Index › HR › Performance and talent management › Skills intelligence › Small business · November 2026 Edition
Skills intelligence for small business buyers
Asked as “skills intelligence platform”, and as “skills taxonomy and inference tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 60 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
55%
Clear leader
55Skills Base07MuchSkills05ESCO33others
55% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Skills Base held the lead, +10 points on 45%, inside the 13-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Skills Base55%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketSkills Base28%Contested▲+10Since October 2026: 18% → 28%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Eightfold AI33%Contested▼−14Since October 2026: 47% → 33%, −14 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.Standing →
Skills Base55%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-marketSkills Base28%Contested▲+10Since October 2026: 18% → 28%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseEightfold AI33%Contested▼−14Since October 2026: 47% → 33%, −14 points. Past the 13-point floor: movement.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Skills Base55%0%48endorsed leader▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.45% → 55%
Skills Base55%0%48endorsed leader▲+10Since October 2026: 45% → 55%, +10 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.45% → 55%02
MuchSkills7%0%35accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%
MuchSkills7%0%35accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 7%03
SkillsDB3%0%20accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 3%
SkillsDB3%0%20accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 0% → 3%, +3 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 3%04
SkillPanel2%5%19accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 11% → 2%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 2%
SkillPanel2%5%19accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 11% → 2%, −9 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.11% → 2%05
iMocha2%25%16criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%
iMocha2%25%16criticized challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 7% → 2%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.7% → 2%Show the eight products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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TechWolf0%100%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
TechWolf0%100%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%13Eightfold AI0%95%19criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Eightfold AI0%95%19criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%11
Gloat0%86%14criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Gloat0%86%14criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%09
Udemy Business0%42%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Udemy Business0%42%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Coursera0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Coursera0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
360Learning0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
360Learning0%9%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
TalentLMS0%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
TalentLMS0%0%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
GoSkills0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
GoSkills0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 13 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Skills Base vs Lightcast Open SkillsSkills Base vs TechWolfTalentGuard vs 365TalentsTalentGuard vs MuchSkillsTalentGuard vs Lightcast Open SkillsTalentGuard vs TechWolf365Talents vs MuchSkills365Talents vs Lightcast Open Skills365Talents vs TechWolfMuchSkills vs Lightcast Open SkillsMuchSkills vs TechWolfLightcast Open Skills vs TechWolf
One product takes 55% of first choices here, so the chart would put twelve markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Six products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Eightfold AI95%
18 of 19 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Avoid tools that lock you into a custom enterprise contract from day one (e.g., Eightfold, 365Talents, TechWolf)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
TechWolf100%
12 of 12 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid tools that lock you into a custom enterprise contract from day one (e.g., Eightfold, 365Talents, TechWolf)” GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt
Gloat86%
12 of 14 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“What to Avoid ... (like Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Skills Cloud) are designed for 1,000+ employees” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Freelancer.com100%
5 of 5 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Widely criticized by small business owners and independent contractors for aggressive fee structures and low signal-to-noise ratio.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
71 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 831 links across 248 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 47 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · FirstHR41 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G236 answers · 67 citations · 13 models
vendor site · MuchSkills22 answers · 35 citations · 12 models
20 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Disprz20 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)20 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · GoSkills15 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 16 citations · 8 models
11 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
vendor site · LinkedIn11 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
11 answers · 11 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
39 answers · 12 models
20 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “skills intelligence platform”, “skills platforms”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skills Base skills-base.com | 55% | 81 | 480 | 1,728 | 1,283 | 17 | ||
