# Donut: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 5 judge labels across 3 categories by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/donut

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee onboarding](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-onboarding/index.md) | 0% | 30 | 0% | 2 |
| [Employee wellbeing and mental health](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-wellbeing-and-mental-health/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 2 |
| [Org charts and org design](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/org-charts-and-org-design/index.md) | 0% | 42 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Donut when social connection in a remote or hybrid workforce is the primary gap." (Perplexity Sonar, Employee onboarding)
- "Slack/Donut (for culture + alignment)" (Mistral Small, Org charts)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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, from 8 of the 10 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- asana.com: 3
- gopivotsolutions.com: 3
- peoplemanagingpeople.com: 3
- avidonhealth.com: 2
- capterra.com: 2
- deskbreak.app: 2
- donut.com: 2 (its own site)
- firsthr.app: 2
- getforte.com: 2
- vantagefit.io: 2

### Pages cited

- https://asana.com/resources/best-employee-onboarding-software: 3
- https://gopivotsolutions.com/best-corporate-wellness-platforms-2026: 3
- https://avidonhealth.com/hr-people-operations/employee-wellness-programs-small-business: 2
- https://deskbreak.app/workplace-wellness-programs/corporate-platforms: 2
- https://getforte.com/blog/best-employee-wellbeing-platforms-small-business: 2
- https://vantagefit.io/en/blog/remote-worker-wellbeing-platform: 2
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-employee-onboarding-software: 2
- https://ai.healing-hands.us/best-employee-wellness-programs-for-small-businesses: 1

## In its own words

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

- Positioning: An employee experience platform that helps you automate and scale people programs, right in Slack (https://donut.com/)
- For: teams and companies (https://donut.com/)
- Price stated: Free $0/mo; Standard Starts at $74/mo* billed annually $89/mo billed monthly; Premium Starts at $119/mo* billed annually $149/mo billed monthly; Enterprise Let’s talk (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Starting price: 74 (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Free plan or trial: Try for Free – Slack; Try for Free – Teams; Get Started for Free (https://donut.com/)
- Integrations claimed: 50 (https://www.donut.com/pricing)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: United States
- Customers named: Ontra, Buffer, Vineskills, Airalo, Huntress, Flatiron Health, AppDirect, Axios

## 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.