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Employee giving and volunteering · November 2026 Edition
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform vs Groundswell
One of fourteen models named Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform first on the direct prompt; zero named Groundswell. Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Groundswell by twelve and Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform carries 62 labels and Groundswell 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share7%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate53%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels6226A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Uncommon Giving was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Uncommon Giving vs Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform · Uncommon Giving vs Groundswell · Millie vs Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
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 employee giving and volunteering page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGroundswell
Direct107 against Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Paraphrase206 against Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Comparative130
Budget-constrained007 against Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform · 1 against Groundswell
Scale-constrained123 against Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Negative0110 against Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform · 2 against Groundswell
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, Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform and Groundswell were named in the same answer eighty times, of the 193 answers naming Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform and the 88 naming Groundswell. In those answers Groundswell took the first choice fourteen times and Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform thirty-two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform and Groundswell stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | | | | |
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform Groundswell first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform on the left and Groundswell on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform and Groundswell stood in it.
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform first, Groundswell an alternative
1 of 14 modelsGroundswell was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform alternatives: Groundswell, Millie
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.Claude Haiku 4.5Bright Funds alternatives: Groundswell, Millie, Uncommon Giving
Gemini 3.5 FlashDeed alternatives: Alaya, Bright Funds, Groundswell, Percent Pledge
Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Deed, Groundswell, Selflessly
Grok 4.20Millie alternatives: Groundswell, Selflessly
DeepSeek V4 FlashUncommon Giving alternatives: Groundswell
Kimi K2Millie, Uncommon Giving alternatives: Groundswell
GLM 4.7 FlashXUncommon Giving alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Field Day
GPT-6 LunaMillie alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Blackbaud YourCause, Goodera
Muse Glimmer 30BUncommon Giving alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, YourCause CSRconnect
Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Mistral SmallUncommon Giving alternatives: Field Day, Millie, OnHand, Percent Pledge
Llama 4 MaverickPercent Pledge, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Qwen 3.7 FlashUncommon Giving alternatives: Millie, Percent Pledge
MiniMax M2.5Percent Pledge alternatives: Millie, Uncommon Giving
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
Groundswell leads by five points.
Groundswell5%#5 of 11Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform0%#11 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform leads at mid-market.
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform7%#5 of 12Groundswell3%#6 of 12Enterprise
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform leads by sixty-four points.
Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform70%#1 of 10Groundswell6%#3 of 10What the models said about Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
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 platforms such as Benevity unless global scale, advanced reporting, or complex compliance justifies a custom quote” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“Benevity — Highest Concern Level ... be aware of the significant administrative burdens and fees it places on nonprofits” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid if you are a Small/Mid-Market Business: Do not buy Benevity; the cost and complexity will outweigh the benefits.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Benevity is the market leader for enterprise-scale programs with the most robust global infrastructure and fastest fund distribution internationally.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“It is widely considered the gold standard for robustness and scalability but is known for being expensive and having a steeper learning curve.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“the enterprise benchmark. "The undisputed heavyweight of the enterprise market, commanding a 34% market share in the high-revenue segment."” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Groundswell
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“These may be unsuitable where native nonprofit-CRM integration or federated/community-campaign support is essential” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“starts at $12,500/year, so it's less likely to fit a tight budget” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“Groundswell and Millie — ask what screening they use now.” GPT-6 Luna · negative prompt · soft negative
“Smart, lightweight platforms (Uncommon Giving, Groundswell, momoGood) may outperform the more heavyweight enterprise options” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“lean toward modern, high-agility CSR tools (such as *Deed*, *Groundswell*, *Percent Pledge*, or *Uncommon Giving*)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Platforms like YourCause and Groundswell specifically target 500-1,000 employee companies” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
Uncommon Giving vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformUncommon Giving vs GroundswellMillie vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformMillie vs GroundswellSelflessly vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformSelflessly vs GroundswellSubmittable vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformSubmittable vs GroundswellBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform vs Percent PledgeBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform vs Field DayGroundswell vs Percent PledgeGroundswell vs Field DayAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full giving & volunteering standing
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.