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Compliance training for small business buyers

Asked as “compliance training platform”, and as “harassment prevention training provider”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 43 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

TalentLMS

Contested

35% of first choices, contested.

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By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.

Small business

TalentLMS35%ContestedThis page Mid-market

Traliant22%ContestedStanding →Enterprise

NAVEX21%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

TalentLMS0%39endorsed leader

EasyLlama6%49endorsed leader

Coggno0%26accepted challenger

SC Training0%13accepted challenger

Traliant5%20accepted challenger

Ethena12%17accepted challenger

Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate

iSpring Learn15%13accepted challenger

Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its vendor page.

Head to head

Traliant vs BizLibrary Traliant vs TalentLMS BizLibrary vs TalentLMS

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%

Key

TalentLMS35%

EasyLlama33%

Coggno9%

SC Training5%

Traliant2%

Ethena2%

iSpring Learn0%

02What they warned about

Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.

Cornerstone OnDemand

80%

4 of 5 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 2 hard negative

“Avoid enterprise platforms (like Docebo or Cornerstone) which often charge thousands of dollars in upfront setup” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt

Absorb LMS

67%

4 of 6 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Avoid mid-market options like LearnUpon or Absorb” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt

NAVEX

60%

3 of 5 labels negative · 3 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“enterprise platforms (NAVEX, Cornerstone) tend to start around $12K+/year \u2014 overkill” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt

EasyLlama

3 of 49 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“tend to start around $12K+/year \u2014 overkill for a small company” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: twelve of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 761 links across 179 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

coggno.com

vendor site · Coggno44 answers · 93 citations · 10 models

compliquest.com

vendor site · CompliQuest30 answers · 30 citations · 9 models

valamis.com

vendor site · Valamis28 answers · 30 citations · 10 models

mitratech.com

vendor site · Mitratech27 answers · 39 citations · 9 models

continu.com

vendor site · Continu25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models

bizlibrary.com

vendor site · BizLibrary24 answers · 28 citations · 10 models

g2.com

17 answers · 35 citations · 5 models

expertinsights.com

17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models

konstantly.com

vendor site · Konstantly15 answers · 15 citations · 5 models

emtrain.com

vendor site · Emtrain14 answers · 15 citations · 10 models

shiftelt.com

14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models

easyllama.com

vendor site · EasyLlama13 answers · 17 citations · 8 models

Pages the answers cite

The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.

mitratech.com/resource-hub/blog/top-5-hr-compliance-training-vendors-for-sm…

27 answers · 9 models

valamis.com/blog/best-compliance-training-software

27 answers · 10 models

continu.com/software/best-compliance-training-software

25 answers · 10 models

compliquest.com/en/blog/best-compliance-training-platforms-compared-2026

22 answers · 8 models

bizlibrary.com/blog/training-programs/top-10-compliance-training-content-pr…

17 answers · 10 models

expertinsights.com/compliance/top-compliance-training-solutions

17 answers · 8 models

konstantly.com/blog/compliance-training-software-comparison

15 answers · 5 models

shiftelt.com/hr-compliance-training-providers-comparison

14 answers · 8 models

firsthr.app/compare/training/compliance-training-software

13 answers · 6 models

emtrain.com/blog/ethics-and-compliance/the-best-compliance-training-vendors…

12 answers · 9 models

04How they answered

Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.

