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Customer education and LMS · November 2026 Edition

LearnWorlds vs Thought Industries

Zero of fourteen models named LearnWorlds first on the direct prompt; two named Thought Industries. LearnWorlds was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Thought Industries by thirteen and LearnWorlds carries 29 labels and Thought Industries 41, so the shares are not directly comparable.

LearnWorlds

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Thought Industries

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share13%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%22%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2941A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, LearnWorlds reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Skilljar was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Skilljar vs LearnWorlds · Skilljar vs Thought Industries · LearnUpon vs LearnWorlds

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 Customer education and LMS page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LearnWorldsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsThought Industries
Direct021 against Thought Industries
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained602 against Thought Industries
Scale-constrained10
Negative001 against LearnWorlds · 6 against Thought Industries
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, LearnWorlds and Thought Industries were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 90 answers naming LearnWorlds and the 112 naming Thought Industries. In those answers Thought Industries took the first choice one time and LearnWorlds nine.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where LearnWorlds and Thought Industries stood in it.

Thought Industries first, LearnWorlds not the choice

2 of 14 modelsLearnWorlds was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Kimi K2Thought Industries alternatives: Absorb LMS, LearnUpon, Skilljar
Muse Glimmer 30BAbsorb LMS, Thought Industries alternatives: Disco, LearnUpon

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Intellum, Skilljar alternatives: Absorb LMS, LearnUpon, TalentLMS, Thought Industries, WorkRamp
Gemini 3.5 FlashSkilljar alternatives: Absorb LMS, Docebo, LearnUpon, Thought Industries, WorkRamp
Perplexity SonarSkilljar alternatives: Absorb LMS, LearnUpon, LearnWorlds, TalentLMS
Grok 4.20LearnUpon alternatives: Skilljar, Thought Industries
Mistral SmallLearnUpon alternatives: Absorb LMS, Docebo, Skilljar, Thought Industries
DeepSeek V4 FlashWorkRamp alternatives: Docebo, LearnUpon, Skilljar, Thought Industries

Neither was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSkilljar alternatives: Absorb LMS, Docebo, LearnUpon
Llama 4 MaverickLearnUpon alternatives: Absorb LMS, Seismic, Skilljar, TalentLMS
Qwen 3.7 FlashSkilljar alternatives: Helpjuice, Pendo, UserGuiding
GLM 4.7 FlashXAbsorb LMS, LearnUpon alternatives: Skilljar, TalentLMS
MiniMax M2.5LearnUpon, TalentLMS alternatives: Skilljar
GPT-6 LunaSkilljar alternatives: LearnUpon, Thinkific

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
LearnWorlds leads by twenty-nine points.
LearnWorlds29%#2 of 12
Thought Industries0%#11 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
LearnWorlds leads by nine points.
LearnWorlds13%#4 of 13
Thought Industries4%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Thought Industries leads at enterprise.
Thought Industries8%#4 of 10
LearnWorlds0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about LearnWorlds

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

“surface those kinds of complaints for multiple tools, including LearnWorlds, DigitalChalk, and Continu” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“Strong all-rounder for engaging, branded academies; good UX, interactive tools, e-commerce, and white-label. Often praised for customer training.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · first choice
“LearnWorlds starts at $24/mo, making it the most budget-friendly way to launch a branded academy” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“TalentLMS and LearnWorlds are the top recommendations for companies with limited budgets” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Thought Industries

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

“Avoid enterprise tools like Skilljar, Docebo, or Thought Industries” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid (Enterprise-Only Pricing)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Lower average rating than peers; reviews mention needs for better reporting, dashboards, and functionality.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Thought Industries is frequently cited as the mid-market specialist with flexible API and white-label academy.” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Thought Industries ⭐ Best Overall for Mid-Market B2B” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Thought Industries is better for organizations operating several branded academies or selling professional education.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
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.