# Workiva ESG alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 190 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Workiva ESG 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/workiva-esg/alternatives

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

- Greenly: 40
- Persefoni: 22
- Watershed: 16
- Sweep: 10
- Sustain.Life: 6
- Normative: 4

## ESG and carbon reporting

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Workiva ESG (Workiva ESG is #6 of 17 at 4%).

- Greenly: first choice in 27 of those 79
- Persefoni: first choice in 10 of those 79
- Sustain.Life: first choice in 6 of those 79
- Normative: first choice in 4 of those 79
- Seedling: first choice in 4 of those 79
- ESGgo: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Metrio: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Sweep: first choice in 3 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Workiva ESG (Workiva ESG is #7 of 13 at 2%).

- Greenly: first choice in 13 of those 68
- Persefoni: first choice in 9 of those 68
- Sweep: first choice in 6 of those 68
- ESG Lift: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Emerald Power: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Watershed: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Horizon ESG: first choice in 2 of those 68
- cubemos: first choice in 2 of those 68

**Enterprise**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Workiva ESG (Workiva ESG is #1 of 11 at 39%).

- Watershed: first choice in 13 of those 43
- Persefoni: first choice in 3 of those 43
- APLANET: first choice in 2 of those 43
- Generation Impact: first choice in 1 of those 43
- IBM Envizi: first choice in 1 of those 43
- SmartSuite: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Sweep: first choice in 1 of those 43
- today.green: first choice in 1 of those 43

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