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Employee wellbeing and mental health · September 2026 Edition

Spring Health vs Lyra Health

Zero of twelve models named Spring Health first on the direct prompt; zero named Lyra Health. Spring Health was named by eight of the twelve models and Lyra Health by eight and Spring Health carries 14 labels and Lyra Health 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Spring Health

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Lyra Health

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share16%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.
Labels1413A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Spring 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 Spring Health · Wellable 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.
Spring HealthFirst choices, of twelve modelsLyra Health
Direct00
Paraphrase851 against Lyra Health
Comparative00
Budget-constrained00
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Spring Health and Lyra Health 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.
Gemini 3.5 FlashBenepass alternatives: Compt, Fringe, Modern Health, Motivosity, Spring Health, Vantage Fit, Well-being by Pleaz, Wellable
DeepSeek V4 FlashWellable alternatives: Lyra Health, WellRight, Wellhub

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
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
Qwen 3.7 FlashTotalWellbeing, Unmind, Wellable alternatives: Calm, Headspace, Limeade, Perks
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
Level: the same share of first choices.
Spring Health0%#– of 7
Lyra Health0%#– of 7
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Spring Health leads by six points.
Spring Health16%#2 of 8
Lyra Health10%#3 of 8
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Spring Health15%#3 of 12
Lyra Health15%#2 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What 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 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
Also compared
Wellable vs Spring HealthWellable vs Lyra HealthThe full employee wellbeing standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.