Index › HR › Performance and talent management › Succession planning › Enterprise · November 2026 Edition
Succession planning for enterprise buyers
Asked as “succession planning software”, and as “talent review tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
34%
Contested · SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development 30%
34Workday Succession Planning30SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development08SuccessionHR28others
34% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026▼−5Since October 2026: 39% → 34%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Workday Succession Planning held the lead, −5 points on 39%, 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
PerformYard29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: PerformYard (29%) replaces BambooHR (18% then, 4% now), 25 points clear, past the 13-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Lattice30%Contested▲+2Since October 2026: 28% → 30%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Workday Succession Planning34%Contested▼−5Since October 2026: 39% → 34%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This page
PerformYard29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: PerformYard (29%) replaces BambooHR (18% then, 4% now), 25 points clear, past the 13-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketLattice30%Contested▲+2Since October 2026: 28% → 30%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseWorkday Succession Planning34%Contested▼−5Since October 2026: 39% → 34%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Workday Succession Planning34%10%61endorsed leader▼−5Since October 2026: 39% → 34%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.39% → 34%
Workday Succession Planning34%10%61endorsed leader▼−5Since October 2026: 39% → 34%, −5 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.39% → 34%02
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development30%14%59endorsed leader▼−6Since October 2026: 36% → 30%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.36% → 30%
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development30%14%59endorsed leader▼−6Since October 2026: 36% → 30%, −6 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.36% → 30%03
Dayforce4%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Dayforce4%0%10accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%04Lattice4%17%12accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
Lattice4%17%12accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%05
Cornerstone Succession2%6%36accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%
Cornerstone Succession2%6%36accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 3% → 2%, −1 point. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.3% → 2%06
PeopleFluent Succession Management2%0%22accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
PeopleFluent Succession Management2%0%22accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%07
TalentGuard Succession Planning2%5%20accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
TalentGuard Succession Planning2%5%20accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%08
UKG Pro Succession Planning2%0%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
UKG Pro Succession Planning2%0%16accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%09
SuccessionNow2%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
SuccessionNow2%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13PerformYard0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
PerformYard0%25%12criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%6%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%6%31accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
ChartHop0%6%16accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
ChartHop0%6%16accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11
Eightfold AI0%0%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Eightfold AI0%0%17accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 13-point floor: within noise.2% → 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.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All fifteen head-to-head pages: the top six products, each against each
Lattice vs TalentGuard Succession PlanningLattice vs ChartHopPerformYard vs SuccessionNowPerformYard vs TeamflectPerformYard vs TalentGuard Succession PlanningPerformYard vs ChartHopSuccessionNow vs TeamflectSuccessionNow vs TalentGuard Succession PlanningSuccessionNow vs ChartHopTeamflect vs TalentGuard Succession PlanningTeamflect vs ChartHopTalentGuard Succession Planning vs ChartHop
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Workday Succession Planning34%
Workday Succession Planning34%02SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development30%
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development30%03Dayforce4%
Dayforce4%04Lattice4%
Lattice4%05Cornerstone Succession2%
Cornerstone Succession2%06PeopleFluent Succession Management2%
PeopleFluent Succession Management2%07TalentGuard Succession Planning2%
TalentGuard Succession Planning2%08UKG Pro Succession Planning2%
UKG Pro Succession Planning2%09SuccessionNow2%
SuccessionNow2%10Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM0%11Eightfold AI0%
Eightfold AI0%12ChartHop0%
ChartHop0%13PerformYard0%
PerformYard0%What they warned about
Three of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development14%
8 of 59 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“large enterprises should be cautious about or avoid the following succession planning tools and approaches: 1. Enterprise-suite software like SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Workday Succession Planning10%
6 of 61 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Workday is not suited for succession planning as deployment is measured in many months, cost is enterprise-scaled” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
PerformYard25%
3 of 12 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“PerformYard/Lattice/Deel HR-type performance-plus-succession apps ... lack enterprise-grade role-based confidentiality” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Lattice17%
2 of 12 labels negative · 2 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“PerformYard/Lattice/Deel HR-type performance-plus-succession apps ... lack enterprise-grade role-based confidentiality” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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
77 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. 938 links across 234 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 7 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 · G229 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 39 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Darwinbox28 answers · 32 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Disprz28 answers · 28 citations · 12 models
vendor site · FirstHR24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SkillPanel20 answers · 30 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SuccessionStack20 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Guideflow18 answers · 20 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.
