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Coaching platforms · September 2026 Edition

CoachHub vs Risely

Zero of twelve models named CoachHub first on the direct prompt; zero named Risely. CoachHub was named by eleven of the twelve models and Risely by nine and CoachHub carries 38 labels and Risely 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CoachHub

criticized challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Risely

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share6%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate29%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3818A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CoachHub reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Torch was named alongside these two in twelve of the twelve direct answers. Growthspace vs CoachHub · Growthspace vs Risely · Boon Health vs CoachHub

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 coaching platforms page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CoachHubFirst choices, of twelve modelsRisely
Direct004 against CoachHub
Paraphrase202 against CoachHub · 1 against Risely
Comparative00
Budget-constrained025 against CoachHub
Scale-constrained101 against Risely
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, CoachHub and Risely were named in the same answer forty-three times, of the 131 answers naming CoachHub and the 60 naming Risely. In those answers Risely took the first choice fourteen times and CoachHub six.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: BetterUp, CoachHub, Growthspace, Torch
Perplexity SonarBoon Health alternatives: BetterUp, CoachHub, Exec, Growthspace, Torch
DeepSeek V4 FlashBoon Health, Growthspace alternatives: CoachHub, Torch
Kimi K2Boon Health, Growthspace alternatives: CoachHub, Exec, Torch
GLM 4.7 FlashXBoon Health alternatives: CoachHub, Exec, Growthspace, Risely, Torch

Neither was named

7 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Torch alternatives: Avoma
Gemini 3.5 FlashExec, Growthspace alternatives: Boon Health, Torch
Grok 4.1 FastExec alternatives: Boon Health, Growthspace, Torch
Mistral SmallExec, Growthspace alternatives: Boon Health, Torch
Llama 4 MaverickBoon Health alternatives: Exec, Growthspace, Torch
Qwen 3.7 FlashBoon Health alternatives: Exec, Growthspace, Hone, Torch
MiniMax M2.5Boon Health, Growthspace alternatives: Exec, Lattice, Torch

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
Risely leads by nine points.
Risely17%#2 of 9
CoachHub9%#3 of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: CoachHub leads at mid-market.
CoachHub6%#5 of 10
Risely4%#6 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
CoachHub leads by twelve points.
CoachHub26%#2 of 11
Risely14%#3 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CoachHub

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

“Avoid per-seat enterprise platforms — ... CoachHub ($200–$800/seat/year) charge for every employee whether they use it or not” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid per-seat pricing from larger platforms (BetterUp, CoachHub) as they can be prohibitively expensive” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · hard negative
“$200–$2,000+/user/yr | Enterprise (avoid for tight budgets)” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“I recommend starting with CoachHub or Growthspace for their strong mid-market focus, ROI, and ease of integration.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend starting with CoachHub as your primary choice for a mid-sized B2B company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Given you're at 500 people, I'd prioritize Growthspace, Exec.com, Torch, or CoachHub” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice

What the models said about Risely

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

“Under ~50 employees: Boon, Risely (lightweight, AI)... one built for startups may not scale to your needs.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Valence/Risely are AI-only, which may be limiting” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Choose Rocky.ai or Risely if you want to provide on-demand, automated individual coaching to employees at the lowest possible monthly rate.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For the tightest budgets: Start with Risely's free trial or Boon's usage-based model” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Offers public, tiered pricing ($59/user/month for individual...) It provides AI-augmented coaching at an accessible price point” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
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.