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Performance management · November 2026 Edition

Lattice vs Zoho People

Twelve of fourteen models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho People. Lattice was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Zoho People by ten and Lattice carries 59 labels and Zoho People 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

Zoho People

accepted challenger

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

First-choice share47%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate12%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels5912A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lattice reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.15Five was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Lattice vs 15Five · Lattice vs AssessTEAM · Lattice vs Small Improvements

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the performance management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LatticeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho People
Direct120
Paraphrase100
Comparative110
Budget-constrained023 against Lattice
Scale-constrained20
Negative004 against Lattice
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lattice and Zoho People stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Lattice Zoho People first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lattice on the left and Zoho People on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lattice and Zoho People stood in it.

Lattice first, Zoho People not the choice

12 of 14 modelsZoho People was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Leapsome, PerformYard
GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: CaptivateIQ, Leapsome, Rippling
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, HiBob, Leapsome, PerformYard, Rippling
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: 15Five, PerformYard
Grok 4.2015Five, Lattice alternatives: BambooHR, HiBob, Leapsome
Mistral SmallLattice alternatives: 15Five, BambooHR, Leapsome, PerformYard
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Leapsome, PerformYard
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp
Kimi K215Five, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
GLM 4.7 FlashX15Five, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
GPT-6 LunaLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
Muse Glimmer 30B15Five, Lattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
MiniMax M2.515Five alternatives: Betterworks, Lattice, Leapsome, PerformYard

Neither was named

1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Lattice leads by twenty-three points.
Lattice25%#1 of 13
Zoho People2%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lattice leads by forty-three points.
Lattice47%#1 of 13
Zoho People4%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lattice leads by eleven points.
Lattice13%#3 of 10
Zoho People2%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lattice

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Avoid overkill tools like Lattice (excellent but often $8+/user)” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Choose Lattice if your B2B company wants a comprehensive "system of record" for performance tied to talent reviews, compensation, and people analytics.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Zoho People

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Lattice vs 15FiveLattice vs AssessTEAMLattice vs Small Improvements15Five vs Zoho PeopleAssessTEAM vs Zoho PeopleSmall Improvements vs Zoho PeopleAll ten head-to-head pages and the full performance management standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.