Effy AI vs PerformYard
Zero of twelve models named Effy AI first on the direct prompt; zero named PerformYard. Effy AI was named by nine of the twelve models and PerformYard by ten and Effy AI carries 12 labels and PerformYard 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
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 360 feedback page.
By framing
Effy AIFirst choices, of twelve modelsPerformYard
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Effy AI and PerformYard were named in the same answer thirty times, of the 94 answers naming Effy AI and the 139 naming PerformYard. In those answers PerformYard took the first choice one time and Effy AI nine.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 |
Effy AI PerformYard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Effy AI on the left and PerformYard on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Effy AI9%#5 of 13PerformYard9%#6 of 13PerformYard2%#– of 8Effy AI0%#– of 8What the models said about Effy AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Per-seat pricing surprises — many tools (Effy AI, Primalogik, PerformYard, 15Five, Lattice) charge for every employee” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Effy AI offers one of the most accessible entry points into 360-degree feedback, with a free plan that includes basic multi-rater review functionality” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need 360 feedback for your entire company at the lowest cost → Effy AI or Small Improvements” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about PerformYard
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“many tools (Effy AI, Primalogik, PerformYard, 15Five, Lattice) charge for every employee” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd generally recommend PerformYard first if you want a dedicated, mid-market-friendly multi-rater feedback / 360 review tool” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.