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Internal communications and intranet · September 2026 Edition

Happeo vs Workvivo

Seven of twelve models named Happeo first on the direct prompt; one named Workvivo. Happeo was named by eleven of the twelve models and Workvivo by twelve and Happeo carries 21 labels and Workvivo 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Happeo

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Workvivo

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share16%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels2128A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Happeo reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Simpplr was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Happeo vs Microsoft Teams · Happeo vs Simpplr · Happeo vs Microsoft SharePoint

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 internal communications and intranet page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
HappeoFirst choices, of twelve modelsWorkvivo
Direct71
Paraphrase01
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Workvivo
Scale-constrained11
Negative011 against Happeo · 1 against Workvivo
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, Happeo and Workvivo were named in the same answer twenty-nine times, of the 58 answers naming Happeo and the 115 naming Workvivo. In those answers Workvivo took the first choice three times and Happeo five.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Happeo and Workvivo 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
Happeo Workvivo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Happeo on the left and Workvivo on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Happeo first, Workvivo not the choice

7 of 12 modelsWorkvivo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Happeo alternatives: Interact, LumApps, Microsoft SharePoint, ThoughtFarmer
Gemini 3.5 FlashHappeo alternatives: Axero, Haystack, Simpplr, ThoughtFarmer, hubley
Perplexity SonarHappeo alternatives: Microsoft SharePoint, Simpplr, ThoughtFarmer
DeepSeek V4 FlashHappeo, Simpplr alternatives: Interact, MangoApps, Microsoft SharePoint + Viva Connections
Llama 4 MaverickHappeo alternatives: SAP SuccessFactors, Simpplr, ThoughtFarmer
Qwen 3.7 FlashHappeo alternatives: Simpplr, ThoughtFarmer
Kimi K2Happeo alternatives: Simpplr, ThoughtFarmer

Workvivo first, Happeo an alternative

1 of 12 modelsHappeo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 FastSimpplr, Workvivo alternatives: Axero, Blink, Happeo, Jostle, MangoApps

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.
GLM 4.7 FlashXThoughtFarmer alternatives: Connecteam, Jostle, Microsoft SharePoint/Viva, SAP SuccessFactors, Simpplr, Workvivo
MiniMax M2.5Microsoft 365 alternatives: Bitrix24, Happeo, Igloo Software, Microsoft Viva

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniSimpplr alternatives: Jostle, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Viva Engage, Staffbase
Mistral SmallSimpplr, ThoughtFarmer alternatives: Microsoft SharePoint, SAP SuccessFactors

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
Happeo leads by seven points.
Happeo7%#4 of 14
Workvivo0%#13 of 14
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Happeo leads by ten points.
Happeo16%#1 of 15
Workvivo6%#6 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Workvivo leads at enterprise.
Workvivo5%#4 of 11
Happeo0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Happeo

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

“Happeo is less compelling outside Google Workspace environments” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Happeo - a best overall intranet platform for small and mid-sized companies, with fast setup, a search and knowledge layer” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
“Happeo is the strongest default recommendation when your company already uses Google Workspace” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“recommend platforms like Simpplr, Happeo, MangoApps, or Workvivo as strong fits” MiniMax M2.5 · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Workvivo

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

“(Simpplr, Staffbase, Workvivo) have user minimums or $20k+/year price tags — avoid these for small budgets” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Workvivo can be overwhelming for smaller teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“The Broadcast Layer (News & Announcements): Workvivo (for social culture) OR Workshop (for email-first teams)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Top-Rated Alternatives (4.5+): Workvivo, Simpplr, Staffbase, Blink, Unily, Igloo—praised for mobile, engagement, ease.” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · first choice
“recommend platforms like Simpplr, Happeo, MangoApps, or Workvivo as strong fits” MiniMax M2.5 · scale 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.