Loops vs Plunk
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-28
Loops and Plunk both sit low in AI assistants' rankings, but Loops comes out ahead. Loops scores 4 overall (ChatGPT 3, Claude 11, Perplexity 0) and gets named in 6 of 62 answers, compared to Plunk's overall score of 1 (ChatGPT 0, Claude 4, Perplexity 0) and 3 of 62 answers. Loops shows up most for React or JSX email templates (2 of 3 answers), while Plunk's best showing is just 1 mention each across a few questions. Head to head, Loops leads on 3 questions, Plunk on 1, with 16 ties. Neither is named for deliverability, cost, or self-hosting questions.
Head to head
| metric | Loops | Plunk |
|---|---|---|
| score | 4 | 1 |
| questions won | 5 | 3 |
By assistant
Loops
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 3 | 5% of answers | #6.0 |
| Claude | 11 | 25% of answers | #9.8 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Plunk
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0 | 0% of answers | |
| Claude | 4 | 10% of answers | #11.5 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 0 | 0% of answers |
Where they differ
Only Loops gets named for
- What's the best email API with React or JSX email templates?
- What's the best alternative to SendGrid?
- What's the best email API in 2026?
Only Plunk gets named for
- Which transactional email provider has the best developer experience?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full Transactional email APIs leaderboard