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Succession planning · September 2026 Edition

Lattice vs TalentGuard

Five of twelve models named Lattice first on the direct prompt; one named TalentGuard. Lattice was named by twelve of the twelve models and TalentGuard by eleven and Lattice carries 38 labels and TalentGuard 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Lattice

endorsed leader

Named in nineteen categories this edition.

TalentGuard

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share31%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels3822A 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 · Lattice vs Empxtrack · Lattice vs Teamflect

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 modelsTalentGuard
Direct51
Paraphrase100
Comparative00
Budget-constrained002 against Lattice · 1 against TalentGuard
Scale-constrained11
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 Lattice and TalentGuard 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
Lattice TalentGuard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Lattice on the left and TalentGuard on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Lattice first, TalentGuard an alternative

5 of 12 modelsTalentGuard 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

TalentGuard first, Lattice not the choice

1 of 12 modelsLattice was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarTalentGuard alternatives: Engagedly

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

1 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

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 ten points.
Lattice10%#3 of 9
TalentGuard0%#– of 9
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Lattice leads by twenty-seven points.
Lattice31%#1 of 13
TalentGuard4%#6 of 13
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: TalentGuard leads at enterprise.
TalentGuard6%#4 of 11
Lattice2%#– 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 TalentGuard

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

“come with high per-user fees and mandatory implementation or onboarding fees that can easily range from $5,000 to $10,000 upfront” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
Also compared

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.