# Mentoring software for small business buyers: 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 small B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/learning/mentoring-software/2026-11/smb

**Standing:** Mentorloop leads with 44% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 59 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Mentorloop](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorloop/index.md) | 44% | 2% | 54 |
| 2 | [Mentornity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentornity/index.md) | 15% | 0% | 28 |
| 3 | [Together](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/together/index.md) | 14% | 44% | 43 |
| 4 | [PushFar](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/pushfar/index.md) | 7% | 7% | 42 |
| 5 | [Chronus](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/chronus/index.md) | 3% | 59% | 22 |
| 15 | [MentorcliQ](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorcliq/index.md) | 2% | 72% | 39 |
| 16 | [Mentorgain](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorgain/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 22 |
| 17 | [MentorCity](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mentorcity/index.md) | 0% | 16% | 19 |
| 18 | [SCORE](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/score/index.md) | 0% | 27% | 11 |
| 48 | [Qooper](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/qooper/index.md) | 0% | 44% | 27 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 83 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, PushFar; alternatives MentorCity, Qooper
- GPT-5.4 mini: Mentorloop; alternatives Qooper
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Mentorloop; alternatives PushFar, Qooper, Together
- Perplexity Sonar: Mentorloop; alternatives Mentorgain, Mentornity
- Grok 4.20: Mentorloop; alternatives MentorCity, Mentorink, PushFar
- Mistral Small: MentorcliQ, Mentorloop Mentoring Software, Together; alternatives Mentor Scout, PushFar
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Mentorloop; alternatives PushFar, Qooper
- Llama 4 Maverick: Together; alternatives MentorcliQ, PeopleGrove, RQ Mentorship
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Tandem, Together; alternatives VocoWorks
- Kimi K2: Mentorloop; alternatives Mentorgain, Mentornity
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Mentorloop; alternatives Mentorgain, Mentorly, Qooper
- MiniMax M2.5: Mentorloop; alternatives Mentorink, PushFar
- GPT-6 Luna: Mentorloop; alternatives Together
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Mentorink, Mentorloop, Mentornity, PushFar; alternatives Mentorgain

## Sources the answers cite

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

- firsthr.app: 40 answers, 40 citations
- capterra.com: 39 answers, 63 citations
- spotsaas.com: 37 answers, 52 citations
- g2.com: 36 answers, 63 citations
- softwareadvice.com: 36 answers, 62 citations
- getapp.com: 31 answers, 60 citations
- mentornity.com: 23 answers, 32 citations
- mentorloop.com: 21 answers, 37 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://firsthr.app/compare/performance/mentoring-software (40 answers)
- https://spotsaas.com/list/mentoring-software/for-small-business (33 answers)
- https://capterra.com/mentoring-software (32 answers)
- https://getapp.com/hr-employee-management-software/mentoring/org/small-business (30 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/mentoring/small-business (26 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/mentoring/small-business (20 answers)
- https://anywherer.com/best-mentoring-software-for-companies (19 answers)
- https://brancher.com.au/blog/best-mentoring-software (16 answers)
- https://mentorloop.com/pricing (15 answers)
- https://softwareadvice.com/mentoring (14 answers)

## Warned against

- MentorcliQ: 28 of 39 labels negative. "Avoid enterprise platforms (Together, MentorcliQ) — their entry tiers start at $9,900–$10,000/year, which is overkill for 30 people." (Kimi K2, scale prompt)
- Together: 19 of 43 labels negative. "Avoid enterprise platforms (Together, MentorcliQ) — their entry tiers start at $9,900–$10,000/year, which is overkill for 30 people." (Kimi K2, scale prompt)
- Chronus: 13 of 22 labels negative. "Chronus (similar high-end pricing and scale)" (Grok 4.20, comparative prompt)
- Qooper: 12 of 27 labels negative. "Qooper — starts at $10,000/year ... likely overkill for a small company" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Mentorloop at 44%.

- PushFar: 19% to 7%, −12. Inside the floor by 1 point · rank 2 → 4 of 83.
- Mentornity: 4% to 15%, +11. Inside the floor by 2 points · rank 7 → 2 of 83.
- Together: 6% to 14%, +8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 6 → 3 of 83.
- MentorCity: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 3 → 17 of 83.
- Qooper: 8% to 0%, −8. Inside the floor by 5 points · rank 4 → 48 of 83.
- Mentorloop: 37% to 44%, +7. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 83, unchanged.
- Chronus: 0% to 3%, +3. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 54 → 5 of 83.
- GrowthMentor: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 8 of 83.
- MentorcliQ: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 15 of 83.
- MicroMentor: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 10 → 19 of 83.
- MentorCruise: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 79 of 83.
- Mentorgain: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 16 of 83, unchanged.

## 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.