# Internal talent marketplace: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "internal talent marketplace" and as "internal mobility 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/internal-talent-marketplace

**Standing:** Fuel50 leads with 30% of first choices; verdict contested. 47 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Fuel50](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/fuel50/index.md) | 30% | 20% | 44 |
| 2 | [Engagedly](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/engagedly/index.md) | 13% | 0% | 13 |
| 3 | [TalentGuard](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/talentguard/index.md) | 11% | 0% | 10 |
| 4 | [365Talents](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/365talents/index.md) | 6% | 12% | 16 |
| 10 | [Gloat](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/gloat/index.md) | 4% | 52% | 40 |
| 15 | [Workday Talent Marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/workday-talent-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 21% | 29 |
| 16 | [Toptal](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/toptal/index.md) | 0% | 0% | 13 |
| 18 | [Phenom](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/phenom/index.md) | 0% | 15% | 13 |
| 41 | [SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/sap-successfactors-opportunity-marketplace/index.md) | 0% | 33% | 15 |
| 128 | [Eightfold AI](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/eightfold-ai/index.md) | 0% | 47% | 34 |
| 141 | [Upwork](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/upwork/index.md) | 0% | 65% | 17 |
| 142 | [Fiverr](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/fiverr/index.md) | 0% | 62% | 16 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 143 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: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: Fuel50; alternatives 365Talents, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Nestor; alternatives Fuel50, HiBob, Lattice Grow / Talent, TalentGuard
- Perplexity Sonar: Engagedly; alternatives 365Talents, Fuel50, Hitch Works, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Grok 4.20: Fuel50; alternatives Eightfold AI, Engagedly, Gloat, Phenom
- Mistral Small: Engagedly, Fuel50; alternatives 365Talents, MentorcliQ
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GoFIGR; alternatives Engagedly
- Llama 4 Maverick: Engagedly
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GoFIGR; alternatives Fuel50, ServiceNow Workforce Transformation, Workday Prism, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Kimi K2: 365Talents; alternatives Engagedly, Fuel50
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Fuel50, GoFIGR; alternatives 365Talents, Workday Talent Optimization
- MiniMax M2.5: Engagedly; alternatives Cornerstone OnDemand, Fuel50, HCM4ALL, Workday Talent Marketplace
- GPT-6 Luna: Fuel50; alternatives Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Talent Marketplace
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Engagedly; alternatives 365Talents, Fuel50, GoFIGR, HCM4ALL

## 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:

- guideflow.com: 30 answers, 36 citations
- github.com: 22 answers, 60 citations
- engagedly.com: 18 answers, 29 citations
- g2.com: 17 answers, 35 citations
- fuel50.com: 17 answers, 25 citations
- sourceforge.net: 15 answers, 29 citations
- leadchangegroup.com: 15 answers, 28 citations
- omr.com: 15 answers, 15 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/talent-marketplace-platforms (24 answers)
- https://omr.com/en/reviews/category/internal-talent-marketplace-platforms (14 answers)
- https://engagedly.com/blog/best-talent-mobility-softwares (13 answers)
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Talent-Marketplace (13 answers)
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Internal-Talent-Marketplace/blob/main/README.md (12 answers)
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Talent-Marketplace/blob/main/README.md (12 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/internal-mobility-software (11 answers)
- https://tophrsoftware.com/tools/best-talent-marketplace-software (11 answers)
- https://gofigr.ai/blog/best-talent-marketplace-platforms (10 answers)
- https://leadchangegroup.com/internal-mobility-software/mid-market (10 answers)

## Warned against

- Upwork: 11 of 17 labels negative. "Even established sites like Upwork have pitfalls: Scams... High fees (e.g., Upwork's 10% flat or connects system that costs money to bid)" (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Freelancer.com: 10 of 14 labels negative. "it receives significant criticism from both freelancers and employers due to its aggressive fee structure and platform policies" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Fiverr: 10 of 16 labels negative. "Upwork and Fiverr are the world's largest freelancing platforms... heavily criticized for supply/demand imbalance and scam tactics." (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Gloat: 21 of 40 labels negative. "Enterprise platforms to skip: Gloat, Fuel50, Eightfold AI, Workday Talent Marketplace, and SAP SuccessFactors" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 13 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Fuel50 at 30%.

- Fuel50: 47% to 30%, −17. Cleared the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 143, unchanged.
- TalentGuard: 6% to 11%, +5. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 4 → 3 of 143.
- Gloat: 0% to 4%, +4. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 102 → 10 of 143.
- Engagedly: 11% to 13%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 2 of 143, unchanged.
- 365Talents: 4% to 6%, +2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 5 → 4 of 143.
- Phenom: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 13 → 18 of 143.
- Eightfold AI: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 14 → 128 of 143.
- Workday Talent Marketplace: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 56 → 15 of 143.
- Toptal: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 15 → 16 of 143.
- Cornerstone OnDemand: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 98 → 20 of 143.
- SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 87 → 41 of 143.
- Upwork: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 13 points · rank 97 → 141 of 143.

## 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.