Employee giving and volunteering · October 2026 Edition
YourCause vs Deed
Zero of fourteen models named YourCause first on the direct prompt; zero named Deed. YourCause was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Deed by eight and YourCause carries 34 labels and Deed 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Deed
accepted challengerNamed in one category this edition.
First-choice share3%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate50%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#6#8A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3416A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, YourCause 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 YourCause · Millie vs Deed · Selflessly vs YourCause
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.
YourCauseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDeedDirect002 against YourCause
Paraphrase211 against YourCause
Comparative00
Budget-constrained004 against YourCause
Scale-constrained001 against YourCause
Negative019 against YourCause · 2 against Deed
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, YourCause and Deed were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 99 answers naming YourCause and the 38 naming Deed. In those answers Deed took the first choice one time and YourCause two.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where YourCause and Deed stood in it.
| Model | DirectDE | ParaphraseDE | ComparativeDE | Budget-constrainedDE | Scale-constrainedDE | NegativeDE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | DE | | DE | |||
| GPT-5.4 mini | DE | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | DE | DE | | DE | DE | |
| Perplexity Sonar | DE | DE | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | |||
| Llama 4 Maverick | DE | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | DE | DE | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | DE | |
YourCauseDE Deed first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, YourCause on the left and Deed on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where YourCause and Deed stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Gemini 3.5 FlashGroundswell alternatives: Bright Funds, Deed, Millie, Uncommon Giving
Kimi K2Groundswell, Millie alternatives: Alaya, OnHand, YourCause
GPT-6 LunaSelflessly alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform, Millie, YourCause
Neither was named
11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Uncommon Giving alternatives: Bright Funds, Groundswell, Millie
GPT-5.4 miniBonterra alternatives: Benevity Enterprise Impact Platform
Perplexity SonarMillie alternatives: Percent Pledge, Uncommon Giving
Grok 4.1 FastMillie alternatives: Goodera, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
Mistral SmallBright Funds alternatives: Uncommon Giving, VolunteerLocal
DeepSeek V4 FlashGroundswell, Millie alternatives: Bright Funds, OnHand, Selflessly, Uncommon Giving
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
MiniMax M2.5Bright Funds, Uncommon Giving alternatives: Millie, OnHand
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
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: YourCause leads at mid-market.
YourCause3%#6 of 10Deed2%#8 of 10
The full mid-market standing →Enterprise
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
What the models said about Deed
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six 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
“the platform leaves a ton of administrative paperwork for HR staffers, and customer service can also be slow to respond” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“look into modern, employee-experience-first platforms such as Deed, Groundswell, Uncommon Giving, or Millie” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“I'd generally recommend Deed or Millie” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“enterprise social impact software platform designed to make workplace giving and volunteering engaging and easy for employees” Llama 4 Maverick · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Also compared
Millie vs YourCauseMillie vs DeedSelflessly vs YourCauseSelflessly vs DeedUncommon Giving vs YourCauseUncommon Giving vs DeedBright Funds vs YourCauseBright Funds vs DeedGroundswell vs YourCauseGroundswell vs DeedYourCause vs Benevity Enterprise Impact PlatformBenevity Enterprise Impact Platform 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.