# PushFar vs MentorCity: which do AI models recommend for mentoring software, October 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Mentoring software. Zero of fourteen models named PushFar first on the direct prompt; one named MentorCity. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/learning/mentoring-software/pushfar-vs-mentorcity/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PushFar | 9% | #4 of 12 | 0% | 22 | 12 of 14 |
| MentorCity | 6% | #7 of 12 | 0% | 10 | 7 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Llama 4 Maverick: mentorcity first (first choices: Guider, MentorCity, Qooper, Together Corporate Mentorship)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Mentorloop, Together) (alternatives: Chronus, MentorcliQ, Mentorgain, PushFar)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Mentorloop) (alternatives: Guider, MentorCity)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: Mentorloop, Together) (alternatives: Guider, Qooper)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Chronus) (alternatives: MentorcliQ, Together)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither named (first choices: Together) (alternatives: Guider, Mentorloop, Qooper)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: MentorcliQ) (alternatives: Chronus, Together)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither named (first choices: MentorcliQ) (alternatives: Chronus, Qooper, Together)
- Mistral Small: neither named (first choices: Together) (alternatives: Mentorgain, Qooper)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither named (first choices: MentorcliQ) (alternatives: Chronus, Qooper, Together)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Chronus, MentorFlow) (alternatives: CoachHub, Lighthouse, Talmundo)
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Together) (alternatives: MentorcliQ, Qooper)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither named (first choices: MentorcliQ, Mentorloop) (alternatives: Chronus, Qooper)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: Together) (alternatives: Chronus, MentorcliQ, Qooper)

## What the models said about PushFar

- "Best Free Option: PushFar ... widely recognized as the best free option for internal mentoring programs" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, budget prompt, first choice)
- "For a limited budget, the strongest recommendation from the results is PushFar." (Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt, first choice)
- "would be MentorGain, Together Platform, or PushFar" (Llama 4 Maverick, paraphrase prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about MentorCity

- "The best mentoring program software for a mid-market B2B company includes MentorCity, Together Corporate Mentorship, Qooper, and Guider." (Llama 4 Maverick, direct prompt, first choice)
- "The best mentoring program software for a company with a limited budget is MentorCity, which excels for smaller teams" (Llama 4 Maverick, budget prompt, first choice)
- "MentorCity (Best Overall Budget Pick)" (Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt, first choice)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.