28 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 12 models
24 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 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 “best succession planning software”, “succession planning software”, “succession planning tools”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAP parent site SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development 30%, SAP SuccessFactors HCM 6%, SAP SuccessFactors Career and Talent Development 2% | 38% | 94 | 135,000 | 74,309 | ||||
| Workday parent site Workday Succession Planning 34% | 34% | 87 | 1,220,000 | 23,848 | ||||
| SuccessionHR successionhr.com | 8% | 25 | 30 | 0 | 147 | 1 | ||
| Ceridian dayforce.com Dayforce 4% | 4% | 339 | 450,000 | 2,983 | 208,252 | 38 | 6 | |
| Lattice lattice.com | 4% | 625 | 90,500 | 13,900 | 122,123 | $1,328 | 120 | |
| Cornerstone cornerstoneondemand.com Cornerstone Succession 2% | 2% | 66 | 165,000 | 17,999 | 33,785 company | $428 | 100 | 1 |
| PeopleFluent Succession Management peoplefluent.com | 2% | 29 | 0 | 4,476 | 0 | 5 | ||
| TalentGuard Succession Planning talentguard.com | 2% | 41 | 0 | 27,310 | 3 | |||
| UKG Pro Succession Planning ukg.com | 2% | 30 | 0 | 310,168 | $11,996 | 120 | ||
| SuccessionNow successionnow.com | 2% | 73 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 0 of them are among the sites the models cited here. The first result for “best succession planning software” is gartner.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 succession planning software for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which talent review tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade succession planning tools and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best succession planning software for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a succession planning software. What should we look at?”Negative“Which succession planning tools should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentDayforce, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentChangedSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Developmentno first choiceagainst: SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planning
Four alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, PeopleFluent Succession Management, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Workday Succession PlanningFour alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, PeopleFluent Succession Management, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningGPT-5.4 miniSAP SuccessFactors Career and Talent DevelopmentLatticeChangedWorkday Talent OptimizationOracle Fusion Cloud Talent Managementno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Dayforce Succession Planning, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Workday Succession PlanningOne alternative
Your existing HCM suiteSix alternatives
Cornerstone Talent Management / Succession Planning, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession & Development, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, UKG Pro Succession PlanningThree alternatives
Cornerstone OnDemand Succession, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningGemini 3.5 FlashSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningHeldno first choiceSuccessionHRno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cornerstone Talent Management, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud Talent ManagementThree alternatives
Betterworks, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AIEight alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Gloat, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningFour alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningPerplexity SonarSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentWorkday Succession PlanningChangedSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentPeopleFluent Succession Managementno first choiceagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planning
Six alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Darwinbox, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningThree alternatives
Dayforce, Lattice, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSeven alternatives
ChartHop, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentGrok 4.20TalentGuard Succession Planningagainst: SUCCESSIONapp, SuccessionNowWorkday Succession PlanningChangedSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Developmentagainst: Cornerstone Succession, PerformYard, SuccessionHR, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession PlanningWorkday Succession Planningagainst: PerformYardnothing named
Four alternatives
PerformYard, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, UKG Pro or UKG Ready, Workday Succession PlanningThree alternatives
Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors HCM, UKG Pro Succession PlanningThree alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession ManagementOne alternative
Workday Succession PlanningFour alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, UKG Pro Succession PlanningMistral SmallSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSAP SuccessFactors HCM, Workday Succession PlanningChangedOracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planningno first choiceagainst: Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
Seven alternatives
Cegid Talentsoft, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, TalentGuard Succession Planning, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningOne alternative
LatticeTwo alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, PeopleFluent Succession ManagementTwo alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, DisprzDeepSeek V4 FlashSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningWorkday Succession PlanningChangedSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planningno first choiceagainst: Cornerstone Succession, Excel/Google Sheets, SAP, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planning
Three alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Darwinbox, PeopleFluent Succession ManagementThree alternatives
Betterworks, Quantum Workplace, SAP SuccessFactors HCMEight alternatives
ChartHop, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SuccessionNow, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, SuccessionStackFive alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceUKG Pro Succession PlanningCornerstone Successionnothing named
Three alternatives
Cegid Talentsoft, Lattice, TalentGuard Succession PlanningFour alternatives
Disprz, PageUp, PeopleFluent Succession Management, TalentGuard Succession PlanningQwen 3.7 FlashSAP SuccessFactors HCM, Workday Succession PlanningLatticeChangedSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningSuccessionNowno first choiceagainst: SuccessionStacknothing named
Five alternatives
ChartHop, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Lattice, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCMThree alternatives
ChartHop, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningFour alternatives
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Plum, UKG Pro Succession Planning, iMochaTwo alternatives
ChartHop, Workday Succession PlanningKimi K2SAP SuccessFactors HCMDayforce, Workday Succession PlanningChangedno first choiceSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Developmentagainst: SuccessionNowno first choiceagainst: SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
Seven alternatives
ChartHop, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SuccessionNow, Workday Succession Planning, WorkhumanOne alternative
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentTen alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Dayforce, Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Gloat, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, SuccessionNow, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
