24% of first choices, contested.
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%.
“approach the following five categories of course libraries with caution or avoid them entirely... Examples: Coursera for Business, Pluralsight Enterprise, Skillsoft” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
“Some well-known platforms, like LinkedIn Learning, offer extensive libraries but provide no ability to tailor the content to your company's specific processes” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
“What to avoid for a small B2B company- Skillsoft / Percipio — excellent content but priced for enterprise” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
“Avoid for core skill training... You're paying for entertainment, not training.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
63 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. 1015 links across 311 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
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.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LinkedIn linkedin.com LinkedIn Learning 24% | 24% | 228 | 11,100,000 | 77,031 | 331,033,472 company | $1,032 | 113 | |
| Udemy Business udemy.com | 20% | 235 | 8,100 | 71 | 1,600,745 | $94 | 111 | |
| GoSkills goskills.com | 17% | 169 | 1,900 | 23 | 120,277 | 120 | ||
| TalentLMS talentlms.com | 13% | 421 | 8,100 | 103 | 82,431 | $1,179 | 119 | 2 |
| Go1 go1.com | 7% | 43 | 3,600 | 125 | 7,401 | 14 | ||
| Coursera coursera.org Coursera for Business 4% | 4% | 153 | 450,000 | 8,614 | 18,845,147 company | $2,331 | 116 | |
| iSpring Suite ispring.com iSpring Suite 2%, iSpring Learn 2% | 4% | 136 | 720 | 36 | 53,048 | $46 | 37 | |
| ProProfs proprofstraining.com ProProfs Training Maker 2% | 2% | 30 | 170 | 1 | 39,341 | 0 | ||
| Thinkific thinkific.com | 2% | 76 | 22,200 | 301 | 262,041 | 39 | ||
| EdApp edapp.com | 2% | 4 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 20 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (talentlms.com). The first result for “best online course library for employees” is course.libraryjournal.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:29 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:52 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:02 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:21 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 20:23 | yes | 44 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:16 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 20:25 | yes | 19 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 20:26 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:38 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:03 | yes | 27 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:00 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:09 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:29 | yes | 6 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:34 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 48 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 19:57 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:27 | yes | 27 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:04 | yes | 10 | 62 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:31 | yes | 20 | 60 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:33 | yes | 34 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:25 | yes | 9 | 48 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:34 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:32 | yes | 22 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:09 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 18:14 | yes | 31 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:59 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:12 | yes | 19 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:58 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:25 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:22 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:09 | yes | 12 | 48 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 18:37 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:06 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 20:00 | yes | 22 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:12 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 21:11 | yes | 35 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:45 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:26 | yes | 26 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:03 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 19:27 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:53 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 17:54 | yes | 29 | 116 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 17:53 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:12 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:43 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 20:02 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:47 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 19:41 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:18 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 20:27 | yes | 19 | 52 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:39 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:04 | yes | 15 | 85 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:16 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:13 | yes | 9 | 78 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:40 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:16 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:51 | yes | 18 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:28 | yes | 20 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 18:04 | yes | 39 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 21:21 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:05 | yes | 29 | 73 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:11 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 17:57 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:13 | yes | 25 | 84 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:27 | yes | 17 | 45 s |
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