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Learning experience platforms · October 2026 Edition

GoSkills vs Degreed

Zero of fourteen models named GoSkills first on the direct prompt; zero named Degreed. GoSkills was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Degreed by fourteen and GoSkills carries 20 labels and Degreed 29, so the shares are not directly comparable.

GoSkills

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Degreed

criticized challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share18%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%45%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels2029A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, GoSkills reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Absorb LMS was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. 360Learning vs GoSkills · 360Learning vs Degreed · GoSkills vs TalentLMS

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 learning experience 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.
GoSkillsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDegreed
Direct00
Paraphrase212 against Degreed
Comparative15
Budget-constrained702 against Degreed
Scale-constrained002 against Degreed
Negative007 against Degreed
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, GoSkills and Degreed were named in the same answer twenty-six times, of the 141 answers naming GoSkills and the 156 naming Degreed. In those answers Degreed took the first choice zero times and GoSkills fifteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where GoSkills and Degreed 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
GoSkills Degreed first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, GoSkills on the left and Degreed on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 mini360Learning alternatives: Absorb LMS, CYPHER Learning, Degreed, Docebo, TalentLMS
MiniMax M2.5Absorb LMS alternatives: Continu, GoSkills, Learn Amp, TalentLMS

Neither was named

12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Learn Amp alternatives: 360Learning, Absorb LMS, Docebo
Gemini 3.5 FlashLearnUpon alternatives: 360Learning, Absorb LMS, Continu, Docebo
Perplexity Sonar360Learning alternatives: Absorb LMS, Docebo, TalentLMS
Grok 4.1 FastAbsorb LMS alternatives: 360Learning, Docebo
Mistral SmallSAP SuccessFactors HCM, TalentLMS alternatives: LearnWorlds, Thinkific
DeepSeek V4 Flash360Learning alternatives: Absorb LMS, LearnUpon, TalentLMS
Llama 4 MaverickSAP SuccessFactors HCM alternatives: Kajabi, LearnDash, LearnWorlds, TalentLMS, Teachable, Thinkific
Qwen 3.7 FlashAbsorb LMS alternatives: Docebo, iSpring Learn
Kimi K2360Learning, LearnUpon alternatives: Absorb LMS, Docebo, Litmos
GLM 4.7 FlashXAbsorb LMS alternatives: 360Learning, Adobe Learning Manager, Docebo, Go1, TalentLMS
GPT-6 Luna360Learning alternatives: Docebo, LearnUpon
Muse Glimmer 30BAbsorb LMS alternatives: Continu, Learn Amp

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
GoSkills leads by fifty points.
GoSkills50%#1 of 11
Degreed0%#9 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
GoSkills leads by sixteen points.
GoSkills18%#2 of 10
Degreed2%#7 of 10
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Degreed leads at enterprise.
Degreed16%#2 of 7
GoSkills2%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about GoSkills

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

“For the tightest budget, start with GoSkills or TalentLMS - both offer free plans or very affordable entry points.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“GoSkills and TalentLMS are frequently cited as the top choices for companies with limited budgets.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“For a limited budget the platform that is consistently called out for small-business LXP use is GoSkills.” Muse Glimmer 30B · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Degreed

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

“Repeatedly flagged across multiple analyses and AI-model recommendations as a platform to avoid for small businesses” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid: Pure enterprise LXPs (Degreed, Cornerstone) unless you have complex multi-country requirements” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · hard negative
“multiple sources explicitly recommend avoiding, especially if you need LMS functionality” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Degreed is considered the "reference implementation" of the LXP category with the strongest skills-mapping capabilities.” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · first choice
“Degreed is the most skills-centric LXP on the market, mapping all learning content to a skills architecture.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“If your primary goal is talent mapping and tracking skills, choose Degreed.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative 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.