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Performance management · October 2026 Edition

Zoho People vs Small Improvements

Zero of fourteen models named Zoho People first on the direct prompt; zero named Small Improvements. Zoho People was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Small Improvements by ten and both carry 11 labels, so the shares below are directly comparable.

Zoho People

accepted challenger

Named in sixteen categories this edition.

Small Improvements

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share11%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels1111Equal, which is what makes the shares comparable.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zoho People reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Lattice vs Zoho People · Lattice vs Small Improvements · Zoho People vs 15Five

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen 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

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Zoho PeopleFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSmall Improvements
Direct00
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained61
Scale-constrained00
Negative00
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Zoho People and Small Improvements 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
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Zoho People Small Improvements first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zoho People on the left and Small Improvements on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Zoho People and Small Improvements stood in it.

Neither was named

14 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Leapsome, PerformYard
GPT-5.4 miniHiBob alternatives: Lattice, Leapsome, Rippling
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Leapsome, PerformYard
Perplexity SonarLattice alternatives: ClearCompany, Culture Amp, Engagedly, PerformYard
Grok 4.1 Fast15Five, Lattice alternatives: Culture Amp, Deel, HiBob
Mistral Small15Five, Lattice
DeepSeek V4 FlashLattice alternatives: 15Five, Betterworks, Leapsome
Llama 4 MaverickLattice alternatives: Betterworks
Qwen 3.7 FlashLeverage alternatives: Betterworks, BigDeals, Lattice, Spiff
Kimi K2Lattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Leapsome, PerformYard
GLM 4.7 FlashXLattice alternatives: 15Five, Culture Amp, Engagedly, Leapsome
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Betterworks, PerformYard
GPT-6 LunaLattice alternatives: 15Five, Leapsome, PerformYard
Muse Glimmer 30BLattice alternatives: BambooHR, Leapsome, Namely, PerformYard

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
Zoho People leads by fourteen points.
Zoho People18%#1 of 12
Small Improvements4%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zoho People leads by nine points.
Zoho People11%#2 of 15
Small Improvements2%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Small Improvements is not named for this buyer.
Zoho People0%#– of 12
Small Improvements—not named
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Zoho People

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Small Improvements

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

“Small Improvements at $3/user/month offers the best value for money.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Choose Small Improvements if you have 20+ staff and want the lowest possible per-head cost.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · alternative
“For larger small businesses (20+ employees), Small Improvements provides excellent value” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · alternative
Also compared
Lattice vs Zoho PeopleLattice vs Small ImprovementsZoho People vs 15FiveZoho People vs LeapsomeZoho People vs TeamflectZoho People vs HiBob15Five vs Small ImprovementsLeapsome vs Small ImprovementsTeamflect vs Small ImprovementsHiBob vs Small ImprovementsAll twenty-one head-to-head pages and the full performance management standing

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.