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Online course libraries

Asked as “online course library for employees”, and as “corporate training content subscription”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 40 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Udemy Business

Contested

32% of first choices, contested.

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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

LinkedIn Learning24%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Udemy Business32%ContestedThis page Enterprise

LinkedIn Learning30%ContestedStanding →

01The standing

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. Ordered by share.

ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant

Udemy Business11%47endorsed leader

LinkedIn Learning7%46accepted challenger

TalentLMS0%17accepted challenger

Coursera for Business18%39accepted challenger

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

Skillsoft Percipio30%10criticized challenger

Skillshare20%10accepted challenger

Absorb LMS10%10accepted challenger

Pluralsight6%17accepted 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

Udemy Business vs LinkedIn Learning Udemy Business vs TalentLMS LinkedIn Learning vs TalentLMS

Recommended versus criticized

Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.

Criticized challengerCriticized default

Negative label rate →

Accepted challengerEndorsed leader

0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%

Key

Udemy Business32%

LinkedIn Learning28%

TalentLMS8%

Coursera for Business2%

Pluralsight0%

Absorb LMS0%

Skillshare0%

Skillsoft Percipio0%

02What they warned about

Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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.

Coursera for Business

18%

7 of 39 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“too pricey for limited budgets” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt

Udemy Business

11%

5 of 47 labels negative · 5 of 12 models

“Open Marketplaces (High Caution Required) ... Examples: **Udemy**, **Skillshare**. ... there is no filter between experts and novices” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt

Go1

25%

2 of 8 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Aggregators (OpenSesame, Go1) ... Poor quality control, irrelevant content, tech glitches” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

LinkedIn Learning

3 of 46 labels negative · 2 of 12 models · 1 hard negative

“Avoid higher-end like LinkedIn Learning (~$380/user/year)” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt

03What they cite

Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: eleven of the twelve in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.

Sites the answers cite

56 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 11 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 5 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 758 links across 278 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition.

proprofstraining.com

vendor site · ProProfs Training24 answers · 31 citations · 9 models

goodhabitz.com

vendor site · GoodHabitz18 answers · 25 citations · 8 models

ispringsolutions.com

18 answers · 18 citations · 7 models

g2.com

14 answers · 32 citations · 5 models

docebo.com

vendor site · Docebo14 answers · 17 citations · 6 models

elearningindustry.com

14 answers · 17 citations · 6 models

techclass.com

vendor site · TechClass13 answers · 15 citations · 8 models

business.linkedin.com

vendor site · LinkedIn13 answers · 14 citations · 8 models

goskills.com

vendor site · GoSkills12 answers · 23 citations · 8 models

training.safetyculture.com

vendor site · SafetyCulture12 answers · 17 citations · 8 models

coursera.org

vendor site · Coursera9 answers · 17 citations · 6 models

reddit.com

vendor site · Reddit9 answers · 16 citations · 6 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.

ispringsolutions.com/blog/the-15-best-off-the-shelf-elearning-content-provi…

18 answers · 7 models

proprofstraining.com/blog/b2b-lms

16 answers · 8 models

goodhabitz.com/resources/blog/elearning-content-providers

14 answers · 8 models

techclass.com/blog/best-corporate-and-business-training-platforms-and-lms-r…

13 answers · 8 models

elearningindustry.com/top-lms-solutions-with-a-content-library

10 answers · 6 models

business.linkedin.com/learn/compare-plans

9 answers · 6 models

proprofstraining.com/blog/online-learning-platforms

8 answers · 6 models

stuartkerrs.com/online-course-platforms-comparison

8 answers · 8 models

training.safetyculture.com/blog/10-online-course-platforms

8 answers · 6 models

digitalhill.com/blog/best-affordable-lms-small-business-2026

7 answers · 6 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 online course library for employees for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which corporate training content subscription would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top course libraries and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best online course library for employees for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an online course library for employees. What should we look at?”Negative“Which course libraries should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceUdemy Business

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, Skillshare

no first choicenothing named

GPT-5.4 miniUdemy Business

Two alternatives

BizLibrary, LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn LearningChanged

Six alternatives

360Learning, Cornerstone Content Hub, Coursera for Business, Docebo, Pluralsight, Udemy Business

no first choiceUdemy Business

One alternative

LinkedIn Learning

against: Coursera for Businessno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashUdemy Business

Five alternatives

Go1, LinkedIn Learning, Litmos, Pluralsight, TalentLMS

LinkedIn Learning, Udemy BusinessChanged

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, OpenSesame, Pluralsight

no first choiceSC Training

Four alternatives

Alison, GoSkills, Oak Innovation, Udemy Business

no first choiceagainst: 2U, Coursera for Business, Emeritus, MasterClass, Simplilearn, Skillshare, Udacity, Udemy Business

Perplexity SonarLinkedIn Learning

Five alternatives

BizLibrary, Coursera for Business, Go1, GoodHabitz, Udemy Business

LinkedIn LearningHeld

Three alternatives

Absorb LMS, GoodHabitz, iSpring Academy

no first choice

One alternative

Great Courses Library Collection

TalentLMS

Three alternatives

HubSpot Academy, Moodle, ProProfs Training Maker

no first choiceagainst: BizLibrary, Go1, OpenSesame

Grok 4.1 FastUdemy Business

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight

against: O'Reilly, Skillsoft PercipioUdemy BusinessHeld

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight

against: Skillsoft Percipiono first choiceGoSkills

Two alternatives

ProProfs Training Maker, TalentLMS

against: Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy Businessno first choiceagainst: BizLibrary, Coursera for Business, Go1, LinkedIn Learning, OpenSesame, edX

