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Compliance training for small business buyers

Asked as “compliance training platform”, and as “harassment prevention training provider”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
35%
Contested · EasyLlama 33%
35TalentLMS33EasyLlama09Coggno23others

35% 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
01TalentLMS35%0%39endorsed leader
02EasyLlama33%6%49endorsed leader
03Coggno9%0%26accepted challenger
04SC Training5%0%14accepted challenger
05Traliant2%5%20accepted challenger
06Ethena2%12%17accepted challenger
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
07iSpring Learn0%15%13accepted 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.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight 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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01TalentLMS35%
02EasyLlama33%
03Coggno9%
04SC Training5%
05Traliant2%
06Ethena2%
07iSpring Learn0%

What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, 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.
Cornerstone OnDemand
80%
4 of 5 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise platforms (like Docebo or Cornerstone) which often charge thousands of dollars in upfront setup” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
360training
75%
3 of 4 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“has a history of complaints and an F BBB rating, with issues including failure to respond to customer complaints” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Absorb LMS
67%
4 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid mid-market options like LearnUpon or Absorb” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt
Compliance Training Online
100%
3 of 3 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“has a history of complaints and an F BBB rating, with issues including failure to respond to customer complaints” MiniMax M2.5, 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

64 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. 869 links across 207 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

vendor site · Coggno49 answers · 102 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Mitratech31 answers · 43 citations · 10 models
vendor site · CompliQuest31 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Valamis30 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
vendor site · BizLibrary25 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Continu25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 36 citations · 6 models
vendor site · EasyLlama17 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Emtrain16 answers · 18 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Konstantly16 answers · 18 citations · 6 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 9 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 compliance training platform”, “compliance training platform”, “compliance training providers”. 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 visitsPaid search a month, est.Google ads, last 30 daysBest Google position
TalentLMS talentlms.com35%4218,10010382,431$1,179119
EasyLlama easyllama.com33%973,6002480,528158
Coggno coggno.com9%54210014,1381
SC Training safetyculture.com5%51590825466,9811
Kantola kantola.com5%5880778510
Traliant traliant.com
Traliant 2%, Clear Law Institute 0%
2%945,4005812,679$51196
Ethena goethena.com2%513,60011510,808$565
CFIB-FCEI2%
EEOC eeoc.gov2%1
Edutainment Planet2%

