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.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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.
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.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
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
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
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.