SuccessionNow vs PerformYard
Zero of fourteen models named SuccessionNow first on the direct prompt; zero named PerformYard. SuccessionNow was named by eleven of the fourteen models and PerformYard by seven and SuccessionNow carries 19 labels and PerformYard 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
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 succession planning page.
By framing
SuccessionNowFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPerformYard
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, SuccessionNow and PerformYard were named in the same answer twenty-two times, of the 53 answers naming SuccessionNow and the 151 naming PerformYard. In those answers PerformYard took the first choice five times and SuccessionNow six.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | |||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | |
SuccessionNow PerformYard first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SuccessionNow on the left and PerformYard on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 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
SuccessionNow16%#2 of 11PerformYard11%#3 of 11SuccessionNow11%#3 of 13PerformYard4%#6 of 13SuccessionNow2%#– of 10PerformYard0%#– of 10What the models said about SuccessionNow
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“Others (like SuccessionNow) have published prices but may still be out of reach for very small teams.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Best paid option to investigate: SuccessionNow. Third-party software listings show a flat price of about $2,995 per year” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · first choice
“If you have $3,000+/year: SuccessionNow — flat-rate, dedicated tool, no headcount penalties.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“If you need a dedicated succession tool, SuccessionNow is the best value at $2,995/year.” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about PerformYard
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“If you want the best visual tool for performance-based succession: Go with PerformYard ($5/user/month).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“PerformYard and Empxtrack offer the lowest per-user pricing” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget 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.