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Employee wellbeing and mental health

Asked as “employee wellbeing platform”, and as “mental health benefit for employees”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
30%
Contested · Spring Health 16%
30Wellable16Spring Health10Avidon Health44others

30% of first choices, contested.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01Wellable30%0%36endorsed leader
02Spring Health16%0%14accepted challenger
03Lyra Health10%8%13accepted challenger
04Vantage Fit6%0%16accepted challenger
05Headspace for Employers2%24%29accepted challenger
Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
08Calm Health0%32%19criticized challenger
06Personify Health0%16%19accepted challenger
07Wellhub0%0%12accepted challenger
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
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01Wellable30%
02Spring Health16%
03Lyra Health10%
04Vantage Fit6%
05Headspace for Employers2%
06Personify Health0%
07Wellhub0%
08Calm Health0%

What they warned about

Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
BetterHelp
88%
7 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Apps to Avoid or Use with Extreme Caution ... Better Help - Shared personal information with third parties, vague privacy policies” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Talkspace
88%
7 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Mental health apps that lack variety in tools and activities, accurate information, and clear scientific knowledge. Examples include Talkspace.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Headspace for Employers
24%
7 of 29 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Headspace collects a wide range of personal information including health data... shares user data with third-party platforms for targeted advertising” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Cerebral
100%
6 of 6 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“$7 million fine, with $5.1 million earmarked for consumer refunds... Data breach in 2023 affected over 3.1 million individuals” Kimi K2, negative prompt

What they cite

Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.

Sites the answers cite

61 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 891 links across 326 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Gartner26 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow20 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Vantage Fit18 answers · 29 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Avidon Health16 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Wellable14 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
vendor site · FirstHR13 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Champion Health12 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G211 answers · 26 citations · 7 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

Search against answers

Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best employee wellbeing platform”, “employee wellbeing platform”, “wellbeing platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Company and productsShareOwn site citedName searches, GoogleAI search demand, est.Organic visitsGoogle ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
Wellable wellable.co30%1255,4006436,8133
Spring Health springhealth.com16%4960,5001,464141,54348
Lyra lyrahealth.com
Lyra Health 10%
10%4527,100387119,49278
Avidon Health avidonhealth.com10%211008,270
Vantage Fit vantagefit.io6%6511023,99469
Modern Health modernhealth.com6%448,10028112,363
Wellbeats wellbeats.com4%61,300177,571
Ginger headspace.com
Headspace for Employers 2%, Ginger 2%
4%93201,000197,415699,36473
YuMuuv yumuuv.com2%2848032,05116
Unmind unmind.com2%4172057871

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, gartner.com, vantagefit.io). The first result for “best employee wellbeing platform” is g2.com.