Google's top ten for the three searches hold 23 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (bizlibrary.com, easyllama.com, g2.com, valamis.com). The first result for “best compliance training platform” is exec.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 compliance training platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which harassment prevention training provider would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top compliance training providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best compliance training platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a compliance training platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which compliance training providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5TalentLMS
Two alternativesCoreCompliance, SkyPrep
no first choiceChangedEasyLlama
Three alternativesCoggno, TalentLMS, Traliant
EasyLlama
Four alternativesCoggno, CoreCompliance, SkyPrep, TalentLMS
no first choiceagainst: Compliance Training Online, Supervisor Compliance Training Department
GPT-5.4 miniTalentLMS
Four alternativesAbsorb LMS, EasyLlama, Ethena, LearnUpon
NAVEXChanged
One alternativeEverfi
TalentLMS
Four alternativesEasyLlama, LearnUpon, Traliant, iSpring Learn
against: Absorb LMS
EasyLlama, TalentLMSagainst: Absorb LMS, Continu, SAP Litmosno first choicenothing named
Gemini 3.5 FlashEasyLlama
Six alternativesDrata, Ethena, SC Training, TalentLMS, Vanta, Wizer
EthenaChanged
Two alternativesEasyLlama, Traliant
EasyLlama, Ethena
Three alternativesCoggno, TalentLMS, Traliant
Coggno
Three alternativesKonstantly, SC Training, TalentLMS
against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo
EasyLlama
Four alternativesBambooHR, Ethena, Rippling LMS, TalentLMS
against: NAVEX, Skillsoft Percipio
against: Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP Litmos, Saba, Workday Learning
Perplexity SonarTalentLMS
Two alternativesCoggno, EasyLlama
TraliantChanged
Two alternativesCoggno, ProProfs Training Maker
EasyLlama
Five alternativesBizLibrary, Coggno, Ethena, TalentLMS, Traliant
TalentLMS
Three alternativesCoggno, EasyLlama, SC Training
no first choicenothing named
Grok 4.20EasyLlama
Two alternativesTalentLMS, iSpring Learn
against: Ethena, Traliant
EasyLlamaHeld
Three alternativesClear Law Institute, Kantola, Traliant
EasyLlama
Four alternativesBizLibrary, Ethena, Mitratech Syntrio, Traliant
SC Training, TalentLMS
One alternativeEasyLlama
against: iSpring Learn
no first choice
Four alternatives360Learning, BizLibrary, Coggno, EasyLlama
against: 360training, Compliance Training Online, Workwise Compliance
Mistral SmallEasyLlama
Two alternativesTalentLMS, Trainual
EasyLlamaHeld
One alternativeTraliant
EasyLlama, Ethena
Three alternativesBizLibrary, Rethink Compliance, Traliant
Coggno, TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, Trainual
no first choiceagainst: EasyLlama
DeepSeek V4 FlashTalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, SC Training
against: Trainual
EasyLlamaChanged
Three alternativesEthena, ProProfs Training Maker, Traliant
EasyLlama, Ethena
Five alternativesCoggno, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn
SC Training
Three alternativesCoggno, Securan, TalentLMS
against: Cornerstone OnDemand, EasyLlama, NAVEX, iSpring Learn
no first choiceagainst: Avetta, EasyLlama, J.J. Keller & Associates
Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceCFIB-FCEI, EEOC, Edutainment PlanetChangedEasyLlama
Four alternativesBizLibrary, Ethena, Mitratech Syntrio, Traliant
Coggno, TalentLMS
Two alternativesEasyLlama, iSpring Learn
no first choiceagainst: Ethena
Qwen 3.7 FlashTalentLMS
Five alternativesAbsorb LMS, SC Training, Sprinto, Trainual, Vanta
EasyLlamaChanged
One alternativeDebra Levine Group
EasyLlama
Three alternativesBizLibrary, Ethena, Traliant
TalentLMS
Two alternativesCoggno, iSpring Learn
against: Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP SuccessFactors
no first choicenothing named
Kimi K2TalentLMS
Three alternativesEasyLlama, Ethena, Trainual
Coggno, KantolaChanged
Four alternativesAffordable Educators, Clear Law Institute, EasyLlama, ProProfs Training Maker
EasyLlama
Four alternativesSC Training, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn
TalentLMS
Three alternativesCoggno, Securan, iSpring Learn
no first choiceagainst: 360training, ComplianceOnline, Harbor Compliance, NAVEX, SAI360, Skillsoft Percipio
GLM 4.7 FlashXEasyLlama
Four alternatives360Learning, Coggno, SC Training, TalentLMS
EasyLlama, KantolaChanged
Two alternativesCoggno, Traliant
EasyLlama
Eight alternatives360Learning, Coggno, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, SC Training, Securan, TalentLMS, Trainual, iSpring Learn
against: Absorb LMS
EasyLlama
Five alternativesNAVEX, SC Training, Securan, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn
no first choicenothing named
MiniMax M2.5TalentLMS
Four alternativesCoggno, CompliQuest, EasyLlama, SC Training
EasyLlamaChanged
Three alternativesCoggno, Kantola, Traliant
EasyLlama
Four alternativesEmtrain, Ethena, TalentLMS, Traliant
TalentLMS
Two alternativesCoggno, iSpring Learn
against: Absorb LMS, LearnUpon
no first choiceagainst: 360training, Compliance Training Online, ComplianceIQ, Workwise Compliance, e-Workplace Training Inc
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 19:29yes97 s
Direct recommendationGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:00yes26 s
Direct recommendationGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:03yes2349 s
Direct recommendationPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:26yes206 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 20:12yes3119 s
Direct recommendationMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:42yes55 s
Direct recommendationDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 18:42yes2831 s
Direct recommendationLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:44yes53 s
Direct recommendationQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 18:38no030 s
