# TalentGuard alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 464 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where TalentGuard holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/vendors/talentguard/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Skills Base: 54
- Gloat: 53
- Eightfold AI: 21
- Fuel50: 20
- Upwork: 14
- MuchSkills: 10

## Skills intelligence

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard.

- Skills Base: first choice in 38 of those 82
- TalentLMS: first choice in 7 of those 82
- MuchSkills: first choice in 6 of those 82
- ESCO: first choice in 3 of those 82
- GoSkills: first choice in 3 of those 82
- AG5: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 2 of those 82
- O*NET: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard (TalentGuard is #2 of 20 at 15%).

- Skills Base: first choice in 11 of those 74
- 365Talents: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Coursera: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Gloat: first choice in 2 of those 74
- MuchSkills: first choice in 2 of those 74
- SkillPanel: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard.

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 18 of those 84
- TechWolf: first choice in 8 of those 84
- Workday Skills Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Skills Base: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Degreed: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Docebo: first choice in 2 of those 84
- ESCO: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Fuel50: first choice in 2 of those 84

## Internal talent marketplace

**Small business**: 67 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard (TalentGuard is #1 of 16 at 14%).

- Upwork: first choice in 11 of those 67
- Lattice: first choice in 6 of those 67
- GoFIGR: first choice in 4 of those 67
- BambooHR: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Notion: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Spacewalk: first choice in 3 of those 67
- MuchSkills: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Teamflect: first choice in 2 of those 67

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard (TalentGuard is #3 of 13 at 11%).

- Fuel50: first choice in 13 of those 74
- Gloat: first choice in 9 of those 74
- Engagedly: first choice in 6 of those 74
- 365Talents: first choice in 3 of those 74
- GoFIGR: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Spacewalk: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Teamflect: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Upwork: first choice in 3 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name TalentGuard.

- Gloat: first choice in 42 of those 83
- Fuel50: first choice in 5 of those 83
- SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace: first choice in 4 of those 83
- SAP SuccessFactors Career and Talent Development: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Workday Opportunity Marketplace: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Workday Talent Marketplace: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Beamery: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 1 of those 83

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