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Customer success platforms · November 2026 Edition

Planhat vs ClientSuccess

One of fourteen models named Planhat first on the direct prompt; one named ClientSuccess. Planhat was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and ClientSuccess by twelve and Planhat carries 49 labels and ClientSuccess 25, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Planhat

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

ClientSuccess

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels4925A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Planhat reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Vitally was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. ChurnZero vs Planhat · ChurnZero vs ClientSuccess · Vitally 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 customer success 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.
PlanhatFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClientSuccess
Direct11
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Planhat
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Planhat · 4 against ClientSuccess
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, Planhat and ClientSuccess were named in the same answer fifty-one times, of the 187 answers naming Planhat and the 83 naming ClientSuccess. In those answers ClientSuccess took the first choice one time and Planhat one.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Planhat first, ClientSuccess not the choice

1 of 14 modelsClientSuccess was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
MiniMax M2.5ChurnZero, Planhat alternatives: Catalyst, Skalin, Totango, Vitally

ClientSuccess first, Planhat an alternative

1 of 14 modelsPlanhat was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashChurnZero, ClientSuccess alternatives: Planhat, Vitally

Neither was the first choice, one was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashChurnZero alternatives: ClientSuccess, Planhat, Totango, Vitally
Perplexity SonarChurnZero alternatives: Planhat, Vitally
Grok 4.20ChurnZero alternatives: Planhat, Vitally
Mistral SmallChurnZero alternatives: HubSpot Service Hub, Planhat, Vitally
Qwen 3.7 FlashVitally alternatives: ChurnZero, Planhat, Totango
Kimi K2ChurnZero alternatives: Planhat, Vitally
GLM 4.7 FlashXChurnZero alternatives: Planhat, Skalin, Totango, Vitally
GPT-6 LunaVitally alternatives: ChurnZero, Planhat
Muse Glimmer 30BChurnZero alternatives: ClientSuccess, Planhat, Vitally

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniChurnZero, Gainsight Customer Success alternatives: HubSpot Customer Success Workspace, Totango, Vitally
Llama 4 MaverickChurnZero alternatives: Custify, Vitally

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
ClientSuccess leads by twelve points.
ClientSuccess12%#4 of 10
Planhat0%#9 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Planhat2%#6 of 9
ClientSuccess2%#8 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Planhat leads at enterprise.
Planhat10%#3 of 9
ClientSuccess2%#7 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Planhat

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

“Called "useless" in some threads, possibly due to rollout or fit, with complaints about it not delivering intended value.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Steep learning curve for customization... Some users report it as "useless"” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“ChurnZero or Planhat are generally considered the best balance of functionality and usability” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“Mid-market companies wanting a balance of power and ease of use | 3–4 months | Strong admin experience, clean UX, and fast implementation” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · alternative
“Flexible for mid-market, with strong analytics, segmentation, and growth tools. Scales to enterprise but starts simpler.” Grok 4.20 · scale prompt · alternative

What the models said about ClientSuccess

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

“Mixed experiences—some love the 360-view and ease, but others note limited filtering, manual setup, arbitrary health scoring” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“ClientSuccess reviews also mention bugs and the platform not feeling mature enough for some teams” GPT-5.4 mini · negative prompt · soft negative
“ChurnZero and ClientSuccess are the strongest recommendations” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Fast-growing mid-market teams | Weeks | Focus on speed to value and simplicity; good for smaller CS teams.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · scale prompt · alternative
“choose it if you want straightforward health scoring and renewal management with less feature complexity” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase 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.