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Supplier management · November 2026 Edition

Gatekeeper vs Kodiak Hub

Three of fourteen models named Gatekeeper first on the direct prompt; two named Kodiak Hub. Gatekeeper was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Kodiak Hub by eleven and Gatekeeper carries 34 labels and Kodiak Hub 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gatekeeper

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Kodiak Hub

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share14%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels3418A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gatekeeper reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Procurify was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Procurify vs Gatekeeper · Procurify vs Kodiak Hub · Gatekeeper vs Tradogram

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 supplier management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
GatekeeperFirst choices, of fourteen modelsKodiak Hub
Direct321 against Kodiak Hub
Paraphrase21
Comparative00
Budget-constrained104 against Gatekeeper
Scale-constrained10
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.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub were named in the same answer twenty-nine times, of the 86 answers naming Gatekeeper and the 36 naming Kodiak Hub. In those answers Kodiak Hub took the first choice two times and Gatekeeper three.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
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
Gatekeeper Kodiak Hub first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gatekeeper on the left and Kodiak Hub on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Gatekeeper and Kodiak Hub stood in it.

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
MiniMax M2.5Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub alternatives: Procurify

Gatekeeper first, Kodiak Hub an alternative

2 of 14 modelsKodiak Hub was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarGatekeeper alternatives: Kodiak Hub, Precoro, Procurify
Llama 4 MaverickGatekeeper alternatives: Kodiak Hub, Payhawk, Procurify

Kodiak Hub first, Gatekeeper an alternative

1 of 14 modelsGatekeeper was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-6 LunaKodiak Hub alternatives: Gatekeeper, Precoro

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Precoro alternatives: GEP SMART, Kodiak Hub, Spendflo
Gemini 3.5 FlashZip alternatives: CloudEagle, Gatekeeper, Graphite Connect, Kodiak Hub, Precoro, Procurify, Tropic
Grok 4.20Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Precoro
Mistral SmallProcurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Precoro, SupplierGATEWAY, Zip
DeepSeek V4 FlashPrecoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper
Kimi K2Precoro, Procurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Tradogram, Zip
GLM 4.7 FlashXProcurify alternatives: Gatekeeper, Precoro, Tradogram, Zip
Muse Glimmer 30BProcurify alternatives: Coupa, Gatekeeper, Kodiak Hub, Precoro

Neither was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniProcurify alternatives: Coupa, Omnea, SAP Ariba
Qwen 3.7 FlashJaggaer alternatives: Kissflow Procurement, Proactis, Tipalti, Verifai

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gatekeeper0%#6 of 9
Kodiak Hub0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Gatekeeper leads by eight points.
Gatekeeper14%#2 of 11
Kodiak Hub6%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gatekeeper0%#9 of 9
Kodiak Hub0%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Gatekeeper

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

“Avoid enterprise solutions (SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, Gatekeeper)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Gatekeeper starts around $10,500 a year, which makes it the benchmark to quote back at vendors who will not give you a number.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“About $875/month[1] | More expensive, but stronger contract and vendor governance features” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“The best supplier management software for a company with a limited budget is Gatekeeper, which starts at around $10,500 a year.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Mid-market platforms like Gatekeeper (~$10,500/year starting) or Precoro (~$499/month) might be appropriate” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Gatekeeper or Kodiak Hub represent the best balance of functionality, ease of use, and value” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Kodiak Hub

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

“excellent for deep supplier development (G2 4.6), but it is a custom-quote platform often better suited for manufacturing firms” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Gatekeeper or Kodiak Hub represent the best balance of functionality, ease of use, and value” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“the strongest general recommendation is Kodiak Hub” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd start with Kodiak Hub” GPT-6 Luna · direct prompt · first choice
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.