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Learning experience platforms for small business buyers

Asked as “learning experience platform”, and as “LXP”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

GoSkills

Clear leader

57% of first choices, clear leader.

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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

GoSkills57%Clear leaderThis page Mid-market

Learn Amp28%ContestedStanding →Enterprise

Docebo32%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

GoSkills0%48endorsed leader

TalentLMS3%33accepted challenger

360Learning3%33accepted challenger

SC Training0%19accepted challenger

Udemy Business60%15criticized challenger

Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate

Degreed100%25criticized challenger

Cornerstone OnDemand85%20criticized challenger

Docebo77%30criticized 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

Learn Amp vs 360Learning Learn Amp vs GoSkills 360Learning vs GoSkills

One product takes 57% of first choices here, so the chart would put seven markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Four products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category. Jump to the standing

02What they warned about

Six of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick and Kimi K2 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.

Docebo

77%

23 of 30 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 10 hard negative

“Small businesses should avoid or be cautious about enterprise-focused platforms with high minimums (Degreed, Cornerstone, Docebo, etc.)” Mistral Small, negative prompt

Degreed

100%

25 of 25 labels negative · 12 of 12 models · 9 hard negative

“Many flagship LXPs (Degreed, Cornerstone, Docebo, Skillsoft) are **quote-only, positioned for 150+ or 250+ licenses** ... Resist the enterprise flagship platforms” DeepSeek V4 Flash, scale prompt

Cornerstone OnDemand

85%

17 of 20 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 9 hard negative

“Many flagship LXPs (Degreed, Cornerstone, Docebo, Skillsoft) are **quote-only** ... That's likely overkill and over-budget for you.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, scale prompt

Udemy Business

60%

9 of 15 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 2 hard negative

“general-content platforms not designed for employee training (Udemy, Kajabi)” Mistral Small, negative 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

65 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. 811 links across 188 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

goskills.com

vendor site · GoSkills50 answers · 105 citations · 10 models

g2.com

34 answers · 70 citations · 11 models

thirst.io

vendor site · Thirst32 answers · 39 citations · 10 models

intelligentliving.co

25 answers · 25 citations · 8 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com

vendor site · People Managing People24 answers · 28 citations · 9 models

firsthr.app

vendor site · FirstHR23 answers · 29 citations · 9 models

group.app

23 answers · 25 citations · 7 models

valasys.com

22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models

360learning.com

vendor site · 360Learning19 answers · 26 citations · 10 models

talentedladiesclub.com

14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models

elearningindustry.com

13 answers · 18 citations · 7 models

ispring.com

12 answers · 15 citations · 7 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.

goskills.com/resources/learning-experience-platforms

41 answers · 10 models

intelligentliving.co/best-lxp-platforms-small-businesses

25 answers · 8 models

firsthr.app/compare/training/lxp-learning-platform

23 answers · 9 models

g2.com/categories/learning-experience-platforms-lxp/small-business

22 answers · 10 models

thirst.io/blog/top-12-learning-experience-platforms

22 answers · 10 models

valasys.com/best-lms-lxp-platforms-small-business

22 answers · 9 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com/tools/best-learning-experience-platform

19 answers · 9 models

goskills.com/resources/best-lms-compared

15 answers · 9 models

group.app/blog/learning-experience-platforms

15 answers · 7 models

talentedladiesclub.com/articles/articles-learning-experience-platforms-comp…

14 answers · 7 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 learning experience platform for a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which LXP would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top learning experience platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best learning experience platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a learning experience platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which learning experience platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5LinkedIn Learning

