Enterprise AI assistants · November 2026 Edition
Amazon Q vs Claude for Work
Zero of fourteen models named Amazon Q first on the direct prompt; zero named Claude for Work. Amazon Q was named by ten of the fourteen models and Claude for Work by fourteen and Amazon Q carries 16 labels and Claude for Work 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Claude for Work
criticized challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share6%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate6%32%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels1634A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amazon Q reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Microsoft 365 Copilot was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Microsoft 365 Copilot vs Amazon Q · Microsoft 365 Copilot vs Claude for Work · ChatGPT vs Amazon Q
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the Enterprise AI assistants page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Amazon QFirst choices, of fourteen modelsClaude for WorkDirect00
Paraphrase001 against Claude for Work
Comparative00
Budget-constrained311 against Claude for Work
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Amazon Q · 9 against Claude for Work
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Amazon Q and Claude for Work were named in the same answer twenty-four times, of the 41 answers naming Amazon Q and the 106 naming Claude for Work. In those answers Claude for Work took the first choice zero times and Amazon Q three.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Amazon Q and Claude for Work stood in it.
| Model | DirectCF | ParaphraseCF | ComparativeCF | Budget-constrainedCF | Scale-constrainedCF | NegativeCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | CF | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | CF | | ||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | CF | CF | CF | CF | CF | |
| Perplexity Sonar | CF | CF | CF | CF | ||
| Grok 4.20 | CF | CF | ||||
| Mistral Small | CF | CF | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | CF | CF | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | CF | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | CF | CF | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | CF | | CF | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | CF | CF | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | CF | CF | CF | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | CF | CF |
Amazon QCF Claude for Work first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Amazon Q on the left and Claude for Work on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Amazon Q and Claude for Work stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle Gemini for Workspace, Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: ChatGPT, Claude for Work, Decagon, Glean, HubSpot Breeze AI, Intercom Fin, Salesforce Agentforce
Neither was named
13 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Apollo.io, Coworker, Gong
GPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Agentforce, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, OpenAI, Salesforce Agentforce
Perplexity SonarMicrosoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Claude for Enterprise, Glean, Google Gemini, HubSpot Breeze AI, Salesforce Agentforce
Grok 4.20Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Anthropic's Claude for Enterprise, ChatGPT, Google Gemini for Workspace
Mistral SmallCoworker AI alternatives: Apollo AI, ChatGPT, Glean, Microsoft 365 Copilot, ZoomInfo Copilot
DeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft 365 Copilot alternatives: ChatGPT, Claude for Enterprise, Coworker AI, Glean, Google Gemini for Workspace
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashGlean alternatives: Apollo, ChatGPT, Claude for Enterprise, Gemini for Workspace, Intercom Fin, Microsoft 365 Copilot, My AskAI, ZoomInfo Copilot
Kimi K2Claude for Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: ChatGPT, Glean, Google Gemini for Workspace
GLM 4.7 FlashXChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Gong, Google Gemini for Workspace, Intercom Fin, Salesforce Agentforce
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: ChatGPT, Kore.ai
GPT-6 LunaChatGPT alternatives: Claude Team or Enterprise, Gemini in Workspace, Microsoft 365 Copilot
Muse Glimmer 30BChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot alternatives: Coworker
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Claude for Work leads by eight points.
Claude for Work10%#3 of 7
Amazon Q2%#– of 7Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Amazon Q leads at mid-market.
Amazon Q6%#4 of 9Claude for Work2%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Amazon Q leads by four points.
Amazon Q6%#4 of 9Claude for Work2%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Amazon Q
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Glean, Microsoft Copilot, Amazon Q, and other retrieval-connected assistants when source permissions are messy.” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“1. Amazon Q Business — best if you want the lowest-cost enterprise assistant and your use case is knowledge retrieval.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
“Start with Amazon Q Business Lite ($3/user/month) to test enterprise AI functionality” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“1. Amazon Q Business Lite — *Best Value for Enterprise Features*” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Claude for Work
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Personal ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or other consumer AI accounts used for work sit outside AI governance entirely.” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Do not use consumer or "Pro" tiers of general chatbots for any sensitive business data” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“unsanctioned AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) without IT oversight” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“ChatGPT Business or Claude Team at ~ $20/user/mo annual, ~ $25/mo month-to-month, is the lowest published enterprise-grade assistant price” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice
“Pick Claude Enterprise if: You work with long documents, need superior reasoning/writing, or prioritize data privacy” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · alternative
“Particularly suited to lengthy contracts, reports, and datasets, with a strong emphasis on output quality and safety.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.