# Goals and OKRs for small business buyers: what AI models recommend, September 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Asked as "OKR software" and as "goal management platform", six framings each, to twelve models with search on, on behalf of a small B2B company. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/performance/goals-and-okrs/smb/

**Standing:** Tability leads with 37% of first choices; verdict contested. 46 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tability | 37% | 4% | 46 |
| 2 | OKRs Tool | 17% | 0% | 39 |
| 3 | Profit.co | 7% | 26% | 19 |
| 4 | Asana | 7% | 29% | 14 |
| 5 | ClickUp | 7% | 30% | 10 |
| 6 | Perdoo | 4% | 10% | 40 |
| 7 | Weekdone | 4% | 11% | 36 |
| 8 | Teamflect | 4% | 0% | 14 |
| 9 | SugarOKR | 4% | 0% | 11 |
| 10 | Mooncamp | 2% | 4% | 23 |
| 11 | 15Five | 0% | 20% | 10 |
| 12 | WorkBoard | 0% | 90% | 10 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, Weekdone
- GPT-5.4 mini: Asana, ClickUp; alternatives Leapsome, Perdoo, Weekdone
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Tability; alternatives OKRs Tool, Perdoo, Teamflect
- Perplexity Sonar: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, OKRs Tool, Profit.co
- Grok 4.1 Fast: OKRs Tool; alternatives Mooncamp, Perdoo, Tability, Weekdone
- Mistral Small: FlowyTeam, Mooncamp; alternatives Perdoo, Tability
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Tability; alternatives 15Five, Mooncamp, OKRs Tool, Perdoo
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Tability; alternatives OKRs Tool, Perdoo, Teamflect
- Kimi K2: OKRs Tool, Tability; alternatives Perdoo, Profit.co, Weekdone
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Tability; alternatives 15Five, Lattice, OKRs Tool, Perdoo
- MiniMax M2.5: Tability; alternatives Mooncamp, OKRs Tool, Perdoo, SugarOKR

## Sources the answers cite

64 of 72 answers came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- okrstool.com: 53 answers, 123 citations
- tability.io: 47 answers, 104 citations
- mooncamp.com: 47 answers, 82 citations
- firsthr.app: 26 answers, 31 citations
- toolradar.com: 22 answers, 25 citations
- guideflow.com: 20 answers, 20 citations
- synergita.com: 19 answers, 21 citations
- profit.co: 17 answers, 22 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://mooncamp.com/blog/best-okr-software (36 answers)
- https://mooncamp.com/blog/10-best-okr-tools (34 answers)
- https://okrstool.com/blog/okr-tools-for-small-businesses (33 answers)
- https://tability.io/odt/articles/best-okr-software (32 answers)
- https://okrstool.com/blog/best-okr-software (27 answers)
- https://firsthr.app/compare/performance/okr-software (24 answers)
- https://toolradar.com/guides/best-okr-software (21 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/okr-software (20 answers)
- https://tability.io/odt/articles/best-okr-software-for-enterprise (18 answers)
- https://gartner.com/reviews/market/okr-software (12 answers)

## Warned against

- Lattice: 14 of 18 labels negative. "Enterprise-Grade Platforms — Avoid ... Lattice — Only worth it if you already pay for Lattice performance management" (MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt)
- Betterworks: 9 of 9 labels negative. "The OKR tools that a small business should avoid or be cautious about are:

1. Betterworks (minimum 500 employees)" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- WorkBoard: 9 of 10 labels negative. "its pricing model and feature set are frequently geared toward mid-market and enterprise growth rather than early-stage small businesses" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt)
- Quantive: 6 of 8 labels negative. "Quantive (formerly Gtmhub) ... was acquired by WorkBoard and is phased out as a standalone tool." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.
