# Mentoring software: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "mentoring program software" and as "employee mentoring platform", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/learning/mentoring-software/2026-11

**Standing:** Together leads with 47% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Together](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/together/index.md) | 47% | 10% | 50 |
| 2 | [MentorcliQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorcliq/index.md) | 11% | 20% | 49 |
| 3 | [Mentornity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentornity/index.md) | 11% | 0% | 17 |
| 4 | [Mentorloop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorloop/index.md) | 9% | 5% | 43 |
| 5 | [PushFar](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pushfar/index.md) | 8% | 4% | 26 |
| 6 | [Mentorgain](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorgain/index.md) | 4% | 0% | 12 |
| 7 | [Qooper](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/qooper/index.md) | 2% | 11% | 37 |
| 12 | [Chronus](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/chronus/index.md) | 0% | 26% | 35 |
| 13 | [MentorCruise](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorcruise/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 13 |
| 14 | [ADPList](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/adplist/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 15 | [Ten Thousand Coffees](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/ten-thousand-coffees/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 11 |
| 16 | [MentorCity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorcity/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 12 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 82 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Mentorloop, Qooper; alternatives Chronus, Together
- GPT-5.4 mini: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, Mentorloop
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Together; alternatives Chronus, Mentorloop, Qooper
- Perplexity Sonar: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper
- Grok 4.20: Together; alternatives Chronus, MentorcliQ, Qooper
- Mistral Small: MentorcliQ, Together; alternatives Growthspace, Qooper
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: MentorcliQ, Together Corporate Mentorship; alternatives Disprz, Mentorloop
- Kimi K2: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: no first choice
- MiniMax M2.5: MentorcliQ, Together; alternatives Chronus, Mentorgain, Mentorloop
- GPT-6 Luna: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Together; alternatives Growthspace, MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Ten Thousand Coffees

## Sources the answers cite

75 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- softwareadvice.com: 40 answers, 61 citations
- getapp.com: 34 answers, 50 citations
- capterra.com: 31 answers, 45 citations
- g2.com: 30 answers, 38 citations
- brancher.com.au: 26 answers, 27 citations
- qooper.io: 24 answers, 45 citations
- togetherplatform.com: 23 answers, 28 citations
- mentornity.com: 21 answers, 30 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://softwareadvice.com/mentoring (28 answers)
- https://capterra.com/mentoring-software (25 answers)
- https://brancher.com.au/blog/best-mentoring-software (24 answers)
- https://getapp.com/hr-employee-management-software/mentoring/org/mid-size-business (22 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/performance/mentoring-software (20 answers)
- https://disprz.ai/blog/coaching-mentoring-software (15 answers)
- https://chronus.com/blog/top-mentoring-platforms (13 answers)
- https://softwareworld.co/top-mentoring-software (13 answers)
- https://capterra.co.uk/directory/30803/mentoring/software (11 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/mentoring/enterprise (11 answers)

## Warned against

- MentorcliQ: 10 of 49 labels negative. "Do not use these platforms unless you have added significant manual "off-platform" safeguards." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Chronus: 9 of 35 labels negative. "Do not use these platforms unless you have added significant manual "off-platform" safeguards." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Together: 5 of 50 labels negative. "Avoid starting with enterprise platforms such as MentorcliQ or Together" (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt)
- Qooper: 4 of 37 labels negative. "Enterprise products such as Chronus, MentorcliQ, Together, and Qooper are generally purchased by employers rather than individuals." (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Together at 47%.

- Together: 28% to 47%, +19. Cleared the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 82, unchanged.
- Mentorloop: 15% to 9%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 2 → 4 of 82.
- Chronus: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 12 of 82.
- MentorCity: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 7 → 16 of 82.
- Guider: 6% to 0%, −6. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 6 → 20 of 82.
- Mentornity: 6% to 11%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 8 → 3 of 82.
- MentorcliQ: 9% to 11%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 → 2 of 82.
- Mentorgain: 2% to 4%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 12 → 6 of 82.
- Qooper: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 7 of 82.
- PushFar: 9% to 8%, −1. Inside the floor by 12 points · rank 4 → 5 of 82.
- MicroMentor: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 13 → 8 of 82.
- MentorCruise: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 18 → 13 of 82.

## Record

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