Index › Performance and talent management › September 2026 Edition

Internal talent marketplace

Asked as “internal talent marketplace”, and as “internal mobility platform”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.

Standing

Fuel50

Contested

26% 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

TalentGuard24%ContestedStanding →Mid-market

Fuel5026%ContestedThis page Enterprise

Gloat49%Clear leaderStanding →

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

Fuel508%36accepted challenger

365Talents0%19accepted challenger

Engagedly0%10accepted challenger

Gloat49%37criticized challenger

TalentGuard7%15accepted challenger

Phenom14%14accepted challenger

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

Freelancer.com56%16criticized challenger

Workday55%11criticized challenger

Eightfold AI54%28criticized challenger

Upwork45%20criticized challenger

Fiverr42%19criticized challenger

Toptal18%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

Fuel50 vs 365Talents Fuel50 vs Engagedly 365Talents vs Engagedly

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% negative40%

Key

Fuel5026%

365Talents17%

Engagedly9%

Gloat9%

TalentGuard4%

Phenom2%

Toptal0%

Fiverr0%

Upwork0%

Workday0%

Freelancer.com0%

Eightfold AI0%

02What they warned about

Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.

Freelancer.com

56%

9 of 16 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 4 hard negative

“This is considered one of the worst platforms for hiring, and users recommend steering clear of it” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt

Upwork

45%

9 of 20 labels negative · 9 of 12 models

“Some sites charge for every proposal or application (e.g., Upwork's Connect system). Monthly memberships can add up quickly.” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt

Gloat

49%

18 of 37 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 8 hard negative

“**Gloat & Eightfold:** Unless you have more than 2,000 employees... these enterprise solutions can result in low adoption and high implementation fatigue.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt

Fiverr

42%

8 of 19 labels negative · 8 of 12 models

“**Fiverr**: Lowest ratings ... Frequent complaints of scammer sellers using AI-generated work, unresponsive support” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt

03What they cite

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

Sites the answers cite

64 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 6 of those lists are Google grounding redirects that name no site and are left out of the counts. 838 links across 246 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.

fuel50.com

vendor site · Fuel5034 answers · 51 citations · 11 models

gartner.com

vendor site · Gartner34 answers · 36 citations · 11 models

sprad.io

vendor site · Sprad27 answers · 39 citations · 9 models

talentguard.com

vendor site · TalentGuard21 answers · 32 citations · 10 models

recruiterslineup.com

20 answers · 21 citations · 10 models

engagedly.com

vendor site · Engagedly17 answers · 26 citations · 10 models

docebo.com

vendor site · Docebo15 answers · 15 citations · 10 models

worldmetrics.org

13 answers · 15 citations · 8 models

g2.com

12 answers · 26 citations · 6 models

peoplemanagingpeople.com

vendor site · People Managing People10 answers · 12 citations · 7 models

mentorcliq.com

vendor site · MentorcliQ10 answers · 10 citations · 5 models

tophrsoftware.com

10 answers · 10 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.

gartner.com/reviews/market/internal-talent-marketplaces

34 answers · 11 models

fuel50.com/blog/internal-talent-marketplace-platforms

26 answers · 10 models

sprad.io/blog/internal-talent-marketplace-software-in-2025-vendors-features…

25 answers · 9 models

recruiterslineup.com/best-talent-marketplace-platforms-reviewed

19 answers · 10 models

engagedly.com/blog/best-talent-mobility-softwares

17 answers · 10 models

docebo.com/learning-network/blog/internal-mobility-platforms

15 answers · 10 models

talentguard.com/blog/best-talent-marketplace-platforms

14 answers · 8 models

fuel50.com/blog/talent-marketplace-software

12 answers · 9 models

talentguard.com/blog/best-internal-talent-marketplace-platforms

12 answers · 7 models

worldmetrics.org/best/internal-mobility-software

12 answers · 8 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 internal talent marketplace for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which internal mobility platform would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top talent marketplaces and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best internal talent marketplace for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating an internal talent marketplace. What should we look at?”Negative“Which talent marketplaces should I avoid or be cautious about?”

Claude Haiku 4.5Fuel50

One alternative

Phenom

against: GloatFuel50, PhenomChanged

One alternative

SmartMobility

against: Workday Talent Marketplaceno first choice

Three alternatives

Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Teammeter

Gigged.AI, Spacewalk

Two alternatives

Softr, ToolJet

against: Fuel50, Gloat, Phenomno first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, PeoplePerHour, Upwork

GPT-5.4 miniFuel50

Three alternatives

365Talents, Gloat, Workday

Fuel50Held

Three alternatives

Eightfold AI, Gloat, SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace

no first choiceFuel50, Workday Talent Marketplaceagainst: Eightfold AI, Gloatno first choicenothing named

Gemini 3.5 FlashNestor

Four alternatives

365Talents, Docebo, Engagedly, Fuel50

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Talent MarketplaceFuel50Changed

