# Watershed alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 209 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Watershed holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/finance/vendors/watershed/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Greenly: 38
- Workiva ESG: 30
- Persefoni: 18
- Sustain.Life: 7
- Sweep: 7
- ESGgo: 4

## ESG and carbon reporting

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Watershed (Watershed is #15 of 17 at 0%).

- Greenly: first choice in 28 of those 84
- Persefoni: first choice in 11 of those 84
- Sustain.Life: first choice in 7 of those 84
- ESGgo: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Normative: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Seedling: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Metrio: first choice in 3 of those 84
- Sweep: first choice in 3 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Watershed (Watershed is #4 of 13 at 6%).

- Greenly: first choice in 10 of those 70
- Workiva ESG: first choice in 8 of those 70
- Persefoni: first choice in 7 of those 70
- Sweep: first choice in 4 of those 70
- ESG Lift: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Emerald Power: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Horizon ESG: first choice in 2 of those 70
- cubemos: first choice in 2 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Watershed (Watershed is #2 of 11 at 31%).

- Workiva ESG: first choice in 22 of those 55
- IBM Envizi: first choice in 4 of those 55
- APLANET: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Novisto: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Diligent ESG: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Enablon: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Generation Impact: first choice in 1 of those 55
- SmartSuite: first choice in 1 of those 55

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