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Employee wellbeing and mental health · September 2026 Edition

Lyra Health vs Headspace

Zero of twelve models named Lyra Health first on the direct prompt; zero named Headspace. Lyra Health was named by eight of the twelve models and Headspace by twelve and Lyra Health carries 13 labels and Headspace 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lyra Health

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Headspace

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels1329A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lyra Health reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wellable was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Wellable vs Lyra Health · Wellable vs Headspace · Spring Health vs Lyra Health

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 wellbeing and mental health page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Lyra HealthFirst choices, of twelve modelsHeadspace
Direct00
Paraphrase501 against Lyra Health · 1 against Headspace
Comparative01
Budget-constrained01
Scale-constrained00
Negative016 against Headspace
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Lyra Health and Headspace were named in the same answer fifteen times, of the 34 answers naming Lyra Health and the 69 naming Headspace. In those answers Headspace took the first choice one time and Lyra Health seven.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lyra Health and Headspace stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
Lyra Health Headspace first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lyra Health on the left and Headspace on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lyra Health and Headspace stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
DeepSeek V4 FlashWellable alternatives: Lyra Health, WellRight, Wellhub
Qwen 3.7 FlashTotalWellbeing, Unmind, Wellable alternatives: Calm, Headspace, Limeade, Perks

Neither was named

10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Wellable alternatives: Terryberry, WellRight
GPT-5.4 miniWellable alternatives: GoVida, Reward Gateway, TeamMood, YuMuuv
Gemini 3.5 FlashBenepass alternatives: Compt, Fringe, Modern Health, Motivosity, Spring Health, Vantage Fit, Well-being by Pleaz, Wellable
Perplexity SonarWellable alternatives: Limeade, Navigate Wellbeing, Personify Health, Vantage Fit
Grok 4.1 FastWellable alternatives: Sprout at Work, Vantage Fit, Wellness360, Woliba
Mistral SmallGoPivot, Wellable alternatives: GoVida, Wellbees
Llama 4 MaverickWellable
Kimi K2Wellable alternatives: Limeade, Navigate Wellbeing, Personify Health, Sprout at Work, Wellbees
GLM 4.7 FlashXWellable alternatives: Vantage Fit
MiniMax M2.5Wellable alternatives: Avidon Health, GoPivot, WellRight

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
Headspace leads by six points.
Headspace6%#5 of 7
Lyra Health0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Lyra Health leads at mid-market.
Lyra Health10%#3 of 8
Headspace2%#5 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lyra Health leads by twelve points.
Lyra Health15%#2 of 12
Headspace2%#8 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lyra Health

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.

“While Lyra Health is another major leader in this space, it is often priced and structured for large enterprises” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“I'd recommend implementing an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) combined with a dedicated therapy platform (like Lyra Health or Spring Health)” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose a platform with your team size in mind (Lyra/Spring Health for large mid-market, Calmerry for smaller teams)” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Examples include providers like Modern Health, Lyra Health, Ginger, or Spring Health.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Headspace

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Headspace collects a wide range of personal information including health data... shares user data with third-party platforms for targeted advertising” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Examples include Calm, Happify, Headspace, and Moodfit.” Llama 4 Maverick · negative prompt · hard negative
“criticism for being "data-hungry" and failing to provide clinical robustness for serious conditions” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · soft negative
“Headspace for Business is the best value if you only need to address mental wellness” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Headspace – Strong evidence base for meditation, though no major privacy scandals” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“Choose based on goals: meditation (Headspace/Calm)” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.