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Performance management · November 2026 Edition

Small Improvements vs Zoho People

Zero of fourteen models named Small Improvements first on the direct prompt; zero named Zoho People. Small Improvements was named by ten of the fourteen models and Zoho People by ten and Small Improvements carries 13 labels and Zoho People 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Small Improvements

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Zoho People

accepted challenger

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

First-choice share4%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1312A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Small Improvements reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Lattice vs Small Improvements · Lattice vs Zoho People · 15Five 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.
Small ImprovementsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZoho People
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained22
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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 Small Improvements 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
Small Improvements Zoho People first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Small Improvements on the left and Zoho People on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
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
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Culture Amp
Kimi K215Five, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
GLM 4.7 FlashX15Five, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome
MiniMax M2.515Five alternatives: Betterworks, Lattice, Leapsome, PerformYard
GPT-6 LunaLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
Muse Glimmer 30B15Five, Lattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard

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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Small Improvements2%#10 of 13
Zoho People2%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Small Improvements4%#4 of 13
Zoho People4%#5 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zoho People leads by two points.
Zoho People2%#– of 10
Small Improvements0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Small Improvements

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

“The best performance management software for a company with a limited budget is Small Improvements” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“Small Improvements is the cheapest credible performance appraisal software for small business” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“frequently recommended for lightweight teams (10–350 employees) and offers simple reviews and 1:1s at just $3/user/month” Mistral Small · budget prompt · alternative

What the models said about Zoho People

No label in this category carried a quote.

Also compared
Lattice vs Small ImprovementsLattice vs Zoho People15Five vs Small Improvements15Five vs Zoho PeopleAssessTEAM vs Small ImprovementsAssessTEAM 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.