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Succession planning · November 2026 Edition

Lattice vs TalentGuard Succession Planning

Three of fourteen models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; two named TalentGuard Succession Planning. Lattice was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and TalentGuard Succession Planning by eleven and Lattice carries 32 labels and TalentGuard Succession Planning 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in fifteen categories this edition.

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share30%4%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#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3218A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lattice reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice vs PerformYard · Lattice vs SuccessionNow · Lattice vs Teamflect

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.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LatticeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsTalentGuard Succession Planning
Direct32
Paraphrase120
Comparative11
Budget-constrained001 against Lattice
Scale-constrained10
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 Lattice and TalentGuard Succession Planning 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
Lattice TalentGuard Succession Planning first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lattice on the left and TalentGuard Succession Planning on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lattice and TalentGuard Succession Planning stood in it.

Lattice first, TalentGuard Succession Planning an alternative

3 of 14 modelsTalentGuard Succession Planning 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

TalentGuard Succession Planning first, Lattice not the choice

2 of 14 modelsLattice was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashTalentGuard Succession Planning alternatives: Disprz, Neobrain, UKG Pro Succession Planning
Llama 4 MaverickDisprz, Neobrain, TalentGuard Succession Planning

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 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
Grok 4.20PerformYard alternatives: ClayHR, Disprz, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Mistral SmallSuccessionNow, SuccessionStack alternatives: Disprz, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashDisprz alternatives: Neobrain, PerformYard, TalentGuard Succession Planning
GLM 4.7 FlashXDisprz alternatives: Lattice, Neobrain, PerformYard, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession Planning

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Kimi K2PerformYard, SuccessionNow alternatives: Paycom, Teamflect, UKG Ready
MiniMax M2.5PerformYard, SuccessionNow alternatives: ChartHop, Eightfold AI
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.

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
Lattice leads by four points.
Lattice4%#5 of 13
TalentGuard Succession Planning0%#– of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lattice leads by twenty-six points.
Lattice30%#1 of 12
TalentGuard Succession Planning4%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lattice leads by two points.
Lattice4%#4 of 13
TalentGuard Succession Planning2%#7 of 13
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lattice

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about TalentGuard Succession Planning

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

“a dedicated tool like SuccessionStack or TalentGuard gives you deeper assessment capabilities” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“includes Disprz, TalentGuard, and Neobrain, which balance nine-box with development” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: TalentGuard” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.