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Employee giving and volunteering · November 2026 Edition

Groundswell vs Field Day

Zero of fourteen models named Groundswell first on the direct prompt; zero named Field Day. Groundswell was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Field Day by ten and Groundswell carries 26 labels and Field Day 20, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Groundswell

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Field Day

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share3%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2620A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Groundswell 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 Groundswell · Uncommon Giving vs Field Day · Millie vs Groundswell

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.
GroundswellFirst choices, of fourteen modelsField Day
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained021 against Groundswell
Scale-constrained20
Negative102 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, Groundswell and Field Day were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 88 answers naming Groundswell and the 44 naming Field Day. In those answers Field Day took the first choice zero times and Groundswell two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Groundswell and Field Day stood in it.
ModelDirectFDParaphraseFDComparativeFDBudget-constrainedFDScale-constrainedFDNegativeFD
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20FD
Mistral SmallFDFD
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 MaverickFD
Qwen 3.7 FlashFD
Kimi K2FD
GLM 4.7 FlashXFDFDFD
MiniMax M2.5FDFD
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30BFD
GroundswellFD Field Day first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Groundswell on the left and Field Day on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Groundswell and Field Day stood in it.

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
GPT-5.4 miniBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform alternatives: Groundswell, Millie
Gemini 3.5 FlashDeed alternatives: Alaya, Bright Funds, Groundswell, Percent Pledge
Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Deed, Groundswell, Selflessly
Grok 4.20Millie alternatives: Groundswell, Selflessly
Mistral SmallUncommon Giving alternatives: Field Day, Millie, OnHand, Percent Pledge
DeepSeek V4 FlashUncommon Giving alternatives: Groundswell
Kimi K2Millie, Uncommon Giving alternatives: Groundswell
GLM 4.7 FlashXUncommon Giving alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Field Day

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 MaverickPercent Pledge, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Qwen 3.7 FlashUncommon Giving alternatives: Millie, Percent Pledge
MiniMax M2.5Percent Pledge alternatives: Millie, Uncommon Giving
GPT-6 LunaMillie alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Blackbaud YourCause, Goodera
Muse Glimmer 30BUncommon Giving alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, YourCause CSRconnect

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 two points.
Groundswell5%#5 of 11
Field Day3%#7 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Groundswell3%#6 of 12
Field Day3%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Groundswell leads by six points.
Groundswell6%#3 of 10
Field Day0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

What the models said about Field Day

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

“Tightest budget: Start with POINT (free) or Field Day (low per-user cost)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Best Overall Value for Small Teams (Under 100 Employees) Platform: Field Day” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Best for: Companies wanting a user-friendly interface with dynamic enterprise reporting” GLM 4.7 FlashX · 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.