# Heartbeat: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 2 judge labels across 1 category by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/heartbeat

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Community platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/customer/community-platforms/index.md) | 0% | 62 | 50% | 2 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best Mid-Range Affordable Option: Heartbeat / BetterMode" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Community)

## And against it

- "Heartbeat's export documentation says its export omits chat and direct messages, uploaded media files, events, and course progress." (GPT-6 Luna, Community)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Heartbeat, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- circle.so: 3
- higherlogic.com: 3
- sourceforge.net: 3
- spotsaas.com: 3
- bettermode.com: 2
- discourse.org: 2
- g2.com: 2
- ventureharbour.com: 2
- buddyxtheme.com: 1
- business-software.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://spotsaas.com/blog/best-online-community-management-software: 3
- https://circle.so/blog/best-community-platforms: 2
- https://g2.com/categories/online-community-management/small-business: 2
- https://ventureharbour.com/best-community-software: 2
- https://bettermode.com/blog/all-in-one-community-platform: 1
- https://bettermode.com/pricing: 1
- https://buddyxtheme.com/cost-running-online-community-2026: 1
- https://business-software.com/blog/top-community-forum-software: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.