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360 feedback · September 2026 Edition

Lattice vs Effy AI

Ten of twelve models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; zero named Effy AI. Lattice was named by twelve of the twelve models and Effy AI by nine and Lattice carries 45 labels and Effy AI 12, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

Effy AI

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share40%12%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate9%8%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#2A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels4512A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lattice reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Leapsome was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. Lattice vs Primalogik · Effy AI vs Primalogik

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

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LatticeFirst choices, of twelve modelsEffy AI
Direct100
Paraphrase601 against Lattice
Comparative20
Budget-constrained052 against Lattice
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Lattice · 1 against Effy AI
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.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lattice and Effy AI stood in it.

Lattice first, Effy AI an alternative

10 of 12 modelsEffy AI was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: Leapsome, PerformYard, SurveySparrow
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap, Teamflect
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: Betterworks, Spidergap
Grok 4.1 FastLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap
Llama 4 MaverickLattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Effy AI, Leapsome
Qwen 3.7 FlashLattice alternatives: Betterworks, Culture Amp, Spidergap
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: EchoSpan, Leapsome, Spidergap
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Leapsome, Spidergap

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.
Mistral SmallBetterworks, Culture Amp alternatives: Lattice, Leapsome

Neither was named

1 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniCulture Amp alternatives: EchoSpan, Spidergap

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
Effy AI leads by seven points.
Effy AI9%#5 of 13
Lattice2%#11 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Lattice leads at mid-market.
Lattice40%#1 of 15
Effy AI12%#2 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lattice leads by six points.
Lattice6%#3 of 8
Effy AI0%#– of 8
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lattice

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

“Lattice carries a $4,000 annual minimum ... Avoid these if your budget is tight.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Best For: Comprehensive performance management combined with 360s.... Lattice ensures the feedback actually impacts future goal-setting.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice

What 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
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.