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Coaching platforms · October 2026 Edition

Torch vs Boon Health

Four of fourteen models named Torch first on the direct prompt; one named Boon Health. Torch was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Boon Health by eight and Torch carries 20 labels and Boon Health 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Torch

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Boon Health

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share11%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate15%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels2016A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Torch reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Growthspace was named alongside these two in ten of the fourteen direct answers. Growthspace vs Torch · Growthspace vs Boon Health · Exec vs Torch

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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 fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TorchFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBoon Health
Direct41
Paraphrase21
Comparative00
Budget-constrained012 against Torch · 1 against Boon Health
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Torch
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Torch and Boon Health were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 68 answers naming Torch and the 47 naming Boon Health. In those answers Boon Health took the first choice zero times and Torch one.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Torch and Boon Health 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Torch Boon Health first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Torch on the left and Boon Health on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Both were the first choice

1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.
Claude Haiku 4.5Boon Health, Torch alternatives: Avoma, Coachello, Gong, Growthspace, Risely, Sounding Board

Torch first, Boon Health an alternative

3 of 14 modelsBoon Health was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarTorch alternatives: Betterworks, Cloverleaf, Lattice
Llama 4 MaverickTorch alternatives: Growthspace, Lattice, Motivosity
Muse Glimmer 30BTorch alternatives: Boon Health, Exec, Growthspace

Neither was the first choice, one was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniLattice alternatives: CoachHub, Culture Amp, Torch, Valence
Gemini 3.5 FlashGrowthspace, Jiminny alternatives: Avoma, Boon Health, Cloverleaf
GPT-6 Luna15Five alternatives: BetterUp, Gong, Mindtickle, Torch

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Grok 4.1 FastLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, CoachHub, Jiminny, Leapsome, Showpad Coach
Mistral SmallGrowthspace alternatives: Coachello, Motivosity
DeepSeek V4 FlashGrowthspace, Lattice alternatives: Betterworks
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: Growthspace, Motivosity
Kimi K215Five, Lattice alternatives: Betterworks, CoachHub, Growthspace
GLM 4.7 FlashXBetterUp alternatives: CoachHub, Growthspace
MiniMax M2.5no first choice alternatives: BetterUp, CoachHub, Growthspace

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
Boon Health leads by five points.
Boon Health5%#– of 10
Torch0%#9 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Torch leads at mid-market.
Torch11%#3 of 13
Boon Health5%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Torch0%#9 of 12
Boon Health0%#10 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Torch

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

“Enterprise platforms to avoid (for tight budgets): BetterUp, CoachHub, Torch, and EZRA” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · hard negative
“Many of these platforms have incredibly strict non-compete clauses.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“are quote-based and priced for mid-market / enterprise populations” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · soft negative
“"Torch — Best for Leadership Development in Mid-Market Companies"... Choose Torch if you want a leadership / manager-to-executive pipeline with curated coaches” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“The best employee coaching platforms for a mid-market B2B company include Torch, Growthspace, Lattice, and Motivosity.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct 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

What the models said about Boon 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.

“Avoid These (Due to Cost)... Usage-based, good but potentially expensive” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Boon is best for mid-market and enterprise companies that want coaching at every level without paying for unused seats” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“For a mid-sized B2B company (roughly 500–5,000 employees), Boon stands out as the strongest recommendation.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“offers usage-based or credit-based pricing, such as Boon or Exec.com” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.