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Mentoring software · September 2026 Edition

PushFar vs Chronus

Zero of twelve models named PushFar first on the direct prompt; two named Chronus. PushFar was named by eleven of the twelve models and Chronus by twelve and PushFar carries 21 labels and Chronus 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.

PushFar

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Chronus

criticized challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share10%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%26%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2134A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, PushFar reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Together was named alongside these two in eleven of the twelve direct answers. Together vs PushFar · Together vs Chronus · Mentorloop vs PushFar

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 mentoring software page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PushFarFirst choices, of twelve modelsChronus
Direct022 against Chronus
Paraphrase113 against Chronus
Comparative021 against PushFar
Budget-constrained404 against Chronus
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, PushFar and Chronus were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 66 answers naming PushFar and the 116 naming Chronus. In those answers Chronus took the first choice two times and PushFar eleven.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where PushFar and Chronus 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
PushFar Chronus first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, PushFar on the left and Chronus on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Chronus first, PushFar not the choice

2 of 12 modelsPushFar was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
GPT-5.4 miniChronus alternatives: MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper
Qwen 3.7 FlashChronus alternatives: Culture Amp, Glint, MentorciSe, Together

Neither was the first choice, one was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Mentorloop alternatives: Chronus, Together

Neither was named

9 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTogether alternatives: Mentorloop, Qooper
Perplexity SonarTogether alternatives: MentorCloud, Mentorgain
Grok 4.1 FastTogether alternatives: MentorcliQ, Mentorloop
Mistral SmallMentorgain, Together alternatives: Guider, Mentorloop
DeepSeek V4 FlashTogether alternatives: MentorCloud, MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper, Ten Thousand Coffees
Llama 4 MaverickTogether alternatives: Guider, Mentorgain
Kimi K2Mentorgain, Together alternatives: Mentorloop, Qooper
GLM 4.7 FlashXMentorgain alternatives: MentorcliQ, Mentorloop, Qooper, Together
MiniMax M2.5Together alternatives: Mentorgain, Mentorloop

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
PushFar leads by thirty-nine points.
PushFar39%#1 of 11
Chronus0%#11 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
PushFar leads by four points.
PushFar10%#4 of 11
Chronus6%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Chronus leads at enterprise.
Chronus9%#4 of 7
PushFar0%#– of 7
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about PushFar

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

“PushFar is more affordable but less feature-rich” Kimi K2 · comparative prompt · soft negative
“If you need to scale beyond ~10 people: PushFar (~$200/month flat) is the cheapest way to run a proper company-wide program” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“PushFar stands out as the top recommendation for mentoring program software” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“start with Mentornity (if under 10 users) or PushFar (~$200/month)” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Chronus

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 for a mid-size budget Chronus — Enterprise-grade but starts around $14,995+ ... Overkill” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Heavyweight systems built for the Fortune 500 (like Chronus or MentorcliQ) are often overkill and budget-prohibitive for this segment.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Usually not budget-first: Chronus — powerful, but pricing is contact-for-quote and aimed at larger programs” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Best for: large organizations that need structured, scalable mentoring... For enterprise HR / L&D: Chronus, MentorcliQ, Together, Guider.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you want one name to evaluate first for a mid-market B2B company, I'd start with Chronus.” GPT-5.4 mini · direct prompt · first choice
“Chronus is arguably the best choice for mid-sized organizations that want a formalized program” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase 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.