Five alternatives

365Talents, Engagedly, Nestor, SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace, Workday Talent Marketplace

against: Eightfold AI, GloatGloat

Four alternatives

Eightfold AI, Fuel50, SAP SuccessFactors, Workday Skills Cloud

Liberwin, Nestor

Five alternatives

Microsoft Teams, SharePoint / Intranet, Slack, Spacewalk, Teammeter

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, Phenomno first choice

Six alternatives

Fuel50, HiBob, Lattice, Leapsome, Neobrain, Personio

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workdayagainst: Bark.com, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Talent.com, Upwork

Perplexity SonarFuel50

Two alternatives

365Talents, Engagedly

against: Eightfold AI, GloatEngagedlyChanged

Four alternatives

Docebo, Fuel50, SAP SuccessFactors Opportunity Marketplace, TalentGuard

Gloat

Four alternatives

Beamery, Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Phenom

Workday Talent Marketplace

Two alternatives

Engagedly, TalentGuard

no first choiceagainst: Toptal, Upwork-style platforms

Grok 4.1 Fast365Talents

Two alternatives

Fuel50, Sprad

against: Eightfold AI, GloatEngagedlyChanged

Two alternatives

Fuel50, TalentGuard

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, WorkdayUpwork

Two alternatives

Fiverr, Toptal

Bitrix24

Two alternatives

HRPulsar, Spacewalk

against: Fuel50, Gloat, TalentGuard, WorkdayGloat

Five alternatives

365Talents, Disprz, Fuel50, Hitch, Treegarden

against: Barbizon Modeling, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Guru, Nine9, PeoplePerHour, Upwork

Mistral Small365Talents

Two alternatives

Engagedly, Sprad

Fuel50, GloatChanged

Three alternatives

Avature, Docebo, Workday Talent Marketplace

Gloat

Two alternatives

Eightfold AI, Phenom

Fuel50, TalentQuest

One alternative

Sprad

no first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Upwork

DeepSeek V4 Flash365Talents

Two alternatives

Fuel50, SkyHive

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, SAP, Workday365TalentsHeld

Five alternatives

Fuel50, Phenom, Sprad, TalentGuard, Teammeter

against: Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Talent MarketplaceGloat

Five alternatives

Beamery, Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Phenom, Workday/SAP SuccessFactors

TalentGuard

Three alternatives

365Talents, Spacewalk, Virkware

against: Eightfold AI, Fuel50, Gloat, Workdayno first choiceagainst: Amazon Mechanical Turk, Appen, Clickworker, Craigslist, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Guru, PeoplePerHour, Scale AI, Talenthouse, Upwork

Llama 4 MaverickSprad

Two alternatives

Gloat, Phenom

365TalentsChanged

Three alternatives

Docebo, Fuel50, Phenom

no first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: 99designs, Awesomic, Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Gigster, Magier, Superside, Toptal, Upwork

Qwen 3.7 FlashTalentGuard

Two alternatives

Eightfold AI, Fuel50

against: GloatEngagedlyChanged

Two alternatives

Gloat, Sprad

against: SAP SuccessFactors, Workdayno first choiceZoho People

Five alternatives

Jira Service Management / Jira Core, Lattice, Monday.com, Notion, Rippling

against: Eightfold AI, Gloatno first choiceagainst: Oracle, SAPagainst: Craigslist, Freelancer.com, Guru, PeoplePerHour

Kimi K2365Talents, Gloat

One alternative

Fuel50

against: Eightfold AIEngagedly, Fuel50Changed

Three alternatives

365Talents, Neobrain, TalentGuard

against: Eightfold AI, Gloatno first choiceTeamflect

Four alternatives

Airtable, Microsoft Viva Skills, Notion + Slack/Teams, TalentGuard

against: Beamery, Eightfold AI, Gloat, Workday Skills Cloudno first choiceagainst: Fiverr, Freelancer.com, Guru, PeoplePerHour, Upwork

GLM 4.7 FlashXFuel50, Gloat

Three alternatives

Beamery, Sprad, TalentGuard

Fuel50, TalentMapperChanged

Four alternatives

Cornerstone OnDemand, Gloat, Phenom, Workday Talent Marketplace

Fiverr, Toptal, Upwork

Six alternatives

A.Team, Braintrust, Contra, Dribbble, Gigster, Malt

Airtable

Ten alternatives

Bitrix24, Google Forms, Google Sheets, IceHrm Pro, Odoo Employees, OrangeHRM, Slack, Trello/Asana, WP ERP, Zapier or Make

no first choiceagainst: Freelancer.com, Intch, Tal3nt.xyz, Upwork

MiniMax M2.5365Talents

Four alternatives

Cornerstone OnDemand, Fuel50, TalentGuard, Workday

365TalentsHeldno first choice

Four alternatives

Fiverr, Toptal, Turing, Upwork

Teamflect

One alternative

TalentGuard

no first choiceagainst: Aerotek/Actalent, Fiverr, Kansys Staffing Group, Robert Half, Teksystems, Toptal, Upwork