Two alternatives

Absorb LMS, TalentLMS

no first choiceChangedGoSkills

Two alternatives

Continu, Udemy Business

against: 360LearningMoodle

One alternative

Thinkific

no first choiceagainst: Degreed, Docebo

GPT-5.4 miniGoSkills, Mitti

Three alternatives

360Learning, Coursera for Business, Udemy Business

against: DegreedGoSkillsChanged

Three alternatives

Allego, Mindtickle, SalesHood

against: Coursera for Business, Udemy Business360Learning, TalentLMS

Two alternatives

LearnWorlds, iSpring Learn

against: DoceboTalentLMS

Two alternatives

GoSkills, Zoho Learn

no first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 Flash360Learning

Five alternatives

Continu, GoSkills, Learn Amp, LearnUpon, TalentLMS

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, DegreedLearnUponChanged

Three alternatives

360Learning, Disco, TalentLMS

GoSkills, SC Training

Three alternatives

360Learning, Disco, HowNow

against: Degreed, Docebo, Sana LearnGoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, SC Training, Zoho Learn

against: Degreed, EdCast360Learning

Four alternatives

GoSkills, HowNow, TalentLMS, Thirst

against: Degreedagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, LinkedIn Learning, Saba, SumTotal, Udemy Business

Perplexity SonarGoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, LearnWorlds, TalentLMS

GoSkillsHeld

Two alternatives

360Learning, GroupApp

GoSkills

Four alternatives

360Learning, LearnWorlds, SC Training, Thinkific

against: Absorb LMS, DegreedTalentLMS

Three alternatives

GoSkills, ProProfs Training Maker, Zoho Learn

against: Moodleno first choiceagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Kajabi, Udemy Business

Grok 4.1 FastGoSkills

Three alternatives

Litmos, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

GoSkillsHeld

Two alternatives

TalentLMS, Thirst

GoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, SC Training, TalentLMS

against: Degreed, DoceboTalentLMS

One alternative

GoSkills

against: Google Classroom, Moodle360Learning, Udemy Businessagainst: Degreedagainst: Absorb LMS, Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, Learnerbly, Skillsoft Percipio, TalentLMS, Udemy Business, Workday Learning

Mistral SmallGoSkills

One alternative

Thirst

GoSkills, LitmosChangedGoSkills, TalentLMS

Four alternatives

360Learning, Docebo, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy Business

GoSkills, TalentLMS

One alternative

LearnUpon

against: Absorb LMSno first choiceagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, Kajabi, Learnerbly, LinkedIn Learning, Skillsoft Percipio, Udemy Business

DeepSeek V4 FlashGoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, HowNow, SC Training

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, DoceboGoSkillsHeld

One alternative

360Learning

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, DoceboGoSkills

Four alternatives

360Learning, LearnWorlds, SC Training, TalentLMS

against: Degreed, DoceboGoSkills

Four alternatives

TalentLMS, Thinkific, Whale, Zoho Learn

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebono first choice

Four alternatives

360Learning, GoSkills, Moodle-based tools, SC Training

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Skillsoft Percipioagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Coursera for Business, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, Learnerbly, Moodle, Skillsoft Percipio, Udemy Business

Llama 4 Maverickno first choiceGoSkillsChanged

Four alternatives

Juno Journey, Litmos, Thirst, Tovuti LMS

no first choiceGoSkillsno first choiceagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, Kajabi, Learnerbly, LinkedIn Learning, Skillsoft Percipio, Udemy Business

Qwen 3.7 FlashGoSkills

Three alternatives

LearnUpon, TalentLMS, Udemy Business

GoSkillsHeld

Three alternatives

Docebo, EdCast, TalentLMS

360Learning, TalentLMS

Two alternatives

LearnWorlds, Thinkific

against: DoceboTalentLMS

Three alternatives

Canva, Rybar, iSpring Learn

against: Degreed, Docebono first choiceagainst: Cornerstone OnDemand, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday Learning

Kimi K2GoSkills, TalentLMS

Three alternatives

360Learning, GroupApp, SC Training

GoSkillsChanged

Two alternatives

TalentLMS, Thinkific

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Docebo, Litmos, SkilljarGoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, SC Training, Thirst

