# Goals and OKRs: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "OKR software" and as "goal management 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/performance/goals-and-okrs/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/goals-and-okrs/index.md

**Standing:** Perdoo leads with 24% of first choices; verdict contested. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Perdoo](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/perdoo/index.md) | 24% | 2% | 44 |
| 2 | [Tability](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/tability/index.md) | 22% | 0% | 32 |
| 3 | [Lattice](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/lattice/index.md) | 13% | 13% | 38 |
| 4 | [OKRs Tool](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/okrs-tool/index.md) | 11% | 13% | 15 |
| 5 | [Profit.co](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/profit-co/index.md) | 7% | 9% | 34 |
| 6 | [Mooncamp](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/mooncamp/index.md) | 7% | 4% | 26 |
| 7 | [Betterworks](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/betterworks/index.md) | 2% | 23% | 26 |
| 8 | [WorkBoard](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workboard/index.md) | 2% | 32% | 34 |
| 10 | [ClickUp](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/clickup/index.md) | 2% | 25% | 20 |
| 15 | [Weekdone](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/weekdone/index.md) | 0% | 19% | 31 |
| 16 | [15Five](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/15five/index.md) | 0% | 6% | 18 |
| 17 | [Quantive](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/quantive/index.md) | 0% | 29% | 24 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 68 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: Mooncamp; alternatives Perdoo, Profit.co, Tability
- GPT-5.4 mini: Perdoo; alternatives Profit.co, WorkBoard
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Tability; alternatives Lattice, Leapsome, Oboard, Perdoo
- Perplexity Sonar: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, Perdoo
- Grok 4.20: Lattice; alternatives Mooncamp, Profit.co, Weekdone, WorkBoard
- Mistral Small: Perdoo, Tability; alternatives Lattice, Mooncamp
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Perdoo; alternatives Microsoft Viva Goals, Mooncamp, Profit.co
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Mooncamp, Perdoo
- Kimi K2: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, Perdoo, Profit.co
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, Perdoo, Profit.co
- MiniMax M2.5: Tability; alternatives Lattice, Mooncamp, Perdoo, Profit.co
- GPT-6 Luna: Perdoo; alternatives Lattice, Profit.co, WorkBoard
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Mooncamp, Tability; alternatives HiBob, Perdoo, Profit.co

## Sources the answers cite

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

- tability.io: 57 answers, 117 citations
- okrstool.com: 50 answers, 93 citations
- mooncamp.com: 42 answers, 59 citations
- guideflow.com: 32 answers, 34 citations
- profit.co: 28 answers, 38 citations
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 26 answers, 29 citations
- ones.com: 19 answers, 28 citations
- workboard.com: 18 answers, 21 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://mooncamp.com/blog/best-okr-software (33 answers)
- https://tability.io/odt/articles/best-okr-software-for-enterprise (32 answers)
- https://okrstool.com/blog/best-okr-software (30 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/okr-software (28 answers)
- https://okrstool.com/blog/okr-software (28 answers)
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/okr-software (21 answers)
- https://okrinstitute.org/blog-best-okr-software (16 answers)
- https://tability.io/compare/mid-market (15 answers)
- https://tability.io/odt/articles/best-okr-software-for-mid-sized-companies (14 answers)
- https://workboard.com/resources/blog/okr-software (14 answers)

## Warned against

- WorkBoard: 11 of 34 labels negative. "Enterprise-heavy platforms (e.g., WorkBoard, Betterworks, Ally.io): Great for large orgs but criticized for: Quote-based/opaque pricing with high costs and minimums" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Asana: 7 of 21 labels negative. ""Not a developer issue tracker, an OKR specialist, or a BI tool — the moment any of those needs dominates, a dedicated product usually wins."; "These tools were never made to help you achieve goals."ance" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Weekdone: 6 of 31 labels negative. "Statuses are auto-assigned from progress with no override...which would prevent recommending it for check-ins" (Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt)
- Microsoft Viva Goals: 11 of 20 labels negative. "AVOID: Discontinued / Dead-End Tools ... Acquired by Microsoft (2021), rebranded as Viva Goals, then Microsoft retired Viva Goals on Dec 31, 2025" (Kimi K2, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Tability at 24%.

- Perdoo: 7% to 20%, +13. Inside the floor by 0 points · rank 5 → 2 of 62.
- Tability: 29% to 24%, −5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 1 of 62, unchanged.
- Lattice: 11% to 15%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 2 → 3 of 62.
- OKRs Tool: 9% to 13%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 4 of 62, unchanged.
- Mooncamp: 11% to 7%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 3 → 6 of 62.
- 15Five: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 8 → 13 of 62.
- Leapsome: 4% to 0%, −4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 17 of 62.
- Profit.co: 7% to 9%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 5 of 62.
- Betterworks: 4% to 2%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 → 7 of 62.
- Quantive: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 15 of 62.
- Teamflect: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 10 → 8 of 62.
- WorkBoard: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 11 → 9 of 62.

## Record

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