| MuchSkills muchskills.com | 7% | 64 | 50 | 0 | 51,766 | 2 | ||
| ESCO escourtly.com | 5% | 10 | 27,100 | 2,036 | 0 | |||
| SkillsDB skillsdb.com | 3% | 29 | 30 | 0 | 881 | 1 | ||
| O*NET onetcenter.org | 3% | 11 | 636 | 92,729 | ||||
| Lightcast lightcast.io Lightcast Open Skills 3% | 3% | 39 | 6,600 | 192 | 106,942 company | 10 | ||
| SkillPanel skillpanel.com | 2% | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4,174 | |||
| AG5 ag5.com | 2% | 19 | 480 | 50 | 69,476 | $389 | 18 | |
| iMocha imocha.io | 2% | 87 | 480 | 13 | 7,474 | 22 | 8 | |
| Acorn acorn.works Acorn PLMS 2% | 2% | 3 |
Google's top ten for the two searches hold 15 sites; 1 of them are among the sites the models cited here (linkedin.com). The first result for “skills intelligence platform” is infoprolearning.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best skills intelligence platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which skills taxonomy and inference tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top skills platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best skills intelligence platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a skills intelligence platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which skills platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Phenomno first choiceChangedAG5, Skills BaseTapflow, Textkernel Skills Intelligenceno first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Guru.com, Upwork
Four alternatives
Eightfold AI, Pin, TalentGuard, iMochaTwo alternatives
MuchSkills, TalentLMSFour alternatives
AG5 Skills Intelligence, Learn Amp, Lessie AI, Pluralsight SkillsGPT-5.4 miniSkillPanelagainst: Eightfold AIO*NETChangedSkills Baseagainst: 365Talents, Gloat, Neobrain, Nestor, iMochaSkillfullyagainst: 365Talentsno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
365Talents, iMochaOne alternative
OpenAI's Embeddings-based classification / inference pipelineTwo alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanelOne alternative
SkillPanelGemini 3.5 FlashMuchSkillsagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Eightfold AI, Gloat, Phenom, TechWolf, Workday Skills Cloud, iMochaLightcast Open Skills, MuchSkills, Skills BaseChangedagainst: Eightfold AI, SkyHive, TechWolfMuchSkills, Skills BaseSkills Baseagainst: Degreed, Eightfold AI, Gloat, TechWolfAG5, Acorn PLMS, MuchSkills, Selectic, Skills Baseagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Eightfold AI, Gloat, TechWolfagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, HackerRank, MasterClass, Mercer | Mettl, Pluralsight Skills, Skillshare, Udemy Business
Four alternatives
DevSkiller, Lattice, Leapsome, Skills BaseFive alternatives
BuiltWith, ESCO, HG Insights, Lightcast Skills API, O*NETFour alternatives
360Learning, Pluralsight Skills, TalentLMS, Udemy BusinessThree alternatives
AG5, Competrace, MuchSkillsSix alternatives
DevSkiller, Lattice, Personio, Rippling, WeCP, iMochaPerplexity SonarSkills Baseagainst: The Predictive IndexESCO, Skills BaseChangedagainst: TechWolfGoSkills, TalentLMSSkills Baseagainst: Eightfold AI, SkillPanelno first choiceagainst: 360Learning, Absorb LMS, Docebo, LearnDash, LearnUpon, Moodle
Three alternatives
AG5, SkillPanel, iMochaSeven alternatives
360Learning, Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight Skills, Skills Base, SkillsDB, Udemy BusinessThree alternatives
Compono Develop, Google Sheets or Excel, SkillsDBGrok 4.20Skills Baseagainst: Degreed, Eightfold AI, TechWolf, Workday Skills CloudSkills Base, iMochaChangedagainst: AG5, Eightfold AIGoSkills, TalentLMSagainst: Pluralsight SkillsSkills Baseagainst: Bryq, Leapsome, Moodle, Odoo, OrangeHRM, iMochano first choiceagainst: Absorb LMS, Coursera, DataCamp, LinkedIn Learning, Skillshare, Udemy Business
One alternative
MuchSkillsTwo alternatives
MuchSkills, TalentGuardFour alternatives
360Learning, Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy BusinessThree alternatives
AG5 Skills Intelligence, MuchSkills, SkillsDBMistral SmallSkills BaseESCO, Lightcast (formerly EMSI Burning Glass) Skills Extractor, TextkernelChangedagainst: Eightfold AI, GloatTalentLMSagainst: Degreed, Moodle WorkplaceSkills Base, SkillsDBno first choiceagainst: Coursera, Udemy Business, Zero To Mastery
Three alternatives
Disprz, MuchSkills, SkillPanelThree alternatives
365talent, Cognizant’s Skills Fabric, spaCyFive alternatives
360Learning, Connecteam, GoSkills, Skills Base, iSpring LMSOne alternative
agyleOSDeepSeek V4 FlashSkills Baseagainst: 8fold, Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, Gloat, SAP Litmos, SAP SuccessFactors Learning, TechWolfSkills BaseHeldagainst: Eightfold AI, Gloat, TechWolf, Workday Skills Cloud, iMochaSkills BaseSkills Baseagainst: Degreed, Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Skills CloudSkills Base, SkillsDBagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Eightfold AI, TechWolfagainst: Circle, Coursera, Skillshare, Teachable, Thinkific, Udemy Business, Upskillist
Two alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanelTwo alternatives
Lightcast Open Skills, MuchSkillsFive alternatives
Connecteam, GoSkills, MuchSkills, TalentLMS, TrainualThree alternatives
Microsoft People Skills, SkillsDB, agyleOSOne alternative
MuchSkillsLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceSkills BaseChangedTalentLMSSkills Baseno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
OVI, Skills Inventory ManagerTwo alternatives
360Learning, GoSkillsTwo alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillsDBQwen 3.7 FlashSkills Baseagainst: Eightfold AI, GloatManatalChangedagainst: Eightfold AI, VisierTalentLMSSkills Baseno first choiceagainst: Craigslist, Crossborder Talent, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, Upwork
Two alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanelSeven alternatives
CDEF, ChatGPT, Claude, Fetcher, Make.com, O*NET-SOC, SkillScanFour alternatives
Absorb LMS, Docebo, EdCast, Udemy BusinessTwo alternatives