Mistral SmallUdemy Business

Three alternatives

Absorb LMS, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

TechClassChanged

Two alternatives

LearnUpon, iSpring Learn

no first choiceagainst: Udemy BusinessUdemy Businessno first choiceagainst: Courseslibrary.com, TheNewBoston

DeepSeek V4 FlashLinkedIn Learning

Four alternatives

Coursera for Business, LearnUpon, Udemy Business, iSpring Learn

against: Absorb LMSLinkedIn LearningHeld

Two alternatives

Coursera for Business, Udemy Business

against: Skillsoft PercipioCoursera for Business, edX

Six alternatives

Codecademy, LinkedIn Learning, Pluralsight, Skillshare, Udemy Business, freeCodeCamp

Udemy Business

Four alternatives

Coursera for Business, GoSkills, OpenSkills, TalentLMS

against: Moodleno first choicenothing named

Llama 4 MaverickProProfs Training Maker

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, Litmos

no first choiceChangedno first choiceGoodHabitz, Mitti, ProProfs Training Maker

Five alternatives

Coursera for Business, Eduflow, Khan Academy, LinkedIn Learning, Teachfloor

no first choicenothing named

Qwen 3.7 FlashLinkedIn Learning

Four alternatives

CXL Institute, HubSpot Academy, TalentLMS, Udemy Business

LinkedIn LearningHeld

Three alternatives

Coursera for Business, Pluralsight, Udemy Business

no first choiceProProfs Training Maker

Three alternatives

SafetyCulture, Udemy Business, iSpring Academy

no first choiceagainst: Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, O'Reilly, Pluralsight, Skillshare, Udemy Business, edX

Kimi K2Udemy Business

One alternative

LinkedIn Learning

against: Coursera for BusinessLinkedIn Learning, Udemy BusinessChanged

Two alternatives

Go1, Pluralsight

Coursera for Business, edX

Four alternatives

LinkedIn Learning, MasterClass, Skillshare, Udemy Business

GoSkills

Four alternatives

Khan Academy, LinkedIn Learning, SC Training, Udemy Business

against: Coursera for Businessno first choicenothing named

GLM 4.7 FlashXLinkedIn Learning, TalentLMS

Four alternatives

Absorb LMS, Coursera for Business, Docebo, Litmos

LinkedIn LearningChanged

Five alternatives

360Learning, BizLibrary, OpenSesame, TalentLMS, iSpring Learn

no first choiceMoodle

Five alternatives

Coursera for Business, LinkedIn Learning, ProProfs Training Maker, SafetyCulture, SkillsHub

no first choicenothing named

MiniMax M2.5Litmos

Four alternatives

360Learning, ProProfs Training Maker, TalentLMS, Udemy Business

Cornerstone Content Subscriptions, Coursera for BusinessChanged

Three alternatives

CCL Passport, GoodHabitz, TalentLMS

Coursera for Business, edX

Eight alternatives

DataCamp, Khan Academy, LinkedIn Learning, MasterClass, Pluralsight, Skillshare, Udacity, Udemy Business

TalentLMS, Udemy Business

Two alternatives

GoSkills, Moodle

no first choiceagainst: 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 19:54	no	0	5 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:35	yes	4	6 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:22	yes	16	31 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:28	yes	20	5 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:37	yes	48	22 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:56	yes	6	8 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:59	yes	21	37 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:04	yes	7	5 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:12	yes	10	37 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:10	yes	15	20 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:36	yes	14	63 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 21:13	yes	14	35 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 21:26	no	0	4 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:57	yes	3	6 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 18:54	yes	8	22 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:03	yes	20	5 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:12	yes	36	17 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:49	yes	19	9 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:20	yes	13	18 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:00	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:33	no	0	27 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 20:12	yes	18	44 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:36	yes	14	45 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:55	yes	9	22 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 19:48	no	0	2 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:25	yes	0	5 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:24	yes	8	21 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:13	yes	20	9 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:50	yes	32	16 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:58	yes	15	11 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:25	yes	18	17 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:55	yes	5	3 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:35	yes	5	13 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:18	yes	10	23 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:57	yes	10	75 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	5	61 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:58	no	0	4 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 17:58	no	0	3 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:00	yes	14	57 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:39	yes	20	6 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:25	yes	46	21 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:52	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 21:17	yes	29	33 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:12	yes	6	5 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:48	yes	8	40 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:49	yes	15	26 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:49	yes	13	155 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:39	yes	10	29 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:58	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:13	no	0	6 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:58	no	0	46 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 18:17	yes	20	7 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 20:09	yes	15	12 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 21:15	no	0	7 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 18:16	yes	20	23 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:58	yes	5	4 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:39	no	0	27 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:42	yes	10	21 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:12	yes	15	68 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:02	yes	5	16 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:35	no	0	2 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 21:17	no	0	2 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:16	yes	33	32 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:18	yes	20	6 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:13	yes	42	17 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:10	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra`	2026-09-17 19:27	no	0	7 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 20:03	yes	10	5 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:02	no	0	30 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:48	yes	10	18 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:43	yes	8	53 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:02	yes	5	24 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

Coursera read as Coursera for Business

Coursera Business read as Coursera for Business

Proprofs Training read as ProProfs Training Maker

SAP Litmos read as Litmos

Skillsoft read as Skillsoft Percipio

Unresolved, counted raw

CCL Passport (Center for Creative Leadership)

CXL Institute

Content Sparks

Cornerstone Content Hub

Cornerstone Content Subscriptions

Eduflow

Emeritus

Gong / Chorus.ai

Great Courses Library Collection

Kanopy

Oak Innovation

OpenLearn

OpenSkills

SkillsHub

TED Ed

TheNewBoston (YouTube)

WalkMe Learning Arc

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Online course libraries

By buyer segment

01The standing

Recommended versus criticized

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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