ESG and carbon reporting · RankedDiligent ESG
Diligent ESG is a software product from Diligent for ESG and carbon reporting · diligent.com ↗
Why models recommend it
“Diligent ESG is best for mid-sized and large companies with strong governance involvement in ESG”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Direct question · alternative
“Choose Diligent when board oversight, controls, risk, and compliance are central.”Perplexity Sonar · Comparative question · alternative
“Need stakeholder data collection and board workflow? Consider Diligent ESG.”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · alternative
“Best for: Organizations prioritizing governance, board-level oversight, and GRC”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid pure enterprise-heavy tools like Diligent or Sphera unless your needs are highly regulated/complex.”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“often start at custom quotes of $10,000–$50,000+/year and are better for large firms”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
“start well above the budget range for small companies”Muse Glimmer 30B · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Diligent ESG, over the 38 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 24 | View → | |
| 27 | 3 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 21 | 2 | View → | |
| 18 | 1 | View → | |
| 17 | 2 | View → | |
| 16 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 13 | 2 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Diligent ESG →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Diligent ESG's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- ESG stakeholders throughout your organization
- Price stated
- Request pricing
- Free plan or trial
- Request a demo
- Certifications
- ISO 27001
- Customers named
- Sage
- Also from Diligent
- Diligent Boards, Diligent Corporation, Diligent Entities, Diligent Equity, Diligent One Platform
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 36 of the 38 answers that named Diligent ESG and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-three of the 102 domain citations in answers naming Diligent ESG came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |