Digital employee experience · November 2026 Edition
ControlUp vs Curve Finance
Six of fourteen models named ControlUp first on the direct prompt; zero named Curve Finance. ControlUp was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Curve Finance by ten and ControlUp carries 19 labels and Curve Finance 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Curve Finance
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share14%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1913A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ControlUp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Nexthink Infinity was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Nexthink Infinity vs ControlUp · Nexthink Infinity vs Curve Finance · ControlUp vs PancakeSwap
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 digital employee experience page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ControlUpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsCurve FinanceDirect60
Paraphrase10
Comparative00
Budget-constrained011 against ControlUp
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Curve Finance
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.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ControlUp and Curve Finance stood in it.
| Model | DirectCF | ParaphraseCF | ComparativeCF | Budget-constrainedCF | Scale-constrainedCF | NegativeCF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | CF | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | CF | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.20 | | CF | CF | |||
| Mistral Small | | | CF | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | CF | ||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | CF | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | CF | CF | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | CF | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | CF | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | CF | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
ControlUpCF Curve Finance first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ControlUp on the left and Curve Finance on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ControlUp and Curve Finance stood in it.
ControlUp first, Curve Finance not the choice
6 of 14 modelsCurve Finance was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Gemini 3.5 FlashControlUp alternatives: 1E, Omnissa Experience Management, TeamDynamix DEX
Perplexity SonarControlUp alternatives: Nexthink Infinity
DeepSeek V4 FlashControlUp alternatives: Coinbase Institutional, Kraken Institutional, TeamViewer DEX, dYdX
MiniMax M2.5ControlUp, Nexthink Infinity
GPT-6 LunaControlUp alternatives: Lakeside SysTrack, Nexthink Infinity
Muse Glimmer 30BControlUp alternatives: TeamViewer DEX
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniNexthink Infinity alternatives: ControlUp, ServiceNow DEX, TeamViewer DEX
Grok 4.20Nexthink Infinity alternatives: 1E, ControlUp, HP Workforce Experience Platform, Lakeside
Mistral SmallNexthink Infinity alternatives: ControlUp, ManageEngine DEX Manager Plus
Kimi K21E alternatives: ControlUp, Riverbed Aternity, TeamViewer DEX
GLM 4.7 FlashXNexthink Infinity alternatives: ControlUp, Lakeside Software, Omnissa Experience Management, TeamViewer DEX
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashNexthink Infinity, ServiceNow alternatives: Amazon, Coinbase Prime, Faire, Kraken Institutional, Nectar, Tactio
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
ControlUp leads by four points.
ControlUp4%#5 of 8Curve Finance0%#– of 8
The full small business standing →Mid-marketThe figures above
ControlUp leads by twelve points.
ControlUp14%#2 of 11Curve Finance2%#6 of 11
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
ControlUp0%#6 of 9Curve Finance0%#8 of 9
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about ControlUp
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“its enterprise-oriented pricing may be less suitable for a tightly constrained budget” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“ControlUp is commonly cited as the mid-market sweet spot because of lower entry cost, faster time-to-value and strong virtual-session / VDI visibility” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Best Overall for Mid-Market Agility & ROI: ControlUp (ControlUp ONE / Edge DX)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd suggest evaluating Nexthink or ControlUp based on the search results” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Curve Finance
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Focused on stablecoins; lower risk for volatility but check for smart contract bugs.” Grok 4.20 · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most companies with limited budgets, Curve Finance for stablecoins and 1inch for general trading offer the best combination of low fees and reliability.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
“Specializes in stablecoins, making it ideal for users seeking minimal price impact on large stablecoin trades.” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · alternative
“If you're dealing with stablecoins specifically, Curve Finance offers the deepest stablecoin pools in DeFi” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
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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.