# Donut Shoutouts: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 1 judge label across 1 category by 1 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/donut-shoutouts

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Recognition and rewards](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/recognition-and-rewards/index.md) | 0% | 49 | 0% | 1 |

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Donut Shoutouts, from 1 of the 1 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- awardco.com: 1
- bystadium.com: 1
- donut.com: 1 (its own site)
- guideflow.com: 1
- kudos.com: 1
- learn.g2.com: 1
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 1
- simpplr.com: 1
- tremendous.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://awardco.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-software: 1
- https://bystadium.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms: 1
- https://donut.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms-2026: 1
- https://guideflow.com/blog/employee-recognition-software: 1
- https://guideflow.com/blog/peer-recognition-software: 1
- https://kudos.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms: 1
- https://learn.g2.com/best-employee-recognition-software: 1
- https://peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-employee-recognition-platform: 1

## In its own words

What Donut Shoutouts's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Amplify and scale great work (https://donut.com/)
- For: teams (https://donut.com/)
- Price stated: Free, Standard, Premium (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 74 (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Get Started for Free (https://donut.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: United States
- Customers named: Ontra, Buffer, Vineskills

## What it publishes

Every page donut.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 190 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 105 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-03
- case study: 2 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-12
- webinar or virtual event: 12 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 26 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-03 blog: Type of donut quiz https://www.donut.com/blog/type-of-donut-quiz
- Recent: 2026-08-12 case study: Airalo remote team connection case study https://www.donut.com/blog/airalo-remote-team-connection-case-study
- Recent: 2026-04-27 blog: Best employee onboarding tools 2026 https://www.donut.com/blog/best-employee-onboarding-tools-2026
- Recent: 2026-03-27 blog: Best employee recognition platforms 2026 https://www.donut.com/blog/best-employee-recognition-platforms-2026
- Recent: 2026-03-05 case study: Buffer remote team connection donut case study https://www.donut.com/blog/buffer-remote-team-connection-donut-case-study
- Recent: 2025-09-16 blog: Agentic ai and the future of onboarding https://www.donut.com/blog/agentic-ai-and-the-future-of-onboarding

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/hr.