ModelDirect“What is the best compliance training platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which harassment prevention training provider would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top compliance training providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best compliance training platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a compliance training platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which compliance training providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5TalentLMS

Two alternatives

CoreCompliance, SkyPrep

no first choiceChangedEasyLlama

Three alternatives

Coggno, TalentLMS, Traliant

EasyLlama

Four alternatives

Coggno, CoreCompliance, SkyPrep, TalentLMS

no first choiceagainst: Compliance Training Online, Supervisor Compliance Training Department

GPT-5.4 miniTalentLMS

Four alternatives

Absorb LMS, EasyLlama, Ethena, LearnUpon

NAVEXChanged

One alternative

Everfi

TalentLMS

Four alternatives

EasyLlama, LearnUpon, Traliant, iSpring Learn

against: Absorb LMSEasyLlama, TalentLMSagainst: Absorb LMS, Continu, SAP Litmosno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashEasyLlama

Six alternatives

Drata, Ethena, SC Training, TalentLMS, Vanta, Wizer

EthenaChanged

Two alternatives

EasyLlama, Traliant

EasyLlama, Ethena

Three alternatives

Coggno, TalentLMS, Traliant

Coggno

Three alternatives

Konstantly, SC Training, TalentLMS

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, DoceboEasyLlama

Four alternatives

BambooHR, Ethena, Rippling, TalentLMS

against: NAVEX, Skillsoftagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP Litmos, Saba, Workday Learning

Perplexity SonarTalentLMS

Two alternatives

Coggno, EasyLlama

TraliantChanged

Two alternatives

Coggno, ProProfs

EasyLlama

Five alternatives

BizLibrary, Coggno, Ethena, TalentLMS, Traliant

TalentLMS

Three alternatives

Coggno, EasyLlama, SC Training

no first choicenothing named

Grok 4.1 FastEasyLlama

Two alternatives

TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

against: Ethena, TraliantEasyLlamaHeld

Three alternatives

Clear Law Institute, Kantola, Traliant

EasyLlama

Four alternatives

BizLibrary, Ethena, Mitratech Syntrio, Traliant

SC Training, TalentLMS

One alternative

EasyLlama

against: iSpring Learnno first choice

Four alternatives

360Learning, BizLibrary, Coggno, EasyLlama

against: 360training, Compliance Training Online, Workwise Compliance

Mistral SmallEasyLlama

Two alternatives

TalentLMS, Trainual

EasyLlamaHeld

One alternative

Traliant

EasyLlama, Ethena

Three alternatives

BizLibrary, Rethink Compliance, Traliant

Coggno, TalentLMS

Two alternatives

EasyLlama, Trainual

no first choiceagainst: EasyLlama

DeepSeek V4 FlashTalentLMS

Two alternatives

EasyLlama, SC Training

against: TrainualEasyLlamaChanged

Three alternatives

Ethena, ProProfs, Traliant

EasyLlama, Ethena

Five alternatives

Coggno, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn

SC Training

Three alternatives

Coggno, Securan, TalentLMS

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, EasyLlama, NAVEX, iSpring Learnno first choiceagainst: Avetta, EasyLlama, J.J. Keller & Associates

Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceCFIB-FCEI, EEOC, Edutainment PlanetChangedEasyLlama

Four alternatives

BizLibrary, Ethena, Mitratech Syntrio, Traliant

Coggno, TalentLMS

Two alternatives

EasyLlama, iSpring Learn

no first choiceagainst: Ethena

Qwen 3.7 FlashTalentLMS

Five alternatives

Absorb LMS, SC Training, Sprinto, Trainual, Vanta

EasyLlamaChanged

One alternative

Debra Levine Group

EasyLlama

Three alternatives

BizLibrary, Ethena, Traliant

TalentLMS

Two alternatives

Coggno, iSpring Learn

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP SuccessFactorsno first choicenothing named

Kimi K2TalentLMS

Three alternatives

EasyLlama, Ethena, Trainual

Coggno, KantolaChanged

Four alternatives

Affordable Educators, Clear Law Institute, EasyLlama, ProProfs

EasyLlama

Four alternatives

SC Training, TalentLMS, Traliant, iSpring Learn

TalentLMS

Three alternatives

Coggno, Securan, iSpring Learn

no first choiceagainst: 360training, ComplianceOnline, Harbor Compliance, NAVEX, SAI360, Skillsoft

