Community platforms for small business buyers
Asked as “customer community platform”, and as “online community software for customers”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
39%
Contested · Discourse 31%
39Circle31Discourse22Bettermode08others
39% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−4Since October 2026: 43% → 39%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Circle held the lead, −4 points on 43%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Circle39%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 43% → 39%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-market
Bettermode25%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 29% → 25%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Higher Logic Vanilla55%Clear leader▲+26Since October 2026: 29% → 55%, +26 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →
Circle39%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 43% → 39%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketBettermode25%Contested▼−4Since October 2026: 29% → 25%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseHigher Logic Vanilla55%Clear leader▲+26Since October 2026: 29% → 55%, +26 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Circle39%4%74endorsed leader▼−4Since October 2026: 43% → 39%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.43% → 39%
Circle39%4%74endorsed leader▼−4Since October 2026: 43% → 39%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.43% → 39%02
Discourse31%5%66endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 16% → 31%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.16% → 31%
Discourse31%5%66endorsed leader▲+15Since October 2026: 16% → 31%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.16% → 31%03Bettermode22%5%56accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 24% → 22%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.24% → 22%
Bettermode22%5%56accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 24% → 22%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.24% → 22%04
Mighty Networks2%10%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Mighty Networks2%10%39accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%05
Skool2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Skool2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%06
Discord2%47%34criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
Discord2%47%34criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%07Higher Logic Vanilla2%55%22criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Higher Logic Vanilla2%55%22criticized challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Gainsight Customer Communities0%94%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Gainsight Customer Communities0%94%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%11
Facebook Groups0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Facebook Groups0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Salesforce Experience Cloud0%83%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Salesforce Experience Cloud0%83%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Khoros Communities0%73%22criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Khoros Communities0%73%22criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
Slack0%59%27criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%
Slack0%59%27criticized challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 3% → 0%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.3% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Bettermode vs Gainsight Customer CommunitiesBettermode vs DiscordBettermode vs Mighty NetworksBettermode vs Facebook GroupsDiscourse vs Higher Logic VanillaDiscourse vs CircleDiscourse vs Gainsight Customer CommunitiesDiscourse vs DiscordDiscourse vs Mighty NetworksDiscourse vs Facebook GroupsHigher Logic Vanilla vs CircleHigher Logic Vanilla vs Gainsight Customer CommunitiesHigher Logic Vanilla vs DiscordHigher Logic Vanilla vs Mighty NetworksHigher Logic Vanilla vs Facebook GroupsCircle vs Gainsight Customer CommunitiesCircle vs DiscordCircle vs Mighty NetworksCircle vs Facebook GroupsGainsight Customer Communities vs DiscordGainsight Customer Communities vs Mighty NetworksGainsight Customer Communities vs Facebook GroupsDiscord vs Mighty NetworksDiscord vs Facebook GroupsMighty Networks vs Facebook Groups
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Circle39%
Circle39%02Discourse31%
Discourse31%03Bettermode22%
Bettermode22%04Mighty Networks2%
Mighty Networks2%05Skool2%
Skool2%06Discord2%
Discord2%07Higher Logic Vanilla2%
Higher Logic Vanilla2%08Slack0%
Slack0%09Salesforce Experience Cloud0%
Salesforce Experience Cloud0%10Khoros Communities0%
Khoros Communities0%11Facebook Groups0%
Facebook Groups0%12Gainsight Customer Communities0%
Gainsight Customer Communities0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Facebook Groups84%
16 of 19 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“Social media communities like Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Groups, and Reddit are risky if you want a stable, long-term home for your community” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Khoros Communities73%
16 of 22 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 9 hard negative
“Khoros Communities - 89% of the labels were negative, and 11 out of 14 models gave it a hard negative rating.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Gainsight Customer Communities94%
17 of 18 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 11 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise tools: Skip Gainsight or Higher Logic unless you scale up—they're overkill and expensive.” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Slack59%
16 of 27 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Not designed for communities—content gets buried, no progression path, poor monetization support, expensive at scale” MiniMax M2.5, comparative prompt
What they cite
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.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 849 links across 224 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 48 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Spotsaas32 answers · 38 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Circle30 answers · 46 citations · 12 models
