3 categories · RankedWorkday Skills Cloud
Strongest at enterprise. Thin evidence at small business: five labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Skills Base is first at 55%.
Skills Base is first at 28%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Eightfold AI is first at 33%.
Why models recommend it
“start with Workday if you want skills data embedded in your HR system”GPT-6 Luna · Comparative question · first choice
“Track and manage with platforms like Workday Skills Cloud or Gloat”GPT-5.4 mini · Comparative question · first choice
“Already standardized on Workday or another HCM? First test its built-in skills features to avoid adding a separate system.”GPT-6 Luna · Paraphrase question · alternative
“If you already use Workday or need a more integrated HR suite, Workday Talent Marketplace is also a solid choice.”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Avoid for mid-market: Pure enterprise plays like TechWolf, Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Skills Cloud, or Lightcast”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
“Avoid These if Budget is a Constraint ... Workday Skills Cloud ... They're overkill (and over-budget) for smaller companies.”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · warning
“and Workday (due to the discrimination class action). Both face active litigation”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“avoid enterprise-only platforms like Eightfold AI or Workday Skills Cloud”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Workday Skills Cloud, over the 109 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 30 | View → | |
| 77 | 3 | View → | |
| 50 | 9 | View → | |
| 40 | 2 | View → | |
| 37 | 2 | View → | |
| 26 | 2 | View → | |
| 25 | 3 | View → | |
| 25 | 2 | View → | |
| 25 | 1 | View → | |
| 22 | 3 | View → |
What the models named instead of Workday Skills Cloud →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Workday Skills Cloud's own site, not checked by Gane.
- Customers named
- Hilti, Villeroy & Boch, PUMA, DATEV, Leonardo, 3M, Accuride, Centrica
- Also from Workday
- Workday Absence, Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Advanced Compensation, Workday Assistant, Workday Benefits, Workday Compensation and 36 more
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 97 of the 109 answers that named Workday Skills Cloud and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
204 of the 239 domain citations in answers naming Workday Skills Cloud came from a third party's page. Sixteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |