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Customer success platforms · November 2026 Edition

Planhat vs Totango

One of fourteen models named Planhat first on the direct prompt; zero named Totango. Both were named by all fourteen models and Planhat carries 49 labels and Totango 51, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Planhat

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Totango

accepted challenger

Named in six categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate10%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#7A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels4951A 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 Totango · 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 modelsTotango
Direct10
Paraphrase00
Comparative01
Budget-constrained011 against Planhat
Scale-constrained001 against Totango
Negative004 against Planhat · 9 against Totango
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 Totango were named in the same answer 109 times, of the 187 answers naming Planhat and the 176 naming Totango. In those answers Totango took the first choice five times and Planhat six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Planhat first, Totango an alternative

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniChurnZero, Gainsight Customer Success alternatives: HubSpot Customer Success Workspace, Totango, Vitally
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
DeepSeek V4 FlashChurnZero, ClientSuccess alternatives: 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

2 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
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
Totango leads by two points.
Totango2%#8 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
Totango2%#7 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Planhat10%#3 of 9
Totango10%#2 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 Totango

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

“Avoid Totango if your team prioritizes ease of use and daily friction reduction over deep customization.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Approach with caution—particularly problematic if you need reliable health scoring or fast support.” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Totango has broad features in theory but consistent complaints about UX speed, bugs and slow support make it a risk” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Gainsight and Totango lead with depth, compliance, and flexibility.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“Best Free / Freemium Option: Totango (Starter Plan)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
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.