Effy AI vs Small Improvements
Zero of twelve models named Effy AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Small Improvements. Effy AI was named by nine of the twelve models and Small Improvements by nine and Effy AI carries 12 labels and Small Improvements 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in two 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 modelsSmall Improvements
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Effy AI and Small Improvements were named in the same answer forty-five times, of the 94 answers naming Effy AI and the 99 naming Small Improvements. In those answers Small Improvements took the first choice ten times and Effy AI fourteen.
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 Small Improvements first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Effy AI on the left and Small Improvements on the right.The direct prompt
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.Neither was named
11 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
Small Improvements11%#3 of 13Effy AI9%#5 of 13Effy AI12%#2 of 15Small Improvements5%#5 of 15Effy AI0%#– of 8Small Improvements0%#– 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 Small Improvements
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“The best 360-degree feedback tool for a company with a limited budget is ThriveSparrow, Small Improvements, or Primalogik.” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.