# Workday Skills Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 449 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Workday Skills Cloud 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/workday-skills-cloud/alternatives

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

- Eightfold AI: 62
- Skills Base: 55
- SeekOut Recruit: 22
- Lessie AI: 17
- Pin: 15
- Loxo: 12

## Skills intelligence

**Small business**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud.

- Skills Base: first choice in 39 of those 84
- TalentLMS: first choice in 7 of those 84
- MuchSkills: first choice in 6 of those 84
- ESCO: first choice in 3 of those 84
- GoSkills: first choice in 3 of those 84
- AG5: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 2 of those 84
- O*NET: first choice in 2 of those 84

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #17 of 20 at 0%).

- Skills Base: first choice in 13 of those 77
- TalentGuard: first choice in 6 of those 77
- 365Talents: first choice in 5 of those 77
- Coursera: first choice in 4 of those 77
- MuchSkills: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Eightfold AI: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Lightcast Open Skills: first choice in 2 of those 77
- SkillPanel: first choice in 2 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #3 of 16 at 14%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 8 of those 52
- Skills Base: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Degreed: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Docebo: first choice in 2 of those 52
- ESCO: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Apache Jena / GraphDB: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Cornerstone OnDemand: first choice in 1 of those 52
- Fuel50: first choice in 1 of those 52

## Talent intelligence

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud.

- Lessie AI: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Loxo: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Gem: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Manatal: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Pin: first choice in 9 of those 83
- SeekOut Recruit: first choice in 9 of those 83
- Juicebox: first choice in 6 of those 83
- Workable: first choice in 4 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 15 of those 81
- SeekOut Recruit: first choice in 11 of those 81
- Lessie AI: first choice in 7 of those 81
- Pin: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Loxo: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Metaview: first choice in 2 of those 81
- Phenom: first choice in 2 of those 81
- hireEZ: first choice in 2 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Workday Skills Cloud (Workday Skills Cloud is #2 of 11 at 7%).

- Eightfold AI: first choice in 37 of those 72
- SeekOut Recruit: first choice in 2 of those 72
- 365Talents: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Ashby: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Eightfold AI – Talent Intelligence: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Gloat: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Phenom Applied AI | Talent Intelligence Platform: first choice in 1 of those 72
- TALY: first choice in 1 of those 72

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