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Employee wellbeing and mental health · September 2026 Edition

Wellable vs Headspace

Eleven of twelve models named Wellable first on the direct prompt; zero named Headspace. Both were named by all twelve models and Wellable carries 36 labels and Headspace 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Wellable

endorsed leader

Named in three categories this edition.

Headspace

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share30%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate0%24%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#5A position in a field of 8; printed, not drawn.

Labels3629A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Wellable reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wellable vs Spring Health · Wellable vs Lyra Health · Wellable vs Vantage Fit

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.

WellableFirst choices, of twelve modelsHeadspace

Direct110

Paraphrase001 against Headspace

Comparative11

Budget-constrained41

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, Wellable and Headspace were named in the same answer thirty-eight times, of the 110 answers naming Wellable and the 69 naming Headspace. In those answers Headspace took the first choice two times and Wellable ten.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Wellable and Headspace stood in it.

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

Wellable

Headspace

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Wellable on the left and Headspace on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Wellable first, Headspace an alternative

11 of 12 modelsHeadspace was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.

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

DeepSeek V4 FlashWellable alternatives: Lyra Health, WellRight, Wellhub

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 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

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

Wellable leads by twenty-three points.

Wellable#1 of 7

Headspace#5 of 7

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Wellable leads by twenty-eight points.

Wellable#1 of 8

Headspace#5 of 8

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Wellable leads by seven points.

Wellable#4 of 12

Headspace#8 of 12

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Wellable

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

“For most mid-market B2B companies, Wellable offers the best combination of engagement, flexibility, pricing, and ease of deployment” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

“Wellable and GoPivot are the top choices due to their scalability, feature sets, and proven track records with mid-market clients” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

“Choose Wellable if your main struggle is low engagement/buy-in and you want a fun, gamified interface.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct 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

Wellable vs Spring Health Wellable vs Lyra Health Wellable vs Vantage Fit Spring Health vs Headspace Lyra Health vs Headspace Vantage Fit vs Headspace All ten head-to-head pages and the full employee wellbeing 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.