Direct recommendationKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:31yes730 s
Direct recommendationGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:18yes845 s
Direct recommendationMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:40yes517 s
ParaphraseClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:48no03 s
ParaphraseGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:53yes36 s
ParaphraseGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:41yes1721 s
ParaphrasePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:10yes205 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 18:52yes2618 s
ParaphraseMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 18:10yes67 s
ParaphraseDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:39yes1317 s
ParaphraseLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 21:19yes54 s
ParaphraseQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 21:23yes536 s
ParaphraseKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:14yes1018 s
ParaphraseGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:29yes1187 s
ParaphraseMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:47yes825 s
ComparativeClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:55yes1610 s
ComparativeGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:01yes49 s
ComparativeGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 22:02yes1649 s
ComparativePerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 18:04yes2010 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 18:16yes2414 s
ComparativeMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 17:53yes57 s
ComparativeDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 18:35yes2627 s
ComparativeLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:00yes53 s
ComparativeQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:16yes930 s
ComparativeKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 18:14yes926 s
ComparativeGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 21:31yes13111 s
ComparativeMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 19:17yes926 s
Budget constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 19:46yes98 s
Budget constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 19:59yes45 s
Budget constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 20:09yes1722 s
Budget constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:06yes206 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 21:27yes3420 s
Budget constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:46yes54 s
Budget constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 20:23yes2720 s
Budget constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:26yes53 s
Budget constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:36yes517 s
Budget constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 21:34yes1423 s
Budget constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 18:55yes8258 s
Budget constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:46yes511 s
Scale constrainedClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 20:31no06 s
Scale constrainedGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 18:50no08 s
Scale constrainedGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 19:53yes1422 s
Scale constrainedPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 20:46yes208 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 21:17yes1410 s
Scale constrainedMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 20:43no07 s
Scale constrainedDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks2026-09-17 21:33yes912 s
Scale constrainedLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:37yes53 s
Scale constrainedQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 19:58no025 s
Scale constrainedKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 20:45yes921 s
Scale constrainedGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:03yes1422 s
Scale constrainedMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 21:45yes520 s
Negative framingClaude Haiku 4.5claude-haiku-4-5-202510012026-09-17 18:17yes169 s
Negative framingGPT-5.4 minigpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-172026-09-17 21:38no05 s
Negative framingGemini 3.5 Flashgemini-3.5-flash2026-09-17 18:45yes2124 s
Negative framingPerplexity Sonarsonar2026-09-17 19:03yes206 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 18:37yes3719 s
Negative framingMistral Smallmistral/mistral-small via mistral2026-09-17 21:18yes56 s
Negative framingDeepSeek V4 Flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra2026-09-17 19:31yes2549 s
Negative framingLlama 4 Maverickmeta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock2026-09-17 20:56yes53 s
Negative framingQwen 3.7 Flashalibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba2026-09-17 20:28no024 s
Negative framingKimi K2moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita2026-09-17 19:32yes2934 s
Negative framingGLM 4.7 FlashXzai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai2026-09-17 20:10yes25142 s
Negative framingMiniMax M2.5minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax2026-09-17 18:29yes2030 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
360Training.com read as 360training
Absorb read as Absorb LMS
Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand
EdApp read as SC Training
KnowBe4 read as KnowBe4 Compliance Plus
Litmos read as SAP Litmos
Mitratech read as Mitratech Syntrio
NAVEX One read as NAVEX
ProProfs read as ProProfs Training Maker
Rippling read as Rippling LMS
Skillsoft read as Skillsoft Percipio
iSpring LMS read as iSpring Learn
Unresolved, counted raw
Affordable Educators
Avetta
CFIB-FCEI
Compono
Debra Levine Group
EEOC
EEOC Training Institute
Edutainment Planet
Harbor Compliance
OSHA.gov
Sprinto
Supervisor Compliance Training Department
Wizer
e-Workplace Training Inc
uSecure
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.
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