcing alternatives: Archlet, Market Dojo, Tradogram, Zip
Grok 4.1 FastProcurify alternatives: Precoro
Mistral SmallProcurify alternatives: Ivalua, MeRLIN, SAP Ariba, Scanmarket
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashCoupa alternatives: Jaggaer, Precoro, Zycus
Kimi K2Precoro, Procurify alternatives: Ivalua, Zip
MiniMax M2.5Procurify, Scanmarket

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
oboloo leads by eleven points.
oboloo11%#3 of 10
GEP SMART0%#– of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
oboloo leads by twelve points.
oboloo15%#1 of 14
GEP SMART4%#7 of 14
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
oboloo is not named for this buyer.
GEP SMART6%#4 of 8
oboloo—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about oboloo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“better suited to small and medium enterprises ... rather than a larger mid-market deployment” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“oboloo is highly rated (4.8/5) and offers a "free forever" cloud-based e-procurement software suite... a strong choice for small businesses” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need a truly zero-cost start, oboloo's free-forever plan and Tradogram's 1-user free tier are the lowest floor options.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about GEP SMART

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of six in this category shown.

“NOT Recommended for Limited Budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“rather than a full suite like SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua or GEP that is built for larger, ERP-native estates” Muse Glimmer 30B · scale prompt · soft negative
“GEP SMART: $500K+/year — Upper mid-market with consulting-led delivery” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · soft negative
“Most mid-market B2B companies find that Coupa or GEP SMART provide the best balance of depth, analytics, and mid-market pricing” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“the best overall fit is often GEP SMART” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“Offer enterprise-grade capabilities (like deep spend analytics and contract management) but packaged in a scaled-down, quicker-to-deploy format” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.