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Employee wellbeing and mental health for small business buyers
Asked as “employee wellbeing platform”, and as “mental health benefit for employees”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 35 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
01The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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07Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Wellable29%
Wellable29%02YuMuuv11%
YuMuuv11%03Avidon Health9%
Avidon Health9%04Woliba9%
Woliba9%05Headspace6%
Headspace6%06Calm6%
Calm6%07Sprout at Work3%
Sprout at Work3%02What they warned about
Zero of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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 and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Personify Health89%
8 of 9 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“Platforms like **Virgin Pulse (now Personify Health), Limeade, WellRight**, and **CoreHealth** were designed for large companies” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Calm31%
4 of 13 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“small businesses will buy a subscription to a meditation app (like Calm or Headspace)... "app sprawl."” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Headspace21%
4 of 19 labels negative · 4 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“a subscription to a meditation app (like Calm or Headspace)... they end up using none of them.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Wellhub44%
4 of 9 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Gym‑network benefit, not a program... can't run wellness challenges or integrate with HR.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
03What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 785 links across 212 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Avidon Health41 answers · 75 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gartner34 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · People Managing People29 answers · 36 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Guideflow24 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Vantage Fit22 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Keka18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 36 citations · 7 models
vendor site · FirstHR14 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
12 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
34 answers · 9 models
30 answers · 10 models
28 answers · 10 models
26 answers · 10 models
18 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
04How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ModelDirect“What is the best employee wellbeing platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which mental health benefit for employees would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top wellbeing platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best employee wellbeing platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating an employee wellbeing platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which wellbeing platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Wellableno first choiceChangedWellableSprout at Work, Wellbeatsno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Limeade, MotivosityThree alternatives
BetterHelp, Ginger, TalkspaceThree alternatives
BetterMe Business, Headspace, Sprout at WorkThree alternatives
Burnalong, IncentFit, WellableGPT-5.4 miniWellableno first choiceChangedHeadspaceWellableno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
GoVida, Reward GatewayTwo alternatives
Nivati, PulseBoardOne alternative
TeamMoodGemini 3.5 FlashSpillagainst: Personify Health, WebMD Health ServicesCompt, FringeChangedagainst: Employee Assistance ProgramYuMuuvWolibaagainst: Lyra Health, Personify HealthWellable, Wellness360, YuMuuvagainst: Calm, Headspace, Personify Health, Spring Health, Vitality
Four alternatives
Fringe, HabiLife, Motivosity, YuLifeFour alternatives
Ginger, Mental Health First Aid, Sales Health Alliance, TalkspaceFive alternatives
Compt, JOON, Motivosity, Wellable, WellhubFour alternatives
Pacer for Teams, Vantage Fit, Wellable, YuMuuvTwo alternatives
Compt, FringePerplexity SonarWolibano first choiceChangedWellableYuMuuvno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Wellable, YuMuuvNine alternatives
Avidon Health, Calm, Calmerry, Headspace, MoveSpring, Talkspace, Wellhub, Woliba, YuMuuvTwo alternatives
BetterMe Business, WolibaGrok 4.1 FastWellableno first choiceChangedagainst: Calm, HeadspaceWellableYuMuuvagainst: Personify Healthno first choiceagainst: BetterHelp, Employment Hero, Wellable
Three alternatives
Avidon Health, Woliba, YuMuuvOne alternative
TalkspaceFive alternatives
Avidon Health, Friday Pulse, Headspace, Talkspace, WolibaFour alternatives
Avidon Health, Sprout at Work, Wellable, WellbeatsMistral SmallWellableno first choiceChangedFriday PulseWolibano first choiceagainst: Breeze Wellbeing, Calm, Headspace, MindBody, WellnessLiving, Youper
Two alternatives
Avidon Health, WebMD Health ServicesFive alternatives
Blueboard, Bonusly, Caroo, Hoppier, WellableTwo alternatives
Avidon Health, WellableDeepSeek V4 FlashWellableagainst: WellhubThrive EAPChangedVantage Fit, Wellable, YuMuuvagainst: Limeade, Personify Health, Talkspace, WellhubWellStepsno first choiceagainst: CoreHealth, Limeade, Personify Health, WellRight, Wellable
One alternative
WolibaFour alternatives
Calmerry, Lyra Health, Nivati, Spring HealthFive alternatives
Avidon Health, Calm, Friday Pulse, Headspace, WolibaFour alternatives
Sprout at Work, Vantage Fit, Wellable, WellbeatsLlama 4 MaverickWellableno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Avidon Health, WebMD Health ServicesQwen 3.7 FlashAvidon Healthagainst: Sprout at Workno first choiceChangedAvidon HealthYuMuuvCalm, Headspacenothing named
Two alternatives
Woliba, YuMuuvThree alternatives
Sprout at Work, Wellable, YuMuuvTwo alternatives
Avidon Health, WellableThree alternatives
