endorsed leaderNamed in fifteen categories this edition.
accepted challengerNamed in seven categories this edition.
First-choice share30%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3216A count; the two differ.
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 succession planning page.
The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lattice and ChartHop stood in it.
Lattice first, ChartHop not the choice
3 of 14 modelsChartHop was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, PerformYard
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice, Leapsome alternatives: HiBob, SuccessionHR, TalentGuard Succession Planning, Teamflect
GPT-6 LunaLattice alternatives: Engagedly, Your existing HCM's succession module
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Engagedly alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, Lattice, Peoplebox
Perplexity SonarPeoplebox alternatives: Dayforce, Engagedly, Lattice, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Z.AIGLM 4.7 FlashXDisprz alternatives: Lattice, Neobrain, PerformYard, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession Planning
MiniMax M2.5PerformYard, SuccessionNow alternatives: ChartHop, Eightfold AI
Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.xAIGrok 4.20PerformYard alternatives: ClayHR, Disprz, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Mistral SmallSuccessionNow, SuccessionStack alternatives: Disprz, TalentGuard Succession Planning
DeepSeek V4 FlashTalentGuard Succession Planning alternatives: Disprz, Neobrain, UKG Pro Succession Planning
Llama 4 MaverickDisprz, Neobrain, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashDisprz alternatives: Neobrain, PerformYard, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Kimi K2PerformYard, SuccessionNow alternatives: Paycom, Teamflect, UKG Ready
Muse Glimmer 30BSuccessionStack alternatives: PerformYard, SuccessionNow
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.
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.