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Skillsoft PercipioGoSkills

Three alternatives

360Learning, SC Training, TalentLMS

no first choiceagainst: 360Training.com, Byju's, Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Docebo, Fuel50, Learnerbly, Skillshare, Skillsoft Percipio, Teachable

GLM 4.7 FlashXGoSkills

One alternative

360Learning

against: Udemy BusinessGoSkillsHeld

One alternative

360Learning

against: Degreed, DoceboiSpring Learn

Two alternatives

360Learning, Udemy Business

SC Training, Zoho Learn

Two alternatives

Moodle, TalentLMS

against: ProProfs Training Maker, iSpring Learnno first choiceagainst: Absorb LMS, Docebo, Learning Pool, Moodle

MiniMax M2.5GoSkills

One alternative

Continu

GoSkillsHeldGoSkills, TalentLMS

Three alternatives

360Learning, Trainual, iSpring Learn

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Skillsoft PercipioTalentLMS

Two alternatives

Thirst, iSpring Learn

360Learning, GoSkills

Three alternatives

SC Training, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

against: Cornerstone OnDemand, Degreed, Doceboagainst: Kajabi, NovoEd, Teachable, Udemy Business

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 21:34	no	0	4 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:02	yes	3	7 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:01	yes	16	50 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:46	yes	20	6 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:01	yes	20	11 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 17:54	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:25	yes	15	17 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:10	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:03	yes	7	31 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:05	yes	8	21 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:32	yes	26	134 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	5	18 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 21:47	no	0	3 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:11	yes	2	5 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:21	yes	18	25 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:40	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:49	yes	32	18 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:11	yes	5	4 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 19:51	yes	24	37 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:10	yes	7	5 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:25	yes	10	38 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	18	43 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:14	yes	24	154 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:12	yes	10	25 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:26	yes	9	10 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:52	yes	4	9 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:58	yes	25	28 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:59	yes	20	9 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:43	yes	20	19 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:21	yes	5	6 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:48	yes	26	32 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:16	yes	5	2 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 18:41	yes	10	37 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:44	yes	8	21 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:50	yes	23	56 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:32	yes	18	38 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:48	yes	10	7 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:26	yes	4	6 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:56	yes	20	39 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:25	yes	20	5 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	34	14 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:38	yes	5	5 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	9	10 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:13	yes	5	3 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:48	no	0	27 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:02	yes	8	22 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:02	yes	10	25 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:22	yes	5	28 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:37	no	0	5 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:01	no	0	9 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:46	yes	11	25 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:48	yes	20	7 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 18:37	yes	12	10 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:01	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:35	yes	27	38 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:46	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:17	no	0	36 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:27	yes	13	63 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 21:11	yes	15	67 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:45	yes	9	50 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:17	yes	17	9 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:24	yes	4	5 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:00	yes	24	23 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:51	yes	20	6 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:33	yes	43	17 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:47	yes	5	4 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:28	yes	23	28 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:14	yes	5	4 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 17:56	yes	9	36 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:07	yes	13	27 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	22	117 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:48	yes	25	32 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

Absorb read as Absorb LMS

Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone (OnDemand/Galaxy) read as Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone Galaxy (including EdCast) read as Cornerstone OnDemand

EdApp read as SC Training

EdApp (SC Training) read as SC Training

ProProfs read as ProProfs Training Maker

SAP Litmos read as Litmos

SafetyCulture read as SC Training

SafetyCulture Training (EdApp) read as SC Training

Sana Labs read as Sana Learn

Skillshare for Business read as Skillshare

Skillsoft read as Skillsoft Percipio

Skillsoft (Percipio) read as Skillsoft Percipio

Tovuti read as Tovuti LMS

Workday read as Workday Learning

iSpring LMS read as iSpring Learn

Unresolved, counted raw

Byju's

Learning Pool

Moodle-based tools

NotSalmon’s

Outreach/Gong-native training hubs

Rybar

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Learning experience platforms for small business buyers

By buyer segment

01The standing

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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