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Internal talent marketplace · September 2026 Edition

365Talents vs TalentGuard

Five of twelve models named 365Talents first on the direct prompt; one named TalentGuard. 365Talents was named by nine of the twelve models and TalentGuard by seven and 365Talents carries 19 labels and TalentGuard 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

365Talents

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

TalentGuard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share17%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%7%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1915A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, 365Talents reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Fuel50 was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Fuel50 vs 365Talents · Fuel50 vs TalentGuard · 365Talents vs Engagedly

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 internal talent marketplace page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
365TalentsFirst choices, of twelve modelsTalentGuard
Direct51
Paraphrase30
Comparative00
Budget-constrained011 against TalentGuard
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
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.

Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, 365Talents and TalentGuard were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 95 answers naming 365Talents and the 116 naming TalentGuard. In those answers TalentGuard took the first choice seven times and 365Talents three.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where 365Talents and TalentGuard stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
365Talents TalentGuard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 365Talents on the left and TalentGuard on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where 365Talents and TalentGuard stood in it.

365Talents first, TalentGuard an alternative

5 of 12 modelsTalentGuard was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.1 Fast365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, Sprad
Mistral Small365Talents alternatives: Engagedly, Sprad
DeepSeek V4 Flash365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, SkyHive
Kimi K2365Talents, Gloat alternatives: Fuel50
MiniMax M2.5365Talents alternatives: Cornerstone OnDemand, Fuel50, TalentGuard, Workday

TalentGuard first, 365Talents not the choice

1 of 12 models365Talents was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashTalentGuard alternatives: Eightfold AI, Fuel50

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Gloat, Workday
Gemini 3.5 FlashNestor alternatives: 365Talents, Docebo, Engagedly, Fuel50
Perplexity SonarFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Engagedly
GLM 4.7 FlashXFuel50, Gloat alternatives: Beamery, Sprad, TalentGuard

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Fuel50 alternatives: Phenom
Llama 4 MaverickSprad alternatives: Gloat, Phenom

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
TalentGuard leads by twenty-two points.
TalentGuard24%#1 of 8
365Talents2%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: 365Talents leads at mid-market.
365Talents17%#2 of 12
TalentGuard4%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
365Talents2%#– of 9
TalentGuard2%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about 365Talents

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

“I'd suggest starting your evaluation with 365Talents or Gloat. 365Talents offers the best price-to-value ratio and fastest implementation for mid-market needs” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“Specifically noted as ideal for mid-size companies needing skills-driven internal mobility without custom development” MiniMax M2.5 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about TalentGuard

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

“but "free" claims seem limited/trial-only; good for skills focus if you can budget” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · soft negative
Also compared

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.