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Client onboarding platforms · November 2026 Edition

Rocketlane vs Dock

Seven of fourteen models named Rocketlane first on the direct prompt; zero named Dock. Rocketlane was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Dock by thirteen and Rocketlane carries 58 labels and Dock 27, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Rocketlane

endorsed leader

Named in two categories this edition.

Dock

accepted challenger

San Francisco, United States, founded 2021. Named in eight categories this edition.

First-choice share32%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate14%4%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels5827A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Rocketlane reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.GUIDEcx was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Rocketlane vs GUIDEcx · Rocketlane vs UserGuiding · Rocketlane vs Planhat

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 client onboarding platforms page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
RocketlaneFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDock
Direct70
Paraphrase70
Comparative40
Budget-constrained023 against Rocketlane · 1 against Dock
Scale-constrained10
Negative105 against Rocketlane
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, Rocketlane and Dock were named in the same answer seventy-three times, of the 186 answers naming Rocketlane and the 281 naming Dock. In those answers Dock took the first choice six times and Rocketlane twenty-nine.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Rocketlane and Dock 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
Rocketlane Dock first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Rocketlane on the left and Dock on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Rocketlane and Dock stood in it.

Rocketlane first, Dock an alternative

7 of 14 modelsDock was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniRocketlane alternatives: ChurnZero, Custify, GUIDEcx, Planhat
Grok 4.20Rocketlane alternatives: Appcues, ChurnZero, GUIDEcx, Pendo, Planhat, Totango, Userpilot, Vitally
Mistral SmallPlanhat, Rocketlane alternatives: GUIDEcx, Moxo
DeepSeek V4 FlashRocketlane alternatives: Arrows, ChurnZero, Dock, GUIDEcx
Qwen 3.7 FlashRocketlane alternatives: GUIDEcx
GLM 4.7 FlashXRocketlane alternatives: GUIDEcx, Moxo
MiniMax M2.5Rocketlane alternatives: GUIDEcx, OnRamp

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5GUIDEcx alternatives: Custify, Customerscore.io, OnRamp, Rocketlane
Gemini 3.5 FlashGUIDEcx alternatives: Dock, OnRamp, Precursive, Rocketlane, TaskRay
Perplexity SonarGUIDEcx alternatives: Rocketlane
Llama 4 MaverickGUIDEcx alternatives: Dock, Rocketlane
Kimi K2GUIDEcx alternatives: Arrows, OnRamp, Rocketlane
GPT-6 LunaGUIDEcx alternatives: Arrows, Rocketlane
Muse Glimmer 30BGUIDEcx alternatives: Rocketlane

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
Rocketlane leads by eighteen points.
Rocketlane26%#1 of 17
Dock9%#3 of 17
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Rocketlane leads by twenty-eight points.
Rocketlane32%#1 of 16
Dock4%#4 of 16
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Rocketlane leads by fifty-one points.
Rocketlane51%#1 of 13
Dock0%#9 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Rocketlane

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

“known performance issues that have led some analysts to advise steering clear of it” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid pricier options like Rocketlane (~$19+/user/month)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“It may be worth being cautious about if you need heavy customization or have a complex, large-scale onboarding workflow.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Rocketlane and Planhat are the top recommendations due to their robust features, ease of use, and strong alignment with mid-market needs” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
“Rocketlane: Top for ease of use, client portals, tasks, and projections (4.7/5, starts ~$49/user/year). Strong for collaborative onboarding.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · first choice
“Choose Rocketlane if onboarding involves implementation projects, billable services, staffing, or resource planning.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice

What the models said about Dock

No label in this category carried a quote.

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.