Spring Health vs Headspace
Zero of twelve models named Spring Health first on the direct prompt; zero named Headspace. Spring Health was named by eight of the twelve models and Headspace by twelve and Spring Health carries 14 labels and Headspace 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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
Spring HealthFirst choices, of twelve modelsHeadspace
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Spring Health and Headspace were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 35 answers naming Spring Health and the 69 naming Headspace. In those answers Headspace took the first choice zero times and Spring Health seven.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Spring Health Headspace first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Spring Health on the left and Headspace on the right.The direct prompt
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.Neither was named
10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Headspace6%#5 of 7Spring Health0%#– of 7Spring Health16%#2 of 8Headspace2%#5 of 8Spring Health15%#3 of 12Headspace2%#8 of 12What the models said about Spring Health
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“Start with a modern digital EAP platform (examples: Spring Health, Lyra, Headspace for Business, Unmind)” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“combined with a dedicated therapy platform (like Lyra Health or Spring Health) for a mid-sized B2B company” Grok 4.1 Fast · 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
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.