15Five vs Betterworks
Zero of twelve models named 15Five first on the direct prompt; one named Betterworks. Both were named by all twelve models and 15Five carries 47 labels and Betterworks 31, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in eleven categories this edition.
Named in seven categories this edition.
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 performance management page.
By framing
15FiveFirst choices, of twelve modelsBetterworks
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, 15Five and Betterworks were named in the same answer ninety-eight times, of the 368 answers naming 15Five and the 240 naming Betterworks. In those answers Betterworks took the first choice twenty times and 15Five four.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
15Five Betterworks first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, 15Five on the left and Betterworks on the right.The direct prompt
Betterworks first, 15Five not the choice
1 of 12 models15Five was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
15Five8%#6 of 10Betterworks0%#– of 10Betterworks25%#2 of 915Five2%#8 of 9What the models said about 15Five
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Performance-first tools with limits like Lattice or 15Five | ... you should check for pricing opacity, contract minimums” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Leaders in this category typically include Lattice, Culture Amp, 15Five, Leapsome, and PerformYard.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Betterworks
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Betterworks | Extremely expensive, poor integration across multiple systems, unresponsive customer service” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“The best performance management software for a mid-market B2B company is Lattice, HiBob HRIS, or Betterworks.” Llama 4 Maverick · direct prompt · first choice
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.