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Succession planning · September 2026 Edition

Lattice vs Empxtrack

Five of twelve models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; zero named Empxtrack. Lattice was named by twelve of the twelve models and Empxtrack by six and Lattice carries 38 labels and Empxtrack 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

Empxtrack

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share31%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#3A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3810A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Lattice reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Engagedly was named alongside these two in ten of the twelve direct answers. Lattice vs Engagedly · Engagedly vs Empxtrack

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 succession planning page.

By framing

How many of the twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
LatticeFirst choices, of twelve modelsEmpxtrack
Direct50
Paraphrase100
Comparative00
Budget-constrained042 against Lattice
Scale-constrained10
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.

The direct prompt

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

Lattice first, Empxtrack not the choice

5 of 12 modelsEmpxtrack was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Engagedly, Lattice alternatives: ChartHop, ELMO Software, Fuel50, TalentGuard
Gemini 3.5 FlashLattice alternatives: ChartHop, OrgChart, PerformYard, SuccessionNow, Teamflect
Mistral SmallEngagedly, Lattice alternatives: SuccessionNow, SuccessionStack, TalentGuard
DeepSeek V4 FlashEngagedly, Lattice alternatives: Leapsome, Paylocity, SuccessionNow, SuccessionStack
GLM 4.7 FlashXDayforce, Engagedly, Lattice, SuccessionStack alternatives: Cornerstone OnDemand, Leapsome, SAP SuccessFactors, SuccessionNow, TalentGuard, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday HCM

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.
Grok 4.1 FastEngagedly alternatives: Lattice, SuccessionNow, SuccessionStack
Llama 4 MaverickEngagedly alternatives: Lattice, SuccessionStack, UKG Pro Succession Planning
Qwen 3.7 FlashEngagedly alternatives: Lattice, SuccessionStack, SuccessionWizard, TalentGuard
Kimi K2SuccessionStack alternatives: ClearCompany, Engagedly, Lattice, Paylocity
MiniMax M2.5Engagedly alternatives: Lattice, TalentGuard, UKG Pro

Neither was named

2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
GPT-5.4 miniUKG Pro alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, Quantum Workplace, SAP SuccessFactors HCM
Perplexity SonarTalentGuard alternatives: Engagedly

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
Lattice leads by six points.
Lattice10%#3 of 9
Empxtrack4%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lattice leads by twenty-three points.
Lattice31%#1 of 13
Empxtrack8%#3 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Lattice leads by two points.
Lattice2%#– of 11
Empxtrack0%#– of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Lattice

No label in this category carried a quote.

What the models said about Empxtrack

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

“Empxtrack appears to be the most affordable dedicated succession planning solution at around $3/user/month” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Teamflect (free tier) or Empxtrack (~$3/user/month) offer the best value” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“Monday.com ($9/seat) or Empxtrack (~$3/seat) are solid choices.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared
Lattice vs EngagedlyEngagedly vs EmpxtrackThe full succession planning standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.