Lightcast Open Skills vs TechWolf
Zero of twelve models named Lightcast Open Skills first on the direct prompt; zero named TechWolf. Lightcast Open Skills was named by ten of the twelve models and TechWolf by eight and Lightcast Open Skills carries 12 labels and TechWolf 11, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in two 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 skills intelligence page.
By framing
Lightcast Open SkillsFirst choices, of twelve modelsTechWolf
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Lightcast Open Skills and TechWolf were named in the same answer twelve times, of the 32 answers naming Lightcast Open Skills and the 29 naming TechWolf. In those answers TechWolf took the first choice three times and Lightcast Open Skills two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
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| 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 TechWolf first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lightcast Open Skills on the left and TechWolf on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 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
Lightcast Open Skills12%#– of 10TechWolf0%#– of 10Lightcast Open Skills9%#4 of 16TechWolf9%#5 of 16TechWolf12%#3 of 10Lightcast Open Skills9%#4 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 TechWolf
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“or *TechWolf* (built for complex global structures)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Strong but can be overkill/heavier integration” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“at 500 employees, specialized mid-market platforms like TechWolf, 365Talents, or SkillPanel may be a better fit for speed and cost” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Primary Recommendation: TechWolf + Lightcast (Open Skills) Combination” MiniMax M2.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“My Top Recommendation: TechWolf or 365Talents” Kimi K2 · paraphrase 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.