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Coaching platforms · September 2026 Edition

Growthspace vs Torch

Five of twelve models named Growthspace first on the direct prompt; one named Torch. Both were named by all twelve models and Growthspace carries 28 labels and Torch 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Growthspace

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Torch

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share26%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate4%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#1#4A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.

Labels2829A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Growthspace reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Boon Health was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Growthspace vs Boon Health · Growthspace vs Exec · Growthspace 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.

GrowthspaceFirst choices, of twelve modelsTorch

Direct51

Paraphrase82

Comparative00

Budget-constrained001 against Growthspace

Scale-constrained11

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, Growthspace and Torch were named in the same answer forty-five times, of the 68 answers naming Growthspace and the 68 naming Torch. In those answers Torch took the first choice zero times and Growthspace ten.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Growthspace and Torch 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

Growthspace

Torch

first choice

named as an alternative

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

The direct prompt

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

Growthspace first, Torch an alternative

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

Gemini 3.5 FlashExec, Growthspace alternatives: Boon Health, Torch

Mistral SmallExec, Growthspace alternatives: Boon Health, Torch

DeepSeek V4 FlashBoon Health, Growthspace alternatives: CoachHub, Torch

Kimi K2Boon Health, Growthspace alternatives: CoachHub, Exec, Torch

MiniMax M2.5Boon Health, Growthspace alternatives: Exec, Lattice, Torch

Torch first, Growthspace not the choice

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

Claude Haiku 4.5Torch alternatives: Avoma

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 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

Grok 4.1 FastExec alternatives: Boon Health, Growthspace, Torch

Llama 4 MaverickBoon Health alternatives: Exec, Growthspace, Torch

Qwen 3.7 FlashBoon Health alternatives: Exec, Growthspace, Hone, Torch

GLM 4.7 FlashXBoon Health alternatives: CoachHub, Exec, Growthspace, Risely, 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

Level: the same share of first choices.

Growthspace#8 of 9

Torch#– of 9

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Growthspace leads by nineteen points.

Growthspace#1 of 10

Torch#4 of 10

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Level: the same share of first choices.

Growthspace#6 of 11

Torch#7 of 11

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Growthspace

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

“Not ideal for very tight budgets, but worth keeping on your radar as your company grows” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative

“Growthspace automates the matching, tracking, and ROI reporting. It has one of the strongest independent G2 review profiles in the coaching space (4.8/5).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice

“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 Growthspace as the default choice if your goal is measurable employee development with strong ROI” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice

What the models said about Torch

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

“I'd generally recommend Torch if your priority is a true coaching marketplace plus enterprise-ready rollout” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice

“Torch is a leadership coaching and alignment platform built for mid-market and enterprise talent teams” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct 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

Also compared

Growthspace vs Boon Health Growthspace vs Exec Growthspace vs CoachHub Growthspace vs Risely Growthspace vs BetterUp Boon Health vs Torch Exec vs Torch Torch vs CoachHub Torch vs Risely Torch vs BetterUp All twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full coaching platforms 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.