SuccessionStack, Workday Succession PlanningGLM 4.7 FlashXSAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentWorkday Succession PlanningChangedno first choiceSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Developmentagainst: Workday Succession Planningno first choiceagainst: The 9‑Box Talent Grid
Four alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession PlanningThree alternatives
Betterworks, Lattice, SAP SuccessFactors HCMEleven alternatives
ChartHop, Cornerstone Succession, Dayforce, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, TalentGuard Succession Planning, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession Planning, WorkhumanOne alternative
SuccessionStackMiniMax M2.5SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentWorkday Succession PlanningChangedno first choiceagainst: LatticeSuccessionHRagainst: Workday Succession Planningno first choiceagainst: BambooHRagainst: SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
Two alternatives
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSeven alternatives
ChartHop, Darwinbox, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, SuccessionStackGPT-6 LunaWorkday Succession PlanningWorkday Succession PlanningHeldno first choiceSuccessionHRagainst: SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentSAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planningnothing named
Two alternatives
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentOne alternative
SAP SuccessFactors Succession & DevelopmentOne alternative
PhenomMuse Glimmer 30BSAP SuccessFactors HCM SuiteWorkday Succession PlanningChangedno first choiceSuccessionHRagainst: SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planningno first choiceagainst: Access PeopleXD Evo, CIPHR, Cezanne HR, ChartHop, Deel HR, Empxtr, Lattice, Peoplebox, PerformYard, Sage People, monday work management
Four alternatives
Cornerstone Succession, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, Workday Succession PlanningTwo alternatives
Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors HCMEight alternatives
ChartHop, Cornerstone Succession, Eightfold AI, Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, UKG Pro / UKG Ready, Workday Succession PlanningOne alternative
SuccessionStackBold 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 | 14 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 4 | 6 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 09:36 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 13 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:48 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 9 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 23 | 58 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 14 | 53 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 13 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 3 | 5 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 10:10 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:06 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:52 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:36 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 2 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:54 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 12 | 13 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:15 | yes | 12 | 15 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 10:56 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:03 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 12 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 25 | 43 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:52 | yes | 24 | 92 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:41 | yes | 6 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:37 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:16 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 6 | 6 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 09:58 | yes | 7 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:02 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:15 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:54 | yes | 22 | 80 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 23 | 73 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:19 | yes | 25 | 99 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:18 | yes | 20 | 66 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:41 | yes | 24 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 17 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:44 | yes | 4 | 7 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 10:31 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:09 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:54 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:32 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:03 | yes | 20 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:59 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:37 | yes | 6 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:57 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 7 | 11 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 11:25 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:53 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:29 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:14 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:33 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:02 | yes | 24 | 68 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 17 | 141 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 21 | 36 s |
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Cornerstone read as Cornerstone Succession
Cornerstone (OnDemand) read as Cornerstone Succession
Cornerstone OnDemand read as Cornerstone Succession
Cornerstone OnDemand (Cornerstone Galaxy) read as Cornerstone Succession
Cornerstone OnDemand (Performance & Succession) read as Cornerstone Succession
Cornerstone OnDemand (Talent Experience Platform) read as Cornerstone Succession
Deel read as Deel HR
Eightfold read as Eightfold AI
Oracle read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle Fusion read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Succession Planning read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle Fusion Cloud Talent Management / Succession Planning read as Oracle Fusion Cloud Talent Management
Oracle Fusion HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle HCM Cloud read as Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Oracle Talent Management Cloud read as Oracle Fusion Cloud Talent Management
PeopleFluent read as PeopleFluent Succession Management
SAP SuccessFactors read as SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
SAP SuccessFactors (Succession & Development) read as SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
TalentGuard read as TalentGuard Succession Planning
UKG read as UKG Pro Succession Planning
UKG Pro read as UKG Pro Succession Planning
UKG Pro (formerly Kronos) read as UKG Pro Succession Planning
Workday read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday (Talent Optimization & Succession) read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday HCM read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday Human Capital Management read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday Succession read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday Talent read as Workday Succession Planning
Workday Talent Management read as Workday Succession Planning
Unresolved, counted raw
Cornerstone OnDemand Succession
Cornerstone Talent Management (Succession & Learning)
Cornerstone Talent Management / Succession Planning
Custom-built
Empxtr
Halogen/Lumesse
PeopleFluent Succession & Development
Prismforce
SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
TalentGuard Succession
The 9‑Box Talent Grid
UKG Pro Talent Management
UKG Pro or UKG Ready
Your existing HCM suite
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.