GLM 4.7 FlashXEasyLlama

Four alternatives

360Learning, Coggno, SC Training, TalentLMS

EasyLlama, KantolaChanged

Two alternatives

Coggno, Traliant

EasyLlama

Eight alternatives

360Learning, Coggno, KnowBe4 Compliance Plus, SC Training, Securan, TalentLMS, Trainual, iSpring Learn

against: Absorb LMSEasyLlama

Five alternatives

NAVEX, SC Training, Securan, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

no first choicenothing named

MiniMax M2.5TalentLMS

Four alternatives

Coggno, CompliQuest, EasyLlama, SC Training

EasyLlamaChanged

Three alternatives

Coggno, Kantola, Traliant

EasyLlama

Four alternatives

Emtrain, Ethena, TalentLMS, Traliant

TalentLMS

Two alternatives

Coggno, iSpring Learn

against: Absorb LMS, LearnUponno first choiceagainst: 360 Training / Compliance Training Online, ComplianceIQ, Workwise Compliance, e-Workplace Training Inc

Bold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against

05The record

One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record

Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.

Prompt	Model	Version string	Time (UTC)	Searched	Sources	Latency
Direct recommendation	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:29	yes	9	7 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:00	yes	2	6 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:03	yes	23	49 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:26	yes	20	6 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:12	yes	31	19 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:42	yes	5	5 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 18:42	yes	28	31 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:44	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:38	no	0	30 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:31	yes	7	30 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:18	yes	8	45 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:40	yes	5	17 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:48	no	0	3 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:53	yes	3	6 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:41	yes	17	21 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:10	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:52	yes	26	18 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:10	yes	6	7 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:39	yes	13	17 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:19	yes	5	4 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:23	yes	5	36 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:14	yes	10	18 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:29	yes	11	87 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:47	yes	8	25 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:55	yes	16	10 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:01	yes	4	9 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:02	yes	16	49 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:04	yes	20	10 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:16	yes	24	14 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 17:53	yes	5	7 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:35	yes	26	27 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:16	yes	9	30 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:14	yes	9	26 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:31	yes	13	111 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:17	yes	9	26 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:46	yes	9	8 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:59	yes	4	5 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 20:09	yes	17	22 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:06	yes	20	6 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:27	yes	34	20 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:46	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:23	yes	27	20 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:26	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:36	yes	5	17 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:34	yes	14	23 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:55	yes	8	258 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:46	yes	5	11 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:31	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:50	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:53	yes	14	22 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:46	yes	20	8 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:17	yes	14	10 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:43	no	0	7 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:33	yes	9	12 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:37	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:58	no	0	25 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:45	yes	9	21 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:03	yes	14	22 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:45	yes	5	20 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:17	yes	16	9 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:38	no	0	5 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:45	yes	21	24 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:03	yes	20	6 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:37	yes	37	19 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:18	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 19:31	yes	25	49 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:56	yes	5	3 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:28	no	0	24 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	29	34 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:10	yes	25	142 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:29	yes	20	30 s

Normalization in this category

Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.

Category-scoped readings

360Training.com read as 360training

Absorb read as Absorb LMS

Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand

EdApp read as SC Training

KnowBe4 read as KnowBe4 Compliance Plus

Litmos read as SAP Litmos

Mitratech read as Mitratech Syntrio

NAVEX One read as NAVEX

iSpring LMS read as iSpring Learn

Unresolved, counted raw

360 Training / Compliance Training Online

Affordable Educators

Avetta

CFIB-FCEI

Compliance Training Group

Compono

Debra Levine Group

Drata

EEOC

EEOC Training Institute

Edutainment Planet

Harbor Compliance

OSHA.gov

SC Training & Development

Sprinto

Supervisor Compliance Training Department

Wizer

e-Workplace Training Inc

uSecure

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Compliance training for small business buyers

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

02What they warned about

03What they cite

Sites the answers cite

Pages the answers cite

04How they answered

05The record

Normalization in this category

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