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 21:46	yes	15	8 s
Direct recommendation	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:49	yes	3	7 s
Direct recommendation	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 22:04	yes	22	55 s
Direct recommendation	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:36	yes	16	9 s
Direct recommendation	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:09	yes	33	22 s
Direct recommendation	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:29	yes	5	4 s
Direct recommendation	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 19:16	yes	24	31 s
Direct recommendation	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:06	yes	5	3 s
Direct recommendation	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:11	yes	7	40 s
Direct recommendation	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:19	yes	8	24 s
Direct recommendation	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:24	yes	11	42 s
Direct recommendation	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:08	yes	9	21 s
Paraphrase	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:07	yes	17	9 s
Paraphrase	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:51	yes	6	7 s
Paraphrase	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:59	yes	11	54 s
Paraphrase	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:56	yes	20	6 s
Paraphrase	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:26	yes	26	15 s
Paraphrase	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:04	yes	7	8 s
Paraphrase	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:10	yes	15	23 s
Paraphrase	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:22	yes	5	3 s
Paraphrase	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:00	yes	7	25 s
Paraphrase	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:58	yes	8	18 s
Paraphrase	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:45	yes	12	49 s
Paraphrase	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:07	yes	10	28 s
Comparative	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:51	yes	9	8 s
Comparative	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	4	7 s
Comparative	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:55	yes	14	37 s
Comparative	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:08	yes	20	10 s
Comparative	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:25	yes	30	13 s
Comparative	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 17:58	yes	18	21 s
Comparative	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:45	yes	19	22 s
Comparative	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 19:35	yes	5	9 s
Comparative	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:10	no	0	28 s
Comparative	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 18:22	yes	10	26 s
Comparative	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 19:02	yes	10	31 s
Comparative	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 20:16	yes	15	31 s
Budget constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:57	yes	28	14 s
Budget constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 18:45	no	0	4 s
Budget constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 21:51	yes	23	24 s
Budget constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 20:00	yes	20	7 s
Budget constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 17:59	yes	44	24 s
Budget constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 18:07	yes	5	4 s
Budget constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:09	yes	15	24 s
Budget constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 21:39	yes	5	2 s
Budget constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 21:34	no	0	33 s
Budget constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 19:05	yes	18	33 s
Budget constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 18:15	yes	22	52 s
Budget constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:24	yes	8	28 s
Scale constrained	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 20:46	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:12	no	0	8 s
Scale constrained	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:00	yes	16	27 s
Scale constrained	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 21:38	yes	20	11 s
Scale constrained	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 19:32	yes	16	12 s
Scale constrained	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 19:38	no	0	9 s
Scale constrained	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:59	yes	16	23 s
Scale constrained	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:24	yes	5	3 s
Scale constrained	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 20:06	no	0	32 s
Scale constrained	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:15	yes	14	27 s
Scale constrained	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:42	yes	13	85 s
Scale constrained	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 19:14	no	0	6 s
Negative framing	Claude Haiku 4.5	`claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`	2026-09-17 18:53	yes	18	10 s
Negative framing	GPT-5.4 mini	`gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17`	2026-09-17 19:57	yes	5	6 s
Negative framing	Gemini 3.5 Flash	`gemini-3.5-flash`	2026-09-17 19:23	yes	28	20 s
Negative framing	Perplexity Sonar	`sonar`	2026-09-17 19:36	yes	20	8 s
Negative framing	Grok 4.1 Fast	`spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex`	2026-09-17 21:14	yes	42	20 s
Negative framing	Mistral Small	`mistral/mistral-small via mistral`	2026-09-17 20:40	yes	5	7 s
Negative framing	DeepSeek V4 Flash	`deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks`	2026-09-17 20:55	yes	27	23 s
Negative framing	Llama 4 Maverick	`meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock`	2026-09-17 18:34	yes	5	3 s
Negative framing	Qwen 3.7 Flash	`alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba`	2026-09-17 19:24	yes	5	20 s
Negative framing	Kimi K2	`moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita`	2026-09-17 21:44	yes	25	34 s
Negative framing	GLM 4.7 FlashX	`zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai`	2026-09-17 20:13	yes	18	113 s
Negative framing	MiniMax M2.5	`minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax`	2026-09-17 18:29	yes	10	22 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

CornerStone read as Cornerstone OnDemand

Cornerstone read as Cornerstone OnDemand

Eightfold read as Eightfold AI

Guru.com read as Guru

Unresolved, counted raw

1-Page SOURCE

Aerotek/Actalent

Barbizon Modeling

Contently

Fuelbot

HRPulsar

Jira Service Management / Jira Core

Kansys Staffing Group

Kolabtree

Liberwin

LinkedIn Talent Marketplace for Internal Talent

Microsoft Viva Skills

Nine9 (Nine9 UnAgency)

Notion + Slack/Teams

Odoo Employees

Opptly

Right Side Up

Scale AI

Sentrifugo HRMS

SharePoint / Intranet

SmartMobility

Tal3nt.xyz

TalentMapper

Talenthouse

ToolJet

Upwork-style platforms

WP ERP

Workday Extend

Zapier or Make

Discontinued, still offered

No shut-down product was recommended here.

Internal talent marketplace

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

Also in performance and talent management