# Firstup: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 15 judge labels across 2 categories by 11 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/firstup

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Frontline employee apps](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/frontline-employee-apps/index.md) | 0% | 18 | 11% | 9 |
| [Internal communications and intranet](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/internal-communications-and-intranet/index.md) | 0% | 33 | 17% | 6 |

## What the models said for it

- "Choose Firstup if: Your priority is enterprise workforce communications across multiple channels." (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Internal communications)
- "Communication campaign orchestration: Firstup." (GPT-6 Luna, Internal communications)
- "Compare Staffbase and Firstup." (GPT-6 Luna, Frontline employee apps)

## And against it

- "More robust, but typically better for larger budgets - Usually not the best first choice if cost is the main constraint" (GPT-5.4 mini, Frontline employee apps)
- "Good for frontline engagement but may lack deep integration with other enterprise tools." (Mistral Small, Internal communications)

## 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Firstup, from 42 of the 47 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- mangoapps.com: 26
- oak.com: 18
- joinblink.com: 13
- staffbase.com: 13
- g2.com: 12
- agilityportal.io: 11
- hrtechsaas.com: 11
- guideflow.com: 10
- yourco.io: 9
- workvivo.com: 7

### Pages cited

- https://mangoapps.com/articles/frontline-communication-platforms-guide: 20
- https://mangoapps.com/articles/best-frontline-communication-software: 12
- https://oak.com/blog/best-employee-communication-apps-in-2026-and-how-to-choose-the-right-one: 10
- https://hrtechsaas.com/blog/best-frontline-workforce-communication-apps: 9
- https://staffbase.com/blog/frontline-communication-tools: 9
- https://guideflow.com/blog/employee-communications-software: 6
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Frontline-Workforce-Platform: 5
- https://oak.com/blog/best-frontline-software-in-2026-10-platforms-compared: 5

## In its own words

What Firstup's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The intelligent communication platform (https://firstup.io/)
- For: organizations with their entire workforce (https://firstup.io/)
- Price stated: Pricing (https://firstup.io/)
- Integrations claimed: 250 (https://firstup.io/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA, ISO 27001
- Hosting: 42 zones across 16 geographic regions
- Customers named: Boeing, Colgate-Palmolive, Dow, Providence, Tesco, Toyota, Swissport, AGCO

## What it publishes

Every page firstup.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 895 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 412 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 40 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- webinar or virtual event: 69 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 5 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 37 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.