SkillPanel, Skills DBKimi K2Skills Baseagainst: 365Talents, Docebo, Eightfold AI, Gloat, TechWolfLightcast Open Skills, Skills BaseChangedPluralsight Skills, Udemy BusinessSkills Baseagainst: Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Skills CloudSkillProfile, Skills Baseagainst: Eightfold AI, Gloat, TechWolfagainst: Coursera, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, LinkedIn Learning, Skillshare, Udemy Business, Upwork
Two alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillsDBOne alternative
OVIFive alternatives
Coursera, GoSkills, LinkedIn Learning, TalentLMS, TrainualOne alternative
SkillsDBTwo alternatives
AG5, MuchSkillsGLM 4.7 FlashXSkills BaseESCO, Skills BaseChangedGoSkills, TalentLMSagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, LearnerblySkills Baseagainst: 365Talents, Eightfold AI, Leapsome, TechWolfno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillsDB, iMochaThree alternatives
MuchSkills, O*NET, iMochaEleven alternatives
360Learning, AG5, Connecteam, LearnDash, Moodle, Pluralsight Skills, SkillPanel, Skills Base, SkillsDB, Trainual, iSpring LearnEleven alternatives
15Five, AG5, Assessmentcloud, Fuel50, Kahuna, Lattice, MuchSkills, Pluralsight Skills, SkillPanel, Skills Gap Detector, SkillsDBMiniMax M2.5Skills BaseSkills BaseHeldMuchSkillsSkills BaseSkillsBaseagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, Upwork
Three alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanel, SkillsDBFive alternatives
360Learning, GoSkills, Skills Base, SkillsDB, agyleOSTwo alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillsDBThree alternatives
365Talents, SkillPanel, SkillsDBGPT-6 LunaMuchSkillsO*NETChangedSkills BaseSkills Baseno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
SkillPanel, Skills BaseTwo alternatives
ESCO, Lightcast's Skills APITwo alternatives
Competrace, MuchSkillsOne alternative
hilighterMuse Glimmer 30BSkills BaseSkills BaseHeldSkills BaseSkills Baseno first choiceagainst: Mighty Networks, Outskill, Upwork
Two alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanelTwo alternatives
SkillPanel, iMochaFive alternatives
GoSkills, MuchSkills, Skills Inventory Manager, TalentLMS, agyleOSThree alternatives
MuchSkills, SkillPanel, hilighterBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:41 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 18 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 8 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:09 | yes | 16 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 9 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:11 | yes | 14 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:17 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:07 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:07 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 23 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:12 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:43 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:54 | yes | 24 | 60 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:15 | yes | 24 | 284 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:22 | yes | 9 | 66 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:30 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 8 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:43 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 14 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:45 | yes | 22 | 42 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:18 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 12 | 98 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 15 | 38 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:51 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:06 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:44 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:39 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:36 | yes | 13 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 14 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:06 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:32 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:20 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:03 | yes | 5 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:06 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:00 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:51 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:24 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 14 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:14 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:02 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:43 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:04 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:56 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:17 | yes | 25 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 10 | 55 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:30 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
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Absorb read as Absorb LMS
Acorn read as Acorn PLMS
Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand
Coursera for Business read as Coursera
Coursera for Teams read as Coursera
Eightfold read as Eightfold AI
Lightcast read as Lightcast Open Skills
Lightcast (formerly EMSI) read as Lightcast Open Skills
Pluralsight read as Pluralsight Skills
Workday read as Workday Skills Cloud
Unresolved, counted raw
365talent
8fold
8x8
AG5 Skills Management Software
Absorb AI
Anthropic Claude
BuiltWith
CDEF
Compono Develop
Coursera Skills
Crossborder Talent
Google Sheets or Excel
HG Insights
Lightcast (formerly EMSI Burning Glass) Skills Extractor
Lightcast Skills API
Lightcast's Skills API
Make.com
Napta
O*NET-SOC
OpenAI's Embeddings-based classification / inference pipeline
Outskill
RiseUp
Selectic
SkillProfile
SkillScan
Skills DB
Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)
Skills Gap Detector (Agensi)
Skills Intelligence Tools
Skills Inventory
SkillsBase
Upskillist
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.