# Windmill: how AI models rank it, November 2026

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

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee engagement surveys](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/experience/employee-engagement-surveys/index.md) | 2% | 13 | 0% | 1 |
| [People analytics](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/planning/people-analytics/index.md) | 0% | 86 | 0% | 1 |
| [Succession planning](https://www.gane.ai/index/hr/performance/succession-planning/index.md) | 0% | 103 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "<10-50 people, $0: Windmill free up to 10 users or Happily Surveys free analysis of first 50 responses" (Muse Glimmer 30B, Employee engagement surv)

## 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Windmill, from 3 of the 3 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- gowindmill.com: 2 (its own site)
- hrstacks.com: 2
- agile-hr-analytics.com: 1
- capterra.com: 1
- culturro.com: 1
- effy.ai: 1
- firsthr.app: 1
- fitsmallbusiness.com: 1
- getapp.com: 1
- hr.university: 1

### Pages cited

- https://agile-hr-analytics.com/top-people-analytics-vendors-compared-visier-onemodel-orgvue-and-more: 1
- https://capterra.com/p/72395/Employee-Engagement-Survey: 1
- https://culturro.com/hr-software/employee-engagement: 1
- https://effy.ai/blog/employee-survey-software: 1
- https://firsthr.app/compare/performance/employee-satisfaction-survey-software: 1
- https://fitsmallbusiness.com/employee-engagement-tools: 1
- https://getapp.com/hr-employee-management-software/talent-management/org/mid-size-business: 1
- https://gowindmill.com/resources/lists/top-ai-people-analytics-tools-early-stage-companies: 1

## What it publishes

Every page gowindmill.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 422 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 66 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- case study: 15 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 55 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 6 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 13 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.