27 answers · 54 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Higher Logic26 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
24 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Guideflow24 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Bettermode23 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Thinkific21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Capterra15 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Discourse13 answers · 26 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Software Advice13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
23 answers · 11 models
21 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 10 models
12 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best customer community platform”, “customer community platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle circle.so | 39% | 138 | 301,000 | 242,528 | 215,494 | $1,570 | 55 | 8 |
| Discourse discourse.org | 31% | 122 | 49,500 | 3,505 | 134,346 | 3 | ||
| Bettermode bettermode.com | 22% | 130 | 880 | 16 | 13,780 | 7 | ||
| Mighty Networks mightynetworks.com | 2% | 68 | 12,100 | 255 | 53,793 | 2 | ||
| Skool skool.com | 2% | 23 | 165,000 | 3,951 | 304,127 | 22 | ||
| Discord discord.com | 2% | 74 | 6,120,000 | 159,421 | 8,388,839 | 9 | ||
| Higher Logic Vanilla higherlogic.com | 2% | 119 | 110 | 0 | 12,921 | $10,173 | 23 | 4 |
| Zoho parent site Zoho CommunitySpaces 0% | 0% | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Heartbeat | 0% | |||||||
| SocialRails socialrails.com | 0% | 5 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 16 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (circle.so, higherlogic.com). The first result for “best customer community platform” is uscreen.tv.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best customer community platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which online community software for customers would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top customer community platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best customer community platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a customer community platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which customer community platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceDiscourseChangedCircleSkoolno first choiceagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, LinkedIn Groups, Reddit, Slack, Thinkific, Zapnito
Four alternatives
Circle, LinkedIn Groups, Mighty Networks, SlackThree alternatives
Bettermode, Mighty Networks, SkoolFour alternatives
Bettermode, Circle, Discord, HeartbeatGPT-5.4 miniCircleagainst: Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic, Khoros CommunitiesDiscourseChangedCircle, Discourseagainst: Mighty Networks, SkoolDiscourseno first choicenothing named
One alternative
BettermodeTwo alternatives
Bettermode, CircleTwo alternatives
Bettermode, DiscordOne alternative
CircleGemini 3.5 FlashBettermodeagainst: Discord, Gainsight Customer Communities, Khoros Communities, SlackBettermodeHeldagainst: Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience CloudCircleagainst: Discord, SlackDiscourseno first choiceagainst: Discourse, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic, Khoros Communities, LinkedIn Groups, MyBB, Salesforce Experience Cloud, phpBB, vBulletin Cloud
Two alternatives
Circle, DiscourseFour alternatives
Circle, Discourse, Microsoft Teams, SlackThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, Mighty NetworksThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discord, HeartbeatFive alternatives
Bettermode, Canny, Circle, Discourse, FeaturebasePerplexity SonarCircleagainst: Discord, Gainsight Customer Communities, SlackBettermodeChangedagainst: Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience CloudBettermodeDiscourseagainst: Zendesk Communityno first choiceagainst: Circle, Discord, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Thrive, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communities, LinkedIn Groups, Mighty Networks, NodeBB, Reddit Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Self-Hosted Discourse, Skool, Slack, phpBB
Two alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseThree alternatives
Circle, Discourse, Zendesk CommunityFive alternatives
Circle, Discord, Discourse, Mighty Networks, Zendesk CommunityTwo alternatives
Circle, DiscordGrok 4.20Bettermode, Circleagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Vanilla, SlackBettermodeChangedagainst: Higher Logic, Khoros CommunitiesCircleagainst: SlackDiscourseagainst: Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic, phpBBDiscourseagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, Khoros Communities, LinkedIn Groups, Slackagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, Reddit, Slack
Two alternatives
Discourse, Mighty NetworksThree alternatives
Circle, Discourse, Mighty NetworksFour alternatives
Bettermode, Discord, Discourse, Mighty NetworksFour alternatives
Circle, Discord, Mighty Networks, SlackFour alternatives
Bettermode, Circle, Higher Logic Vanilla, Mighty NetworksMistral SmallCircleno first choiceChangedBettermode, Circle, Discourseagainst: Higher Logic, HivebriteDiscourseCircle, Discourseagainst: Discord, Slackagainst: Bettermode, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Thrive, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloud
Two alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseTwo alternatives
LearnWorlds, Mighty NetworksTwo alternatives
Bettermode, CircleOne alternative
Khoros CommunitiesDeepSeek V4 FlashBettermodeagainst: Higher Logic VanillaCircleChangedagainst: Higher Logic VanillaCircle, Mighty Networksagainst: Bettermode, DiscipleDiscourseCircleagainst: Discord, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communities, Slackagainst: Discourse self-hosted, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Vanilla, Hivebrite, Yelp, phpBB
Three alternatives
Circle, Discourse, Zoho CommunitySpacesTwo alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseTwo alternatives
Discourse, SkoolFour alternatives
Bettermode, Geneva, Kannect, SkoolThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, Mighty NetworksLlama 4 MaverickCircleHigher Logic VanillaChangedno first choiceCircleno first choiceagainst: Bettermode, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Thrive, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloud
