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Internal talent marketplace · September 2026 Edition

Engagedly vs TalentGuard

Zero of twelve models named Engagedly first on the direct prompt; one named TalentGuard. Engagedly was named by six of the twelve models and TalentGuard by seven and Engagedly carries 10 labels and TalentGuard 15, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Engagedly

accepted challenger

Named in nine categories this edition.

TalentGuard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share9%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#3#5A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1015A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Engagedly 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 Engagedly · 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.
EngagedlyFirst choices, of twelve modelsTalentGuard
Direct01
Paraphrase40
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, Engagedly and TalentGuard were named in the same answer eighteen times, of the 63 answers naming Engagedly and the 116 naming TalentGuard. In those answers TalentGuard took the first choice three times and Engagedly nine.

Every model, every framing

The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Engagedly 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
Engagedly TalentGuard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Engagedly on the left and TalentGuard on the right.

The direct prompt

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

TalentGuard first, Engagedly not the choice

1 of 12 modelsEngagedly 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

5 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashNestor alternatives: 365Talents, Docebo, Engagedly, Fuel50
Perplexity SonarFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Engagedly
Mistral Small365Talents alternatives: Engagedly, Sprad
GLM 4.7 FlashXFuel50, Gloat alternatives: Beamery, Sprad, TalentGuard
MiniMax M2.5365Talents alternatives: Cornerstone OnDemand, Fuel50, TalentGuard, Workday

Neither was named

6 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Fuel50 alternatives: Phenom
GPT-5.4 miniFuel50 alternatives: 365Talents, Gloat, Workday
Grok 4.1 Fast365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, Sprad
DeepSeek V4 Flash365Talents alternatives: Fuel50, SkyHive
Llama 4 MaverickSprad alternatives: Gloat, Phenom
Kimi K2365Talents, Gloat alternatives: Fuel50

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
Engagedly2%#– of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Engagedly leads at mid-market.
Engagedly9%#3 of 12
TalentGuard4%#5 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: TalentGuard leads at enterprise.
TalentGuard2%#– of 9
Engagedly0%#– of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Engagedly

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

“I'd recommend Engagedly or TalentGuard as top internal mobility platforms, with Engagedly edging out as the primary pick” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase 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.