How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
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ModelDirect“What is the best employee wellbeing platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which mental health benefit for employees would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top wellbeing platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best employee wellbeing platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an employee wellbeing platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which wellbeing platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Wellable
Two alternativesTerryberry, WellRight
against: Personify Health
no first choiceChangedWoliba
Four alternativesMotivosity, Personify Health, Unmind, Wellness360
Wellable
Three alternativesSprout at Work, Vantage Fit, Wellbeats
no first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Cerebral, Headspace for Employers, Replika: My AI Friend, Talkspace
GPT-5.4 miniWellable
Four alternativesGoVida, Reward Gateway, TeamMood, YuMuuv
no first choiceChangedno first choice
Eight alternativesHeadspace for Employers, Microsoft Viva, Perkbox, Reward Gateway, Thrive Global, Vantage Circle, Vantage Fit, Wellable
Wellable
Two alternativesSworkit Enterprise, WellSteps
no first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashBenepass
Eight alternativesCompt, Fringe, Modern Health, Motivosity, Spring Health, Vantage Fit, Well-being, Wellable
against: Personify Health
Modern Health, Spring HealthChangedagainst: Lyra Healthno first choiceVantage Fit
Three alternativesAvidon Health, Woliba, YuMuuv
against: MoveSpring
no first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Cerebral, Done Global, Monument, Noom
Perplexity SonarWellable
Four alternativesLimeade, Navigate Wellbeing, Personify Health, Vantage Fit
Lyra Health, Spring HealthChangedno first choice
Eight alternativesGoPivot, Headspace for Employers, Personify Health, Terryberry, Unmind, Vantage Fit, Wellable, Wellhub
Wellable
Five alternativesSprout at Work, Vantage Fit, Wellbeats, Woliba, YuMuuv
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.20Wellable
Four alternativesSprout at Work, Vantage Fit, Wellness360, Woliba
Lyra Health, Spring HealthChangedCalm Health, Headspace for Employers
Three alternativesInsight Timer, MyFitnessPal, Noom
Wellbeats
Two alternativesAvidon Health, YuMuuv
no first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Calm Health, Cerebral, Flo Health, Headspace for Employers, Hims & Hers, Omna, Replika: My AI Friend, Talkspace, Woebot, Youper
Mistral SmallGoPivot, Wellable
Two alternativesGoVida, Wellbees
no first choiceChangedno first choiceNectarHR, WellSteps
Two alternativesWellable, Wellics
no first choiceagainst: Calm Health, Happify, Headspace for Employers, Moodfit
DeepSeek V4 FlashWellable
Three alternativesLyra Health, WellRight, Wellhub
Modern Health, Spring HealthChanged
One alternativeLyra Health
no first choice
Ten alternativesCalm Health, Headspace for Employers, Limeade, Lyra Health, Motivosity, Personify Health, Spring Health, Unmind, Wellable, Wellhub
Vantage Fit, Wellbeats
Three alternativesBurnalong, Sprout at Work, Wellable
no first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Cerebral, Flo Health, Talkspace
Llama 4 MaverickWellableno first choiceChangedno first choiceAvidon Health
Two alternativesSprout at Work, YuMuuv
no first choiceagainst: Calm Health, Happify, Headspace for Employers, Moodfit, Talkspace
Qwen 3.7 FlashTotalWellbeing, Unmind, Wellable
Four alternativesCalm Health, Headspace for Employers, Limeade, Perks
Ginger, Lyra Health, Modern Health, Spring HealthChangedagainst: Headspace for Employersno first choiceAvidon Health, Headspace for Employers
Three alternativesCalm Health, Wellbeats, YuMuuv
no first choiceagainst: Calm Health, Sonia, Woebot
Kimi K2Wellable
Five alternativesLimeade, Navigate Wellbeing, Personify Health, Sprout at Work, Wellbees
Spring HealthChanged
Two alternativesLyra Health, Talkspace
against: Employee Assistance Program
no first choice
Seven alternativesCalm Health, Headspace for Employers, Lyra Health, Personify Health, Spring Health, Unmind, Wellable
Avidon Health, Vantage Fit
Two alternativesWellable, Wellbeats
no first choice
Four alternativesHeadspace for Employers, Limeade, Vantage Fit, Wellable
against: Personify Health
against: 23andMe, BetterHelp, Cerebral, Faithful Counseling, Headspace for Employers, MyTherapist, Pride Counseling, ReGain, Shine, Talkspace, Teen Counseling, Terappeuta, Whoop, Youper, iCounseling
GLM 4.7 FlashXWellable
One alternativeVantage Fit
Lyra Health, Spring HealthChanged
One alternativeCalmerry
no first choiceAvidon Health, Wellable
Two alternativesBHN Extras, YuMuuv
no first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Calm Health, ChatGPT, Claude, Happify, Headspace for Employers, Moodfit, Talkspace, Wysa
MiniMax M2.5Wellable
Three alternativesAvidon Health, GoPivot, WellRight
Lyra Health, Spring HealthChanged
Two alternativesHeadspace for Employers, Unmind
Wellable, Wellness360
Three alternativesLimeade, Personify Health, Wellhub
Avidon Health, YuMuuv
One alternativeWellable
no first choiceagainst: Better Stop Suicide, BetterHelp, Calm Health, Cerebral, Finch, Ginger, Glorify, Insight Timer, Pray.com, Replika: My AI Friend, Talkspace, Woebot, Youper
Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
PromptModelVersion stringTime (UTC)SearchedSourcesLatency
Direct recommendationClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:57yes1411 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:23yes47 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:29yes1721 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:40yes206 s
Direct recommendationGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:13yes4323 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:40yes54 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 18:16yes1838 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:18yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:03no025 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:53yes1737 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 19:56yes1120 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:27yes1323 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:42no06 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:24no04 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:02yes1019 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:07yes205 s
ParaphraseGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 21:24yes137 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:24no01 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:43yes1918 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 19:02yes53 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:30no041 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:12yes1029 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:42yes989 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:21yes526 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:11yes97 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:10yes59 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:04yes1949 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:41yes2010 s
ComparativeGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 19:11yes3115 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:27yes56 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:49yes1821 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:39yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:37yes928 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:39yes1533 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:10yes19232 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:49yes2034 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:41yes1610 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:51yes34 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 21:55yes2151 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:19yes206 s
Budget constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 18:50yes3218 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:30yes55 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 17:59yes911 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:44yes52 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:58yes526 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:50yes1020 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:12yes1323 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 20:29yes511 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:17no07 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:12no010 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:26yes920 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:03yes209 s
Scale constrainedGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 17:59yes1410 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 19:39no08 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:42yes1318 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 17:58yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:11no028 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:13yes1429 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:14yes1427 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:45no011 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 21:10yes189 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:13yes46 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:04yes2855 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:09yes209 s
Negative framingGrok 4.20spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version)2026-09-17 19:58yes4919 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:45yes55 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 18:52yes3052 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:33yes52 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:01no033 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:24yes3043 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:25yes2666 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:37yes1060 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

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Category-scoped readings
Calm read as Calm Health
Calm (Calm for Business) read as Calm Health
Calm Business read as Calm Health
Headspace read as Headspace for Employers
Headspace (Headspace for Work) read as Headspace for Employers
Headspace for Business read as Headspace for Employers
Headspace for Work read as Headspace for Employers
Lyra read as Lyra Health
Replika read as Replika: My AI Friend
Sprout read as Sprout at Work
TELUS Health (formerly Sprout) read as LifeWorks
Unresolved, counted raw
23andMe
7 Cups
BHN Extras
Better Stop Suicide
Big Think
Done Global (Done Health)
Fabulous
Faithful Counseling
Finch
Glorify
Monument
MyFitnessPal
MyTherapist
NectarHR (Employee Wellness Software)
Omna
Oura
Perks
Pray.com
Pride Counseling
ReGain
Shine
Sleepio
Sonia
Teen Counseling
Terappeuta
TotalWellbeing
Zeno / Wysa
iCounseling
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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