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Succession planning · October 2026 Edition
SuccessionNow vs Workday Succession Planning
Zero of fourteen models named SuccessionNow first on the direct prompt; zero named Workday Succession Planning. SuccessionNow was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Workday Succession Planning by twelve and SuccessionNow carries 19 labels and Workday Succession Planning 30, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in one category this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share11%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%43%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 13; printed, not drawn.
Labels1930A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, SuccessionNow reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Lattice was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. Lattice vs SuccessionNow · Lattice vs Workday Succession Planning · Engagedly vs SuccessionNow
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
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SuccessionNowFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWorkday Succession Planning
Direct002 against Workday Succession Planning
Paraphrase013 against Workday Succession Planning
Comparative02
Budget-constrained601 against Workday Succession Planning
Scale-constrained003 against Workday Succession Planning
Negative101 against SuccessionNow · 4 against Workday Succession Planning
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, SuccessionNow and Workday Succession Planning were named in the same answer nineteen times, of the 53 answers naming SuccessionNow and the 110 naming Workday Succession Planning. In those answers Workday Succession Planning took the first choice zero times and SuccessionNow five.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where SuccessionNow and Workday Succession Planning 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 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
SuccessionNow Workday Succession Planning first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, SuccessionNow on the left and Workday Succession Planning on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where SuccessionNow and Workday Succession Planning stood in it.
Neither was the first choice, one was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.GPT-5.4 miniHiBob alternatives: BambooHR add-ons / partner ecosystem, ClearCompany, Cornerstone Talent Management / Talent Experience, UKG Pro Succession Planning, Workday Succession Planning
Grok 4.1 FastEngagedly alternatives: BambooHR, Lattice, PerformYard, SuccessionNow
Mistral SmallEngagedly, Lattice alternatives: SuccessionNow, TalentGuard Succession Planning
GLM 4.7 FlashXEngagedly alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, Dayforce, Lattice, PeopleFluent Succession Management, SuccessionNow, UKG Pro Succession Planning
GPT-6 Luna15Five alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development, Workday Succession Planning
Neither was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Peoplebox alternatives: ChartHop, Engagedly, Lattice
Gemini 3.5 FlashSuccessionStack alternatives: HiBob, Lattice, PerformYard, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Perplexity SonarEngagedly, Lattice alternatives: ADP Workforce Now, BambooHR, Dayforce, UKG Pro Succession Planning
DeepSeek V4 FlashSuccessionHR alternatives: BambooHR, Cornerstone Galaxy, PeopleFluent Succession Management
Llama 4 MaverickSuccessionHR alternatives: Cornerstone, Engagedly
Qwen 3.7 FlashEngagedly alternatives: BambooHR, Cornerstone Succession, Dayforce, SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development
Kimi K2BambooHR, HiBob alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, Fuel50
MiniMax M2.5Lattice alternatives: Cornerstone Succession, Deel HR, Qooper, TalentGuard Succession Planning
Muse Glimmer 30BBambooHR, Engagedly alternatives: Lattice, Paylocity, SuccessionHR, UKG Pro Succession Planning
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
SuccessionNow leads by sixteen points.
SuccessionNow16%#2 of 11Workday Succession Planning0%#10 of 11Mid-marketThe figures above
SuccessionNow leads by nine points.
SuccessionNow11%#3 of 13Workday Succession Planning2%#8 of 13Enterprise
The order flips: Workday Succession Planning leads at enterprise.
Workday Succession Planning39%#1 of 10SuccessionNow2%#– 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 Workday Succession Planning
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Cornerstone OnDemand are highlighted as tools to avoid purchasing just for succession” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · hard negative
“Workday is also flagged as a tool to avoid if you are purchasing it solely for succession planning.” Mistral Small · negative prompt · hard negative
“Avoid enterprise-only solutions (Workday, Oracle) unless you have 500+ employees” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · hard negative
“I would recommend HiBob HRIS or Workday Human Capital Management as top talent review tools.” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Choose SAP or Workday if you need deep integration with your existing HR stack” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · first choice
“look first at Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, and Oracle” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
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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.