Two alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseFour alternatives
Bettermode, Circle, Discourse, HeartbeatThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, SkoolQwen 3.7 FlashBettermodeCircleChangedagainst: Facebook Groups, Reddit, public DiscordCircleagainst: Discord, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Slack CommunitiesDiscourseagainst: Circleno first choiceagainst: Discord, Discourse, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Vanilla, LinkedIn Groups, Slack, Sprinklr
Two alternatives
Circle, DiscourseTwo alternatives
Discourse, Mighty NetworksThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, SkoolThree alternatives
Discord, Facebook Groups, Mighty NetworksKimi K2CircleCircleHeldagainst: Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros CommunitiesCircleagainst: HivebriteBettermodeCircleagainst: Gainsight Customer Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloudagainst: Facebook Groups, Kajabi, LinkedIn Groups, Mighty Networks
Two alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseTwo alternatives
Beam.gg, DiscourseThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, Mighty NetworksFour alternatives
Circle, Discord, Facebook Groups, SlackFive alternatives
Bettermode, Discord, Discourse, Hivebrite, SlackGLM 4.7 FlashXCircleCircleHeldBettermode, CircleDiscourseagainst: Circle, Mighty Networksno first choiceagainst: Facebook Groups, Instagram, LinkedIn Groups, Twitter/X
Two alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseThree alternatives
Bettermode, Mighty Networks, Zoho CommunitySpacesSeven alternatives
Discourse, Gainsight CS, Kannect, Mighty Networks, Rival Tech, SocialRails, Zoho CommunitySpacesFour alternatives
Bettermode, Discord, Slack, SocialRailsMiniMax M2.5BettermodeCircle, Mighty NetworksChangedCircleagainst: SlackDiscordagainst: Facebook Groupsno first choiceagainst: Discourseagainst: Facebook Groups, Hivebrite, Khoros Communities, Microcosm, Reddit
Three alternatives
Circle, Higher Logic Vanilla, Zoho CommunitySpacesThree alternatives
BigMarker, Discourse, Higher LogicFive alternatives
Bettermode, Discord, Discourse, Mighty Networks, SkoolTwo alternatives
Circle, DiscourseGPT-6 LunaBettermodeDiscourseChangedBettermodeagainst: Discord, SlackDiscourseno first choiceagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, Salesforce Experience Cloud, Slack
Two alternatives
Circle, DiscourseTwo alternatives
Bettermode, CircleThree alternatives
Circle, Discourse, Higher Logic VanillaOne alternative
CircleFour alternatives
Bettermode, Circle, Discourse, Higher Logic VanillaMuse Glimmer 30BBettermode, CircleCircleChangedCircleagainst: Discord, SlackDiscourseCircleagainst: Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communitiesagainst: Discord, Facebook Groups, Gainsight Customer Communities, Higher Logic Thrive, Higher Logic Vanilla, Khoros Communities, Salesforce Experience Cloud
One alternative
DiscourseThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, Mighty NetworksThree alternatives
Bettermode, Discourse, Mighty NetworksThree alternatives
Circle, Mighty Networks, SocialRailsTwo alternatives
Bettermode, DiscourseBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:47 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:44 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 10 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 13 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:58 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:48 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 8 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:52 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:59 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 14 | 64 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:42 | yes | 10 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 13 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:12 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:54 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:42 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:19 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 24 | 51 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:22 | yes | 15 | 80 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 20 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:15 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:20 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:27 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 9 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:38 | yes | 20 | 101 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:35 | yes | 3 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 22 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:17 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:33 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:30 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:37 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:39 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:56 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:33 | yes | 20 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:45 | yes | 9 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:45 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:26 | yes | 9 | 133 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:14 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:33 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:32 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:44 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:55 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:49 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 9 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 25 | 79 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 25 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 25 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 20 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:57 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
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Beam.gg
Higher-Logic (Vanilla)
Kho
Microcosm
Rival Tech
Spoke / Swarm
Thinkific Communities
WordPress with BuddyBoss
WordPress with community plugins
Zapier's Community (built on Slack)
Zoho Spaces
public Discord
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