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Skills intelligence · September 2026 Edition
Lightcast Open Skills vs 365Talents
Zero of twelve models named Lightcast Open Skills first on the direct prompt; zero named 365Talents. Lightcast Open Skills was named by ten of the twelve models and 365Talents by seven and Lightcast Open Skills carries 12 labels and 365Talents 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
First-choice share9%6%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate8%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 16; printed, not drawn.
Labels1211A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lightcast Open Skills reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.TalentGuard was named alongside these two in nine of the twelve direct answers. TalentGuard vs Lightcast Open Skills · TalentGuard vs 365Talents · Skills Base vs Lightcast Open Skills
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 skills intelligence page.
By framing
How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Lightcast Open SkillsFirst choices, of twelve models365Talents
Direct00
Paraphrase42
Comparative00
Budget-constrained001 against Lightcast Open Skills
Scale-constrained01
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.
Every model, every framing
The seventy-two answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Lightcast Open Skills and 365Talents stood in it.
| 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 | | |
Lightcast Open Skills 365Talents first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lightcast Open Skills on the left and 365Talents on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Lightcast Open Skills and 365Talents stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Qwen 3.7 FlashEightfold AI alternatives: Clad.io, DeepSkill, Gloat, Lightcast Open Skills
Kimi K2TalentGuard alternatives: 365Talents, Engagedly, Fuel50, TechWolf
MiniMax M2.5TalentGuard alternatives: 365Talents, Gloat
Neither was named
9 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5TalentGuard alternatives: Amplemarket, iMocha
GPT-5.4 miniEightfold AI, SkillPanel alternatives: Fuel50, Retrain.ai, Workday Skills Cloud
Gemini 3.5 FlashCareer Bird alternatives: Docebo, Fuel50, Workera
Perplexity SonarTalentGuard alternatives: INOP, SkillPanel, Skills Base, iMocha
Grok 4.1 FastTalentGuard, iMocha alternatives: Fuel50
Mistral SmallTalentGuard, iMocha alternatives: Bryq, INOP
DeepSeek V4 FlashFuel50, TalentGuard alternatives: MuchSkills, Skills Base
Llama 4 MaverickTalentGuard alternatives: Criteria Corp, Engagedly, iMocha
GLM 4.7 FlashXiMocha alternatives: MuchSkills, Skills Base, TalentGuard
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
Lightcast Open Skills leads by twelve points.
Lightcast Open Skills12%#– of 10365Talents0%#– of 10Mid-marketThe figures above
Lightcast Open Skills leads by two points.
Lightcast Open Skills9%#4 of 16365Talents6%#6 of 16Enterprise
Lightcast Open Skills leads by nine points.
Lightcast Open Skills9%#4 of 10365Talents0%#8 of 10What the models said about Lightcast Open Skills
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Enterprise platforms like ... Lightcast, etc. tend to be stronger but usually not the best fit for a tight budget.” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“The Industry Standard: Lightcast Skills Taxonomy (formerly Emsi Burning Glass)... The absolute gold standard in labor market data.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Lightcast Open Skills as the skills taxonomy paired with TechWolf as the inference tool” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd usually recommend Lightcast Skills Taxonomy + a Lightcast-based inference layer as the default choice” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
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.
“365Talents as your primary skills intelligence platform (best fit for mid-market companies specifically)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“specialized mid-market platforms like TechWolf, 365Talents, or SkillPanel may be a better fit” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared
TalentGuard vs Lightcast Open SkillsTalentGuard vs 365TalentsSkills Base vs Lightcast Open SkillsSkills Base vs 365TalentsiMocha vs Lightcast Open SkillsiMocha vs 365TalentsLightcast Open Skills vs TechWolfLightcast Open Skills vs Eightfold AILightcast Open Skills vs Fuel50TechWolf vs 365Talents365Talents vs Eightfold AI365Talents vs Fuel50All twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full skills intelligence 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.