Benepass, Limeade, MyWellbeingKimi K2Calm, Headspaceno first choiceChangedAvidon Health, WellableVantage Fitno first choiceagainst: Mindvalley, Noom, WellnessLiving
One alternative
WellableThree alternatives
Lyra Health, Modern Health, Spring HealthFour alternatives
Burnalong, Headspace, Wellhub, YuMuuvThree alternatives
Sprout at Work, Wellable, WellbeatsGLM 4.7 FlashXWellableCalmerry, SpillChangedEcho, OliAvidon Healthno first choiceagainst: Calm, ClassPass, Headspace, Personify Health, Talkspace, WellSteps, Wellhub
Two alternatives
Friday Pulse, Vantage FitSeven alternatives
Blueboard, Bonusly, Caroo, Friday Pulse, Hoppier, Spill, WellableFive alternatives
Burnalong, Calmerry, Sprout at Work, Wellable, YuMuuvMiniMax M2.5Wellableagainst: Personify Healthno first choiceChangedAvidon Health, YuMuuvAvidon Healthno first choiceagainst: MantraCare, Spring Health, Wellable, Wellhub, YuLife
Three alternatives
Avidon Health, Burnalong, YuMuuvThree alternatives
Calmerry, Ginger, Modern HealthSix alternatives
Bright Breaks, Calm, Headspace, Vantage Fit, Wellable, WolibaTwo alternatives
Wellable, YuMuuvBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
05The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:28 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:40 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:59 | yes | 22 | 59 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:01 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:07 | yes | 29 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:11 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 21:15 | yes | 18 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:05 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:41 | yes | 8 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:43 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 19:27 | yes | 25 | 79 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 7 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:22 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 19:08 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 22:02 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 20:36 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:17 | yes | 11 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:47 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:01 | yes | 19 | 47 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:45 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:22 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:28 | yes | 10 | 76 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 21:04 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 19:00 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 21:26 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 20:17 | yes | 17 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:03 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 18:43 | yes | 27 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:19 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:29 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 18:02 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 21:31 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:46 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 20:45 | yes | 29 | 35 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:24 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:03 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 20:24 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 19:35 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 19:09 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 18:40 | yes | 41 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:01 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 19:37 | yes | 19 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 19:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:10 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 17:55 | yes | 21 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:16 | yes | 13 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 20:47 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 21:03 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:46 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 21:57 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 21:01 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 18:52 | yes | 11 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 18:27 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 19:09 | yes | 19 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 20:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:26 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 18:21 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 21:16 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:17 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 20:50 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 18:08 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 18:44 | yes | 21 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 18:54 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-09-17 20:50 | yes | 38 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 20:56 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 18:33 | yes | 30 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 21:15 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 18:08 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 19:34 | yes | 29 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 18:32 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 18:15 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
Category-scoped readings
Headspace Care (formerly Ginger) read as Ginger
Lyra read as Lyra Health
WebMD read as WebMD Health Services
Unresolved, counted raw
Breeze Wellbeing
Changers CO2 Fit
Echo
HabiLife
MantraCare
Mental Health First Aid
MindBody
MindBridge
Mint for Business
MyWellbeing
Oli (formerly Oliva)
Pacer for Teams
PulseBoard
Sales Health Alliance
Thrive EAP
Wellbeing+ (MoveSpring)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.