Course authoring tools · Named, not rankedMindsmith
Mindsmith is an AI-native eLearning authoring tool for course creation, aimed at eLearning designers · mindsmith.ai ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Mindsmith has 5.
Why models recommend it
No positive label carried a quote.
What gives them pause
“I wouldn't recommend using AI for course creation, as the results aren't ideal, and their outlining feature is lacking.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“they often lack depth in interactivity and customization. Users have noted issues with duplicating elements, confusing navigation, and limited outlining features.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“has navigation issues, poor duplication of elements... Not ideal if you want polished, interactive results”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Mindsmith, over the 10 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 4 | 1 | View → | |
| 3 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → | |
| 2 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Mindsmith's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- designers who refuse to choose between quality and speed; designers who take the craft seriously; eLearning Designers
- Price stated
- subscription
- Starting price
- 0
- Free plan or trial
- Start Free
- Certifications
- SOC 2, WCAG 2.2
- Hosting
- European hosting
- Customers named
- Satarla, Mirakl, Gaylor, Battle Motors, Laing O'Rourke, Van Den Bosch, Calgary Centre for Clinical Research
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 10 of the 10 answers that named Mindsmith and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Twenty-eight of the thirty-two domain citations in answers naming Mindsmith came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
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 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 152 | 16 | 2026-09-21 | Course authoring tools, Employee onboarding | |
| Comparison | 12 | 1 | 2026-09-04 | Learning experience plat | |
| Case study | 8 | 6 | 2026-09-14 | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 7 | 2 | 2026-09-04 | ||
| Template or tool | 5 | 0 | 2025-03-05 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-21Skills taxonomy to content blog
- 2026-09-14Satarla mindsmith case study
- 2026-09-14Ai style guides for ld blog
- 2026-09-07Automated storyboarding blog
- 2026-09-04What is proficiency based learning glossary or explainer
- 2026-09-0415786941 avatar iii vs avatar iv comparison
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page mindsmith.ai exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read September 29, 2026.