Employee giving and volunteering · October 2026 Edition
Millie vs YourCause
Four of fourteen models named Millie first on the direct prompt; zero named YourCause. Millie was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and YourCause by fourteen and Millie carries 33 labels and YourCause 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Millie
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share22%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate3%50%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3334A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Millie reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Uncommon Giving was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Millie vs Selflessly · Millie vs Uncommon Giving · Millie vs Bright Funds
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 employee giving and volunteering page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
MillieFirst choices, of fourteen modelsYourCause
Direct402 against YourCause
Paraphrase621 against YourCause
Comparative00
Budget-constrained204 against YourCause
Scale-constrained101 against YourCause
Negative101 against Millie · 9 against YourCause
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 October 2026 Edition, Millie and YourCause were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 85 answers naming Millie and the 99 naming YourCause. In those answers YourCause took the first choice two times and Millie twelve.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Millie and YourCause stood in it.
| Model | DirectMI | ParaphraseMI | ComparativeMI | Budget-constrainedMI | Scale-constrainedMI | NegativeMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | MI | MI | | MI | | |
| GPT-5.4 mini | MI | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | MI | MI | MI | | MI | |
| Perplexity Sonar | MI | MI | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | MI | | MI | |||
| Mistral Small | MI | MI | MI | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | MI | MI | | MI | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | MI | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | MI | | MI | | ||
| Kimi K2 | MI | MI | MI | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | MI | MI | | MI | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | MI | MI | MI | |||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | MI | | |
MI Millie YourCauseMI first choiceMI named as an alternativeMI argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Millie on the left and YourCause on the right.
YourCauseMI first choiceMI named as an alternativeMI argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Millie on the left and YourCause on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Millie and YourCause stood in it.
Millie first, YourCause an alternative
4 of 14 modelsYourCause was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Percent Pledge, Uncommon Giving
Grok 4.1 FastMillie alternatives: Goodera, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundswell, Millie alternatives: Bright Funds, OnHand, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Kimi K2Groundswell, Millie alternatives: Alaya, OnHand, YourCause
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Uncommon Giving alternatives: Bright Funds, Groundswell, Millie
Gemini 3.5 FlashGroundswell alternatives: Bright Funds, Deed, Millie, Uncommon Giving
MiniMax M2.5Bright Funds, Uncommon Giving alternatives: Millie, OnHand
GPT-6 LunaSelflessly alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Millie, YourCause
Neither was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniBonterra alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Mistral SmallBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving, VolunteerLocal
Llama 4 MaverickBright Funds alternatives: Guideflow, Uncommon Giving
Qwen 3.7 FlashBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Social Cues alternatives: Goodchange, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud
GLM 4.7 FlashXBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving
Muse Glimmer 30BBright Funds, Uncommon Giving
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
Millie leads by seventeen points.
Millie17%#2 of 11
YourCause0%#10 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: YourCause leads at enterprise.
YourCause6%#3 of 11Millie0%#7 of 11
The full enterprise standing →What the models said about Millie
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 volunteering component is relatively basic and may not meet the needs of organizations seeking robust volunteer management” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd suggest starting with Millie if you're already on Slack, as it's designed specifically for smaller businesses with cost in mind” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“look into modern, employee-experience-first platforms such as Deed, Groundswell, Uncommon Giving, or Millie” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“If you want the single best default choice, I'd start with Millie for a mid-market B2B company” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about YourCause
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Benevity, YourCause, and Deed are specifically called out for issues such as long distribution timelines, limited mobile support, or heavy administrative burden” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · hard negative
“Platforms like Benevity, YourCause, CyberGrants that charge extra for support, have high transaction fees, and require complex onboarding” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Enterprise-heavy platforms like Benevity or YourCause unless you have 1,000+ employees” Kimi K2 · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“YourCause is a SaaS-based platform ... This is ideal for mid-sized companies that want a comprehensive platform without enterprise complexity.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend considering YourCause (from Blackbaud) or Millie as top choices for a mid-sized B2B company” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“YourCause is a strong competitor to Benevity, particularly for organizations already using Blackbaud's fundraising software.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · alternative
Also compared
Millie vs SelflesslyMillie vs Uncommon GivingMillie vs Bright FundsMillie vs GroundswellMillie vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformMillie vs DeedSelflessly vs YourCauseUncommon Giving vs YourCauseBright Funds vs YourCauseGroundswell vs YourCauseYourCause vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformYourCause vs DeedAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full giving & volunteering standing
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.