One of fourteen models named Skills Base first on the direct prompt; zero named TechWolf. Skills Base was named by twelve of the fourteen models and TechWolf by eleven and both carry 23 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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 skills intelligence page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Skills Base and TechWolf were named in the same answer twenty-eight times, of the 81 answers naming Skills Base and the 81 naming TechWolf. In those answers TechWolf took the first choice one time and Skills Base seventeen.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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 consensus pricing comparison points to Skills Base as the lowest-cost skills intelligence / skills-matrix option that still functions as a full platform” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“For most budget-conscious companies, Skills Base offers the best balance of features, genuinely usable free tier, and low per-user cost.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Skills Base stands out as the best skills intelligence platform for companies with a limited budget.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid These if Budget is a Constraint ... TechWolf ... They're overkill (and over-budget) for smaller companies.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid for mid-market: Pure enterprise plays like TechWolf” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · hard negative
“Platforms to Approach with Caution (For Mid-Market) * Eightfold AI / Workday Skills Cloud / TechWolf: ... mid-market companies often find them over-engineered.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · soft negative
“Inference tool: TechWolf if the priority is automatically discovering skills from employees’ actual work” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top Pick: TechWolf – Excels at AI-powered skills inference from unstructured data” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Skills Base for taxonomy management + TechWolf for AI-driven skills inference” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.