Eight of twelve models named Articulate 360 first on the direct prompt; zero named Articulate Rise 360. Articulate 360 was named by eleven of the twelve models and Articulate Rise 360 by ten and Articulate 360 carries 35 labels and Articulate Rise 360 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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 course authoring tools page.
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Articulate 360 and Articulate Rise 360 were named in the same answer thirteen times, of the 115 answers naming Articulate 360 and the 34 naming Articulate Rise 360. In those answers Articulate Rise 360 took the first choice two times and Articulate 360 five.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
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.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“What to avoid on a tight budget - Articulate 360 ... it's overkill for small teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Avoid premium tools like Articulate 360 ($1,499/user/year)” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · hard negative
“The industry standards—like Articulate 360 and Adobe Captivate—can easily cost $1,000 to over $1,400 per user, per year.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Articulate is the most dominant player in corporate eLearning... Choose Articulate 360 if you have the budget and need a tool that can "do anything,"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Articulate 360 / Rise 360 — the enterprise standard for complex branching and corporate compliance; Rise is the rapid-authoring option.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Articulate 360 is the #1 e-learning platform for creating workplace training, offering AI-enhanced authoring and simplified collaboration” Claude Haiku 4.5 · comparative prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.
“The gold standard for modern web-style, block-based courses. It is extremely responsive, easy for beginners, and looks professional out of the box.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Articulate 360 / Rise 360 — the enterprise standard for complex branching and corporate compliance; Rise is the rapid-authoring option.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“If I had to name a single best-value choice for many small teams, I'd start with: Articulate Rise 360” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
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.